A Survival Guide to a PhD
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Musings of a Computer Scientist.
This guide is patterned after my “Doing well in your courses” , a post I wrote a long time ago on some of the tips/tricks I’ve developed during my undergrad. I’ve received nice comments about that guide, so in the same spirit, now that my PhD has come to an end I wanted to compile a similar retrospective document in hopes that it might be helpful to some. Unlike the undergraduate guide, this one was much more difficult to write because there is significantly more variation in how one can traverse the PhD experience. Therefore, many things are likely contentious and a good fraction will be spec
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related reading
- A Survival Guide to a PhDkarpathy.github.io
- Book Review: The PhD Grindcesarsotovalero.net
- Lessons from my PhD - Austin Z. Henleyaustinhenley.com
- Principles of Effective Research – Michael Nielsenmichaelnielsen.org
- How to win a best paper award (or, an opinionated take on how to do important research)nicholas.carlini.com
- A graduate school survival guide: "So long, and thanks for the Ph.D!"cs.unc.edu
- advicemath.ucr.edu
- phd-advice.pdfhome.ttic.edu
- Nadia Asparouhova | Reimagining the PhDnadia.xyz
- How to Choose Your Grad School - Tim Dettmerstimdettmers.com
- An Insider’s Guide to Asking the Right Questions During Your PhD - New Sciencenewscience.org
- Dear future undergraduate researcherrosewang2008.github.io