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Whether your PhD fuels your depression and becomes incredibly difficult or it's awesome largely depends on your supervisor. It is relatively easy to spot super
by nextos 8y ago
Whether your PhD fuels your depression and becomes incredibly difficult or it's awesome largely depends on your supervisor.
It is relatively easy to spot supervisors that are simply rent seekers vs real researchers.
The former will typically have an enormous amount of students and will publish an impossible amount of publications per year.
If you need more tailored advice, you can find my email in my profile. I would not discard the PhD option just because of your current health status. In fact, a good PhD may leave you ample freedom, and that might be good to work on your issues.
- BrightMelon 8y agoI met with the professor yesterday and a post-doc with which I will have the closest relationship. My impression was good, although they seemed very worried about the case I declined and they would need to find another candidate. Furthermore I asked two previous PhD students of theirs which are not at this university anymore and they both spoke in high regard for both the professor and the post-doc. I can also tell that their research is top. As mentioned in my post I would like to be able to work remotely in the future. Having a remote position is to me even more important compared to doing research (although a combination of those two would be ideal). I am worried about whether doing a PhD can prohibit me from achieving that, since I will be gaining a lot of research experience but I will lack programming experience (especially commercial programming experience). Am I overthinking it?
- nextos 8y agoIMHO, you are overthinking it. If it looks good, go for it.