> As in all of life, you will be most successful if you simply figure out what skills your advisor has that you don’t and work hard at picking up all of those s

> As in all of life, you will be most successful if you simply figure out what skills your advisor has that you don’t and work hard at picking up all of those skills without complaining Which probably means you will pick up programming, as the field moves so fast that professors usually have out-of-date skills. With a younger professor, this may be different.