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proverbialwisdom

(4,959 posts)
Tue May 3, 2016, 12:51 PM May 2016

Princeton professor's resume of 'failures' goes viral

http://www.nj.com/education/2016/05/princeton_professors_resume_of_failures_goes_viral.html#incart_most-read_bergen_article

Princeton professor's resume of 'failures' goes viral

By Kelly Heyboer | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on May 02, 2016 at 2:33 PM, updated May 02, 2016 at 5:26 PM


PRINCETON — Princeton University professor Johannes Haushofer's resume, which includes degrees from Harvard and Oxford and numerous prestigious jobs and awards, is pretty impressive.

But, it's Haushofer's failures that have made him an internet star.

Haushofer, an assistant professor of psychology and public affairs, posted a "CV of Failures" on April 23 on the Princeton website. The document looks like a curriculum vitae or resume, but it lists everything he was rejected for during his academic career, including jobs he failed to get and universities that rejected his applications.

"Most of what I try fails, but these failures are often invisible, while the successes are visible. I have noticed that this sometimes gives others the impression that most things work out for me," Haushofer wrote. "This CV of Failures is an attempt to balance the record and provide some perspective."

Haushofer's failure resume includes rejections from doctorate programs at Harvard, Stanford, Cambridge and other schools. He was turned down for jobs and fellowships at Harvard, the University of California at Berkeley and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He also lists nine awards and scholarships he failed to get, five papers rejected for publication by various academic journals and numerous foundations that turned down his applications for research funding.

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https://twitter.com/jhaushofer/status/725280947306946560

Johannes Haushofer
4:10 AM - 27 Apr 2016

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Dear everyone interested in the CV of failures - please remember to credit @MelanieIStefan for the idea!
http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7322-467a

https://www.princeton.edu/~joha/Johannes_Haushofer_CV_of_Failures.pdf
https://www.princeton.edu/~joha/Johannes_Haushofer_CV.pdf
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Princeton professor's resume of 'failures' goes viral (Original Post) proverbialwisdom May 2016 OP
I would have a very, very hard time keeping mine to one page! KamaAina May 2016 #1
I like it tammywammy May 2016 #2
The difference between a failed person and a successful one lagomorph777 May 2016 #3
I Failed to Even Apply to Harvard, Yale, Cambridge or Stanford Stallion May 2016 #4

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
2. I like it
Tue May 3, 2016, 02:31 PM
May 2016

Everyone has failures and there's no need to be ashamed of that. Without failure we'd never learn and grow.

I think people not wanting to admit failure is the same as some not wanting to admit they don't know something. I have failed at things and I readily admit when I don't know something.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
3. The difference between a failed person and a successful one
Tue May 3, 2016, 04:12 PM
May 2016

is the number of times the person is willing to fail and try again.

I appreciate Haushofer taking one more excellent risk.

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