I don't want an academic job. I'm doing it to become a permit holder, but most folks here won't know about that job tho. But yeah, I'm bout to make hella connections at that there conference. It's in part why she wants me to present there. She also thinks the people going will have a lot of positive input on my research. The area I'm studying isn't very well known and only a handful of people have done any sort of work there and most if not all of them will be at this conference.