Can A Non-Academic Become Academic on a Short Notice?
Despite having done my degrees at Yale and LSE, I am rather hesitant to consider myself academically inclined . A year in London was mostly spent traveling around Europe and drinking in pubs, with pitifully little time spent on actual reading and writing as stipulated by the courses. Having graduated with low grades that is unenviable for anyone pursuing career academic jobs or further studies, I took off to the business world even before the final grades were finalized and the diplomas passed out. For the next five years, apart from a short six-month stint in Taiwan doing political search, there has been nothing academic in my resume.