More practically, a first half of my time is dedicated to teaching, a second half concerns scientific research and a third half (or maybe an extra 75%) turns out to be administration (there is no free lunch).
I am sure administration is a pain for you huh?
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Thanks a lot for your message!
There are good aspects with administration, like meeting students, discussing with them (about their future, what they want to do in life), interviewing candidates for a job, being part of PhD or habilitation thesis committees (where I actually learn a lot of things), etc. But they are also those painful aspects like:
and I can give many more examples... I however definitely prefer to focus on the good part of the job and discuss the things that make me happy with my professionnal life ^^
I am sure it is very painful - who and who to get how much and why blah blah blah haha yes, looking forward to your sharing on the happier bits!