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In <1991Jun20.040659.833@gtephx.UUCP> robertsw@gtephx.UUCP (Wild Rider) writes:

>In article <91168.172101FC137501@ysub.ysu.edu> FC137501@ysub.ysu.edu
>(Paul M. Mullins) writes:
>>
>>The available position is at the rank of Assistant Professor.  Salary
>>range is (up to) $39,000 for a nine-month academic appointment.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>	shouldn't this be posted to rec.humor or submitted to
>	rec.humor.funny?  i mean, seriously... a ph.d. in c.s.
>	working for "(up to) $39,000"?  well, it sure made _me_ laugh!

Please note that the job posted was for a nine-month appointment.
$39,000 divided by nine and multiplied by twelve is $52,000.  $13K a year
is worth it to some people who like to travel and/or do things other
than work for a living virtually every day of the year.

And I bet the lucky applicant can count on two-three weeks off around
Christmas/New Years in addition to the 90 days per year vacation in the
summer.

Sure, you're probably expected to do research during the other three
months.  But your boss won't be breathing down your neck every day.  Personally
I can read a lot of CS books and write a lot of abstracts while I sit on
the beach in France.

It's also for an Assistant Professor.  Promotion to full professor would
likely include a salary increase.

It doesn't sound like such a bad gig to me.  Youngstown's cost of living
index isn't the highest in the world you know...

greg
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