A short guide to design your own strategy and survive bibliometrics, conferences, and unreal expectations in academia: by Abel Polese, Stuttgart, Germany, ibidem-Verlag/ibidem Press, 2018, 231 pp., $25.00 (Paperback), ISBN 978-3838211992; from $6.99 (eBook), eISBN 9783838271996 In the opening of I The Scopus Diaries and the (il)logics of Academic Survival i , Polese observed that academia and the pressures facing academics have changed. "Growing" focuses on "the way you can boost your profile and move from a junior to a more senior academic status", "Shining" on how to distinguish yourself in academia, and "Niching" on how to "identify, and conquer, your public" (Polese 2018, 19). [Extracted from the article]