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Questions about professional etiquette, appropriate interpersonal behavior, or social graces/norms

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What is a social strategy I can use to respond to "How's your PhD going?"

Use it as a chance to practice your "lay person" elevator research pitch. The more you practice it the better you get. "I started working on ... here is why it is significant ..." Don't answer with ho …
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