Moral of The Story: Practice What You Preach Many online blogs/sites serve as a guide or resource, or to help provide advice and insights. But, at the end of the day, you still have to create opportunities on your own as PhD student. You just have to know where to get the best information and […]
Let The Truth Be Told: Get The Right PhD Advice When You Need It
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Grad Student Advice Series: Approaching Your Advisor About Alternative PhD Careers
Doctoral students in many disciplines realize the odds are against them. But students are often afraid to approach their advisers about other nonfaculty career choices, for fear of disapproval. And the professors themselves may not know how to advise students about any other careers than the research life, although given the dismal job-market statistics in […]
Ultimate PhD Networking Guide: How To Create Opportunities Out Of Thin Air (Part 3)
Step 4: Start Asking The Right Questions I would recommend doing at least 10 informational interviews until you feel comfortable (and feel good about the questions and the feedback you’re getting). Your goal is to become an expert informational interviewer. You will know the “right” and intelligent questions to ask. The deep ones. On average, […]
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Ultimate PhD Networking Guide: How To Create Opportunities Out Of Thin Air (Part 2)
Part 1: Grad Student Advice Series: How To Network and Add Value To Yourself and Others I stared at the computer screen. I knew no one outside of academia. I thought about setting up a LinkedIn Profile but didn’t see the point. A feeling of hopelessness set in. I heard about the importance of networking […]
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Skeptical PhDs: Recent Comments and Misconceptions
What is the Grad Student Way All About? Reader Comment #1 (You are unhappy): Here’s my 2 cents of honest advice to you. Realize that you do not go into any career thinking about money, but for the satisfaction of work. If I was you, I would rather spend my energy and resources on making my […]
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The Top 10 Most Memorable Lessons And Things I Learned In Grad School
What I Learned Overall While Pursuing My PhD After reading the article, “3 qualities of successful PhD students: Perseverance, tenacity, and cogency”, as well as Phillip Guo’s PhD Grind Epilogue/20 memorable lessons, I decided to write a series of articles stemming from both of these. I am 6 months away from graduation and wanted to […]
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Grad Student Advice Series: How To Network and Add Value To Yourself and Others
Part 1: The Dire Need to Network While In Grad School or Academia It’s Not What You Know It’s Who You Know That Matters Why is networking so important? Well, the short answer is that it all depends on what your objectives are. For example, some people network to expand one’s resources, learn about potential […]
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Grad Student Advice Series: Lack of Social Life, The Effects, and What To Do About It
This is such an important topic I thought I’d pool a bunch of Blog Articles together just so you’d get a feel for how there is a HUGE PROBLEM with lack of social life in Graduate School. If you feel this way, you are not alone. One of the reasons for why the dropout rate […]
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One Step At A Time: Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry
Industry-Academia Interactions: Bridging the Gap By Ryan Raver **This is a very complex and deep topic, hence the reason for the long, informative blog post** With Stagnant NIH funding for the past decade or so, and dim job prospects, PhDs in the life sciences are now seeking alternatives. ‘Non-traditional’ careers are seemingly becoming traditional. There […]
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