I applied for a studentship at a famous university, got shortlisted, interviewed and rejected. Three years later, the people who interviewed me started publishing papers describing how they executed my project.

I applied for a post-doc fellowship at a famous university, got shortlisted, interviewed and rejected. Two years later, they are launching a conference exploring the ideas in my proposal.

The worst part is, they don't understand the ideas, so they do a shit job.

#academicChatter

@Talia This kind of thing is one reason why I'm not in academia anymore.
@dedicto good move. I'm reconsidering my choices. But I don't want to be in industry either, so...