phdonewiththis

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   by phdonewiththis 6y ago

   Thank you for this. I should have been clearer in my post -- with respect to "professional development", I meant primarily "dedicating time to finishing papers describing the students' work." Of course, publishing p
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   by phdonewiththis 6y ago

   Thank you for this perspective. There is no worse thing that, after so much work, feeling that you have no control over your situation and you have no margin to improve it, without significant additional sacrifices. This crystallizes how
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   by phdonewiththis 6y ago

   Thank you for this perspective. My supervisor is in many ways a caring and kind person, and I appreciate his job (and yours!) is difficult and has lots of pressures, many of which are invisible to trainees. But at the same time, I can'
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   by phdonewiththis 6y ago

   Recognition of my work, at least earlier in my graduate program, was actually one of the few things I've been happy with -- good supervisors will be very clear in crediting their students for implementing projects (early in the student
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   Ask HN: Is abuse from supervisors as common in industry as in academia?

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