Talk:European History 2018-19

University of Florida posting: on anonymity & etiquette of posting

 * Campus invitation extended. It is over. I'm going to win. [...Okay?]
 * The weirdo who made the "I'm going to win" comment can't possibly be for real. Just someone trying to throw off remaining applicants for whatever reason (too much time on their hands?). Either that, or the world is filled with sh*tty people who nevertheless succeed at what they do, and someone the likes of a Kanye or Trump can one day be president. Oh wait.....
 * Uh huh. I got a campus invite and you didn't.
 * I do love it when over-confident candidates haven't figured out that the number one goal of any campus visit is "Don't be an asshole"
 * Or how IP addresses work and that search committees do check the wikias too.
 * Doubly funny in this case because the candidate with the big mouth is posting from an out-of-country IP address, which will surely make it easy for the committee to figure out who it is
 * And even if it is a VPN, I would imagine it will be fairly obvious once the committee meets everyone. You can keep that ego hidden for a phone interview, but not for a whole campus visit. (And for the person who wrote the message originally: Everyone here is trying their best in a broken system, and behavior like yours only makes it worse for everyone. We all have those competative thoughts--we wouldn't be in academia if we didn't--but keeping them under wraps is part of being an adult, so stop acting like a child.)
 * [25 Jan] Mod note: discussions about posting etiquette, general discussion about the job market, jokes, etc, should go on the Talk page. Please keep postings here focused on the job search itself. AFII (talk) 09:56, January 25, 2019 (UTC)
 * "I'm going to win" does not necessarily indicate an ego. That person is simply rooting him or herself (certainly himself) on. Way to go. After enough years on the job market I still never got a single campus interview and will be hanging myself soon. I say, good job campus-interview man who can be his own cheer-leader, too.
 * I know you were probably joking, but please, if you are feeling suicidal for any reason, talk to a loved one or a licensed counselor. Self-harm of any kind over the academic job market is not worth it. The odds were stacked against all of us from the beginning and your life will go on.
 * And, if I may interpret the above statement, "your life will go on" here means opportunity and not the perpetuation of the same old misery. No matter if you truly are toying with the idea of ending your life or were exaggerating, please talk to a loved one or a professional about your seemingly very deep disappointment.