Academic life from other side
Collection of few interesting articles on Academic life of faculty
The Relationship between Research and Teaching by Nick Feamster (Prof., School of Computer Science, GeorgiaTech).
The Ten Commandments for good teaching by Yale N. Patt (Prof., Dept. of ECE, UT-Austin). Few talks and lectures by him.
14 Things I wish I knew before I became a college Professor by Aileen Gallanger.
How to have a bad career in Research/Academia (pdf) (YouTube video link) by David Patterson (Prof., UC Berkeley). Few other talks by him.
How I learned to teach like a scientist by Sally G. Hoskins (Professor Emeritus, City College of New York).
Seven rules for teaching by Robert Byron Bird, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin.
An experience driven insightful article on Online-Courses by Nick Feamster (Prof., University of Chicago). Jul 2020.
Administrivia
One needs to be aware of all the paperwork that needs to be followed for any process. Lot of these processes are in-place to stop misuse of funds, allowances, resources etc.,