Somebody just called me “midcareer.” WTF, midcareer? I’ve only been working for 7 years and there’s about 25-28 left in me.
People are so desperate to categorize and label that they don’t even stop to wonder if their labels make any sense.
Midcareer, midschmareer
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Well “midcareer” tends to be a sloppy shorthand to signify that someone is tenured but hasn’t been tenured for long. (And some people linger at the Associate level for years. So title alone doesn’t quite signify that.) It sort of makes numerical sense if you consider the PhD program part of your career. But I agree that it’s an imprecise descriptor.
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I agree that you are probably a little to young to be midcareer, I would still call you early career or more specifically early career tenured. You get to be to be midcareer for quite a while, probably up to 25 or so years on the faculty.
We even have some awards that are for early career tenured (up to 5-6 years post tenure) and midcareer (up to 20 years post tenure). I think those are pretty good ranges.
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I like “early career tenured.” Sounds very chic. 🙂
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