HOWTO: Get tenure

Matt:

Even before I got tenure, folks have told me they’re “looking forward to an academic advice post on tenure.”

I’ve found it easy to write academic posts on just about every topic.

Except this one.

I got tenure over a year ago, yet every time I tried to sum up my views on tenure, I froze.

I think it’s because every path to tenure is inherently unique and non-repeatable.

Even though I got tenure, I wouldn’t wish an exact repeat of the last seven years of my life on even Reviewer Number 3 – for reasons that will soon be obvious.