Timeline for How to deal with an arrogant advisor
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| Oct 17, 2016 at 18:36 | history | edited | adipro | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 15, 2016 at 16:01 | comment | added | JeffE | My advisor really cherishes his time, therefore makes sure to never spend it too much on his students. And he hates to waste his time talking to people who are apparently not in his league. His students usually fall into this category. -- If your assessment is true, he's an incompetent advisor. Fire him. | |
| Oct 15, 2016 at 0:38 | comment | added | Captain Emacs | The use of the word "arrogant" when talking about others always raises flags with me. I of course do not know whether it applies in the concrete case here, but in my experience the term is often by people who would like to treat others with condescension or superiority and these others do not permit that to happen. The fact that the OP sends the message that their superviser's choice of topics or research style is not up to their standard they seem to expect reinforces this impression. Of course, it may be that we just have a clash of personalities here; or the OP has unrealistic expectations. | |
| Oct 14, 2016 at 23:35 | comment | added | Random | @PeteL.Clark I guess what he means is that his advisor is not taking his students' welfare into consideration. That's why not publishing is fine with himself but will ultimately damage his students career. He can definitely come up with some less non-trivial projects for his student but he prefer not. | |
| Oct 14, 2016 at 23:17 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/787069862271184897 | ||
| Oct 14, 2016 at 23:10 | answer | added | aparente001 | timeline score: 10 | |
| Oct 14, 2016 at 23:01 | comment | added | Pete L. Clark | ...Anyway, it sounds like he doesn't respect you very much and also that you don't respect him very much. I must say that this is not a good foundation on which to build a professional relationship. If you can switch to working with someone else, that's worth considering. (If you don't want to switch: can you say why not?) If you can't...is this jerk really "holding you back"? By the way: "Other than becoming an expert within his league" A faculty member who doesn't want to work with those with less expertise is missing the entire point of the faculty-student relationship. | |
| Oct 14, 2016 at 22:53 | comment | added | Pete L. Clark | On the one hand, your advisor sounds like kind of a jerk. On the other hand you sound like you don't respect your advisor: "On the other hand, he is incapable of doing anything ground-breaking, as he would wish" and feel that his scientific limitations are holding you back: "therefore I have never got a chance to work with him on anything that is trendy and more publishable". Since you describe him as a "highly regarded scientist in his field", your criticism seems rather harsh, but it is possible that he is overly highly regarded in his field.... | |
| Oct 14, 2016 at 22:50 | history | edited | aparente001 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 14, 2016 at 22:03 | comment | added | paul garrett | If things are as you describe, you really have nothing to offer, except extreme sucking-up, which still would not be as useful/attractive as higher-status connections for a high-status person. That is, if this person is selfish and self-centered (maybe a better description than "arrogant"), it's hard to see a way to induce them to be more generous with their time and energy... | |
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