--- On Thu, 19/11/09, Lachenbruch, Peter wrote:
> Certainly SJ articles would count as they are refereed.
> My concern was for people like Kit and Nick and Roy who
> contribute much more than SJ articles and don't get the
> academic rewards due them.
I can't speak for Kit and Nick, they obviously contributed,
and hopefully continue to contribute, enormously to this
comunity. All I can add is my personal experience based on
the few programs I have written. They don't count
officially in my institutions, and my collected postings to
the statalist don't count as a dissertation either, despite
the best efforts of Rich Williams. However, it surprised me
how much goodwill it tends to create with people I have
never met. I never thought of that when writing these
programs or answering questions on the statalist; the problem
I am solving just interests me. I agree that it would be good
if these activities were officially rewarded, but "soft"
rewards like goodwill can sometimes be surprisingly useful
(and don't forget the satisfaction from solving a puzzle).
-- Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 36
72074 Tuebingen
Germany
http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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