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you have freedom after you receive tenure, but virtually no freedom before that. during your phd and postdoc, and certainly while you're tenure-track, you want
by fatjokes 14y ago
you have freedom after you receive tenure, but virtually no freedom before that.
during your phd and postdoc, and certainly while you're tenure-track, you want to be pursuing projects that will nearly guarantee you publications at top-tier conferences / journals. so you don't want to be too risky, lest you go a few years without any good publications.
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoYou can always do it the wrong way and just research what you want. Surprisingly, I haven't starved to death yet.
- derleth 14y agoHave you finished anything yet?
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoThat is the million dollar question eh? I've published some results but I don't think I'm finished. And what does finishing even mean? Maybe when I'm tired of accumulating I'll go off and do my own full super programming language?
- fatjokes 14y agoYou have a very lenient advisor.
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoWell, I've been out for more than 7 years, but I think my adviser was pretty patient. I'm lucky that my current research boss is cool about what I do.
- warrenmar 14y agoThere's a phd comic on this. There's no freedom after tenure either. http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1436 http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1436