(May 6, 2023 at 6:42 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: As for my work on the river names, listen, quite a few professors have told me that they think I should continue doing that, because having published papers in peer-reviewed journals counts for much more than good grades.

But can you make a living from it? Will it pay your rent? Will it put food on the table? If not, you may have to compromise by working some sort of job and writing papers.

(May 1, 2023 at 9:03 am)Angrboda Wrote: You might want to consider changing your major.

Or, just dropping out.

(May 6, 2023 at 6:53 pm)Astreja Wrote:

(May 6, 2023 at 6:42 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: As for my work on the river names, listen, quite a few professors have told me that they think I should continue doing that, because having published papers in peer-reviewed journals counts for much more than good grades.

But can you make a living from it?  Will it pay your rent?  Will it put food on the table?  If not, you may have to compromise by working some sort of job and writing papers.

You don't think that having published papers in peer-reviewed journals will help me get a job?

(May 6, 2023 at 6:53 pm)Astreja Wrote: But can you make a living from it?  Will it pay your rent?  Will it put food on the table?  If not, you may have to compromise by working some sort of job and writing papers.

(May 7, 2023 at 9:02 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: You don't think that having published papers in peer-reviewed journals will help me get a job?

Not with the papers you're currently writing. Your work might appeal to a very small niche market of academics working in linguistics, history and geography, but if they see anything of value there they'll probably just cite you in their papers. Don't expect anyone to send you money.

My brother has written some peer-reviewed papers - but he's a microbiologist who's the lead investigator at a lab, and that's the source of his income. Not the papers.