> It's extraordinary to imagine that someone published books and papers in major journals without noticing the framework in which they did so. When I was doing

> It's extraordinary to imagine that someone published books and papers in major journals without noticing the framework in which they did so. When I was doing my PhD I found departments varied wildly, even within the same university. One of my colleagues, a PhD student in the biological sciences, was expected to come in 7 days a week, including christmas day, and regularly worked 10+ hours a day. His professor did have papers in science and nature though. Another colleague, a PhD student in the math department, estimated he got about 3 hours of useful math done in a day, spent the rest of his time in recreation, and completed his PhD a year ahead of schedule. An academic who took the norms of one department and tried to apply them in the other might find themselves unpopular in their new department, no matter which direction they went.