Thanks for the great advice! I am a first-semester PhD student, I used to watch some of your vids in undergrad when prepping for PhD applications but now that I am in it, I really need this advice. Pretty much everything you are saying are things I didn’t really realize I was doing, so I am glad I can work on these things.
I don’t think I could stay in my program anymore, not by choice. I ran into points 2-4. Very good advice. I finally came to understand these points. I was too young and inexperienced when I started. Sidetracking, isolation, freaking out for having little data, couldn’t tell until a lot later that my initial experiment was meant to not work. I lacked the social support network with people who have the knowledge of the area of study and know how to navigate the situation. I pushed so hard and got very little. Even now, though I know what to do for things that has happened, I am not confident that I’ll be able to know how to take on the challenges to come, like the writing. I didn’t know what I was getting into. I think I would have been a bit better if I had your video as an orientation.
Especially the isolation one is really important to watch out for. The biggest thing that makes the PhD seem like a dark journey is the overall isolated, overworked phD lifestyle. You are not your phD, so live your life. Dont delay living your life completely for the 4 years
Thank you so much for posting these. I always come away feeling a little inspired and (re)motivated. It’s like a reminder to manage the business of my PhD journey, not just focus on the research. (Always focus on the research haha)
During my DBA, my supervisor is superb in providing me very objectives feedback, it help me to zero in & solve problem that I never think is feasible. For my PhD I have the luxury of 4 supervisors, each of them is superb - their diverse backgrounds help me to nail the research proposal within 4 months. Be humble and willing to unlearn and relearn.
Could you elaborate on the "don't get side-tracked" part? In terms of what? When you have multiple projects, aren't you supposed to give everything a little bit of time to develop each question?
I have learnt lots from you. You have lots of material! The thing is that I have a different type of learning, by necessity. And as Scientific Writing is a big area, I wanted to know if it's possible to schedule a 1-on-1 30 minutes session to better orient into the next actionable steps. I already watched like 6 of your videos, and have quite the set-up. I have many theories validated, but if I only had someone by my side it would be better. But just as you said, that's the creative part. So its okay to write like that
I think not side tracking is a bad advice. I understand it is a good advice to finish your phd but to do good science you should side track all the time. This is a difference between a good scientist and someone who does good science. A good scientist will easily get their phd but their output is more likely to be a derivative of a derivative of an idea
I always plan assuming failure so if crap hits the fan i can move on to the other options. Alos the lack of a significant result is still a result. Only exception is health and safety if you are not trained in something ask any avaliable lab manager to train you up to make sure you caj do the thing safely. Dont try equipment you know nothing about if you where not trained. It could result in an deadly mistake or an exoensive one. But with that its take the darn initiative and ask for the training. (I working my PHD in disease mycology with diseases that can kill me or another person if i screw up lol cant be infected but the toxins they produce are deadly if breathed in or ingested in large enough quantities so i take that stuff with great caution but still move forward)
Hello Andy, how would you handle the situation where supervisors steal student's idea's for their own private benefit (i.e. starting a company, or use the idea for their own company)?
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The first thing to avoid is social media
you are your biggest enemy
100% True
How did you see this video then?
@@ambrosekola4011 the message is clear
Which I'm trying too much. Now I'm only in close with friends who are serious in their career than parties
This man’s shirt game goes crazy, I love it!
3:35 Brings a painful memory😢. I was isolated and didn't speak to people for months.
It was golden when the commercial hit right in the middle of you saying: "don't get side tra..." ^^
Beginning my doctoral journey in August. Thank you for these videos.
Italian PhD Candidate here, thank you very much for your advices! They are really helping me going through my research journey!
Same here!
You speak good English
Thanks for the great advice! I am a first-semester PhD student, I used to watch some of your vids in undergrad when prepping for PhD applications but now that I am in it, I really need this advice. Pretty much everything you are saying are things I didn’t really realize I was doing, so I am glad I can work on these things.
Good advice: “Embrace the uncertainty [and] don’t wait”, “don’t be resistant to feedback”.
I am proud of you Andy! What a video! This 8:58 long video can save people from suffering immeasurable for years
Dude, you are my hero. One video during my lunch break, and I am killing it.
I don’t think I could stay in my program anymore, not by choice. I ran into points 2-4. Very good advice. I finally came to understand these points. I was too young and inexperienced when I started. Sidetracking, isolation, freaking out for having little data, couldn’t tell until a lot later that my initial experiment was meant to not work. I lacked the social support network with people who have the knowledge of the area of study and know how to navigate the situation. I pushed so hard and got very little.
Even now, though I know what to do for things that has happened, I am not confident that I’ll be able to know how to take on the challenges to come, like the writing. I didn’t know what I was getting into. I think I would have been a bit better if I had your video as an orientation.
0:25 I still use positive and negative controls for routine tasks such as genotyping. You just never know when your bands invert.
The picture of you sitting alone, hunched over a keyboard was easy to copy/paste into my own situation.
omg, my thesis god is also a miniature hoarder LOVE THIS
Especially the isolation one is really important to watch out for. The biggest thing that makes the PhD seem like a dark journey is the overall isolated, overworked phD lifestyle. You are not your phD, so live your life. Dont delay living your life completely for the 4 years
EXCELLENT VIDEO, ANDY !!!
Great advice. Life lessons here❤
Thank you so much for posting these. I always come away feeling a little inspired and (re)motivated. It’s like a reminder to manage the business of my PhD journey, not just focus on the research. (Always focus on the research haha)
During my DBA, my supervisor is superb in providing me very objectives feedback, it help me to zero in & solve problem that I never think is feasible. For my PhD I have the luxury of 4 supervisors, each of them is superb - their diverse backgrounds help me to nail the research proposal within 4 months. Be humble and willing to unlearn and relearn.
Very much informative. Thanks for the video.
Words very fitly spoken!! Thank you so much for this! ❤
Don‘t chase failure…. Sage advice
Could you elaborate on the "don't get side-tracked" part? In terms of what? When you have multiple projects, aren't you supposed to give everything a little bit of time to develop each question?
Thanks, Andy!
I have learnt lots from you. You have lots of material! The thing is that I have a different type of learning, by necessity. And as Scientific Writing is a big area, I wanted to know if it's possible to schedule a 1-on-1 30 minutes session to better orient into the next actionable steps.
I already watched like 6 of your videos, and have quite the set-up. I have many theories validated, but if I only had someone by my side it would be better. But just as you said, that's the creative part. So its okay to write like that
Holy cow!! A non-AI video!
Lol... ... you missed the key point, that AI when it grows up, will help you beat the crap out of your lazy supervisor : )))))))
Love that shirt!
I think not side tracking is a bad advice. I understand it is a good advice to finish your phd but to do good science you should side track all the time. This is a difference between a good scientist and someone who does good science. A good scientist will easily get their phd but their output is more likely to be a derivative of a derivative of an idea
Thank u very much!
I always plan assuming failure so if crap hits the fan i can move on to the other options. Alos the lack of a significant result is still a result.
Only exception is health and safety if you are not trained in something ask any avaliable lab manager to train you up to make sure you caj do the thing safely. Dont try equipment you know nothing about if you where not trained. It could result in an deadly mistake or an exoensive one. But with that its take the darn initiative and ask for the training. (I working my PHD in disease mycology with diseases that can kill me or another person if i screw up lol cant be infected but the toxins they produce are deadly if breathed in or ingested in large enough quantities so i take that stuff with great caution but still move forward)
Great video
Want to do but can't due to family problem
Hello Andy, how would you handle the situation where supervisors steal student's idea's for their own private benefit (i.e. starting a company, or use the idea for their own company)?
Hey Andy, really nice video ! I was wondering if I could help you with Best Quality Editing in your videos better than your Editor with good pricing and also make a highly engaging Thumbnail which will help your videos to reach to a wider audience ? Pls let me know what do you think ?
Amazing t shirt
Please tell this to chinese professors. They don't consider "what you are calling a research " a research.
Avoid alcohol….only on Monday mornings. Any other time is totally fine.