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Second PhD after a not successful PhD and not being trained enough by professor
Regardless of the actual situation that would lead to your decision to pursue a second PhD, I guarantee you that it would be a huge red flag in your curriculum vitae. Since you are so close to ...
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New faculty. Already lagging on responsibilities bad. Any advice on coming back?
I agree with many of the points by cag51, but I do want to address your comments about being neurodivergent (autism + ADHD).
You’re displaying some of the common symptoms of autistic burnout, so I ...
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New faculty. Already lagging on responsibilities bad. Any advice on coming back?
Ah, if it's only a one-year (=temporary) position, you will want people there to give you glowing letters-of-recommendation for your next job.
So, yeah, you need to "make a good impression".
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New faculty. Already lagging on responsibilities bad. Any advice on coming back?
I'm really not seeing a problem here.
Being 2-3 minutes late to a meeting is seriously unlikely to be an issue. In fact, it is (unfortunately) the norm in many places.
Being fatigued is pretty normal ...
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Second PhD after a not successful PhD and not being trained enough by professor
Go for the second PhD. I also suggested by people to go for postdoc only, and endup doing nothing for almost 2 years. Grab the oportunity u have.
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Second PhD after a not successful PhD and not being trained enough by professor
The same thing happened to me. I was not being trained by my first advisor. It was not impostor syndrome, I was just being treated like a cheap lab tech. There was no "advocating for myself" ...
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Second PhD after a not successful PhD and not being trained enough by professor
Academia is a path of constant learning. If you want to change field, a postdoc is a great way to do that. You can even change back after, or combine the two fields. So long as you can pass your PhD ...
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Can I become a professor in a subject I did badly in?
Where is JeffE when you need him?
Jeff Erickson was an instructor of mine at the University of Illinois. He mentioned his GPA was around 2.5 and (Bs and Cs) and his computer-science focused GPA was ...
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Can I become a professor in a subject I did badly in?
Summary: Definetely, you can.
I come from a relatively progressive country and studied in the 2010's (and went before to high school). Despite of that, I had some teachers and professors who ...
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Choice of Location for Math PhD Grad
Well, Greater New England has a lot of colleges with a variety of rankings from the very top few to around #5000 or so (not a joke, but I won't name names). But few people have a lot of "choice&...
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Can I become a professor in a subject I did badly in?
First of all, you don't become a professor of real analysis; you become a professor of mathematics and then you may or may not teach real analysis. In any department I've ever been affiliated with, ...
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Can I become a professor in a subject I did badly in?
In the US and I suppose other places, it is possible to overcome early difficulties, even failures, and still succeed. But it requires evidence of change and advancement, which you may already be ...
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