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I love what I do. Often I find myself working for stress relief and relaxation. Although graduate students stereotypically work long hours, perhaps 60 hours a week, I never feel the time passing by. My graduate student friends and acquaintances often complain about hours, work stress, work load, and deadlines. I find myself wondering if… Continue reading What’s the difference : balance work and life by being a massive nerd
Confidence is a big issue in graduate school. Many graduate students suffer from "imposter syndrome". This may not be so easy for everyone to overcome, but here are my suggestions for steps in that direction. Apply Apply to literally everything. In January, I had no awards, had never been to a conference, and no fellowships.… Continue reading Confidence and the CV
Many identities By definition, an interdisciplinary scientist has the option of multiple identities. For myself, I am a biologist, a mathematician, a statistician, and a computer scientist. What should I call myself? How should I describe my research to a stranger? Most specialists don't understand Interdisciplinary science is still looked upon with skepticism. Most scientists… Continue reading Identity in Interdisciplinary Science
Many students are nervous to propose collaborations simply because of their academic station. I think awkward people may have more difficulty, but of course we have some advantages too. Most scientists are pretty nerdy There's a certain personality type that is attracted to the academic life. Certainly non nerdy people can excel at research, but… Continue reading Collaborating for people without social skills
As a graduate student, I often heard that polite, formal emails are critical when communicating with your colleagues or collaborators. There is always some story going around the internet about professors being catty to students about their poor grammar and informality. I could not disagree more. We are scientists Scientists spend their whole lives learning… Continue reading Politeness, formality, and science
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