>This is not much of an exaggeration. Getting a Ph.D. is as much (maybe more) about demonstrating your ability to shmooze, defer to authority and put up with bu

>This is not much of an exaggeration. Getting a Ph.D. is as much (maybe more) about demonstrating your ability to shmooze, defer to authority and put up with bullshit for an extended period of time as it is about learning or doing good research. As opposed to all the various professional competencies and activities which involve... zero schmoozing, total defiance of authority, and never tolerating bullshit for a single moment? I feel very confused here. Doing things you don't find fun at the time is what work is.