[CodeBrad]

Pretty similar to my experience TA'ing at a researched focused school.

My first semester teaching a lab I was told "No one is remembered for being a good TA" and encouraged to do the absolute bare minimum to get paid so that I could focus on research.

[lambdasquirrel]

;_; I remember my good TAs...

[japanuspus]

This. It might be true that nobody _in academia_ remembers a good TA, but I would claim that the TA-student relationship is one of the best ways to create a network across classes at uni. Personally I have used connections to former TA's and students in industry on multiple occasions.

[hinkley]

Some people are remembered for being a bad one, though.