Starting as a new faculty member - Ep. 113

In today's episode, we talk about starting as a new faculty member. Phil interviews Eva about when she started as a faculty member at USFQ and TU Delft, and what her advice would be for new incoming faculty.

We talk about how Eva found her faculty position, and how her teaching load at USFQ has changed over time. We also talk about the way in which professors are evaluated at various universities and how that reflects on how we prepare our tasks for the upcoming period of time and how we periodically reflect on our work and achievements.

We also look at administrative tasks and service, and how to balance between the fact that everything gets thrown on the new faculty member and the need to find time to work on our research. Similarly, we look at what realistic expectations are for teaching material (and accepting that it won't be perfect on the first run) and setting boundaries to avoid spending too much time trying to polish things to level of perfection.