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11 questions linked to/from Is there a place in academia for someone who compulsively solves every problem on their own?
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How to avoid being falsely accused of harassment by a student?
I am a junior faculty member and as part of my work I have to supervise students. I am required by the University to have one-on-one meetings with them every week to check their progress and give ...
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How to stop hopping the learning chain and actually begin somewhere?
Here is what I feel whenever I find something interesting and feel like pursuing it :
Oh so I like X (Computer Graphics), let me read up papers/books about it.
Ok let me begin with reading up Y (...
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How to get work done whilst feeling crippling shame?
In academic work, when we are writing or have written a paper for example, there might be strong feelings of shame about the work done or to be done. These feelings can get in the way of finishing or ...
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I am lost with my career path. I am questioning my ability to be in research field, academia or otherwise. What to do? [duplicate]
I am 31 soon to be 32, I don't know what I am doing with my life. I have a PhD in computational chemistry from a top 50 world ranking university. But, it did not turn out well and took too long to ...
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How to deal with fear of failure as a PhD student?
I am working on a mathematical topic that is basically my own concoction. I have days where even the simplest thing takes ages to do and I realize that's because, deep down, I am terrified that ...
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Is there a place in academia for a physicist who reads mostly about math?
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I’m 25 years old and have recently started the second year in my PhD. I’m from Brazil, where most people start their PhDs at 24 and finish them at 28, so I’d say I’m following the classical ...
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How to deal with impatience when starting off in research?
I am half way through the first year of my PhD (physics) and I find myself faced with the following problem related to research discipline and learning new techniques while doing a PhD. The problem is ...
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Is it possible to get a PhD in molecular/cell biology/genetics without work with mice? How to find such a lab?
I don't want to kill any more mice, but my advisor insists that I must in order to get my PhD
I read the above post and I realized that I will be sailing in the same boat.
I am planning to get ...
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How to overcome the need to know everything about a topic? [closed]
I seek advice from mathematicians.
Sometimes I come across a topic I partially understand in my research, but I understand enough to get my work done. Yet I want to know everything about the topic, ...
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Is it common to feel anxious when reading papers?
I am a graduate student, and I often feel strangely anxious when reading papers. I was wondering whether the same is true for other people.
There are basically two scenarios where I feel that way:
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I "fear" studying [closed]
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