I found this to be a good overview of the Ph.D. system from a CS perspective. I'm doing grad school in a slightly different field, but a lot of the advice was applicable.
So long, and thanks for the Ph.D.
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Re: So long, and thanks for the Ph.D.
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
OK, I guess from the massive down-voting that this summary is inaccurate, or misleading, or inflammatory, or something . That's close to no information at all. So if someone could make a better summary, or at least a teaser, please do so.
I think "tl;dr"s always get downmodded to oblivion.
Yet summaries without that term often sky-rocket: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2002255 And more than one HNer publicly stated that they read comments first, to see if the article is worth their time.
This only make sense if "tl;dr" is considered as a swear word here at HN. Is it?
Re: So long, and thanks for the Ph.D.
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think "tl;dr"s always get downmodded to oblivion.
Yet summaries without that term often sky-rocket: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2002255 And more than one HNer publicly stated that they read comments first, to see if the article is worth their time. This only make sense if "tl;dr" is considered as a swear word here at HN. Is it?
It's a meme. A meme associated with a different style of commenting. In particular, a "tl;dr" summary is usually a sarcastic over-summary.
Re: So long, and thanks for the Ph.D.
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yet summaries without that term often sky-rocket: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2002255 And more than one HNer publicly stated that they read comments first, to see if the article is worth their time. This only make sense if "tl;dr" is considered as a swear word here at HN. Is it?
It's a meme. A meme associated with a different style of commenting. In particular, a "tl;dr" summary is usually a sarcastic over-summary.
I had no idea that "tl;dr" is sarcastic.
My initial comments was meant to be an honest summary.