Top PL researcher Talia Ringer: no time for research, health and daughter all at once
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-10-24
Talia Ringer, CS professor known for compiler and formal verification research, depression-posts that she feels she may never become an exceptional researcher because there's simply no time to do her job while staying healthy and caring for her daughter.
She says she'd make the same tradeoff over and over again — she just wishes for more time. The post resonated widely with academics on research culture and workload.
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