The lack of self-awareness on display here is astonishing.
Another UCLA prof toiling in poverty
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Eh, he's not entirely wrong, mostly because the housing market is out of control and 126k in LA sadly isn't a lot of money. But that said, why would you move to LA as a professor if you and/or your spouse don't come from a boatload of money? If you don't, you're likely to never own a home, and if you do, it's probably going to be the size of a shoebox.
Why not just stay in State College and get a large home outside of the city for like 300k?
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Also...
"This is not sustainable. Universities that pride themselves on socioeconomic diversity in major urban areas will lose faculty like me who mentor students like me."
Oh my stars... you're going to be an associate professor next year and you think universities really pride themselves on this? That they don't just pay lip serve to diversity, especially socioeconomic diversity, and could not actually care less about diversity because the bottom line is always bringing in more money?
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I think Gaddis is comparing his worth with other scholars with similar productivity at the Ivys. He needs to understand that although folks make about 2x his salary at the Ivys, they also have to live in darkness at freezing temperatures for half of the year. Seriously, you don't get to have the cake and it it too.
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Wait—he moved there from Penn State, and never bothered to look at housing prices or UCLA salaries before moving? Because if true, that decision is on him alone. Wow.
I grew up in LA and moved away so I could have a materially better life. You don’t get everything you want in this world.
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Also, imagine getting tenure and holding off for a month in anger to complain about not getting a big raise...In 15 years, his salary will be about 2.5X higher and he'll still be living the dream at the top public institution in the country, with a kick a*ss PhD program, enjoying the Dodgers and beaches, and a fat 401k. Chill out dude and enjoy the achievement!
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Wait�he moved there from Penn State, and never bothered to look at housing prices or UCLA salaries before moving? Because if true, that decision is on him alone. Wow.
I grew up in LA and moved away so I could have a materially better life. You don�t get everything you want in this world.Exactly, anyone who does a bit of research before making a decision would know. So totally on him.
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Now that I think about it, we now have had two high profile junior faculty (Michael Gaddis and Michael Kraus, what's up with disgruntled Michaels!?) complain about not getting what they want on Twitter. One got denied tenure and the other awarded tenure. Imagine being an adjunct, TT AP making $50k/year, or worst, an unemployed recent PhD, reading this?
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It is bad form to post about this on Twitter, and I would never do that. But that is a low salary for a tenured prof at UCLA.
Plus, UCLA can and do pay much more, but the whole game about only doing it for outside offers is a very dysfunctional aspect of our industry.
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Eh, he's not entirely wrong, mostly because the housing market is out of control and 126k in LA sadly isn't a lot of money. But that said, why would you move to LA as a professor if you and/or your spouse don't come from a boatload of money? If you don't, you're likely to never own a home, and if you do, it's probably going to be the size of a shoebox.
Why not just stay in State College and get a large home outside of the city for like 300k?Woe is you Michael! We all feel for you! Maybe start a GoFundMe campaign?
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126 is his pre-tenure salary, no?
It is bad form to post about this on Twitter, and I would never do that. But that is a low salary for a tenured prof at UCLA.
Plus, UCLA can and do pay much more, but the whole game about only doing it for outside offers is a very dysfunctional aspect of our industry.