Quick question for those who are currently or were recently on the academic job market or may otherwise be familiar.
Any significant advantages to teaching particular courses over others? So far I have taught mostly upper-level seminars. I'd love to teach stats but would likely need to TA for it in order to be eligible to serve as instructor. I imagine experience with the "unpopular" courses (Stats, research methods) would be beneficial on the job market, but I'm not sure if the advantage would be all that substantial. Given it would involve a new prep and possibly a semester of TAing before I could teach it myself, I'm debating whether that sacrifice is worth any advantage it would give me.
Any significant advantages to teaching particular courses over others? So far I have taught mostly upper-level seminars. I'd love to teach stats but would likely need to TA for it in order to be eligible to serve as instructor. I imagine experience with the "unpopular" courses (Stats, research methods) would be beneficial on the job market, but I'm not sure if the advantage would be all that substantial. Given it would involve a new prep and possibly a semester of TAing before I could teach it myself, I'm debating whether that sacrifice is worth any advantage it would give me.