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Prologue : the origins of a career, or, Selected documents for an academic resume -- My forefathers and other falsifiable stories, or, A little lie can get you further than you think -- The curriculum vitae and the iron law of the academy, or, Blowing your own horn doesn't hurt anybody else -- Perks, boons and boondoggles, or, When freebies get you less than meets the eye -- The perplexing perversities of perjury, or, Why untruth is not always the opposite of truth -- The lonely crowd--students as products and peers, or, If your colleagues only treated us the way you do -- What a (department) chair and a dog have in common, or, The great experience of being kicked and kicking back -- The faculty's fallacious but felicitous faculties, or, Nemesis and when not to love thy colleague as thyself -- Life and representation on a company farm, or, Professor quick-win hires consultant quick-fix -- The rating, ranking and baiting game, or, Don't believe all you read about yourself even if true -- Funding, foundations and fellowships, or, Better get what you can while the going is good -- The pleasures of conferencing and other indoor sports, or, You haven't lived until living it up in French Lick -- At last a little journal all my own, or, Saying no, no, no can get you into trouble -- Burps, blurbs and the joy of having a book editor, or, How to call on your friends and deceive your readers -- Awards and rewards for meritocratic conduct, or, Being surprised on being honored without even trying -- The fine arts of gossiping, hyping, and spinning or How the academic mind really works -- Trauma, valium and a cocktaill called martini, or Surviving the revolution in the trenches of the Hilton -- De mortuis nil nisi bonum, or, Better write your own obituary before it is too late. |
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