Feel free to make jokes about its name.

It'll make you feel 12 years old again.

ну для порядку: попердів там?

я бачу, ти багато подорожуєш по універах останнім часом - це пов'язано з пошуком/оглядом позицій чи конференції?

At this point, I'm trying to advertise myself and my results. So I give as many talks as I can at seminars and conferences.

If things go well, I'll be traveling again in the spring for job interviews.

The traveling I do now will hopefully help me succeed on the market. So is indirectly related to jobs.

The spring travels will be directly related to jobs.

немає відчуття, що романтика науки тане, коли вимушений робити такі маркетингові ходи? хоча, таке життя

Ще й як є!

The traveling itself is nice. But the whole ordeal of job applications strongly decreases the drive to do research.

To some extent, I really like the marketing part of my work.

But when there is too much of it, and when politics starts getting in my way, I feel the "romance" suffers.

On the other hand, you're right, such is life. That's how the world works, and that's good, in a sense.

так, наука - це теж певною мірою бізнес