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Battleworn grad students have already mastered dealing with stress. They've seen some shit.
by sumnole 5y ago
Battleworn grad students have already mastered dealing with stress. They've seen some shit.
- nvahalik 5y agoSo have a lot of drug dealers. Many of them have been physically beaten, shot at, shot, stolen from, and lived their lives practically as soldiers from a young age. You can leave but the price is high.
- technofiend 5y agoNo doubt! I admire those willing to spend years of their lives working towards a singular goal even when they know all the while a) they will eventually have to carve out some novel approach in their area, and b) defend it to a panel of experts. Well done to all of them. At least in the operations space all the stress is generally transitory; fix the problem and move on. Plus you don't usually schedule outages three years in advance.
- yowlingcat 5y agoMastering dealing with completely artificial stress isn't a substitute for real work experience. In fact, it gets in the way because as a manager you have to actively coach them into unlearning those unhealthy habits.