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My relationship with my (PhD) advisor was beyond dysfunctional. I complained at the time that it was just wrong for one human to have so much power over anoth
by logifail 6y ago
My relationship with my (PhD) advisor was beyond dysfunctional. I complained at the time that it was just wrong for one human to have so much power over another, not that anyone was listening.
However, the three and a half years I spent in his group were some of the best years of my life, I got to do so much "cool stuff" with some pretty unique/expensive kit, was privileged to teach dozens of talented - and some not quite so talented - undergraduates. Every single one of them passed "my" course, and with the benefit of hindsight, I cared more about that than about the research in our lab...
- supernova87a 6y agoMaybe that's one reason why it's all the more important that you go into grad school with some strength of opinion and position on what you want to achieve. As opposed to "just more of the same" -- because random walking your way into/through grad school, you're much more likely to be jerked around and find yourself on the wrong end of a relationship.
- logifail 6y ago> it's all the more important that you go into grad school with some strength of opinion and position on what you want to achieve Indeed. I stayed on to do a PhD at the same institution where I did my undergraduate degree, with hindsight I think this might be a poor choice. There was very much a feeling of prospective grad students competing (indeed begging) for PhD places, with not much in the way of due diligence...