Young Neurosurgeons Committee

[Academic]

Hello all, just heard I didn't get elected to the YNC and am a little disappointed. Can anyone comment on how useful these committees are towards careers, especially in academics?

[Guest]

Who won?

[Focus]

If you go on to be the chair it is pretty helpful I imagine, but otherwise I think you are just as well off reaching out to the subcommittee of your choosing and offering your services.

[Guest]

Not at all, don’t think twice about it

[Guest]

Try harder.

[Guest]

I didn't get it and it made no difference.
It's not real it's a popularity contest. If you want to be AANS Chair it helps but think about why you want that.

[Guest]

Social media tournament... Please, try to survive such a challenging event

[Guest]

Quite literally no one cares. Take the 50 hours you would have spent doing that and write a grant or a paper.

[Guest]

Its self selecting, people who find something like YNC valuable also find being chair valuable.