<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mhoye" class="u-url mention">@<span>mhoye</span></a></span> That article is giving me flashbacks to my whole denial of tenure. I jokingly tell people that I chose the "perish" option. However, it's no joke. I never wanted to play that dumb game--and frankly viewed ACM/IEEE as hostile. </p><p>Yeah, a "yearly career exam" coupled with that awesomely memorable experience of fighting the thesis editor over the Chicago manual of style. Sign me up! Not.</p>