I wouldn't have gotten a callback for my first tenure-track position, but for the fact that I ran into the committee in the hotel bar and they invited me to sit down and have a drink. Apparently they liked me much more in that setting than they had in the interview.
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Dan Quintana
What's the moment of luck that's had the biggest impact for your academic career? For me, it was how I wouldn't have gotten a PhD fellowship if it wasn't for the 1st-ranked person declining, which meant that I was awarded the fellowship as 2nd-ranked applicant. That was my last shot at a PhD.
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