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A Recent Candidate

A Recent Candidate. Noah A. Smith {cs,clsp}.jhu.edu  {lti,mld}.scs.cmu.edu. Outline, Per Instructions. Background & Career History Advice I Found Helpful What I Wish I Knew Last Fall Surprises Industry and Academia. New York U. U. of Edinburgh. MSR. institutions. U. of Maryland.

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A Recent Candidate

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  1. A RecentCandidate Noah A. Smith {cs,clsp}.jhu.edu  {lti,mld}.scs.cmu.edu

  2. Outline, Per Instructions • Background & Career History • Advice I Found Helpful • What I Wish I Knew Last Fall • Surprises • Industry and Academia

  3. New York U. U. of Edinburgh MSR institutions U. of Maryland Johns Hopkins University CMU c c c unsupervised learning w t interests and publications w c t c j statistical MT c c w t core NLP linguistics w c c NLP algorithms B.S. (CS) B.A. (Ling.) Ph.D. (CS) M.S.E. (CS) degrees 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

  4. Advice

  5. Advice • Don’t plan on getting much else done (except maybe in January) • Apply as broadly as you can. • Strong recommendation letters are crucial. • Use a dossier service. • Spend time on your application materials (C.V., statements).

  6. Job Talk Advice Practice lots with your advisor (You can learn to talk like Eisner!) When at work, down the pub, in your house Practice for your parents And practice for your spouse! You’ll be sick of your talk, I expect But practice is the way To improve, to perfect.

  7. What I Wish I’d Known • The market is unpredictable. • Departments aren’t synchronized, but you can usually beg for time. • Job talk advice does not unify. • Life is not fair.

  8. Surprises • Others on the market are not the enemy. • Me: lots of email/chat with 5+ competitors. • You’re an adult now! • People default to respecting you (mostly) • People will challenge you • People assume you already know How It Works (until you ask) • You must play ambassador for NLP! • And your lab, department, school …

  9. Differences between Industry and Academia Interviews for research positions vary little (talk + 2 days of one-on-one meetings). And they’ll offer similar (starting) salaries.

  10. Parting Shots • Skip the wine at interview dinners. • Get plenty of rest. • Gmail yourself notes every night. • Join frequent flier programs. • If you buy me a drink, I’ll tell you about getting married during my job search and the two body problem. • Good luck!

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