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That's the worst possible thing you can do. Citation: I did this.
by scottlocklin 8y ago
That's the worst possible thing you can do. Citation: I did this.
- alephu5 8y agoWhy was it such a bad experience for you?
- js8 8y agoNot OP, but I considered doing something similar. I believe the problem is that you cannot well concentrate on either, constant switching of completely different mental tasks will be very taxing. Also, when you're "in the flow" in one area it's difficult to suddenly switch to the other. So it's hard to manage that time split.
- akvadrako 8y agoI try to do it in big chunks to minimize context switching; so 3 months making money full-time, 9 months doing my own research.
- gugagore 8y agoDo you see another way to do whatever research you want to do, while not being in academia? Or do you mean, just don't do research on your own?
- malikolivier 8y agoThat's exactly what I am doing now. I have been enrolled as a PhD student in computer science and working at the same time for almost 3 years. I cannot really recommend it, mainly because of the workload. However there are things to be learnt both from academia and from the private sector. Moreover, being a PhD student won't make you earn any real money any time soon, nor give you any valuable work experience, IMO. > You can work on whatever you want with no pressure. Nor being a PhD candidate, nor being a freelancer guarantee that you can work on whatever you want with no pressure. And doing both at the same time will only make things harder to manage your time and actually do it "with no pressure".