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> Going from having my supervisor coaching me in my PhD to being basically totally unsupervised and free to work on what I want in my postdoc has been very diff
by logifail 4y ago
> Going from having my supervisor coaching me in my PhD to being basically totally unsupervised and free to work on what I want in my postdoc has been very difficult both for my work and my mental health. You have to become almost totally self reliant.
My supervisor more or less completely ignored me during my PhD, with hindsight I'm not entirely sure how he got away with it.
- bowsamic 4y agoYeah it's really the luck of the draw when it comes to supervisors. Thankfully mine was very supportive both academically and psychologically, but most people aren't that lucky
- DrAwdeOccarim 4y agoThat is super lucky! I was fortunate they were super academically supportive, but psychologically? Terrible. Same with my post-doc advisor, though the rest of the lab members were really the academically supporting part of my post-doc; my advisor was just great at getting grant money and little else. Like a savant.
- bowsamic 4y agoI don't have a postdoc advisor since I was hired without a project, so I'm basically alone