Projects should not be “bursty”. I shouldn’t have to sit idle for months only to receive five new projects in the span of a week. I should be notified of conference deadlines at least one month in advance per paper that I will be submitting. If I’m working on other projects at the moment, the remaining work should either be queued (such that the deadline on at least one of the projects is going to slip) or given to someone who is less busy.

I’m still waiting to do real research – you know, forming hypotheses, creating experiments, … not just writing papers. It’s a pity, though not a surprise, that this is what my life has become.