> He assured me that this would make it easier to publish, and publishing was all that mattered. There were no bonus points for publishing a novel technique, an

> He assured me that this would make it easier to publish, and publishing was all that mattered. There were no bonus points for publishing a novel technique, and there would certainly be extra work having to deal with referees. He was a terrible professor! Yes, publish or perish is real, but that's such a terrible, pessimistic attitude to have. Its like he had given up on trying to actually do research. Tell him to go become an adjunct. My professor during my Master's adventure was insistent on publishing a lot. He didn't mind if it was little deltas. He burned the phrase "publish or perish" into my brain. But had I figured out something novel, he would have absolutely supported putting it out there. That would have been the whole point of doing this work! Deltas help you survive, but novel ideas are what you should strive for.