I really don't like how much academic careers incentivize selfishness until tenure time
I don't think the incentives in industry research careers are much better. Maybe it's just a career thing in general. I wish careers more often valued and rewarded giving to the community early on. This makes sense if you want a healthy community
@TaliaRinger Even those of us with long track records of service need to say no frequently. Also, tenure evaluation includes a service component, yes?
@TaliaRinger What does "incentivize selfishness" mean? Also is understandable organizing like SIAM/AMS/ASS/IEEE etc all have to value what the people in the discipline has accomplished over who is in it. They fight for their discipline to get research $$$ for their respective disciplines.
@TaliaRinger heartily co-signed, as someone who does not always approve of his own balance and resistance to this incentive structure.