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> they work for themselves They work for professors who sometimes care that they eventually get a PhD and sometimes don’t care if they live or die. I love har
by ok_dad 4y ago
> they work for themselves
They work for professors who sometimes care that they eventually get a PhD and sometimes don’t care if they live or die.
I love hard work, but not if it’s paired with a toxic environment where I’m going to be working like a slave for a decade and maybe will never achieve anything close to the impact I thought I’d have.
> goal?
Not sure, but if not what is the goal? To be in a research lab forever as an assistant or to do your own research? The latter requires power and position, like a professorship.
- chrisseaton 4y ago> They work for professors I think we need to break this mindset. It’s your research. Not your professors. By the end, your professor probably doesn’t really understand it anymore because you’ve pushed the envelope beyond them. > but if not what is the goal? Go into industry.
- epups 4y agoAnd can you publish your ground breaking research without being authorised by your boss? Can you even continue to do it meaningfully if he or she refuses? If not, then you are definitely not working for yourself.
- chrisseaton 4y ago> And can you publish your ground breaking research without being authorised by your boss? As a student. Yes? How would they stop you?
- epups 4y agoIn Biology and Physics at least, the professor owns the data because they funded the project. They also have final say about authorship and can remove you from a paper at any moment, with no recourse.