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Originally Posted by flatbutt
I don't know Todd. I never worried more about my job than when my kids were small.
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Well, I remember when I was new faculty and I got really wound up about the dead wood and academic politics. Then Calvin came along and frankly it was all I could do to just do my work and take care of him. While the same dead wood and politics still swirled, I didn't have the energy to engage them. As a result I was happier, and it probably helped my career. I was able to learn to navigate the waters from a bit more of a distance, and it affected me a lot less.
While there always are problem co-workers, the reality is that for a relationship to be fubar it takes two.