In the future there might be a better organizing principle to this page. For now, I'm labeling it as an obligatory misc page.
This text shares advice about writing a Statement of Purpose for grad school applications in computer science.Â
The backdrop is that some students read the text below (about the academic job market), thinking it is relevant to grad school. It absolutely isn't. Instead of telling people "don't read that", I'm saying "read this instead".
My goal in this text is to share some knowledge about the job search process, bits of advice that I received from others, and my personal experiences and hard-earned wisdom (read: my stupid mistakes). Hopefully, this can help candidates who (like me) go into the process knowing very little about it.