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I would love to find out how he has the time to do research. I've always wanted to do research but after joining the industry I've convinced myself that I don't

by rifung 12y ago

I would love to find out how he has the time to do research. I've always wanted to do research but after joining the industry I've convinced myself that I don't have the time, and will just save up and go back to school when I don't have to work anymore. I wonder what his schedule is like.

Gifford 12y ago
An athlete can't exercise all day and week long, their body would collapse. During the downtime, they can party or they can study.
- rifung 12y ago
  I agree they can't, but you can exercise for a very long time.. Not only that, but after you're done it's rather difficult to study because you are so exhausted mentally. I don't know much about football but I used to compete in badminton and played with many professional players. Most people playing internationally train 6 days a week, 3 times a day. Even when I was only training twice a day, after I was done I would not be able to do anything because of the fatigue, I'd probably just eat and sleep. I feel much the same way about working nowadays; even though I do have some spare time where I'm not working, the time is less productive than if I were in school where I would be doing nothing but studying. I certainly still learn new things, but it takes me much longer because my mental state is not fresh. I wonder if this would be alleviated by studying before work instead of after, though, which is something I'm experimenting with. The only issue is that I already have trouble waking up for work, and yet somehow am unable to sleep early despite being so tired.
irremediable 12y ago
Yeah, it must be so hard. FWIW, I have a similar thing: I'm lucky enough to be doing a PhD by day, but I also wanted to stay involved with electronics. I've found it helped a lot to get involved in a community of people doing that stuff for fun.

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I would love to find out how he has the time to do research. I've always wanted to do research but after joining the industry I've convinced myself that I don't

by rifung 12y ago

Gifford 12y ago
An athlete can't exercise all day and week long, their body would collapse. During the downtime, they can party or they can study.
- rifung 12y ago
  I agree they can't, but you can exercise for a very long time.. Not only that, but after you're done it's rather difficult to study because you are so exhausted mentally. I don't know much about football but I used to compete in badminton and played with many professional players. Most people playing internationally train 6 days a week, 3 times a day. Even when I was only training twice a day, after I was done I would not be able to do anything because of the fatigue, I'd probably just eat and sleep. I feel much the same way about working nowadays; even though I do have some spare time where I'm not working, the time is less productive than if I were in school where I would be doing nothing but studying. I certainly still learn new things, but it takes me much longer because my mental state is not fresh. I wonder if this would be alleviated by studying before work instead of after, though, which is something I'm experimenting with. The only issue is that I already have trouble waking up for work, and yet somehow am unable to sleep early despite being so tired.
irremediable 12y ago
Yeah, it must be so hard. FWIW, I have a similar thing: I'm lucky enough to be doing a PhD by day, but I also wanted to stay involved with electronics. I've found it helped a lot to get involved in a community of people doing that stuff for fun.