6/14 Graduated from Cal this year, interested in being a professional
TA/lecturer (teaching 61x, 9x, etc). Is that a possibility, or do
I have to be a real grad student?
\_ Ask bh, he would know better than anyone on soda. You'ld have to
be a lecturer though, TA pay is shit. (Like $3,000/year or so.)
\_ You are wrong. If you work TA full time, the salary is an order
of magnitude larger, circa $30,000. Still ridiculous, but much
less so than your $3,000 figure.
\_ The $3,000/year figure is definitely from the unclued.
\_ Depends on exactly what you mean
1. Full-time TA after graduating: you can do but they pay the
undergrad rate ($12/hr still?) talk to Clancy
2. Summer lecturer: min requirement is a bachelor's CS degree,
not sure what the pay is. They're usually pretty desperate
for these, talk to bh.
\_ Interesting note: all 3 of 61ABC are going to be taught by
graduating seniors this summer. Sad, but true.
\_ Why would a graduate student like me want to teach in
the summer again? The pay is squat (slightly less than
I earn as a GSR), the hours are long (10+ hour days easily)
and I'm no longer being paid/have time to work on
my research? -nweaver
\_ Well obviously you wouldn't. Maybe for the love of
teaching or some such crap. Why would a graduating
senior do this instead of interning at their company?
Maybe they can get 2nd year students to TA for the first
year students.
3. Full-time lecturer (like bh/Clancy): I forget the requirements,
but they recently (within a year) interviewed 4 folks for an
available spot so it's unlikely anything is open. -bz
\_ Clancy has MSCS, bh has a PhD in Education
\_ Clancy only had a BS/Math the last time I checked, and
definitely only a BS when he was hired.
\_ Clancy was a PhD student who completed everything
but his dissertation. I don't remember where, or
what program though. This may have influenced his
being hired.
\_ Stanfurd. They hired him anyway. |
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