Imagine being offered a job position, only for them to abruptly pull the rug from right under you. Well, this PhD student doesn’t need to close his eyes and imagine: This is his reality. This student was encouraged by his department to apply for a visiting professor position, a role the department “desperately” needed filled. Only for the department to cancel the offer a few weeks later, despite this international student relying on the job for his visa status, housing, and family support! To make things worse, the hiring season was expiring, forcing him to scramble through tons of applications…But it seems fate was on his side.
Eventually, he received two late offers! He ended up picking a Mechanical Engineering position, broke his lease, and relocated. Just like that, Karma had taken his side…Because this decision led him to a tenure-track assistant professorship that would allow him to help grow the department. One day, by chance, he ran into his former chair and shared with him the success of his current university’s Aerospace Engineering program that was launching. The chair responded by stating that they would now be ‘competitions’…and instead of shrugging off the sly comment, this student replied that he was excited to recruit all the students from their former institution…
Leaving the chair speechless, it seems karma was not on his side.
Author: Kayitsi.com
