Julia issue #8839 closed • Hacker News Board

Re: Julia issue #8839 closed

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Post by coldtea » Sat, May 16, 2015, 2:50 PM UTC

Rainymood wrote: post #10

I am on my way of getting my Master's afterwards I want to pursue a PhD, however, I have this feeling that my PhD will never be as great as this work. How do I get over this fear? Besides that, this is obviously huge for Jeff, congratulations!! :)

>I am on my way of getting my Master's afterwards I want to pursue a PhD, however, I have this feeling that my PhD will never be as great as this work. How do I get over this fear?

By aknowledging that whether it would be "as great as this work" doesn't matter at all?

Re: Julia issue #8839 closed

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Post by coldtea » Sat, May 16, 2015, 2:51 PM UTC

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #17

kyrre wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i am doing a phd now and i think of it this way: most likely no one is ever going to read your papers and certainly not your thesis

If you are an aspiring actor, you will probably never become a star, but why is that to keep you from trying? Getting a PhD...you should only do that if you want to try and make that big discovery (even if you'll more than likely fail), or are happy with standard academic work.

That doesn't mean you have to do that "big discovery" IN your PhD. PhD is just a paper so you can start your academic/research career.

Re: Julia issue #8839 closed

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Post by ScottBurson » Sat, May 16, 2015, 6:23 PM UTC

JacobAldridge wrote: post #8

WalterGR wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why was the PhD defense standing-room only?

There was an off-by-one error in calculating the required number of chairs.

Caused by Julia using 1-origin indexing. (I kid, I kid)

Re: Julia issue #8839 closed

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Post by seanmcdirmid » Sat, May 16, 2015, 9:13 PM UTC

coldtea wrote: post #22

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are an aspiring actor, you will probably never become a star, but why is that to keep you from trying? Getting a PhD...you should only do that if you want to try and make that big discovery (even if you'll more than likely fail), or are happy with standard academic work.

That doesn't mean you have to do that "big discovery" IN your PhD. PhD is just a paper so you can start your academic/research career.

Ya, you don't always get discovered in acting school. But you should have the dream while you are there.

Re: Julia issue #8839 closed

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Post by afarrell » Sun, May 17, 2015, 3:22 AM UTC

kyrre wrote: post #14

Rainymood wrote: post #10

I am on my way of getting my Master's afterwards I want to pursue a PhD, however, I have this feeling that my PhD will never be as great as this work. How do I get over this fear? Besides that, this is obviously huge for Jeff, congratulations!! :)

i am doing a phd now and i think of it this way: most likely no one is ever going to read your papers and certainly not your thesis

I don't read many theses, but I do occasionally read random academic papers.