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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Something by Billy Joel or Meatloaf or someone else whose tracks go on forever and lead you multiple times to think they’re coming to an end only to psyche you out",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Lots and lots of incoherent screaming. This performance is a pretty good approximation. Midori (ミドリ) - Himitsu no Futari (ひみつの2人)",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Coltrane's Blues Minor Coursework was cool and smooth, then after qualifying exams, it got crazy. Still going at it so I'm hoping gets a nice rhythm and goes mellow like the end of the track.",
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"content": "Horrorshow's \"King Amongst Many\". Historically orientated with an inconsistent tone and immaturity that sits uncomfortably with the seriousness of its content. Poetic in its best moments, but always quixotic. Trauma-inflected. Took too long and wasn't what anybody, least of all its creator, expected it to be. And always coming back to Sydney and all it is and has been.",
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"content": "No particular soundtrack for my PhD but we all listened to Bryan Ferry in my honours year.",
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"content": "If I recall correctly, Reinventing Axl Rose by Against Me! was the most played track on my itunes for much of graduate school. I played the albums Caution by Hot Water Music and Life After Death by BIG on loop during my comps.",
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"content": "Maybe not a sound track per se, but the August afternoon I finished my dissertation, I immediately put on some happy summer Beach Boys music and cranked it...really loud!",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "My main writing music tends to be fairly minimal dub techno, especially stuff like Deepchord, because I find it propels me along nicely without stealing my attention. But when I was finishing my thesis and needed something more lively to keep my spirits up I had Miss Kittin and the Hacker's First Album on repeat. It was just silly and light-hearted enough to stave off the despair.",
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"content": "Coltrane's Blues Minor Coursework was cool and smooth, then after qualifying exams, it got crazy. Still going at it so I'm hoping gets a nice rhythm and goes mellow like the end of the track.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Horrorshow's \"King Amongst Many\". Historically orientated with an inconsistent tone and immaturity that sits uncomfortably with the seriousness of its content. Poetic in its best moments, but always quixotic. Trauma-inflected. Took too long and wasn't what anybody, least of all its creator, expected it to be. And always coming back to Sydney and all it is and has been.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "No particular soundtrack for my PhD but we all listened to Bryan Ferry in my honours year.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "If I recall correctly, Reinventing Axl Rose by Against Me! was the most played track on my itunes for much of graduate school. I played the albums Caution by Hot Water Music and Life After Death by BIG on loop during my comps.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Maybe not a sound track per se, but the August afternoon I finished my dissertation, I immediately put on some happy summer Beach Boys music and cranked it...really loud!",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "My main writing music tends to be fairly minimal dub techno, especially stuff like Deepchord, because I find it propels me along nicely without stealing my attention. But when I was finishing my thesis and needed something more lively to keep my spirits up I had Miss Kittin and the Hacker's First Album on repeat. It was just silly and light-hearted enough to stave off the despair.",
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"content": "Naïve by The Kooks.",
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"content": "Not totally on topic, but I find yodel music strangely helps. The trick is to search \"jodeln\" instead of yodel.",
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"content": "Not totally on topic, but I find yodel music strangely helps. The trick is to search \"jodeln\" instead of yodel.",
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"content": "Horrorshow's \"King Amongst Many\". Historically orientated with an inconsistent tone and immaturity that sits uncomfortably with the seriousness of its content. Poetic in its best moments, but always quixotic. Trauma-inflected. Took too long and wasn't what anybody, least of all its creator, expected it to be. And always coming back to Sydney and all it is and has been.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Not totally on topic, but I find yodel music strangely helps. The trick is to search \"jodeln\" instead of yodel.",
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"content": "What's the \"soundtrack\" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw)",
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"content": "No particular soundtrack for my PhD but we all listened to Bryan Ferry in my honours year.",
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"content": "Not totally on topic, but I find yodel music strangely helps. The trick is to search \"jodeln\" instead of yodel.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Not totally on topic, but I find yodel music strangely helps. The trick is to search \"jodeln\" instead of yodel.",
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"content": "If I recall correctly, Reinventing Axl Rose by Against Me! was the most played track on my itunes for much of graduate school. I played the albums Caution by Hot Water Music and Life After Death by BIG on loop during my comps.",
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"content": "Not totally on topic, but I find yodel music strangely helps. The trick is to search \"jodeln\" instead of yodel.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "What's the \"soundtrack\" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw)",
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"content": "Not totally on topic, but I find yodel music strangely helps. The trick is to search \"jodeln\" instead of yodel.",
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"content": "What's the \"soundtrack\" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw)",
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"content": "Maybe not a sound track per se, but the August afternoon I finished my dissertation, I immediately put on some happy summer Beach Boys music and cranked it...really loud!",
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"content": "Not totally on topic, but I find yodel music strangely helps. The trick is to search \"jodeln\" instead of yodel.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Not totally on topic, but I find yodel music strangely helps. The trick is to search \"jodeln\" instead of yodel.",
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"content": "What's the \"soundtrack\" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw)",
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"content": "My main writing music tends to be fairly minimal dub techno, especially stuff like Deepchord, because I find it propels me along nicely without stealing my attention. But when I was finishing my thesis and needed something more lively to keep my spirits up I had Miss Kittin and the Hacker's First Album on repeat. It was just silly and light-hearted enough to stave off the despair.",
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"content": "Not totally on topic, but I find yodel music strangely helps. The trick is to search \"jodeln\" instead of yodel.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "What's the \"soundtrack\" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw)",
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"content": "Not totally on topic, but I find yodel music strangely helps. The trick is to search \"jodeln\" instead of yodel.",
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"content": "What's the \"soundtrack\" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw)",
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"content": "I would say it would be a different song in different phases. This summer it was mostly TOOL, as I was running some specific experiments. It's interesting how different songs/ genres generate the feeling of that past phase so well.",
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"content": "Not totally on topic, but I find yodel music strangely helps. The trick is to search \"jodeln\" instead of yodel.",
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"content": "What's the \"soundtrack\" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw)",
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"content": "Given that my thesis is about Australian metal music, that would probably be the soundtrack. Each chapter is a different era, so I'd probably have a big playlist that keeps shifting.",
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"content": "Not totally on topic, but I find yodel music strangely helps. The trick is to search \"jodeln\" instead of yodel.",
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"content": "Naïve by The Kooks.",
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"content": "Something by Billy Joel or Meatloaf or someone else whose tracks go on forever and lead you multiple times to think they’re coming to an end only to psyche you out",
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"content": "Lots and lots of incoherent screaming. This performance is a pretty good approximation. Midori (ミドリ) - Himitsu no Futari (ひみつの2人)",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Coltrane's Blues Minor Coursework was cool and smooth, then after qualifying exams, it got crazy. Still going at it so I'm hoping gets a nice rhythm and goes mellow like the end of the track.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "I work in Aero, so a loud Topgun theme used to play in morning when I would get ready for lab. Eye of tiger and Hearts on fire from Rocky during work hours. Also, I just want to say that I played \"I did it my way\" by Frank Sinatra after my viva.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Horrorshow's \"King Amongst Many\". Historically orientated with an inconsistent tone and immaturity that sits uncomfortably with the seriousness of its content. Poetic in its best moments, but always quixotic. Trauma-inflected. Took too long and wasn't what anybody, least of all its creator, expected it to be. And always coming back to Sydney and all it is and has been.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "No particular soundtrack for my PhD but we all listened to Bryan Ferry in my honours year.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "If I recall correctly, Reinventing Axl Rose by Against Me! was the most played track on my itunes for much of graduate school. I played the albums Caution by Hot Water Music and Life After Death by BIG on loop during my comps.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Maybe not a sound track per se, but the August afternoon I finished my dissertation, I immediately put on some happy summer Beach Boys music and cranked it...really loud!",
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"content": "My main writing music tends to be fairly minimal dub techno, especially stuff like Deepchord, because I find it propels me along nicely without stealing my attention. But when I was finishing my thesis and needed something more lively to keep my spirits up I had Miss Kittin and the Hacker's First Album on repeat. It was just silly and light-hearted enough to stave off the despair.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "I would say it would be a different song in different phases. This summer it was mostly TOOL, as I was running some specific experiments. It's interesting how different songs/ genres generate the feeling of that past phase so well.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Given that my thesis is about Australian metal music, that would probably be the soundtrack. Each chapter is a different era, so I'd probably have a big playlist that keeps shifting.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Horrorshow's \"King Amongst Many\". Historically orientated with an inconsistent tone and immaturity that sits uncomfortably with the seriousness of its content. Poetic in its best moments, but always quixotic. Trauma-inflected. Took too long and wasn't what anybody, least of all its creator, expected it to be. And always coming back to Sydney and all it is and has been.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "No particular soundtrack for my PhD but we all listened to Bryan Ferry in my honours year.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "If I recall correctly, Reinventing Axl Rose by Against Me! was the most played track on my itunes for much of graduate school. I played the albums Caution by Hot Water Music and Life After Death by BIG on loop during my comps.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Maybe not a sound track per se, but the August afternoon I finished my dissertation, I immediately put on some happy summer Beach Boys music and cranked it...really loud!",
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"content": "My main writing music tends to be fairly minimal dub techno, especially stuff like Deepchord, because I find it propels me along nicely without stealing my attention. But when I was finishing my thesis and needed something more lively to keep my spirits up I had Miss Kittin and the Hacker's First Album on repeat. It was just silly and light-hearted enough to stave off the despair.",
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"content": "What's the \"soundtrack\" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw)",
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"content": "Lots and lots of incoherent screaming. This performance is a pretty good approximation. Midori (ミドリ) - Himitsu no Futari (ひみつの2人)",
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"content": "Horrorshow's \"King Amongst Many\". Historically orientated with an inconsistent tone and immaturity that sits uncomfortably with the seriousness of its content. Poetic in its best moments, but always quixotic. Trauma-inflected. Took too long and wasn't what anybody, least of all its creator, expected it to be. And always coming back to Sydney and all it is and has been.",
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"content": "Lots and lots of incoherent screaming. This performance is a pretty good approximation. Midori (ミドリ) - Himitsu no Futari (ひみつの2人)",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "No particular soundtrack for my PhD but we all listened to Bryan Ferry in my honours year.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "If I recall correctly, Reinventing Axl Rose by Against Me! was the most played track on my itunes for much of graduate school. I played the albums Caution by Hot Water Music and Life After Death by BIG on loop during my comps.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Maybe not a sound track per se, but the August afternoon I finished my dissertation, I immediately put on some happy summer Beach Boys music and cranked it...really loud!",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "My main writing music tends to be fairly minimal dub techno, especially stuff like Deepchord, because I find it propels me along nicely without stealing my attention. But when I was finishing my thesis and needed something more lively to keep my spirits up I had Miss Kittin and the Hacker's First Album on repeat. It was just silly and light-hearted enough to stave off the despair.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Coltrane's Blues Minor Coursework was cool and smooth, then after qualifying exams, it got crazy. Still going at it so I'm hoping gets a nice rhythm and goes mellow like the end of the track.",
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"content": "Horrorshow's \"King Amongst Many\". Historically orientated with an inconsistent tone and immaturity that sits uncomfortably with the seriousness of its content. Poetic in its best moments, but always quixotic. Trauma-inflected. Took too long and wasn't what anybody, least of all its creator, expected it to be. And always coming back to Sydney and all it is and has been.",
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"content": "Coltrane's Blues Minor Coursework was cool and smooth, then after qualifying exams, it got crazy. Still going at it so I'm hoping gets a nice rhythm and goes mellow like the end of the track.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "No particular soundtrack for my PhD but we all listened to Bryan Ferry in my honours year.",
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"content": "If I recall correctly, Reinventing Axl Rose by Against Me! was the most played track on my itunes for much of graduate school. I played the albums Caution by Hot Water Music and Life After Death by BIG on loop during my comps.",
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"content": "Coltrane's Blues Minor Coursework was cool and smooth, then after qualifying exams, it got crazy. Still going at it so I'm hoping gets a nice rhythm and goes mellow like the end of the track.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "My main writing music tends to be fairly minimal dub techno, especially stuff like Deepchord, because I find it propels me along nicely without stealing my attention. But when I was finishing my thesis and needed something more lively to keep my spirits up I had Miss Kittin and the Hacker's First Album on repeat. It was just silly and light-hearted enough to stave off the despair.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "I work in Aero, so a loud Topgun theme used to play in morning when I would get ready for lab. Eye of tiger and Hearts on fire from Rocky during work hours. Also, I just want to say that I played \"I did it my way\" by Frank Sinatra after my viva.",
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"content": "Horrorshow's \"King Amongst Many\". Historically orientated with an inconsistent tone and immaturity that sits uncomfortably with the seriousness of its content. Poetic in its best moments, but always quixotic. Trauma-inflected. Took too long and wasn't what anybody, least of all its creator, expected it to be. And always coming back to Sydney and all it is and has been.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "No particular soundtrack for my PhD but we all listened to Bryan Ferry in my honours year.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "If I recall correctly, Reinventing Axl Rose by Against Me! was the most played track on my itunes for much of graduate school. I played the albums Caution by Hot Water Music and Life After Death by BIG on loop during my comps.",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "Maybe not a sound track per se, but the August afternoon I finished my dissertation, I immediately put on some happy summer Beach Boys music and cranked it...really loud!",
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What's the "soundtrack" of your PhD? Inspired by a post in a different forum for shaving where people described the scent of their aftershave as music, I'm curious: how would your PhD sound if it were a song? In my case it'd be probably along the lines of Swans - The Seer. A 30min progressive rock song, super long, quite confusing and chaotic to listen to. Sounds like something you'd hear in a cult. Some people like this type of music, including me depending on my mood. But if I'd show this to my friends and family, I'd get a lot of weird stares. Alternative choice would be a horribly improvised jazz piece by a bunch of people who never played jazz before. (research is in information systems btw) | f16404c6e1318b325c2cf7ad69c8926552769f9e414c6cb498966422b1abb454 | [
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"content": "My main writing music tends to be fairly minimal dub techno, especially stuff like Deepchord, because I find it propels me along nicely without stealing my attention. But when I was finishing my thesis and needed something more lively to keep my spirits up I had Miss Kittin and the Hacker's First Album on repeat. It was just silly and light-hearted enough to stave off the despair.",
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Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, "is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been "stuck" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that "these people" are more complaining and using "methods" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for "the references", "the literature review" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience? | e9f900345137514c733a2234eab27c1f622f08593ccd8053df7ceabcd09b2dd7 | [
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"content": "And yet general science/scholarship is drawn upon by the private sector all the time with no credit given. Without basic science, the rest simply wouldn't work very well. So no, I'm not concerned -- especially now that hopefully COVID-19 has made the world a lot more aware of why you need those esoteric experts doing weird stuff. Without people mucking around with molecular sequence evolution to answer obscure academic questions, there would be no tools to trace virus strains and identify important mutations and all this other incredible work they've done in such a short time! Without some taxpayer-money-sucking microbiologists studying weird hot water bacteria in the 1970s, there would be no PCR tests, etc. 30 years ago, people were studying Coronaviruses because they have super cool, relatively complex genomes for RNA viruses, no one suspected they'd be of any human relevance before SARS-1. Some of those people were mocked for studying non-human industry-irrelevant bat viruses... If the world doesn't figure this out and I'm left without my academic job somehow, guess I'll have the rest of my life to spend on being a militant activist for basic science and make a career out of that. Because I know that despite all the anti-intellectual overly-pro-business propaganda, we basic scientists are not only useful, but actually absolutely essential to modern society and a decent quality of life in it =)",
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"content": "What she (and many others) doesn't know is that regardless of whatever the field is, what allows her to not care about methods and references and stuff is the work of academia that provided a solid platform for the \"industry\" to happen. If you go to HN for example, you'll see, well, please excuse my wording, but a festival of dicks shitting on academia, and if you read into it, it's all sitting on a hill of ignorance or moral stockholm syndrome (\"they don't make a living invading the privacy of people and/or marketing totally unproductive and unprofitable startups to venture capitalists! what a shit life to live!\"). I guess that you're doing CS or related because the divide seems to be more pronounced there. Even someone who only has an MA under their belt is more likely to be hired to any position in any field when compared to someone who's got experience but only did the undergrad or vocational school. Academics have nothing to worry about.",
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"content": "And yet general science/scholarship is drawn upon by the private sector all the time with no credit given. Without basic science, the rest simply wouldn't work very well. So no, I'm not concerned -- especially now that hopefully COVID-19 has made the world a lot more aware of why you need those esoteric experts doing weird stuff. Without people mucking around with molecular sequence evolution to answer obscure academic questions, there would be no tools to trace virus strains and identify important mutations and all this other incredible work they've done in such a short time! Without some taxpayer-money-sucking microbiologists studying weird hot water bacteria in the 1970s, there would be no PCR tests, etc. 30 years ago, people were studying Coronaviruses because they have super cool, relatively complex genomes for RNA viruses, no one suspected they'd be of any human relevance before SARS-1. Some of those people were mocked for studying non-human industry-irrelevant bat viruses... If the world doesn't figure this out and I'm left without my academic job somehow, guess I'll have the rest of my life to spend on being a militant activist for basic science and make a career out of that. Because I know that despite all the anti-intellectual overly-pro-business propaganda, we basic scientists are not only useful, but actually absolutely essential to modern society and a decent quality of life in it =)",
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Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, "is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been "stuck" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that "these people" are more complaining and using "methods" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for "the references", "the literature review" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience? | e9f900345137514c733a2234eab27c1f622f08593ccd8053df7ceabcd09b2dd7 | [
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"content": "I don't think anyone who has developed deep and comprehensive expertise in a subject matter as well as rigorous research skills should feel insecure about anything. That said, practitioners and academics often have very different mentalities, approaches, culture and even skillset. Practitioners typically prize breadth and efficiency, whereas academics typically prize depth and rigor. As such, academic mentality and approaches tend to clash with practitioner environments - but that doesn't mean it's inferior, just different. Their suitabilities are likewise different. A practitioner's approach isn't very suitable for an in-depth rigorous, research driven study, whereas an academic approach isn't very suitable in a fast-paced generalized, heuristic/gut driven environment. And it's not trivial for someone steeped in practice or academia to one day put on the cap of the other. That's why in many fields there is a lot of demand for academics to advise and consult for government and the private sector, and to do studies.",
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Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, "is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been "stuck" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that "these people" are more complaining and using "methods" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for "the references", "the literature review" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience? | e9f900345137514c733a2234eab27c1f622f08593ccd8053df7ceabcd09b2dd7 | [
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Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, "is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been "stuck" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that "these people" are more complaining and using "methods" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for "the references", "the literature review" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience? | e9f900345137514c733a2234eab27c1f622f08593ccd8053df7ceabcd09b2dd7 | [
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"content": "No. This is just my experience, but the kinds of problems people wanted to solve where I worked weren't meaningful to me and there was a lot of value placed on making money vs. making long-term, impactful improvement. Industry doesn't interest me, so I have no FOMO or insecurities about it.",
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Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, "is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been "stuck" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that "these people" are more complaining and using "methods" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for "the references", "the literature review" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience? | e9f900345137514c733a2234eab27c1f622f08593ccd8053df7ceabcd09b2dd7 | [
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"content": "No. This is just my experience, but the kinds of problems people wanted to solve where I worked weren't meaningful to me and there was a lot of value placed on making money vs. making long-term, impactful improvement. Industry doesn't interest me, so I have no FOMO or insecurities about it.",
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Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, "is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been "stuck" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that "these people" are more complaining and using "methods" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for "the references", "the literature review" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience? | e9f900345137514c733a2234eab27c1f622f08593ccd8053df7ceabcd09b2dd7 | [
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"content": "No, and presuming that industry are solving 'real problems' whereas academics arent says a lot about values. Maybe your sister is lucky and works for a company that does actually make a positive impact the world, but my experience of industry isn't that. Industry people are wasting their talent and ability 'solving' short term profit driven, often non issues. I get to focus on things I care about, things that actually make the world better rather than enrich a bunch of other people.",
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"content": "Not that I get asked to, I'm in a non-econ social science, but more contempt than insecurity. Using methods people don't understand = not caring whether their decisions have solid foundations or are just half-assed things that will surely bite them on the ass in the future (hi, Boeing!). Doesn't care for the references etc = doesn't care about understanding and solving the actual problem, just about putting what looks like a good enough bandaid on it for the next quarter or until you've moved on to the next firm. People I've known who moved to industry found themselves in situations where they had to explain what interaction terms were to multibillion dollar companies, or explaining why stepwise regression is really stupid if you're trying to actually solve a problem.",
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Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, "is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been "stuck" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that "these people" are more complaining and using "methods" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for "the references", "the literature review" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience? | e9f900345137514c733a2234eab27c1f622f08593ccd8053df7ceabcd09b2dd7 | [
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"content": "Not that I get asked to, I'm in a non-econ social science, but more contempt than insecurity. Using methods people don't understand = not caring whether their decisions have solid foundations or are just half-assed things that will surely bite them on the ass in the future (hi, Boeing!). Doesn't care for the references etc = doesn't care about understanding and solving the actual problem, just about putting what looks like a good enough bandaid on it for the next quarter or until you've moved on to the next firm. People I've known who moved to industry found themselves in situations where they had to explain what interaction terms were to multibillion dollar companies, or explaining why stepwise regression is really stupid if you're trying to actually solve a problem.",
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"content": "No, and presuming that industry are solving 'real problems' whereas academics arent says a lot about values. Maybe your sister is lucky and works for a company that does actually make a positive impact the world, but my experience of industry isn't that. Industry people are wasting their talent and ability 'solving' short term profit driven, often non issues. I get to focus on things I care about, things that actually make the world better rather than enrich a bunch of other people.",
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"content": "Not that I get asked to, I'm in a non-econ social science, but more contempt than insecurity. Using methods people don't understand = not caring whether their decisions have solid foundations or are just half-assed things that will surely bite them on the ass in the future (hi, Boeing!). Doesn't care for the references etc = doesn't care about understanding and solving the actual problem, just about putting what looks like a good enough bandaid on it for the next quarter or until you've moved on to the next firm. People I've known who moved to industry found themselves in situations where they had to explain what interaction terms were to multibillion dollar companies, or explaining why stepwise regression is really stupid if you're trying to actually solve a problem.",
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Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, "is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been "stuck" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that "these people" are more complaining and using "methods" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for "the references", "the literature review" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience? | e9f900345137514c733a2234eab27c1f622f08593ccd8053df7ceabcd09b2dd7 | [
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"content": "From a non-academic in a field with a lot of intersection between academia and industry (urban planning), I get insecure walking into a meeting with people from academia because I know there’s going to be a lot more scrutiny towards methodological rigour and data quality, etc etc. It happens both ways. I feel like the contempt many in industry feel towards academia stems from an insecurity as well.",
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"content": "From a non-academic in a field with a lot of intersection between academia and industry (urban planning), I get insecure walking into a meeting with people from academia because I know there’s going to be a lot more scrutiny towards methodological rigour and data quality, etc etc. It happens both ways. I feel like the contempt many in industry feel towards academia stems from an insecurity as well.",
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Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, "is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been "stuck" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that "these people" are more complaining and using "methods" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for "the references", "the literature review" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience? | e9f900345137514c733a2234eab27c1f622f08593ccd8053df7ceabcd09b2dd7 | [
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"content": "Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, \"is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been \"stuck\" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that \"these people\" are more complaining and using \"methods\" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for \"the references\", \"the literature review\" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience?",
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"content": "From a non-academic in a field with a lot of intersection between academia and industry (urban planning), I get insecure walking into a meeting with people from academia because I know there’s going to be a lot more scrutiny towards methodological rigour and data quality, etc etc. It happens both ways. I feel like the contempt many in industry feel towards academia stems from an insecurity as well.",
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"content": "Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, \"is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been \"stuck\" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that \"these people\" are more complaining and using \"methods\" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for \"the references\", \"the literature review\" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience?",
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"content": "No. This is just my experience, but the kinds of problems people wanted to solve where I worked weren't meaningful to me and there was a lot of value placed on making money vs. making long-term, impactful improvement. Industry doesn't interest me, so I have no FOMO or insecurities about it.",
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Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, "is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been "stuck" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that "these people" are more complaining and using "methods" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for "the references", "the literature review" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience? | e9f900345137514c733a2234eab27c1f622f08593ccd8053df7ceabcd09b2dd7 | [
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"content": "Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, \"is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been \"stuck\" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that \"these people\" are more complaining and using \"methods\" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for \"the references\", \"the literature review\" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience?",
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"content": "No, and presuming that industry are solving 'real problems' whereas academics arent says a lot about values. Maybe your sister is lucky and works for a company that does actually make a positive impact the world, but my experience of industry isn't that. Industry people are wasting their talent and ability 'solving' short term profit driven, often non issues. I get to focus on things I care about, things that actually make the world better rather than enrich a bunch of other people.",
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"content": "Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, \"is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been \"stuck\" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that \"these people\" are more complaining and using \"methods\" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for \"the references\", \"the literature review\" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience?",
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Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, "is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been "stuck" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that "these people" are more complaining and using "methods" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for "the references", "the literature review" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience? | e9f900345137514c733a2234eab27c1f622f08593ccd8053df7ceabcd09b2dd7 | [
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"content": "Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, \"is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been \"stuck\" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that \"these people\" are more complaining and using \"methods\" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for \"the references\", \"the literature review\" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience?",
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"content": "Interesting topic... I am not like insecure... but sometime I feel like I am kinda \"degenerating\" in academic field... for instance lot of my colleagues can't say difference between working and doing nothing, maybe its just profesional deformation of creative job, hard to say. Also work habits are way too different in academia (humanities) and 8/5 jobs. From time to time I work (part time) as a plumber and really the way how the concept of working is understood in \"normal\" jobs and in academia is uncomperable... So in general I guess your insecurity is something like \"being lost in the translation\"",
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"content": "No, and presuming that industry are solving 'real problems' whereas academics arent says a lot about values. Maybe your sister is lucky and works for a company that does actually make a positive impact the world, but my experience of industry isn't that. Industry people are wasting their talent and ability 'solving' short term profit driven, often non issues. I get to focus on things I care about, things that actually make the world better rather than enrich a bunch of other people.",
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"content": "Academics: do you get insecure not having industrial experience? I find my supervisor (who doesn't have any industrial experience) a bit insecure when facing some of the industrial folks. He often asks, \"is that how it works over there? I got more insecure for him being my supervisor by asking that for some reason. My sister who has been working in the industry for her whole life didn't quite like working with people who have been \"stuck\" in school - she finds them as people that couldn't really solve real problems - no offence but she said that \"these people\" are more complaining and using \"methods\" people don't understand. She says she doesn't care for \"the references\", \"the literature review\" or SCOPUS Indexed if it can't solve the business problem - I literally laughed hearing that. Academics - do you get insecure not having industrial experience?",
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"content": "Interesting topic... I am not like insecure... but sometime I feel like I am kinda \"degenerating\" in academic field... for instance lot of my colleagues can't say difference between working and doing nothing, maybe its just profesional deformation of creative job, hard to say. Also work habits are way too different in academia (humanities) and 8/5 jobs. From time to time I work (part time) as a plumber and really the way how the concept of working is understood in \"normal\" jobs and in academia is uncomperable... So in general I guess your insecurity is something like \"being lost in the translation\"",
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PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental. | fe680ce69ed315a665c763606aa4ea4777dc95dd37abee10a39284d1ca0d00bb | [
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
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"content": "My boss already made contact with my funding body and was informed that (although it's not yet officially announced) they're planning to extend all of their PhD student's funding by 3 months. I imagine others will make similar arrangements.",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
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"content": "Funding is running out at the end of the summer. Hoping they extend it, but honestly doubt it. Can’t fly out for fieldwork this summer, by the looks of it, so it’ll have to wait until the fall. The pandemic is more important than my degree, so I’m just doing what I can from home and hoping for the best!",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
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"content": "My boss already made contact with my funding body and was informed that (although it's not yet officially announced) they're planning to extend all of their PhD student's funding by 3 months. I imagine others will make similar arrangements.",
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PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental. | fe680ce69ed315a665c763606aa4ea4777dc95dd37abee10a39284d1ca0d00bb | [
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
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"content": "I just lost my postdoc position in a government research laboratory because they need to redirect their research fundings to pay employees that are being affected.",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
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"content": "I'm mostly concerned about a bunch of hiring freezes (ala 2008) if state budgets take a huge hit from this. NIH funding might be afffected too.",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
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"content": "I just lost my postdoc position in a government research laboratory because they need to redirect their research fundings to pay employees that are being affected.",
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PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental. | fe680ce69ed315a665c763606aa4ea4777dc95dd37abee10a39284d1ca0d00bb | [
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
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"content": "I just lost my postdoc position in a government research laboratory because they need to redirect their research fundings to pay employees that are being affected.",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
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"content": "This question is so myopic it is borderline frustrating me. Academia will be one of the sectors that will suffer the least from this situation. Work continues on with minimal limitations in most fields, especially those which do not require laboratory presence. The only problem I foresee is catching up with courses and new student admissions. This is the only problem I so far see, because we don't really know how long this will go on. Ok, you missed some conferences and a few workshops. Funding will most likely get extended for those who have limited contracts. Meanwhile, other people lose their jobs, have to continue working in this fear infused environment and shops have to shut down but have to maintain payroll. Academia's focus should be on understanding the social, economic and psychological outcomes of such events and not ask rhetorical questions.",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
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"content": "I just lost my postdoc position in a government research laboratory because they need to redirect their research fundings to pay employees that are being affected.",
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PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental. | fe680ce69ed315a665c763606aa4ea4777dc95dd37abee10a39284d1ca0d00bb | [
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
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"content": "I'm mostly concerned about a bunch of hiring freezes (ala 2008) if state budgets take a huge hit from this. NIH funding might be afffected too.",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "This question is so myopic it is borderline frustrating me. Academia will be one of the sectors that will suffer the least from this situation. Work continues on with minimal limitations in most fields, especially those which do not require laboratory presence. The only problem I foresee is catching up with courses and new student admissions. This is the only problem I so far see, because we don't really know how long this will go on. Ok, you missed some conferences and a few workshops. Funding will most likely get extended for those who have limited contracts. Meanwhile, other people lose their jobs, have to continue working in this fear infused environment and shops have to shut down but have to maintain payroll. Academia's focus should be on understanding the social, economic and psychological outcomes of such events and not ask rhetorical questions.",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
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"content": "I'm mostly concerned about a bunch of hiring freezes (ala 2008) if state budgets take a huge hit from this. NIH funding might be afffected too.",
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PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental. | fe680ce69ed315a665c763606aa4ea4777dc95dd37abee10a39284d1ca0d00bb | [
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "Well, I'm watching my friend's zoom dissertation defense in a few minutes. When I defended five years ago, I had to drop a member from my committee because they couldn't be there in person. Maybe we'll see other arbitrary/outdated rules fall by the wayside?",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
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"content": "You'll get more information from people on the other side of the job market. However, it is too soon to know for sure. If things unfold as they are, the economy hit will be far worse than 2008. We'll still be dealing with the public health crisis at the start of the new job cycle. If you can stay another year in whatever position you are in, prepare to do that. Even if that means remaining as a student. My institution is far from destitute, but the second the economic future looks shaky, they'll freeze hiring. As others have noted, however, academia's problems will be short lived.",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "Well, I'm watching my friend's zoom dissertation defense in a few minutes. When I defended five years ago, I had to drop a member from my committee because they couldn't be there in person. Maybe we'll see other arbitrary/outdated rules fall by the wayside?",
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PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental. | fe680ce69ed315a665c763606aa4ea4777dc95dd37abee10a39284d1ca0d00bb | [
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "You'll get more information from people on the other side of the job market. However, it is too soon to know for sure. If things unfold as they are, the economy hit will be far worse than 2008. We'll still be dealing with the public health crisis at the start of the new job cycle. If you can stay another year in whatever position you are in, prepare to do that. Even if that means remaining as a student. My institution is far from destitute, but the second the economic future looks shaky, they'll freeze hiring. As others have noted, however, academia's problems will be short lived.",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "This question is so myopic it is borderline frustrating me. Academia will be one of the sectors that will suffer the least from this situation. Work continues on with minimal limitations in most fields, especially those which do not require laboratory presence. The only problem I foresee is catching up with courses and new student admissions. This is the only problem I so far see, because we don't really know how long this will go on. Ok, you missed some conferences and a few workshops. Funding will most likely get extended for those who have limited contracts. Meanwhile, other people lose their jobs, have to continue working in this fear infused environment and shops have to shut down but have to maintain payroll. Academia's focus should be on understanding the social, economic and psychological outcomes of such events and not ask rhetorical questions.",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
},
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"content": "You'll get more information from people on the other side of the job market. However, it is too soon to know for sure. If things unfold as they are, the economy hit will be far worse than 2008. We'll still be dealing with the public health crisis at the start of the new job cycle. If you can stay another year in whatever position you are in, prepare to do that. Even if that means remaining as a student. My institution is far from destitute, but the second the economic future looks shaky, they'll freeze hiring. As others have noted, however, academia's problems will be short lived.",
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PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental. | fe680ce69ed315a665c763606aa4ea4777dc95dd37abee10a39284d1ca0d00bb | [
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "Well, I'm watching my friend's zoom dissertation defense in a few minutes. When I defended five years ago, I had to drop a member from my committee because they couldn't be there in person. Maybe we'll see other arbitrary/outdated rules fall by the wayside?",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "This question is so myopic it is borderline frustrating me. Academia will be one of the sectors that will suffer the least from this situation. Work continues on with minimal limitations in most fields, especially those which do not require laboratory presence. The only problem I foresee is catching up with courses and new student admissions. This is the only problem I so far see, because we don't really know how long this will go on. Ok, you missed some conferences and a few workshops. Funding will most likely get extended for those who have limited contracts. Meanwhile, other people lose their jobs, have to continue working in this fear infused environment and shops have to shut down but have to maintain payroll. Academia's focus should be on understanding the social, economic and psychological outcomes of such events and not ask rhetorical questions.",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "Well, I'm watching my friend's zoom dissertation defense in a few minutes. When I defended five years ago, I had to drop a member from my committee because they couldn't be there in person. Maybe we'll see other arbitrary/outdated rules fall by the wayside?",
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PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental. | fe680ce69ed315a665c763606aa4ea4777dc95dd37abee10a39284d1ca0d00bb | [
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
},
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"content": "Well, I'm watching my friend's zoom dissertation defense in a few minutes. When I defended five years ago, I had to drop a member from my committee because they couldn't be there in person. Maybe we'll see other arbitrary/outdated rules fall by the wayside?",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "Everyone will be in the same situation about it so the deadlines will be extended and/or the ways of doing things will change. Except of course in case of long-term total societal collapse - in which case you won't have a use for a PhD anyway.",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
},
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"content": "Well, I'm watching my friend's zoom dissertation defense in a few minutes. When I defended five years ago, I had to drop a member from my committee because they couldn't be there in person. Maybe we'll see other arbitrary/outdated rules fall by the wayside?",
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PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental. | fe680ce69ed315a665c763606aa4ea4777dc95dd37abee10a39284d1ca0d00bb | [
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "Well, I'm watching my friend's zoom dissertation defense in a few minutes. When I defended five years ago, I had to drop a member from my committee because they couldn't be there in person. Maybe we'll see other arbitrary/outdated rules fall by the wayside?",
"role": "assistant"
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
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"content": "I'm in my first year. I still have 3 papers left, but haven't touched school work since it closed last Friday because I've been sick and caring for my child who is sicker. At this point I'm pretty sure we have the virus but the nurses said no testing because no difficulty breathing. We seem to slowly be getting better. I just want to finish these three papers so I can finish this year. But, now my partner and I are both working from home with 2 kids home full time. Our place is small - under 1200 square feet. I ordered a sit/stand desk that is super compact that we will put in my son's room since his room is the only one with the floor space for that sort of thing. I'm also still teaching full time, which is now online. In short, this is a total shit show. My old life is gone and now I have this one. I'm here in it, this new situation, and will try to make the best of it. As for the studies, I will need a ton of leniency, which is \\*super\\* annoying because I had everything done early and I really don't like being late. At least my son seems to be getting better. Good luck to everyone!!",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "Well, I'm watching my friend's zoom dissertation defense in a few minutes. When I defended five years ago, I had to drop a member from my committee because they couldn't be there in person. Maybe we'll see other arbitrary/outdated rules fall by the wayside?",
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PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental. | fe680ce69ed315a665c763606aa4ea4777dc95dd37abee10a39284d1ca0d00bb | [
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "Everyone will be in the same situation about it so the deadlines will be extended and/or the ways of doing things will change. Except of course in case of long-term total societal collapse - in which case you won't have a use for a PhD anyway.",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
"role": "user"
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"content": "This question is so myopic it is borderline frustrating me. Academia will be one of the sectors that will suffer the least from this situation. Work continues on with minimal limitations in most fields, especially those which do not require laboratory presence. The only problem I foresee is catching up with courses and new student admissions. This is the only problem I so far see, because we don't really know how long this will go on. Ok, you missed some conferences and a few workshops. Funding will most likely get extended for those who have limited contracts. Meanwhile, other people lose their jobs, have to continue working in this fear infused environment and shops have to shut down but have to maintain payroll. Academia's focus should be on understanding the social, economic and psychological outcomes of such events and not ask rhetorical questions.",
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"content": "PhD students, academia and Covid-19. How this will affect our future? Hello, I am a PhD student at the end of its second year. As many PhD students I believe that many have student scholarships over a limited number of years, in my case three in total. My concerns are about how this pandemy will affect us PhD students, but more in general the academic environment. Of course, in such period is possible to focus on writing and reading, however, for a successfull thesis the quality and the presence of good results are fundamental.",
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I'm a failure with no publications I am in a bad way. I got my PhD in physics like 6 months ago. I have no first author publications. My main result has been rejected by several journals. They kick it around like a mangy dog. My second paper was to be a small methods paper---nothing too ambitious---but last week I found a 20-year-old paper that seems to work better than my method, and is much simpler. All that work might have been for nought. So here I am. I have produced nothing of value. Fear in a handful of dust. My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. My peers like me, and, I think, respect me. I did very well in my classes, and feel comfortable with my subject matter. I have been offered a good postdoc, and a couple of other promising interviews lined up, one in a very prestigious lab. I’m a great presenter. Now, I know what some of you are thinking: "This guy came in here to brag about how good he is!" No. This is a pile of evidence that I’m nothing but surface and sheen, with nothing underneath it. I got a poster prize for the same research that keeps getting rejected. It made me furious and bitter. Of course I did. I’m a greasy car salesman. I can talk. But deep down, I’m just a common turd that’s cheated his way into it all. I know, I know, impostor's syndrome. I know it's a real thing, but it seems like false flattery, convincing myself that I have some kind of syndrome and that I’m not a real-deal faker. I know in my bones that I'm an impostor. It’s getting worse. I lie awake recounting all the negative reviews and rejections, all the possible problems with my methods and results, all my personal flaws as a scientist. It seems too much. I want to give up. But how? Leaving academia isn't giving up, it's a whole 'nother set of problems. I resent this society where I have to decide---I don't want to decide! I'm a sweaty rat king of anxiety and self-loathing, and in no place to make a rational decision. Why can't there be some divine judge who decides what to do with me? Or some super advanced A.I.? Some bureaucrat or some workers' council? Anything, anyone, no matter how stupid, arbitrary, or venal… Just decide for me where I’ll best serve society, and I’ll accept: Is it doing physics? Cleaning toilets? Would society be better off putting me down for good and letting me fertilize a field? Can I plead *nolo contendere*? | 630e80106bd69d0e226e54c959e3690a10493c3f3c56bff556b43566f427f162 | [
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"content": "Bro, sometimes I feel like this too. One thing that sticks in my mind is that our program essentially never kicks someone out, unless it's an egregious violation. What if I'm just skating by and the only reason I'll finish is that no one really gives enough of a crap to kick me out?",
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I'm a failure with no publications I am in a bad way. I got my PhD in physics like 6 months ago. I have no first author publications. My main result has been rejected by several journals. They kick it around like a mangy dog. My second paper was to be a small methods paper---nothing too ambitious---but last week I found a 20-year-old paper that seems to work better than my method, and is much simpler. All that work might have been for nought. So here I am. I have produced nothing of value. Fear in a handful of dust. My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. My peers like me, and, I think, respect me. I did very well in my classes, and feel comfortable with my subject matter. I have been offered a good postdoc, and a couple of other promising interviews lined up, one in a very prestigious lab. I’m a great presenter. Now, I know what some of you are thinking: "This guy came in here to brag about how good he is!" No. This is a pile of evidence that I’m nothing but surface and sheen, with nothing underneath it. I got a poster prize for the same research that keeps getting rejected. It made me furious and bitter. Of course I did. I’m a greasy car salesman. I can talk. But deep down, I’m just a common turd that’s cheated his way into it all. I know, I know, impostor's syndrome. I know it's a real thing, but it seems like false flattery, convincing myself that I have some kind of syndrome and that I’m not a real-deal faker. I know in my bones that I'm an impostor. It’s getting worse. I lie awake recounting all the negative reviews and rejections, all the possible problems with my methods and results, all my personal flaws as a scientist. It seems too much. I want to give up. But how? Leaving academia isn't giving up, it's a whole 'nother set of problems. I resent this society where I have to decide---I don't want to decide! I'm a sweaty rat king of anxiety and self-loathing, and in no place to make a rational decision. Why can't there be some divine judge who decides what to do with me? Or some super advanced A.I.? Some bureaucrat or some workers' council? Anything, anyone, no matter how stupid, arbitrary, or venal… Just decide for me where I’ll best serve society, and I’ll accept: Is it doing physics? Cleaning toilets? Would society be better off putting me down for good and letting me fertilize a field? Can I plead *nolo contendere*? | 630e80106bd69d0e226e54c959e3690a10493c3f3c56bff556b43566f427f162 | [
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"content": "OP, believe it or not, I have felt exactly the way you do. In fact, I'm hesitant to even comment and advice you, because what good would advice from a retarded failure like me do? Like you, I too (I believe) am liked and respected by my peers and professors. I'm still friends with my PhD advisor, and I'm certain my postdoc advisor (who is an internationally renowned neuroscientist) will write me beautiful recommendation letters when I'm on the job market. But I still feel inadequate. I can't code (and seek help from the talented grad student in the lab for my analyses), my knowledge and understanding of molecular genetics is pretty terrible, and here I am, a neuroscience postdoc with some good publications, in big part due to good fortune. My advice would be to do what you're doing. Continue presenting well, continue to work hard and articulate your thoughts on why your experiments did not work out as well as you have wanted. MOST IMPORTANTLY, it is incredibly completely normal to feel like you've been punched in the gut after your paper has been thrashed by reviewers. Even with papers that were accepted, I have felt like shit. With paper rejections, I have wanted to quit science. Based on your post, I really think you're doing fine. Advisors and peers don't think mediocre scientists are wonderful. They aren't stupid. You're not a fraud. ^I ^am ^though.",
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"content": ">My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. I'm not sure how it is in the other departments, but I am just 100% honest with my supervisor. I sit down, say how I feel, and ask for feedback and usually it's given (truth albeit slightly sugarcoated, I feel). I work in the qualitative humanities department. Just go and talk to him/her and ask for feedback. They might be able to give you good advice for the upcoming years.",
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I'm a failure with no publications I am in a bad way. I got my PhD in physics like 6 months ago. I have no first author publications. My main result has been rejected by several journals. They kick it around like a mangy dog. My second paper was to be a small methods paper---nothing too ambitious---but last week I found a 20-year-old paper that seems to work better than my method, and is much simpler. All that work might have been for nought. So here I am. I have produced nothing of value. Fear in a handful of dust. My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. My peers like me, and, I think, respect me. I did very well in my classes, and feel comfortable with my subject matter. I have been offered a good postdoc, and a couple of other promising interviews lined up, one in a very prestigious lab. I’m a great presenter. Now, I know what some of you are thinking: "This guy came in here to brag about how good he is!" No. This is a pile of evidence that I’m nothing but surface and sheen, with nothing underneath it. I got a poster prize for the same research that keeps getting rejected. It made me furious and bitter. Of course I did. I’m a greasy car salesman. I can talk. But deep down, I’m just a common turd that’s cheated his way into it all. I know, I know, impostor's syndrome. I know it's a real thing, but it seems like false flattery, convincing myself that I have some kind of syndrome and that I’m not a real-deal faker. I know in my bones that I'm an impostor. It’s getting worse. I lie awake recounting all the negative reviews and rejections, all the possible problems with my methods and results, all my personal flaws as a scientist. It seems too much. I want to give up. But how? Leaving academia isn't giving up, it's a whole 'nother set of problems. I resent this society where I have to decide---I don't want to decide! I'm a sweaty rat king of anxiety and self-loathing, and in no place to make a rational decision. Why can't there be some divine judge who decides what to do with me? Or some super advanced A.I.? Some bureaucrat or some workers' council? Anything, anyone, no matter how stupid, arbitrary, or venal… Just decide for me where I’ll best serve society, and I’ll accept: Is it doing physics? Cleaning toilets? Would society be better off putting me down for good and letting me fertilize a field? Can I plead *nolo contendere*? | 630e80106bd69d0e226e54c959e3690a10493c3f3c56bff556b43566f427f162 | [
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"content": "To add to other comments, I would suggest taking reviewers with a grain of salt. I don't know about physics, but in CS the reviewers are quite often either busy, or way outside of your field, or too salty/jaded, so they write piss-poor misinformed, degrading reviews that may not reflect things objectively. Some major conferences like SIGCHI try to battle this by hiring meta-reviewers and enforcing reviewing policies that ensure the quality of reviews, but as always YMMV.",
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I'm a failure with no publications I am in a bad way. I got my PhD in physics like 6 months ago. I have no first author publications. My main result has been rejected by several journals. They kick it around like a mangy dog. My second paper was to be a small methods paper---nothing too ambitious---but last week I found a 20-year-old paper that seems to work better than my method, and is much simpler. All that work might have been for nought. So here I am. I have produced nothing of value. Fear in a handful of dust. My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. My peers like me, and, I think, respect me. I did very well in my classes, and feel comfortable with my subject matter. I have been offered a good postdoc, and a couple of other promising interviews lined up, one in a very prestigious lab. I’m a great presenter. Now, I know what some of you are thinking: "This guy came in here to brag about how good he is!" No. This is a pile of evidence that I’m nothing but surface and sheen, with nothing underneath it. I got a poster prize for the same research that keeps getting rejected. It made me furious and bitter. Of course I did. I’m a greasy car salesman. I can talk. But deep down, I’m just a common turd that’s cheated his way into it all. I know, I know, impostor's syndrome. I know it's a real thing, but it seems like false flattery, convincing myself that I have some kind of syndrome and that I’m not a real-deal faker. I know in my bones that I'm an impostor. It’s getting worse. I lie awake recounting all the negative reviews and rejections, all the possible problems with my methods and results, all my personal flaws as a scientist. It seems too much. I want to give up. But how? Leaving academia isn't giving up, it's a whole 'nother set of problems. I resent this society where I have to decide---I don't want to decide! I'm a sweaty rat king of anxiety and self-loathing, and in no place to make a rational decision. Why can't there be some divine judge who decides what to do with me? Or some super advanced A.I.? Some bureaucrat or some workers' council? Anything, anyone, no matter how stupid, arbitrary, or venal… Just decide for me where I’ll best serve society, and I’ll accept: Is it doing physics? Cleaning toilets? Would society be better off putting me down for good and letting me fertilize a field? Can I plead *nolo contendere*? | 630e80106bd69d0e226e54c959e3690a10493c3f3c56bff556b43566f427f162 | [
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"content": "Bro, sometimes I feel like this too. One thing that sticks in my mind is that our program essentially never kicks someone out, unless it's an egregious violation. What if I'm just skating by and the only reason I'll finish is that no one really gives enough of a crap to kick me out?",
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"content": "OP, believe it or not, I have felt exactly the way you do. In fact, I'm hesitant to even comment and advice you, because what good would advice from a retarded failure like me do? Like you, I too (I believe) am liked and respected by my peers and professors. I'm still friends with my PhD advisor, and I'm certain my postdoc advisor (who is an internationally renowned neuroscientist) will write me beautiful recommendation letters when I'm on the job market. But I still feel inadequate. I can't code (and seek help from the talented grad student in the lab for my analyses), my knowledge and understanding of molecular genetics is pretty terrible, and here I am, a neuroscience postdoc with some good publications, in big part due to good fortune. My advice would be to do what you're doing. Continue presenting well, continue to work hard and articulate your thoughts on why your experiments did not work out as well as you have wanted. MOST IMPORTANTLY, it is incredibly completely normal to feel like you've been punched in the gut after your paper has been thrashed by reviewers. Even with papers that were accepted, I have felt like shit. With paper rejections, I have wanted to quit science. Based on your post, I really think you're doing fine. Advisors and peers don't think mediocre scientists are wonderful. They aren't stupid. You're not a fraud. ^I ^am ^though.",
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I'm a failure with no publications I am in a bad way. I got my PhD in physics like 6 months ago. I have no first author publications. My main result has been rejected by several journals. They kick it around like a mangy dog. My second paper was to be a small methods paper---nothing too ambitious---but last week I found a 20-year-old paper that seems to work better than my method, and is much simpler. All that work might have been for nought. So here I am. I have produced nothing of value. Fear in a handful of dust. My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. My peers like me, and, I think, respect me. I did very well in my classes, and feel comfortable with my subject matter. I have been offered a good postdoc, and a couple of other promising interviews lined up, one in a very prestigious lab. I’m a great presenter. Now, I know what some of you are thinking: "This guy came in here to brag about how good he is!" No. This is a pile of evidence that I’m nothing but surface and sheen, with nothing underneath it. I got a poster prize for the same research that keeps getting rejected. It made me furious and bitter. Of course I did. I’m a greasy car salesman. I can talk. But deep down, I’m just a common turd that’s cheated his way into it all. I know, I know, impostor's syndrome. I know it's a real thing, but it seems like false flattery, convincing myself that I have some kind of syndrome and that I’m not a real-deal faker. I know in my bones that I'm an impostor. It’s getting worse. I lie awake recounting all the negative reviews and rejections, all the possible problems with my methods and results, all my personal flaws as a scientist. It seems too much. I want to give up. But how? Leaving academia isn't giving up, it's a whole 'nother set of problems. I resent this society where I have to decide---I don't want to decide! I'm a sweaty rat king of anxiety and self-loathing, and in no place to make a rational decision. Why can't there be some divine judge who decides what to do with me? Or some super advanced A.I.? Some bureaucrat or some workers' council? Anything, anyone, no matter how stupid, arbitrary, or venal… Just decide for me where I’ll best serve society, and I’ll accept: Is it doing physics? Cleaning toilets? Would society be better off putting me down for good and letting me fertilize a field? Can I plead *nolo contendere*? | 630e80106bd69d0e226e54c959e3690a10493c3f3c56bff556b43566f427f162 | [
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"content": ">My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. I'm not sure how it is in the other departments, but I am just 100% honest with my supervisor. I sit down, say how I feel, and ask for feedback and usually it's given (truth albeit slightly sugarcoated, I feel). I work in the qualitative humanities department. Just go and talk to him/her and ask for feedback. They might be able to give you good advice for the upcoming years.",
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I'm a failure with no publications I am in a bad way. I got my PhD in physics like 6 months ago. I have no first author publications. My main result has been rejected by several journals. They kick it around like a mangy dog. My second paper was to be a small methods paper---nothing too ambitious---but last week I found a 20-year-old paper that seems to work better than my method, and is much simpler. All that work might have been for nought. So here I am. I have produced nothing of value. Fear in a handful of dust. My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. My peers like me, and, I think, respect me. I did very well in my classes, and feel comfortable with my subject matter. I have been offered a good postdoc, and a couple of other promising interviews lined up, one in a very prestigious lab. I’m a great presenter. Now, I know what some of you are thinking: "This guy came in here to brag about how good he is!" No. This is a pile of evidence that I’m nothing but surface and sheen, with nothing underneath it. I got a poster prize for the same research that keeps getting rejected. It made me furious and bitter. Of course I did. I’m a greasy car salesman. I can talk. But deep down, I’m just a common turd that’s cheated his way into it all. I know, I know, impostor's syndrome. I know it's a real thing, but it seems like false flattery, convincing myself that I have some kind of syndrome and that I’m not a real-deal faker. I know in my bones that I'm an impostor. It’s getting worse. I lie awake recounting all the negative reviews and rejections, all the possible problems with my methods and results, all my personal flaws as a scientist. It seems too much. I want to give up. But how? Leaving academia isn't giving up, it's a whole 'nother set of problems. I resent this society where I have to decide---I don't want to decide! I'm a sweaty rat king of anxiety and self-loathing, and in no place to make a rational decision. Why can't there be some divine judge who decides what to do with me? Or some super advanced A.I.? Some bureaucrat or some workers' council? Anything, anyone, no matter how stupid, arbitrary, or venal… Just decide for me where I’ll best serve society, and I’ll accept: Is it doing physics? Cleaning toilets? Would society be better off putting me down for good and letting me fertilize a field? Can I plead *nolo contendere*? | 630e80106bd69d0e226e54c959e3690a10493c3f3c56bff556b43566f427f162 | [
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"content": "To add to other comments, I would suggest taking reviewers with a grain of salt. I don't know about physics, but in CS the reviewers are quite often either busy, or way outside of your field, or too salty/jaded, so they write piss-poor misinformed, degrading reviews that may not reflect things objectively. Some major conferences like SIGCHI try to battle this by hiring meta-reviewers and enforcing reviewing policies that ensure the quality of reviews, but as always YMMV.",
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"content": "I have no first author publications, and I start a tenure track position this fall, after being a VAP. Publication isn't the be all and end all of being a good scientist. I've started and heavily intellectually contributed to other's projects. I'm second and middle author on a few, but never first, yet. It will happen, though. Sure, I had to end up at a SLAC instead of an R1, but I love my students, I love the research I can do, and I'm inspiring future scientists. Cool stuff. You'll be ok.",
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I'm a failure with no publications I am in a bad way. I got my PhD in physics like 6 months ago. I have no first author publications. My main result has been rejected by several journals. They kick it around like a mangy dog. My second paper was to be a small methods paper---nothing too ambitious---but last week I found a 20-year-old paper that seems to work better than my method, and is much simpler. All that work might have been for nought. So here I am. I have produced nothing of value. Fear in a handful of dust. My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. My peers like me, and, I think, respect me. I did very well in my classes, and feel comfortable with my subject matter. I have been offered a good postdoc, and a couple of other promising interviews lined up, one in a very prestigious lab. I’m a great presenter. Now, I know what some of you are thinking: "This guy came in here to brag about how good he is!" No. This is a pile of evidence that I’m nothing but surface and sheen, with nothing underneath it. I got a poster prize for the same research that keeps getting rejected. It made me furious and bitter. Of course I did. I’m a greasy car salesman. I can talk. But deep down, I’m just a common turd that’s cheated his way into it all. I know, I know, impostor's syndrome. I know it's a real thing, but it seems like false flattery, convincing myself that I have some kind of syndrome and that I’m not a real-deal faker. I know in my bones that I'm an impostor. It’s getting worse. I lie awake recounting all the negative reviews and rejections, all the possible problems with my methods and results, all my personal flaws as a scientist. It seems too much. I want to give up. But how? Leaving academia isn't giving up, it's a whole 'nother set of problems. I resent this society where I have to decide---I don't want to decide! I'm a sweaty rat king of anxiety and self-loathing, and in no place to make a rational decision. Why can't there be some divine judge who decides what to do with me? Or some super advanced A.I.? Some bureaucrat or some workers' council? Anything, anyone, no matter how stupid, arbitrary, or venal… Just decide for me where I’ll best serve society, and I’ll accept: Is it doing physics? Cleaning toilets? Would society be better off putting me down for good and letting me fertilize a field? Can I plead *nolo contendere*? | 630e80106bd69d0e226e54c959e3690a10493c3f3c56bff556b43566f427f162 | [
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"content": "OP, believe it or not, I have felt exactly the way you do. In fact, I'm hesitant to even comment and advice you, because what good would advice from a retarded failure like me do? Like you, I too (I believe) am liked and respected by my peers and professors. I'm still friends with my PhD advisor, and I'm certain my postdoc advisor (who is an internationally renowned neuroscientist) will write me beautiful recommendation letters when I'm on the job market. But I still feel inadequate. I can't code (and seek help from the talented grad student in the lab for my analyses), my knowledge and understanding of molecular genetics is pretty terrible, and here I am, a neuroscience postdoc with some good publications, in big part due to good fortune. My advice would be to do what you're doing. Continue presenting well, continue to work hard and articulate your thoughts on why your experiments did not work out as well as you have wanted. MOST IMPORTANTLY, it is incredibly completely normal to feel like you've been punched in the gut after your paper has been thrashed by reviewers. Even with papers that were accepted, I have felt like shit. With paper rejections, I have wanted to quit science. Based on your post, I really think you're doing fine. Advisors and peers don't think mediocre scientists are wonderful. They aren't stupid. You're not a fraud. ^I ^am ^though.",
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"content": "OP, believe it or not, I have felt exactly the way you do. In fact, I'm hesitant to even comment and advice you, because what good would advice from a retarded failure like me do? Like you, I too (I believe) am liked and respected by my peers and professors. I'm still friends with my PhD advisor, and I'm certain my postdoc advisor (who is an internationally renowned neuroscientist) will write me beautiful recommendation letters when I'm on the job market. But I still feel inadequate. I can't code (and seek help from the talented grad student in the lab for my analyses), my knowledge and understanding of molecular genetics is pretty terrible, and here I am, a neuroscience postdoc with some good publications, in big part due to good fortune. My advice would be to do what you're doing. Continue presenting well, continue to work hard and articulate your thoughts on why your experiments did not work out as well as you have wanted. MOST IMPORTANTLY, it is incredibly completely normal to feel like you've been punched in the gut after your paper has been thrashed by reviewers. Even with papers that were accepted, I have felt like shit. With paper rejections, I have wanted to quit science. Based on your post, I really think you're doing fine. Advisors and peers don't think mediocre scientists are wonderful. They aren't stupid. You're not a fraud. ^I ^am ^though.",
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I'm a failure with no publications I am in a bad way. I got my PhD in physics like 6 months ago. I have no first author publications. My main result has been rejected by several journals. They kick it around like a mangy dog. My second paper was to be a small methods paper---nothing too ambitious---but last week I found a 20-year-old paper that seems to work better than my method, and is much simpler. All that work might have been for nought. So here I am. I have produced nothing of value. Fear in a handful of dust. My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. My peers like me, and, I think, respect me. I did very well in my classes, and feel comfortable with my subject matter. I have been offered a good postdoc, and a couple of other promising interviews lined up, one in a very prestigious lab. I’m a great presenter. Now, I know what some of you are thinking: "This guy came in here to brag about how good he is!" No. This is a pile of evidence that I’m nothing but surface and sheen, with nothing underneath it. I got a poster prize for the same research that keeps getting rejected. It made me furious and bitter. Of course I did. I’m a greasy car salesman. I can talk. But deep down, I’m just a common turd that’s cheated his way into it all. I know, I know, impostor's syndrome. I know it's a real thing, but it seems like false flattery, convincing myself that I have some kind of syndrome and that I’m not a real-deal faker. I know in my bones that I'm an impostor. It’s getting worse. I lie awake recounting all the negative reviews and rejections, all the possible problems with my methods and results, all my personal flaws as a scientist. It seems too much. I want to give up. But how? Leaving academia isn't giving up, it's a whole 'nother set of problems. I resent this society where I have to decide---I don't want to decide! I'm a sweaty rat king of anxiety and self-loathing, and in no place to make a rational decision. Why can't there be some divine judge who decides what to do with me? Or some super advanced A.I.? Some bureaucrat or some workers' council? Anything, anyone, no matter how stupid, arbitrary, or venal… Just decide for me where I’ll best serve society, and I’ll accept: Is it doing physics? Cleaning toilets? Would society be better off putting me down for good and letting me fertilize a field? Can I plead *nolo contendere*? | 630e80106bd69d0e226e54c959e3690a10493c3f3c56bff556b43566f427f162 | [
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"content": "I was 12 months out of my PhD before I got my first paper published. Much of your problem appears to be self inflicted: *you* believe you are no good. Everyone else, however, seems to rate your work quite highly. I will say this; Academia is a bitch for self doubt. If you want to succeed you absolutely have to get to a point where you are confident in your own work, because it's up to you to champion you. All your talk of divine judges and workers councils is concerning, because it sounds like you want other people to validate you. and tell you what to do. Now, you're fresh out of a PhD, so you ahve plenty of time to sort this stuff out. But chief amongst those priorities has to be to stop talking yourself down. You got a PhD. You were examined and found not wanting. OK, so your first paper is hard work. That's very normal. Take some fresh air, step back, and give yourself some breathing room. In a few weeks go back to that 20 year old paper and ask yourself properly whether there is truly nothing that your own work does differently? Can you truly say that the older paper does everything better and more simply, or is that the viewpoint of someone panicking about the validity of their work? If it's that old and that unreferenced that you didn't find it until after the PhD then there's likely to be a reason for that.",
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I'm a failure with no publications I am in a bad way. I got my PhD in physics like 6 months ago. I have no first author publications. My main result has been rejected by several journals. They kick it around like a mangy dog. My second paper was to be a small methods paper---nothing too ambitious---but last week I found a 20-year-old paper that seems to work better than my method, and is much simpler. All that work might have been for nought. So here I am. I have produced nothing of value. Fear in a handful of dust. My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. My peers like me, and, I think, respect me. I did very well in my classes, and feel comfortable with my subject matter. I have been offered a good postdoc, and a couple of other promising interviews lined up, one in a very prestigious lab. I’m a great presenter. Now, I know what some of you are thinking: "This guy came in here to brag about how good he is!" No. This is a pile of evidence that I’m nothing but surface and sheen, with nothing underneath it. I got a poster prize for the same research that keeps getting rejected. It made me furious and bitter. Of course I did. I’m a greasy car salesman. I can talk. But deep down, I’m just a common turd that’s cheated his way into it all. I know, I know, impostor's syndrome. I know it's a real thing, but it seems like false flattery, convincing myself that I have some kind of syndrome and that I’m not a real-deal faker. I know in my bones that I'm an impostor. It’s getting worse. I lie awake recounting all the negative reviews and rejections, all the possible problems with my methods and results, all my personal flaws as a scientist. It seems too much. I want to give up. But how? Leaving academia isn't giving up, it's a whole 'nother set of problems. I resent this society where I have to decide---I don't want to decide! I'm a sweaty rat king of anxiety and self-loathing, and in no place to make a rational decision. Why can't there be some divine judge who decides what to do with me? Or some super advanced A.I.? Some bureaucrat or some workers' council? Anything, anyone, no matter how stupid, arbitrary, or venal… Just decide for me where I’ll best serve society, and I’ll accept: Is it doing physics? Cleaning toilets? Would society be better off putting me down for good and letting me fertilize a field? Can I plead *nolo contendere*? | 630e80106bd69d0e226e54c959e3690a10493c3f3c56bff556b43566f427f162 | [
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"content": "To add to other comments, I would suggest taking reviewers with a grain of salt. I don't know about physics, but in CS the reviewers are quite often either busy, or way outside of your field, or too salty/jaded, so they write piss-poor misinformed, degrading reviews that may not reflect things objectively. Some major conferences like SIGCHI try to battle this by hiring meta-reviewers and enforcing reviewing policies that ensure the quality of reviews, but as always YMMV.",
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I'm a failure with no publications I am in a bad way. I got my PhD in physics like 6 months ago. I have no first author publications. My main result has been rejected by several journals. They kick it around like a mangy dog. My second paper was to be a small methods paper---nothing too ambitious---but last week I found a 20-year-old paper that seems to work better than my method, and is much simpler. All that work might have been for nought. So here I am. I have produced nothing of value. Fear in a handful of dust. My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. My peers like me, and, I think, respect me. I did very well in my classes, and feel comfortable with my subject matter. I have been offered a good postdoc, and a couple of other promising interviews lined up, one in a very prestigious lab. I’m a great presenter. Now, I know what some of you are thinking: "This guy came in here to brag about how good he is!" No. This is a pile of evidence that I’m nothing but surface and sheen, with nothing underneath it. I got a poster prize for the same research that keeps getting rejected. It made me furious and bitter. Of course I did. I’m a greasy car salesman. I can talk. But deep down, I’m just a common turd that’s cheated his way into it all. I know, I know, impostor's syndrome. I know it's a real thing, but it seems like false flattery, convincing myself that I have some kind of syndrome and that I’m not a real-deal faker. I know in my bones that I'm an impostor. It’s getting worse. I lie awake recounting all the negative reviews and rejections, all the possible problems with my methods and results, all my personal flaws as a scientist. It seems too much. I want to give up. But how? Leaving academia isn't giving up, it's a whole 'nother set of problems. I resent this society where I have to decide---I don't want to decide! I'm a sweaty rat king of anxiety and self-loathing, and in no place to make a rational decision. Why can't there be some divine judge who decides what to do with me? Or some super advanced A.I.? Some bureaucrat or some workers' council? Anything, anyone, no matter how stupid, arbitrary, or venal… Just decide for me where I’ll best serve society, and I’ll accept: Is it doing physics? Cleaning toilets? Would society be better off putting me down for good and letting me fertilize a field? Can I plead *nolo contendere*? | 630e80106bd69d0e226e54c959e3690a10493c3f3c56bff556b43566f427f162 | [
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"content": "> last week I found a 20-year-old paper that seems to work better than my method, and is much simpler. All that work might have been for naught. Story of many of us. It is almost a certainty that someone else has thought \"what if we did it *this* way\". Your paper, even if it is simple, could be saving another graduate student from having to pursue an avenue of inefficiency. > I’m a greasy car salesman. Part of being a scientist is the ability to sell your science. Few of us conduct experiments that would earn grant money on their own merit. It takes a salesman mentality to *sell* your research to garner funding. You seem to have a negative outlook on your research, but nobody knows the true merit of your research better than you - what its potential is and why it's worth funding. Although your research may not have panned out well, you could make a great PI... one that can get the funding to conduct research that you think will work better. An awful lot of research success is tied to how much money can be thrown at a project. > I know, I know, impostor's syndrome. Even though we all know about it, we all seem to fail to avoid it. Keep your chin up, my friend.",
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I'm a failure with no publications I am in a bad way. I got my PhD in physics like 6 months ago. I have no first author publications. My main result has been rejected by several journals. They kick it around like a mangy dog. My second paper was to be a small methods paper---nothing too ambitious---but last week I found a 20-year-old paper that seems to work better than my method, and is much simpler. All that work might have been for nought. So here I am. I have produced nothing of value. Fear in a handful of dust. My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. My peers like me, and, I think, respect me. I did very well in my classes, and feel comfortable with my subject matter. I have been offered a good postdoc, and a couple of other promising interviews lined up, one in a very prestigious lab. I’m a great presenter. Now, I know what some of you are thinking: "This guy came in here to brag about how good he is!" No. This is a pile of evidence that I’m nothing but surface and sheen, with nothing underneath it. I got a poster prize for the same research that keeps getting rejected. It made me furious and bitter. Of course I did. I’m a greasy car salesman. I can talk. But deep down, I’m just a common turd that’s cheated his way into it all. I know, I know, impostor's syndrome. I know it's a real thing, but it seems like false flattery, convincing myself that I have some kind of syndrome and that I’m not a real-deal faker. I know in my bones that I'm an impostor. It’s getting worse. I lie awake recounting all the negative reviews and rejections, all the possible problems with my methods and results, all my personal flaws as a scientist. It seems too much. I want to give up. But how? Leaving academia isn't giving up, it's a whole 'nother set of problems. I resent this society where I have to decide---I don't want to decide! I'm a sweaty rat king of anxiety and self-loathing, and in no place to make a rational decision. Why can't there be some divine judge who decides what to do with me? Or some super advanced A.I.? Some bureaucrat or some workers' council? Anything, anyone, no matter how stupid, arbitrary, or venal… Just decide for me where I’ll best serve society, and I’ll accept: Is it doing physics? Cleaning toilets? Would society be better off putting me down for good and letting me fertilize a field? Can I plead *nolo contendere*? | 630e80106bd69d0e226e54c959e3690a10493c3f3c56bff556b43566f427f162 | [
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"content": "I was 12 months out of my PhD before I got my first paper published. Much of your problem appears to be self inflicted: *you* believe you are no good. Everyone else, however, seems to rate your work quite highly. I will say this; Academia is a bitch for self doubt. If you want to succeed you absolutely have to get to a point where you are confident in your own work, because it's up to you to champion you. All your talk of divine judges and workers councils is concerning, because it sounds like you want other people to validate you. and tell you what to do. Now, you're fresh out of a PhD, so you ahve plenty of time to sort this stuff out. But chief amongst those priorities has to be to stop talking yourself down. You got a PhD. You were examined and found not wanting. OK, so your first paper is hard work. That's very normal. Take some fresh air, step back, and give yourself some breathing room. In a few weeks go back to that 20 year old paper and ask yourself properly whether there is truly nothing that your own work does differently? Can you truly say that the older paper does everything better and more simply, or is that the viewpoint of someone panicking about the validity of their work? If it's that old and that unreferenced that you didn't find it until after the PhD then there's likely to be a reason for that.",
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"content": "Plenty of jobs for people with phds. I know someone with a physics phd who became a great scientific journalist. Quite a few (often well-paying) opportunities as commercial agents for tech/med/research companies. There are teaching-focused academic jobs as well. But if you want to be a research and teaching academic, then take advantage of your postdoc to publish... unpopular but I think honest opinion: many people ITT saying their lack of pubs has not hindered their being employed as academics. But I think an academic with no pubs will likely struggle in what is a huge chunk of the job: supervise efficiently (hugely important for career advancement). Probably some people end up good supervisors, but this is definitely not the norm as I know quite a few people in this position and all over-emphasize teaching and engagement, undermine research activities. Good luck!",
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I'm a failure with no publications I am in a bad way. I got my PhD in physics like 6 months ago. I have no first author publications. My main result has been rejected by several journals. They kick it around like a mangy dog. My second paper was to be a small methods paper---nothing too ambitious---but last week I found a 20-year-old paper that seems to work better than my method, and is much simpler. All that work might have been for nought. So here I am. I have produced nothing of value. Fear in a handful of dust. My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. My peers like me, and, I think, respect me. I did very well in my classes, and feel comfortable with my subject matter. I have been offered a good postdoc, and a couple of other promising interviews lined up, one in a very prestigious lab. I’m a great presenter. Now, I know what some of you are thinking: "This guy came in here to brag about how good he is!" No. This is a pile of evidence that I’m nothing but surface and sheen, with nothing underneath it. I got a poster prize for the same research that keeps getting rejected. It made me furious and bitter. Of course I did. I’m a greasy car salesman. I can talk. But deep down, I’m just a common turd that’s cheated his way into it all. I know, I know, impostor's syndrome. I know it's a real thing, but it seems like false flattery, convincing myself that I have some kind of syndrome and that I’m not a real-deal faker. I know in my bones that I'm an impostor. It’s getting worse. I lie awake recounting all the negative reviews and rejections, all the possible problems with my methods and results, all my personal flaws as a scientist. It seems too much. I want to give up. But how? Leaving academia isn't giving up, it's a whole 'nother set of problems. I resent this society where I have to decide---I don't want to decide! I'm a sweaty rat king of anxiety and self-loathing, and in no place to make a rational decision. Why can't there be some divine judge who decides what to do with me? Or some super advanced A.I.? Some bureaucrat or some workers' council? Anything, anyone, no matter how stupid, arbitrary, or venal… Just decide for me where I’ll best serve society, and I’ll accept: Is it doing physics? Cleaning toilets? Would society be better off putting me down for good and letting me fertilize a field? Can I plead *nolo contendere*? | 630e80106bd69d0e226e54c959e3690a10493c3f3c56bff556b43566f427f162 | [
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"content": "Hey OP I had a similar issue. My first dissertation chapter had a rough go at journals for a while until an editor suggested I get help with the writing. It is really important to have a polished and appealing manuscript. I'm still having to work on this as I'm a better scientist than writer. Keep your head up, we all struggle with feeling inadequate despite the evidence.",
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I'm a failure with no publications I am in a bad way. I got my PhD in physics like 6 months ago. I have no first author publications. My main result has been rejected by several journals. They kick it around like a mangy dog. My second paper was to be a small methods paper---nothing too ambitious---but last week I found a 20-year-old paper that seems to work better than my method, and is much simpler. All that work might have been for nought. So here I am. I have produced nothing of value. Fear in a handful of dust. My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. My peers like me, and, I think, respect me. I did very well in my classes, and feel comfortable with my subject matter. I have been offered a good postdoc, and a couple of other promising interviews lined up, one in a very prestigious lab. I’m a great presenter. Now, I know what some of you are thinking: "This guy came in here to brag about how good he is!" No. This is a pile of evidence that I’m nothing but surface and sheen, with nothing underneath it. I got a poster prize for the same research that keeps getting rejected. It made me furious and bitter. Of course I did. I’m a greasy car salesman. I can talk. But deep down, I’m just a common turd that’s cheated his way into it all. I know, I know, impostor's syndrome. I know it's a real thing, but it seems like false flattery, convincing myself that I have some kind of syndrome and that I’m not a real-deal faker. I know in my bones that I'm an impostor. It’s getting worse. I lie awake recounting all the negative reviews and rejections, all the possible problems with my methods and results, all my personal flaws as a scientist. It seems too much. I want to give up. But how? Leaving academia isn't giving up, it's a whole 'nother set of problems. I resent this society where I have to decide---I don't want to decide! I'm a sweaty rat king of anxiety and self-loathing, and in no place to make a rational decision. Why can't there be some divine judge who decides what to do with me? Or some super advanced A.I.? Some bureaucrat or some workers' council? Anything, anyone, no matter how stupid, arbitrary, or venal… Just decide for me where I’ll best serve society, and I’ll accept: Is it doing physics? Cleaning toilets? Would society be better off putting me down for good and letting me fertilize a field? Can I plead *nolo contendere*? | 630e80106bd69d0e226e54c959e3690a10493c3f3c56bff556b43566f427f162 | [
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"content": ">My advisor thinks I'm wonderful, and wrote me a beautiful letter. I’m afraid that he feels responsible for my failures, and wrote it out of guilt. I'm not sure how it is in the other departments, but I am just 100% honest with my supervisor. I sit down, say how I feel, and ask for feedback and usually it's given (truth albeit slightly sugarcoated, I feel). I work in the qualitative humanities department. Just go and talk to him/her and ask for feedback. They might be able to give you good advice for the upcoming years.",
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"content": "To add to other comments, I would suggest taking reviewers with a grain of salt. I don't know about physics, but in CS the reviewers are quite often either busy, or way outside of your field, or too salty/jaded, so they write piss-poor misinformed, degrading reviews that may not reflect things objectively. Some major conferences like SIGCHI try to battle this by hiring meta-reviewers and enforcing reviewing policies that ensure the quality of reviews, but as always YMMV.",
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