Hey folks, any advice for requesting references from academic acquaintances when I haven't been in the field, nor in touch with any of them, for a long time? Other than being utterly terrified and just not doing it?
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Just some advice to set the mind: Everyone has to do It, because that's how the game is supposed to be played. And pretty much everyone mildly successful in academia has done it themselves and they will be happy to help you out, because they know the struggle. Just don't expect 100% reply rate.
Also I don't know if it's corny to say that like I don't have an expiration date on wanting to help out people that I have mentored or collaborated with and I imagine other people similarly do not have an expiration date on wanting to help people they know to get a job
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