[sampo]

> no individual accomplishment was close to technically innovative enough to warrant a novel white paper

There are so many academic journals, from scammy, to bad (yet honest), to average, to good, to the top. You can publish almost anything, if you select an appropriate, less prestigious journal.

[DrewADesign]

Yeah— wouldn't have helped in this situation. I was a professional and (deliberately) not in an academic career path, and at this very prestige-conscious institution, publishing in a scuzzy journal probably would have made me look worse.

[the_only_law]

Yeah but am I going to get the job if all I have is garbage published in no name journals?