pguo-PhD-grind.pdf
pguo-PhD-grind PDF File Edit View Help Share Log in Sign up Page 9 of 12200 Edit Mark up Sign a copy 175% Jasmine Raeford shared this file. Want to do more with it? Log in Sign up T HE P H .D. G RIND A Ph.D. Student Memoir Philip J. Guo philip@pgbovine.net http://www.pgbovine.net/PhD-memoir.htm Current release: July 16, 2012 Original release: June 29, 2012 To everyone who aspires to create. Contents Prologue 1 Year One: Downfall 5 Year Two: Inception 21 Year Three: Relapse 33 Intermission 45 Year Four: Reboot 53 Year Five: Production 69 Year Six: Endgame 85 Epilogue 99 Afterword 109 Preface This book chronicles my six years of working towards a Ph.D. in com- puter science at Stanford University from 2006 to 2012. A diverse variety of people can benefit from reading it, including: • undergraduates who might be interested in pursuing a Ph.D., • current Ph.D. students who are seeking guidance or inspiration, • professors who want to better understand Ph.D. students, • employers who hire a