In my mind, there are two archetypes of academics.
Type I: "Loser"
- Nerdy-looking
- Bold
- Looks exhausted
- Likes to talk, but doesn't like to listen
- Divorced/never had sex
- Doesn't even look like a man
- Works at a teaching school
Type II: "Harvard Business School Professor"
- Tall
- Good looking
- Successful with women
- Smiles a lot
- When you talk to him he smiles and acts very polite yet you read "I don't give a fuck about you" in his eyes
- Doesn't look like he is full of himself, yet he really is
- Seems to be very exited about the useless things he works on
- Looks and acts like he is on Prozac
- Laughs a lot
- Despite his cheerful ways has a bad sense of humor: laughs at things which are not funny
- After returning from a conference in an exotic country, all he talks about is his hotel accommodation and food he had eaten
- Somewhat of a rebel, i.e. does very fuzzy qualitative stuff in a field dominated by quantitative research
- Very critical to the corporate world
- Has a sober and cynical judgment
- A bit intoxicated by his "coolness"
- Seems to enjoy torturing PhD students
- Is obsessed with power
- Very manipulative
- Will not tolerate anyone disagreeing with him
- Full of himself
- Seems to be very happy with his life
- Has a good sense of humor
- Very hard to surprise or impress: he has seen it all!
- Achieved a lot mostly due to his good personality and excellent people skills
I've just stumbled upon your blog. You missed a category of Academics- Women! I'll read on.
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