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But I'm not an Assistant Professor. I have been rejected thrice for the post of Assistant Prof for the University I'm working at. Of course I know I may not be good enough and the decision was fair but that doesn't reduce the sting. The current job is such that there's no direction- you could be teaching, preparing modules, doing clerical jobs, doing TA job and so on. it just feels that I don't belong here, that I am only good for a Guest Faculty job at a private university. Maybe not even that.
When I open LinkedIn or Twitter (X), all I see are my more accomplished colleagues. Some are having another publication, some are doing their
PhD from Oxbridge, some are becoming Senior Associates at Law Firm, some are working to change tech policy while some are at least Assistant Professor at a University. I am neither of them. Feel like a mediocre teacher some of whom I despised in law school.
Sorry for the rant. This forum is the only forum where I can rant anonymously.