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Idk, nothing wrong with going for a low-hanging fruit and doing a one-off sometimes. So many academics fail to get stuff over the finish line. Not the right advice for everybody.


Yeah, but it's not saying "don't do papers", it's saying your long-term investment should be projects.


Interesting. This is a common problem in academia?


Depends on the person. Not unheard of to see people with 10+ working papers that realistically will never see the light of day. Each of those are months of work.


I can see that I guess. Easier to start a new one than do the annoying parts to finish one.


nothing wrong except that it might be a distraction, which sometimes is good and sometimes would be better avoided.




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