This article is somewhat resonating with me, and where I am in my life right now. After a few years of postdoc, I'm at a crossroads of where I want to go. In some sense, I'm a lot like the author, and I'm not really doing enough of what "they" want. I love research and tackling tough problems. But becoming a full professor just isn't about that.
I'd much rather stay in my office and work out a problem than go to a conference and "network". Or waste time writing a paper about my incremental progress (I could just wait and write about the whole thing!) That makes me a terrible "scientist", I guess.
As my gran used to say - "we don't bake 'rather' cookies here". I mean, I'd 'rather' lay in my hammock sipping pina coladas, but here I am on a Sunday afternoon waiting for my project to compile. Every job has aspects to it that aren't much fun, that's why it's a job.
I'd much rather stay in my office and work out a problem than go to a conference and "network". Or waste time writing a paper about my incremental progress (I could just wait and write about the whole thing!) That makes me a terrible "scientist", I guess.