Tenured profs should pick up the check?

While I think generosity on the part of more senior scientists is a good thing, and should be encouraged, making this an obligation is flawed. How do you know what that person’s obligations are?

Tenured profs @ conferences: adopt a "grad students & adjuncts don't pay" rule at dinner/bar. Some did this for student-me & I never forgot.

— Amy Lynch-Biniek (she/her) (@amylynchbiniek) January 3, 2017

I post this in case any PI types out there don’t know this is a thing. If you can pick up a check or pay more than your share, hey great. Good for you.

But nobody should expect it of you.