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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Writing papers is very highly looked upon at my work. I work in a field that is around 80% male for the Federal Government with an enormous age gap.

I actually think that the reason women don't move up is for a variety of reasons: 1) when you're young you don't make the friendships men make with each other 2) women tend either work less and concentrate on family more, or work more and concentrate on family less (like all people) and women who do either are not looked upon highly by anyone, particuarly other women who did not focus on family.

Consulting on the side can cause an issue. You'd need to specify what you're doing to make me understand your goals with that. Writing a paper is extremely low risk. The worst that happens is that it doesn't get accepted. What are the other negatives, exactly? Spending time on something that doesn't pan out? If you're not willing to do that, you're not going to get anywhere.

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Thanks.

Did you mean "wage" not "age"?

My goals are to utilize the training I obtained through my advanced degree and to obtain recognition for my contributions.  Granted, some academic skills are not relevant to real world problems, and therefore I agree that I should spend part of my time doing a variety of activities valuable to my organization, which do not rely on my training.  However, it seems that the males in my organization have greater access to assignments that utilize their training.  They also appear to have their names on work products more often than the women do.

There are two negatives to writing a paper.  First, it can be difficult to get permission for sufficient official time to write quality papers.  Second, if you invest the time to do so, you will have less time for an independent consulting project.   Writing the paper can be rewarding, I agree, even if it doesn't get accepted.

What issues can consulting on the side cause?  I would clear this in advance with my ethics office, and I would choose areas outside the domain of my agency to avoid conflicts.
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