#phd experience

[jedno-pivo-prosim]

What groups the audience consists of at your first serious conference presentation as a PhD student

Clockwise, starting from the blue slice at the top:

16% - Asleep (may be 32% in the morning session, and in the session right after lunch)

24% - Doesn’t speak the language

8% - Not interested in your field of study

25% - Your friends (very supportive but having no clue of what you are talking about)

3% - Your supervisor

10% - Fellow presenters from your session, who are forced to be there

10% - Experts in your field who can actually follow what you’re talking about

3% - An asshole who is only there to ask picky questions (”... more of a comment”)

[andromeda3116]

looking at job prospects in science writing (depressing), and one of them is offering $80k/year. i look at it out of curiosity. it requires a phd.

for $80,000 per year. a phd. you want someone who has a fucking phd in a life science for $80,000 per year

jesus christ we are living in the worst timeline

[jackalopescruff]

straycatj having a full meltdown over meme art is the most funny and unexpected gimmick post breaking out of charcter things and its JUST the first week of 2023 this website rules

[opens-up-4-nobody]

Me @ myself: You are academically desirable. Professor desire your abilities and perspective. You will find a program that fits your aspirations. And it will be awesome. Chill the fuck out.

[witchmd13]

been reading and listening to people talk about their phd experiences. a lot of them are saying it wasnt worth it and i know i shouldn't feel discouraged because i fought tooth and nail for this opportunity but now i'm just getting more anxious about the whole thing

[miss-biophys]

Opposing a PhD candidate

Today I had a completely new academic experience, when I was a “very learned opponent” of a PhD thesis. The girl was great and I had to recommend to give her the PhD. 

[artigas]

If this twenty-page sapphic interpretation of Adeline Mowbray doesn't amount to a publication, I'm going to commit an act of violence against academia as an institution. i do not know how but i will burn it down. i will be rewarded for reading lesbianism into eightenth-century fiction or else

[faaun]

doing psych / neuroscience in uni n having actual convos w academics who pioneer research in NDs and mental illnesses and then going on tiktok is So Funny to me . rly full of chronically online ppl thinking the DSM is infallible and self-diagnosis is the ultimate form of evil TM

[starkcregan]

one reason (aside from grad school rip) that i decided to take a semi-hiatus is because many of my gifsets have been flopping, and sometimes it feels pointless to spend so much time making something, just for it to flop (especially when there are other things i'm supposed to be doing instead)

however, every week when I post my hotd gifsets, the kind words people leave on my gifsets give me such joy and motivation to continue gif making. thank you to the people who leave kind comments under gifmakers' gifsets <3 i don't make gifsets to get compliments (it’s one of the few ways i can express myself in some artistic way), but it's nice to see my work get appreciated

[searidings]

Hi, just wanted to tell you I really, really, really love your supercorp fanfictions and they keep me company and they take my mind off the hard things of life, so thank you. Thank you for sharing them with us.

Ok this turned out too sappy I think ahaha

- 🐰🌸

alright deadass

[demigodsanswer]

The Percy Jackson books are like PediaLyte. Yes, I know it's for kids. I had to go into the section of the store for kids to buy it. But, you know what, it made me feel better when I was a kid, and it still makes me feel better at 25. Sure, the reasons I feel bad in the first place are wildly different, but the PediaLyte helps nonetheless.

[viktoriakomova]

positively bonkers to me that any school would hire a head coach who had only ever worked (as an athlete and/or coach) with one (1) ncaa team, under one (1) head coach. but again its obvious who was behind that.

[technicontrastron]

I feel more and more like i've been severely misdiagnosed

[rebellum]

Huh. Two posts with VERY different approaches to therapy on my dash today.

One arguing that it's important to unlearn the belief that only therapists can perform therapy, and that anyone can do it since it's easy to learn the techniques online, and since a lot of therapy is doing homework anyways, so it's important to remember that you don't have to be on a long waiting list for a therapist and that someone in your community can do it

Another arguing that community leaders whose job it is to help people talk through their problems SHOULDNT be a substitute for therapy, that only someone with a masters degree in psychology should be performing therapy

So. That was odd. To see those from completely separate spheres.

I'm in between, personally. Someone DEFINITELY doesn't need a masters in psychology to do therapy.

But for effective therapy they SHOULD have training. Like, more training than reading about therapy techniques online.

Theres a difference between like, talking with a friend about your problems and getting comfort and advice for overcoming past issues, and having a friend who read a few Wikipedia articles lead on you working through your trauma and learning to live with a disorder. Like, don't get me wrong, tons of licensed therapists SUCK, but I think it's even more dangerous to rely on a friend or family member for working through a life changing event than to take a chance on someone who has training.

But the training can be things like... informally apprenticing under social workers when they worked at a shelter for years, or learning to be a spiritual leader who helps people with their problems, or having read a LOT of trusted materials intended to be read by therapists in training and having a person who they can ask questions from who can teach them a little more. The first example I wouldn't trust as much as the latter two, but it's better than someone who's just like your buddy from work who likes to help ppl with their problems.

Also, of course, required training depends on the issues the person wants to talk through. PLENTY of people have gone through multiple episodes of grief, so community elders are useful if you want to talk about how you feel about your abusive dad dying.

But like, if a person wants to talk about their self esteem issues and maladaptive coping mechanisms and BPD from years of childhood abuse, then the person they go to should be trained because otherwise there's a higher chance of really messing that person up more than if they had gone to someone specifically trained to help people deal with those issues.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[deathshallbenomore]

you know when they tell you “you have to learn to do things by yourself, do things alone yay!1!!” FINE. now that i’m an experienced, well-versed and certified loner(TM), could i get a change in the scenery or