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| Jun 10, 2014 at 20:31 | comment | added | gerrit | Time off might not be fully black and white either. Someone going on a 10,000 km cycling trip could still download some papers to his e-reader now and then. But that it sets one back compared to people working conventionally, that is clear. | |
| Jun 10, 2014 at 20:27 | comment | added | Anonymous Mathematician | I just mean that if you spend half as much time doing research, then either you end up spending less time learning what other people are doing (hurting your breadth and perspective or ability to find connections), or you have to devote twice as high as percentage of your time to that (leaving less time for your own work). But how well this works out is a personal matter. For example, if time off leaves you feeling rejuvenated, then it might help you do better work. | |
| Jun 10, 2014 at 20:20 | comment | added | gerrit | Makes sense. One comment Taking time off can also make you a less productive researcher, even normalized by the amount of time you spend on research. — I'm not sure this is true when normalised. One question: how about taking 6 months off between jobs; between PhD and post-doc, between post-docs, etc.? | |
| Jun 10, 2014 at 20:14 | history | answered | Anonymous Mathematician | CC BY-SA 3.0 |