If you are anything like me, you might be wondering if academia is worth it. Is it really worth all of the trouble. Few studies after get published in 'good' journals. Of these, only a handful...
Tag: PhD
How do I build confidence, as a PhD student or early career academic, where I lack it? Dave says if you are anything like him, you have to build confidence to do many things in your life....
Losing Hope During Your PhD: Finding Motivation to Do Your Research
Many of us have been there, or almost there: you’ve finished your coursework, you feel a sense of accomplishment about finishing your coursework, then you probably have exams and you struggle a bit...
Should You Become An Academic?: Being An Academic Is Difficult
Not a single person will ever tell you that science and #academia is easy. If doing #research was easy, how creditable do you think it would be? We, as scientists and researchers, make it...
During my PhD, the picture below was one of my favorite comics, because it is just so ridiculous. Just the idea that I could sit...
