A bit of irony
My grad school advice must have picked up some serious Googlejuice lately, because I am getting a ton of email about it.
Much—all right, all—of this email asks my advice.
Er, this is, to put it mildly, slightly strange. Guys? Gals? I’m the one who crapped out, remember? Failed? Crawled out on belly?
Generally one asks advice of people who succeed at something.