The Unwritten Rules I Wish I Had Known (at 20, 30, and 40)

Don’t be an educated fool, because the meritocracy is a bullshit lie

Me, 23 years after my PhD graduation, May 18, 2020. (Donald Earl Collins).[/caption]

As a confessed educated fool, I readily admit that there are a ton of things I understood but did not act on. But I also know that there are solar system loads of unwritten rules that I didn’t and couldn’t possibly have known going into my professional…