u/and1984

The Tuesday after Labor Day is my daughter's first EVER day of school. Unfortunately I have class at 8 am and I'll miss taking her to school on her very first day. I'm planning on telling the department I need an extra hour since it's an important day for my family.

Would this request be scoffed at? Does anyone have experience with such a request?

Some more context: the lecture I'll be missing is team-taught by the director of my area (not the department chair). Basically we're both in the room at the same time, handling different things about the course.

I am sad. I disappointed my four-year-old daughter today. She was looking forward to going to the swimming pool. We only have one pool in our township, and that belongs to the university. After consulting the entry price ($10/visit and free for below-5s), we drove 25 minutes to the pool. At the box office, where you purchase your entry, I was informed that not only is the below-5 rule invalid now, but I had to purchase a 12-visit punch card for $240. So the information posted online was out of date.

I don't make money in the summer and this was too rich a price for me. So I had to NOT go through with the purchase. My daughter broke into tears in the car. I am sad. I remember just last year the university had other options - 4 visit, 8 visit, and 12 visit punch cards, along with daily rate - all of which were $10/visit. Fuck my university for pricing people out of the pool in a single year. Fuck you dirty bastards. Keep hiring your assistant director to the provost of underwears, you pieces of shit. Hope your have explosive diarrhea while seated at your tables for thanksgiving dinner.

I guess I am ranting about this because I am a professor and this somehow fit better than in r/parenting.

Hi fellow leaving-academi-cians.

I am a STEM faculty in an R-1 US institution with a teaching heavy workload. Over the last ~3-4 years, I have begun to move into qualitative research to identify pain-points and improve the curriculum or workflows.

My strengths lie in measuring user's experience in engineering, pedagogy, and numerical simulation workflows, and in reducing waste using the Lean methodology to enhance the overall experience. I have routinely worked in and led cross-functional teams of Ph.D.s in realizing design and research goals.

I am looking to transition into a user research experience role and wanted advice/inputs from those of you who may have transitioned in similar fashion.

• What cos. should I target right now?
• How should I better leverage AI/LLM experience?
• Any other pointers or tips?