The Effort Report

The Effort Report

By Elizabeth Matsui and Roger PengSociety & CultureScience
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The Effort Report episodes

  • 145 - Building the Response

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss how to respond to things, like paper revisions. Also, they discuss school web sites, out of office messages, things they were told but ignored, and shameless self-promotion.

    Show Notes:

    The Chair on Netflix

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    1 hr 2 min
  • 144 - Strategic Calendaring

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss institutional vs. field reputation, power sentences, SEO for authors, references, rules vs. common sense, and iteration.

    Show Notes

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    56 min
  • 143 - So Much Leadership

    Elizabeth and Roger have a quadruple dose of Roger's Leadership Academy, along with a discussion of how postdoctoral fellows should be spending their time.

    Show Notes:

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    57 min
  • 142 - Writing to Learn

    Elizabeth and Roger continue to wrestle with writing and also discuss people who love meetings, details vs. quality, having the world crash around you, the ups and downs of grants, and a double dose of Roger's Leadership Academy.

    Show Notes:

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    58 min
  • 141 - Pandemic Over

    Elizabeth and Roger finalize metrics for ending the pandemic, discuss cover letters, university accounting, Roger's leadership skills, Twitter tenure, and grant writers. Also, a new segment is born: The Effort Report Correspondent!

    Show Notes

    Wikipedia notability standard

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    59 min
  • 140 - PERT Plus

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss space surveys, project management, and Roger's love of government manuals.

    Show Notes:

    Don't call them heroes

    PERT

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    1 hr 7 min
  • 139 - Buttering Your Bread

    Elizabeth and Roger debate how the podcast will know the pandemic is over, Mad Men's connection to academia, learning from golf videos, knowing where your salary comes from, and how to manage your mentor relationship when transitioning to independence.

    Show Notes

    Karl Broman's Blog Posts

    Mad Men clip

    Roger makes an animated GIF

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    1 hr
  • 138 - Non-Transactional Meetings

    Elizabeth and Roger are both peeved, and also revisit cover letters, discuss not checking email at all on vacation, types of scientific papers, how grant money is spent and senior-level job searches.

    Show Notes

    Cover Letter Thread

    Not Checking Email Thread

    Types of Scientific Papers

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    1 hr 2 min
  • 137 - Tee Time

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss embracing the grind, doing other people's work, loan repayment programs, getting others to write letters about you, and Elizabeth debuts a new segment!

    Show Notes:

    Embrace the Grind

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    1 hr 2 min
  • 136 - Entrepreneurialism

    Elizabeth and Roger follow up on managing up, covert resources, and grants. They also discuss the nature of creativity, YouTubing as preparation for academia, being an entrepreneur in academia, and post-pandemic planning.

    Show Notes

    Chris Blattman Thread

    Shontavia Johnson Thread

    Paul Simon clip

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    59 min

About The Effort Report

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Professors Elizabeth Matsui and Roger Peng talk about life in the academic trenches, telling it like it is.