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Re: Abolish the PhD (2016)

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Post by YeGoblynQueenne » Sat, Aug 06, 2022, 12:01 PM UTC

selimthegrim wrote: post #183

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #182

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In retrospect, I'm making the mistake of generalising my experience with the UK system. I guess things are different elsewhere. To clarify, you had "one" of what? :)

Master’s. More than one PhD would be…interesting (although the only person I ever met who did was from the UK)

Well, I wouldn't mind doing another PhD. I don't reckon I'll ever have the same degree of freedom to follow my intellectual interests, study what I want to study, and produce what I want to produce, ever again.

I still had some restrictions (e.g. I had to publish on the schedule determined by publication deadlines, even if I wasn't quite ready) but even so, the freedom I enjoyed just doesn't compare to any kind of job I had before.

I studied AI and I think it would go great with entomology. A double PhD in AI and entomology, maybe with a third one in robotics... At the very least that would give me a unique background, now wouldn't it?

Ah, but ars longa, vita brevis...

Re: Abolish the PhD (2016)

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Post by selimthegrim » Sat, Aug 06, 2022, 2:42 PM UTC

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #191

selimthegrim wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Master’s. More than one PhD would be…interesting (although the only person I ever met who did was from the UK)

Well, I wouldn't mind doing another PhD. I don't reckon I'll ever have the same degree of freedom to follow my intellectual interests, study what I want to study, and produce what I want to produce, ever again. I still had some restrictions (e.g. I had to publish on the schedule determined by publication deadlines, even if I wasn't quite ready) but even so, the freedom I enjoyed just doesn't compare to any kind of jo…

Have you been an instructor yet?

Re: Abolish the PhD (2016)

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Post by YeGoblynQueenne » Sat, Aug 06, 2022, 6:10 PM UTC

selimthegrim wrote: post #192

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #191

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, I wouldn't mind doing another PhD. I don't reckon I'll ever have the same degree of freedom to follow my intellectual interests, study what I want to study, and produce what I want to produce, ever again. I still had some restrictions (e.g. I had to publish on the schedule determined by publication deadlines, even if I wasn't quite ready) but even so, the freedom I enjoyed just doesn't compare to any kind of jo…

Have you been an instructor yet?

Do you mean a TA? I've done some TA'ing work, yes, but mostly marking and invigilating.

Re: Abolish the PhD (2016)

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Post by selimthegrim » Sat, Aug 06, 2022, 7:37 PM UTC

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #193

selimthegrim wrote: post #192

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you been an instructor yet?

Do you mean a TA? I've done some TA'ing work, yes, but mostly marking and invigilating.

No, instructor of record for a class who tells TAs what to do, draws up syllabus and exams, etc.

Re: Abolish the PhD (2016)

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Post by YeGoblynQueenne » Sat, Aug 06, 2022, 8:28 PM UTC

selimthegrim wrote: post #194

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you mean a TA? I've done some TA'ing work, yes, but mostly marking and invigilating.

No, instructor of record for a class who tells TAs what to do, draws up syllabus and exams, etc.

No, I've never done that :)

Why are you asking?

Re: Abolish the PhD (2016)

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Post by selimthegrim » Sat, Aug 06, 2022, 8:45 PM UTC

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #195

selimthegrim wrote: post #194

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No, instructor of record for a class who tells TAs what to do, draws up syllabus and exams, etc.

No, I've never done that :) Why are you asking?

I’m just saying academia has a customer service side too.

Re: Abolish the PhD (2016)

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Post by YeGoblynQueenne » Sat, Aug 06, 2022, 11:32 PM UTC

selimthegrim wrote: post #196

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #195

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, I've never done that :) Why are you asking?

I’m just saying academia has a customer service side too.

Oh. Sure, I know. I enjoyed my PhD and the freedom I found during it but I think this is not even very common for PhD students. I was lucky in having the right supervisor.