Completely agree, Terry. I had to dig deep into my archives for this, but I wrote something quite similar years ago (https://scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2016/01/18/supervisory-inflation-and-value-added-mentoring/) arguing for what I call "value-added mentoring". It came from frustration at seeing PIs at large, well-funded research universities scoop up all the super-well-prepared grad students and get rewarded for "producing" lots of trained personnel, while others get penalized for devoting lots of time and effort to bringing less-well-prepared students along.
I don't think I ever saw that post of yours! Just read it and yeah, we are entirely on the same page. I Like the framing of "value-added mentoring." (Just looked at my calendar for that day in January 2016 and it looks like I was on a day hike in the Blue Mountains so I think reading blogs was not on my agenda that week.)
Completely agree, Terry. I had to dig deep into my archives for this, but I wrote something quite similar years ago (https://scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2016/01/18/supervisory-inflation-and-value-added-mentoring/) arguing for what I call "value-added mentoring". It came from frustration at seeing PIs at large, well-funded research universities scoop up all the super-well-prepared grad students and get rewarded for "producing" lots of trained personnel, while others get penalized for devoting lots of time and effort to bringing less-well-prepared students along.
I don't think I ever saw that post of yours! Just read it and yeah, we are entirely on the same page. I Like the framing of "value-added mentoring." (Just looked at my calendar for that day in January 2016 and it looks like I was on a day hike in the Blue Mountains so I think reading blogs was not on my agenda that week.)