When I received tenure, my actual job didn't change…
When I received tenure, my actual job didn't change that much: I taught the same number of classes, published the same number of academic papers, procrastinated by watching the Red Sox for the same amount of time. But I began to see myself, my identity, differently. I was now a standard-bearer for the institution, someone others looked to as having knowledge and expertise. It had gone from being a school I worked at, to my school-to part of my identity.
— from Time