{"post_id":"z2a1u1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community-  Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now.  We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of academic workers in United States history.  The strikers are demanding a salary increase\u2014from an impossibly low $24,000 a year to $54,000\u2014to address California\u2019s skyrocketing rents and other living expenses.   Sign the letter to President Drake  https:\/\/act.aflcio.org\/petitions\/show-your-support-for-academic-workers-at-university-of-california?source=direct\\_link&  Make a donation in the hardship fund if you can  https:\/\/givebutter.com\/uc-uaw  ​  https:\/\/www.fairucnow.org\/support\/","c_root_id_A":"ixg5lmv","c_root_id_B":"ixfj1kx","created_at_utc_A":1669178638,"created_at_utc_B":1669167064,"score_A":61,"score_B":58,"human_ref_A":"I was given an offer from UC Davis for their biostatistics program at just $22k flat for the academic year, to which I declined knowing it was ridiculous with that cost of living. I feel for the students who probably felt like they had no choice but to accept, or are first-gens without financial backing from their family.","human_ref_B":"Solidarity with UC academic workers! \u270a","labels":1,"seconds_difference":11574.0,"score_ratio":1.0517241379}
{"post_id":"z2a1u1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community-  Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now.  We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of academic workers in United States history.  The strikers are demanding a salary increase\u2014from an impossibly low $24,000 a year to $54,000\u2014to address California\u2019s skyrocketing rents and other living expenses.   Sign the letter to President Drake  https:\/\/act.aflcio.org\/petitions\/show-your-support-for-academic-workers-at-university-of-california?source=direct\\_link&  Make a donation in the hardship fund if you can  https:\/\/givebutter.com\/uc-uaw  ​  https:\/\/www.fairucnow.org\/support\/","c_root_id_A":"ixfd4tm","c_root_id_B":"ixg5lmv","created_at_utc_A":1669164188,"created_at_utc_B":1669178638,"score_A":45,"score_B":61,"human_ref_A":"I keep seeing $24k cited as the current stipend, but it\u2019s definitely much higher than that at UCs in my field- in the 30k-40k range, depending on which UC.  I\u2019m curious as to what $24k represents? Is that the lowest paid worker currently (I know humanities fields pay a lot less)?","human_ref_B":"I was given an offer from UC Davis for their biostatistics program at just $22k flat for the academic year, to which I declined knowing it was ridiculous with that cost of living. I feel for the students who probably felt like they had no choice but to accept, or are first-gens without financial backing from their family.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14450.0,"score_ratio":1.3555555556}
{"post_id":"z2a1u1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community-  Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now.  We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of academic workers in United States history.  The strikers are demanding a salary increase\u2014from an impossibly low $24,000 a year to $54,000\u2014to address California\u2019s skyrocketing rents and other living expenses.   Sign the letter to President Drake  https:\/\/act.aflcio.org\/petitions\/show-your-support-for-academic-workers-at-university-of-california?source=direct\\_link&  Make a donation in the hardship fund if you can  https:\/\/givebutter.com\/uc-uaw  ​  https:\/\/www.fairucnow.org\/support\/","c_root_id_A":"ixg5lmv","c_root_id_B":"ixg44ds","created_at_utc_A":1669178638,"created_at_utc_B":1669177791,"score_A":61,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"I was given an offer from UC Davis for their biostatistics program at just $22k flat for the academic year, to which I declined knowing it was ridiculous with that cost of living. I feel for the students who probably felt like they had no choice but to accept, or are first-gens without financial backing from their family.","human_ref_B":"Wishing them much success! I doubt the NIH is going to match, so its up to the University to make up the difference here.   Less admin should go a long way.  I had 4 other roomates in a 3 bedroom during my PhD at a UC. Was at 17,000 per year in early 2000s. It gets old in your late 20s.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":847.0,"score_ratio":2.652173913}
{"post_id":"z2a1u1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community-  Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now.  We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of academic workers in United States history.  The strikers are demanding a salary increase\u2014from an impossibly low $24,000 a year to $54,000\u2014to address California\u2019s skyrocketing rents and other living expenses.   Sign the letter to President Drake  https:\/\/act.aflcio.org\/petitions\/show-your-support-for-academic-workers-at-university-of-california?source=direct\\_link&  Make a donation in the hardship fund if you can  https:\/\/givebutter.com\/uc-uaw  ​  https:\/\/www.fairucnow.org\/support\/","c_root_id_A":"ixg0077","c_root_id_B":"ixg5lmv","created_at_utc_A":1669175511,"created_at_utc_B":1669178638,"score_A":5,"score_B":61,"human_ref_A":"Is this $24k an year, or $24k for 9-months? I gave two acquaintances at UCB (who joined PhD recently) and both mentioned they get paid around ~26 - 29k for 9 months. They're in EECS though, so that might be why","human_ref_B":"I was given an offer from UC Davis for their biostatistics program at just $22k flat for the academic year, to which I declined knowing it was ridiculous with that cost of living. I feel for the students who probably felt like they had no choice but to accept, or are first-gens without financial backing from their family.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3127.0,"score_ratio":12.2}
{"post_id":"z2a1u1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community-  Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now.  We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of academic workers in United States history.  The strikers are demanding a salary increase\u2014from an impossibly low $24,000 a year to $54,000\u2014to address California\u2019s skyrocketing rents and other living expenses.   Sign the letter to President Drake  https:\/\/act.aflcio.org\/petitions\/show-your-support-for-academic-workers-at-university-of-california?source=direct\\_link&  Make a donation in the hardship fund if you can  https:\/\/givebutter.com\/uc-uaw  ​  https:\/\/www.fairucnow.org\/support\/","c_root_id_A":"ixg5lmv","c_root_id_B":"ixg5b8l","created_at_utc_A":1669178638,"created_at_utc_B":1669178467,"score_A":61,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I was given an offer from UC Davis for their biostatistics program at just $22k flat for the academic year, to which I declined knowing it was ridiculous with that cost of living. I feel for the students who probably felt like they had no choice but to accept, or are first-gens without financial backing from their family.","human_ref_B":"SUPPORT!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":171.0,"score_ratio":20.3333333333}
{"post_id":"z2a1u1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community-  Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now.  We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of academic workers in United States history.  The strikers are demanding a salary increase\u2014from an impossibly low $24,000 a year to $54,000\u2014to address California\u2019s skyrocketing rents and other living expenses.   Sign the letter to President Drake  https:\/\/act.aflcio.org\/petitions\/show-your-support-for-academic-workers-at-university-of-california?source=direct\\_link&  Make a donation in the hardship fund if you can  https:\/\/givebutter.com\/uc-uaw  ​  https:\/\/www.fairucnow.org\/support\/","c_root_id_A":"ixfj1kx","c_root_id_B":"ixfd4tm","created_at_utc_A":1669167064,"created_at_utc_B":1669164188,"score_A":58,"score_B":45,"human_ref_A":"Solidarity with UC academic workers! \u270a","human_ref_B":"I keep seeing $24k cited as the current stipend, but it\u2019s definitely much higher than that at UCs in my field- in the 30k-40k range, depending on which UC.  I\u2019m curious as to what $24k represents? Is that the lowest paid worker currently (I know humanities fields pay a lot less)?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2876.0,"score_ratio":1.2888888889}
{"post_id":"z2a1u1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community-  Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now.  We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of academic workers in United States history.  The strikers are demanding a salary increase\u2014from an impossibly low $24,000 a year to $54,000\u2014to address California\u2019s skyrocketing rents and other living expenses.   Sign the letter to President Drake  https:\/\/act.aflcio.org\/petitions\/show-your-support-for-academic-workers-at-university-of-california?source=direct\\_link&  Make a donation in the hardship fund if you can  https:\/\/givebutter.com\/uc-uaw  ​  https:\/\/www.fairucnow.org\/support\/","c_root_id_A":"ixg0077","c_root_id_B":"ixg44ds","created_at_utc_A":1669175511,"created_at_utc_B":1669177791,"score_A":5,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"Is this $24k an year, or $24k for 9-months? I gave two acquaintances at UCB (who joined PhD recently) and both mentioned they get paid around ~26 - 29k for 9 months. They're in EECS though, so that might be why","human_ref_B":"Wishing them much success! I doubt the NIH is going to match, so its up to the University to make up the difference here.   Less admin should go a long way.  I had 4 other roomates in a 3 bedroom during my PhD at a UC. Was at 17,000 per year in early 2000s. It gets old in your late 20s.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2280.0,"score_ratio":4.6}
{"post_id":"z2a1u1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community-  Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now.  We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of academic workers in United States history.  The strikers are demanding a salary increase\u2014from an impossibly low $24,000 a year to $54,000\u2014to address California\u2019s skyrocketing rents and other living expenses.   Sign the letter to President Drake  https:\/\/act.aflcio.org\/petitions\/show-your-support-for-academic-workers-at-university-of-california?source=direct\\_link&  Make a donation in the hardship fund if you can  https:\/\/givebutter.com\/uc-uaw  ​  https:\/\/www.fairucnow.org\/support\/","c_root_id_A":"ixglg11","c_root_id_B":"ixgn12i","created_at_utc_A":1669189579,"created_at_utc_B":1669190878,"score_A":5,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"FYI because a lot of people don't know the structure of a PhD. You can disagree with this structure but it is the current structure in the US.  A Ph.D. is a degree with some classes but is primarily working towards a final thesis documents that outlines some novel research you conducted. In theory the student has near complete control on their thesis topic, research path and what they do with their time. Being a student comes with a tuition cost and a lot research requires materials and other expensive equipment. The tuition cost drops drastically after PhD students stop taking classes (and\/or progress to candidacy).  To deal with this two things are done, 1) you work closely with a PI who provides some resources and equipment but the more material support they provide the more control they have over your topic as they have to approve expenses. 2) They make you an employ for 20 hrs a week in exchange for covering your tuition (money does actually get charged to accounts for this) and pays you for those 20hrs.   Three types of employees, TA, RA, RA(thesis). The simplest type is a TA where you do work unrelated to research to pay the bills but is often only for 9 months of the year. RAs do research in a lab that is unrelated to their thesis each week for some professor (usually their PI but not always). RA(thesis) you do research in a lab but it is the same topic as your thesis. This is a double edged sword as you get to do more work towards your thesis but the line between employee and student gets very blurry.   Where does the money come from? For TA's the money for salary and tuition comes primarily from the department through fees charged on grants and tuition. For RA's the money for tuition and salary comes from the professors grants. You can think about research labs as mini business with their own accounts and expenses (some run on 50k a year and others run on millions).  This does mean the number of PhD offers made a year is tied to the cost of students and the impact this will have depends on how much funding an area has.   Where is the contention? Being a PhD student is a full time gig so even though it is only 20 hrs of employment you spend 20+ hrs being a \"student\" in addition to employment. The contention is generally do we consider this time doing research as part of a degree and treated as being a student or should it be treated as employment and become paid hours.  Both ways of looking at it have upsides and downsides:   Treating them as student gives you a lot freedom. In the first year (or two) you can focus on classes and exploring topics instead of research. You also have a very strong voice in what you want to study and your productivity during this process can be very low. The downside is you are paid half as much.   As an employee you make twice as much and being an employee comes with some protections. Workload while taking classes would increase drastically as class work would be in addition to your research in the first and second year (not possible for most students). The number of Phd positions offered would drop by about 20-40% and students would loose the ability to choose their thesis topic or perform exploration outside what is approved by the PI.   There is no better option, there are two options each with pros and cons. We've been looking at moving RAs to more hours a week post candidacy but there are complications from the federal grant side as well as questions about impact on labs in low funding areas. The UC resolution takes a third option of still calling them students but drastically increasing the pay for the 20 hrs they are counted as employees.","human_ref_B":"*checks flairs of users posting comments disagreeing*  shocked_pikachu.jpg","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1299.0,"score_ratio":2.6}
{"post_id":"z2a1u1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community-  Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now.  We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of academic workers in United States history.  The strikers are demanding a salary increase\u2014from an impossibly low $24,000 a year to $54,000\u2014to address California\u2019s skyrocketing rents and other living expenses.   Sign the letter to President Drake  https:\/\/act.aflcio.org\/petitions\/show-your-support-for-academic-workers-at-university-of-california?source=direct\\_link&  Make a donation in the hardship fund if you can  https:\/\/givebutter.com\/uc-uaw  ​  https:\/\/www.fairucnow.org\/support\/","c_root_id_A":"ixg0077","c_root_id_B":"ixgn12i","created_at_utc_A":1669175511,"created_at_utc_B":1669190878,"score_A":5,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"Is this $24k an year, or $24k for 9-months? I gave two acquaintances at UCB (who joined PhD recently) and both mentioned they get paid around ~26 - 29k for 9 months. They're in EECS though, so that might be why","human_ref_B":"*checks flairs of users posting comments disagreeing*  shocked_pikachu.jpg","labels":0,"seconds_difference":15367.0,"score_ratio":2.6}
{"post_id":"z2a1u1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community-  Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now.  We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of academic workers in United States history.  The strikers are demanding a salary increase\u2014from an impossibly low $24,000 a year to $54,000\u2014to address California\u2019s skyrocketing rents and other living expenses.   Sign the letter to President Drake  https:\/\/act.aflcio.org\/petitions\/show-your-support-for-academic-workers-at-university-of-california?source=direct\\_link&  Make a donation in the hardship fund if you can  https:\/\/givebutter.com\/uc-uaw  ​  https:\/\/www.fairucnow.org\/support\/","c_root_id_A":"ixg5b8l","c_root_id_B":"ixgn12i","created_at_utc_A":1669178467,"created_at_utc_B":1669190878,"score_A":3,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"SUPPORT!","human_ref_B":"*checks flairs of users posting comments disagreeing*  shocked_pikachu.jpg","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12411.0,"score_ratio":4.3333333333}
{"post_id":"z2a1u1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community-  Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now.  We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of academic workers in United States history.  The strikers are demanding a salary increase\u2014from an impossibly low $24,000 a year to $54,000\u2014to address California\u2019s skyrocketing rents and other living expenses.   Sign the letter to President Drake  https:\/\/act.aflcio.org\/petitions\/show-your-support-for-academic-workers-at-university-of-california?source=direct\\_link&  Make a donation in the hardship fund if you can  https:\/\/givebutter.com\/uc-uaw  ​  https:\/\/www.fairucnow.org\/support\/","c_root_id_A":"ixga8so","c_root_id_B":"ixgn12i","created_at_utc_A":1669181437,"created_at_utc_B":1669190878,"score_A":4,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"You have my support!","human_ref_B":"*checks flairs of users posting comments disagreeing*  shocked_pikachu.jpg","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9441.0,"score_ratio":3.25}
{"post_id":"z2a1u1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community-  Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now.  We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of academic workers in United States history.  The strikers are demanding a salary increase\u2014from an impossibly low $24,000 a year to $54,000\u2014to address California\u2019s skyrocketing rents and other living expenses.   Sign the letter to President Drake  https:\/\/act.aflcio.org\/petitions\/show-your-support-for-academic-workers-at-university-of-california?source=direct\\_link&  Make a donation in the hardship fund if you can  https:\/\/givebutter.com\/uc-uaw  ​  https:\/\/www.fairucnow.org\/support\/","c_root_id_A":"ixglg11","c_root_id_B":"ixg5b8l","created_at_utc_A":1669189579,"created_at_utc_B":1669178467,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"FYI because a lot of people don't know the structure of a PhD. You can disagree with this structure but it is the current structure in the US.  A Ph.D. is a degree with some classes but is primarily working towards a final thesis documents that outlines some novel research you conducted. In theory the student has near complete control on their thesis topic, research path and what they do with their time. Being a student comes with a tuition cost and a lot research requires materials and other expensive equipment. The tuition cost drops drastically after PhD students stop taking classes (and\/or progress to candidacy).  To deal with this two things are done, 1) you work closely with a PI who provides some resources and equipment but the more material support they provide the more control they have over your topic as they have to approve expenses. 2) They make you an employ for 20 hrs a week in exchange for covering your tuition (money does actually get charged to accounts for this) and pays you for those 20hrs.   Three types of employees, TA, RA, RA(thesis). The simplest type is a TA where you do work unrelated to research to pay the bills but is often only for 9 months of the year. RAs do research in a lab that is unrelated to their thesis each week for some professor (usually their PI but not always). RA(thesis) you do research in a lab but it is the same topic as your thesis. This is a double edged sword as you get to do more work towards your thesis but the line between employee and student gets very blurry.   Where does the money come from? For TA's the money for salary and tuition comes primarily from the department through fees charged on grants and tuition. For RA's the money for tuition and salary comes from the professors grants. You can think about research labs as mini business with their own accounts and expenses (some run on 50k a year and others run on millions).  This does mean the number of PhD offers made a year is tied to the cost of students and the impact this will have depends on how much funding an area has.   Where is the contention? Being a PhD student is a full time gig so even though it is only 20 hrs of employment you spend 20+ hrs being a \"student\" in addition to employment. The contention is generally do we consider this time doing research as part of a degree and treated as being a student or should it be treated as employment and become paid hours.  Both ways of looking at it have upsides and downsides:   Treating them as student gives you a lot freedom. In the first year (or two) you can focus on classes and exploring topics instead of research. You also have a very strong voice in what you want to study and your productivity during this process can be very low. The downside is you are paid half as much.   As an employee you make twice as much and being an employee comes with some protections. Workload while taking classes would increase drastically as class work would be in addition to your research in the first and second year (not possible for most students). The number of Phd positions offered would drop by about 20-40% and students would loose the ability to choose their thesis topic or perform exploration outside what is approved by the PI.   There is no better option, there are two options each with pros and cons. We've been looking at moving RAs to more hours a week post candidacy but there are complications from the federal grant side as well as questions about impact on labs in low funding areas. The UC resolution takes a third option of still calling them students but drastically increasing the pay for the 20 hrs they are counted as employees.","human_ref_B":"SUPPORT!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":11112.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"z2a1u1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community-  Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now.  We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of academic workers in United States history.  The strikers are demanding a salary increase\u2014from an impossibly low $24,000 a year to $54,000\u2014to address California\u2019s skyrocketing rents and other living expenses.   Sign the letter to President Drake  https:\/\/act.aflcio.org\/petitions\/show-your-support-for-academic-workers-at-university-of-california?source=direct\\_link&  Make a donation in the hardship fund if you can  https:\/\/givebutter.com\/uc-uaw  ​  https:\/\/www.fairucnow.org\/support\/","c_root_id_A":"ixga8so","c_root_id_B":"ixglg11","created_at_utc_A":1669181437,"created_at_utc_B":1669189579,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"You have my support!","human_ref_B":"FYI because a lot of people don't know the structure of a PhD. You can disagree with this structure but it is the current structure in the US.  A Ph.D. is a degree with some classes but is primarily working towards a final thesis documents that outlines some novel research you conducted. In theory the student has near complete control on their thesis topic, research path and what they do with their time. Being a student comes with a tuition cost and a lot research requires materials and other expensive equipment. The tuition cost drops drastically after PhD students stop taking classes (and\/or progress to candidacy).  To deal with this two things are done, 1) you work closely with a PI who provides some resources and equipment but the more material support they provide the more control they have over your topic as they have to approve expenses. 2) They make you an employ for 20 hrs a week in exchange for covering your tuition (money does actually get charged to accounts for this) and pays you for those 20hrs.   Three types of employees, TA, RA, RA(thesis). The simplest type is a TA where you do work unrelated to research to pay the bills but is often only for 9 months of the year. RAs do research in a lab that is unrelated to their thesis each week for some professor (usually their PI but not always). RA(thesis) you do research in a lab but it is the same topic as your thesis. This is a double edged sword as you get to do more work towards your thesis but the line between employee and student gets very blurry.   Where does the money come from? For TA's the money for salary and tuition comes primarily from the department through fees charged on grants and tuition. For RA's the money for tuition and salary comes from the professors grants. You can think about research labs as mini business with their own accounts and expenses (some run on 50k a year and others run on millions).  This does mean the number of PhD offers made a year is tied to the cost of students and the impact this will have depends on how much funding an area has.   Where is the contention? Being a PhD student is a full time gig so even though it is only 20 hrs of employment you spend 20+ hrs being a \"student\" in addition to employment. The contention is generally do we consider this time doing research as part of a degree and treated as being a student or should it be treated as employment and become paid hours.  Both ways of looking at it have upsides and downsides:   Treating them as student gives you a lot freedom. In the first year (or two) you can focus on classes and exploring topics instead of research. You also have a very strong voice in what you want to study and your productivity during this process can be very low. The downside is you are paid half as much.   As an employee you make twice as much and being an employee comes with some protections. Workload while taking classes would increase drastically as class work would be in addition to your research in the first and second year (not possible for most students). The number of Phd positions offered would drop by about 20-40% and students would loose the ability to choose their thesis topic or perform exploration outside what is approved by the PI.   There is no better option, there are two options each with pros and cons. We've been looking at moving RAs to more hours a week post candidacy but there are complications from the federal grant side as well as questions about impact on labs in low funding areas. The UC resolution takes a third option of still calling them students but drastically increasing the pay for the 20 hrs they are counted as employees.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8142.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"z2a1u1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Show support for UC academic worker strike Fellow academic community-  Please take a moment to show solidarity with the academic student workers on strike at UC right now.  We are in the second week of the strike by 48,000 academic workers in the University of California (UC) system. The action is the largest strike of academic workers in United States history.  The strikers are demanding a salary increase\u2014from an impossibly low $24,000 a year to $54,000\u2014to address California\u2019s skyrocketing rents and other living expenses.   Sign the letter to President Drake  https:\/\/act.aflcio.org\/petitions\/show-your-support-for-academic-workers-at-university-of-california?source=direct\\_link&  Make a donation in the hardship fund if you can  https:\/\/givebutter.com\/uc-uaw  ​  https:\/\/www.fairucnow.org\/support\/","c_root_id_A":"ixga8so","c_root_id_B":"ixg5b8l","created_at_utc_A":1669181437,"created_at_utc_B":1669178467,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"You have my support!","human_ref_B":"SUPPORT!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2970.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fab51um","c_root_id_B":"fab54rd","created_at_utc_A":1575917850,"created_at_utc_B":1575917886,"score_A":26,"score_B":287,"human_ref_A":"I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes.","human_ref_B":"That actually happened to one of my friends in grad school - he was teaching an undergrad class, and one of the undergrads cheated on his homework and then refused to pay the person who did his homework for him. The person who did the homework contacted the university to out the student, and we failed him. Put us in a bit of an awkward position though, as the person helping him cheat was a grad student at a nearby university and working for this company was definitely a violation of the honor code there. We didn't report him, though.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":36.0,"score_ratio":11.0384615385}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fab5tm5","c_root_id_B":"fab5fn3","created_at_utc_A":1575918188,"created_at_utc_B":1575918020,"score_A":171,"score_B":155,"human_ref_A":"Cheating hurts all hard working and honest students.","human_ref_B":"Uvocorp? I used to do your job, too. It pays pretty well, but it's disgusting to see people get their PhDs by outsourcing their work. Especially the bitchy and entitled clients that think they are all that. Since my background is in ancient philosophy, I particularly hated a client that said Plato is \"old\" and \"irrelevant\".  It was eye-opening to me, especially, because as an undergrad I knew so many foreign exchange students who could hardly speak English but wrote immaculate papers. Now I know how that happened...  That said: you wouldn't accomplish anything by martyring yourself here. The issues won't change until professors wake up and create plagiarism-proof systems. I don't mean to say our professors are being lazy, but I don't think they realize how wide-spread this issue is or how undetectable it is. They think TurnItIn.com is doing great, but there are probably several students in the class that are paying to have original papers written for them.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":168.0,"score_ratio":1.1032258065}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fab5tm5","c_root_id_B":"fab51um","created_at_utc_A":1575918188,"created_at_utc_B":1575917850,"score_A":171,"score_B":26,"human_ref_A":"Cheating hurts all hard working and honest students.","human_ref_B":"I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":338.0,"score_ratio":6.5769230769}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fab5fn3","c_root_id_B":"fab51um","created_at_utc_A":1575918020,"created_at_utc_B":1575917850,"score_A":155,"score_B":26,"human_ref_A":"Uvocorp? I used to do your job, too. It pays pretty well, but it's disgusting to see people get their PhDs by outsourcing their work. Especially the bitchy and entitled clients that think they are all that. Since my background is in ancient philosophy, I particularly hated a client that said Plato is \"old\" and \"irrelevant\".  It was eye-opening to me, especially, because as an undergrad I knew so many foreign exchange students who could hardly speak English but wrote immaculate papers. Now I know how that happened...  That said: you wouldn't accomplish anything by martyring yourself here. The issues won't change until professors wake up and create plagiarism-proof systems. I don't mean to say our professors are being lazy, but I don't think they realize how wide-spread this issue is or how undetectable it is. They think TurnItIn.com is doing great, but there are probably several students in the class that are paying to have original papers written for them.","human_ref_B":"I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":170.0,"score_ratio":5.9615384615}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fabf2dy","c_root_id_B":"fabn6g5","created_at_utc_A":1575922248,"created_at_utc_B":1575925764,"score_A":36,"score_B":93,"human_ref_A":"Dude, I had a student turn into me *my own* lab report from the year prior  It's in everyone's best interests to just assume the students are cheating","human_ref_B":"Probably going to get downvoted to hell here but I find it laughable that OP (and the other plagiarist commenters) think they have some moral grounds to look down on their clients.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3516.0,"score_ratio":2.5833333333}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fab8vjd","c_root_id_B":"fabn6g5","created_at_utc_A":1575919529,"created_at_utc_B":1575925764,"score_A":29,"score_B":93,"human_ref_A":"The thing I can't help but wonder when people cheat like that is, what's going to happen for them once they're in a job? I've found that almost everything I remember writing about has ended up being useful in my career at some point; what do people do when they don't have that well of research and writing experience to draw from? Are they successful in their careers? Or are these largely the people who later complain that they couldn't get a job in their field and that college degrees are \"worthless\"?","human_ref_B":"Probably going to get downvoted to hell here but I find it laughable that OP (and the other plagiarist commenters) think they have some moral grounds to look down on their clients.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6235.0,"score_ratio":3.2068965517}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fab51um","c_root_id_B":"fabn6g5","created_at_utc_A":1575917850,"created_at_utc_B":1575925764,"score_A":26,"score_B":93,"human_ref_A":"I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes.","human_ref_B":"Probably going to get downvoted to hell here but I find it laughable that OP (and the other plagiarist commenters) think they have some moral grounds to look down on their clients.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7914.0,"score_ratio":3.5769230769}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fabn6g5","c_root_id_B":"fabf2zc","created_at_utc_A":1575925764,"created_at_utc_B":1575922255,"score_A":93,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"Probably going to get downvoted to hell here but I find it laughable that OP (and the other plagiarist commenters) think they have some moral grounds to look down on their clients.","human_ref_B":"This makes me really really mad because I spend hours stressing and working on my papers. And if there are students who get good grades because someone else writes the papers for them? How is a company like that legal?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3509.0,"score_ratio":4.2272727273}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fabf2dy","c_root_id_B":"fabju8u","created_at_utc_A":1575922248,"created_at_utc_B":1575924312,"score_A":36,"score_B":94,"human_ref_A":"Dude, I had a student turn into me *my own* lab report from the year prior  It's in everyone's best interests to just assume the students are cheating","human_ref_B":"If you're working for these companies you're as much a part of the problem as the students.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2064.0,"score_ratio":2.6111111111}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fabju8u","c_root_id_B":"fab8vjd","created_at_utc_A":1575924312,"created_at_utc_B":1575919529,"score_A":94,"score_B":29,"human_ref_A":"If you're working for these companies you're as much a part of the problem as the students.","human_ref_B":"The thing I can't help but wonder when people cheat like that is, what's going to happen for them once they're in a job? I've found that almost everything I remember writing about has ended up being useful in my career at some point; what do people do when they don't have that well of research and writing experience to draw from? Are they successful in their careers? Or are these largely the people who later complain that they couldn't get a job in their field and that college degrees are \"worthless\"?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4783.0,"score_ratio":3.2413793103}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fabju8u","c_root_id_B":"fab51um","created_at_utc_A":1575924312,"created_at_utc_B":1575917850,"score_A":94,"score_B":26,"human_ref_A":"If you're working for these companies you're as much a part of the problem as the students.","human_ref_B":"I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6462.0,"score_ratio":3.6153846154}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fabf2zc","c_root_id_B":"fabju8u","created_at_utc_A":1575922255,"created_at_utc_B":1575924312,"score_A":22,"score_B":94,"human_ref_A":"This makes me really really mad because I spend hours stressing and working on my papers. And if there are students who get good grades because someone else writes the papers for them? How is a company like that legal?","human_ref_B":"If you're working for these companies you're as much a part of the problem as the students.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2057.0,"score_ratio":4.2727272727}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fabo0i7","c_root_id_B":"fabf2dy","created_at_utc_A":1575926127,"created_at_utc_B":1575922248,"score_A":47,"score_B":36,"human_ref_A":"> I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus.   Laughable. This strikes me as no different than a hitman complaining that his employers don't value human life.   > *I can't believe those lowlifes would be willing to kill a business partner just for control of the company, scum... oh well a man's gotta eat.*  So you think they're scum for cheating  and they deserve to be caught (they do)... but you're just in it for the money and that's OK??? Absurd. You want to turn these people in but don't want to jeopardize your job helping them cheat? In a truly just world both the buyer and supplier would be charged with fraud.   > Ugh.  I don't see how you have the moral authority to judge them when you're literally half the problem.","human_ref_B":"Dude, I had a student turn into me *my own* lab report from the year prior  It's in everyone's best interests to just assume the students are cheating","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3879.0,"score_ratio":1.3055555556}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fabo0i7","c_root_id_B":"fab8vjd","created_at_utc_A":1575926127,"created_at_utc_B":1575919529,"score_A":47,"score_B":29,"human_ref_A":"> I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus.   Laughable. This strikes me as no different than a hitman complaining that his employers don't value human life.   > *I can't believe those lowlifes would be willing to kill a business partner just for control of the company, scum... oh well a man's gotta eat.*  So you think they're scum for cheating  and they deserve to be caught (they do)... but you're just in it for the money and that's OK??? Absurd. You want to turn these people in but don't want to jeopardize your job helping them cheat? In a truly just world both the buyer and supplier would be charged with fraud.   > Ugh.  I don't see how you have the moral authority to judge them when you're literally half the problem.","human_ref_B":"The thing I can't help but wonder when people cheat like that is, what's going to happen for them once they're in a job? I've found that almost everything I remember writing about has ended up being useful in my career at some point; what do people do when they don't have that well of research and writing experience to draw from? Are they successful in their careers? Or are these largely the people who later complain that they couldn't get a job in their field and that college degrees are \"worthless\"?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6598.0,"score_ratio":1.6206896552}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fab51um","c_root_id_B":"fabo0i7","created_at_utc_A":1575917850,"created_at_utc_B":1575926127,"score_A":26,"score_B":47,"human_ref_A":"I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes.","human_ref_B":"> I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus.   Laughable. This strikes me as no different than a hitman complaining that his employers don't value human life.   > *I can't believe those lowlifes would be willing to kill a business partner just for control of the company, scum... oh well a man's gotta eat.*  So you think they're scum for cheating  and they deserve to be caught (they do)... but you're just in it for the money and that's OK??? Absurd. You want to turn these people in but don't want to jeopardize your job helping them cheat? In a truly just world both the buyer and supplier would be charged with fraud.   > Ugh.  I don't see how you have the moral authority to judge them when you're literally half the problem.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8277.0,"score_ratio":1.8076923077}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fabo0i7","c_root_id_B":"fabf2zc","created_at_utc_A":1575926127,"created_at_utc_B":1575922255,"score_A":47,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"> I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus.   Laughable. This strikes me as no different than a hitman complaining that his employers don't value human life.   > *I can't believe those lowlifes would be willing to kill a business partner just for control of the company, scum... oh well a man's gotta eat.*  So you think they're scum for cheating  and they deserve to be caught (they do)... but you're just in it for the money and that's OK??? Absurd. You want to turn these people in but don't want to jeopardize your job helping them cheat? In a truly just world both the buyer and supplier would be charged with fraud.   > Ugh.  I don't see how you have the moral authority to judge them when you're literally half the problem.","human_ref_B":"This makes me really really mad because I spend hours stressing and working on my papers. And if there are students who get good grades because someone else writes the papers for them? How is a company like that legal?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3872.0,"score_ratio":2.1363636364}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fab8vjd","c_root_id_B":"fabf2dy","created_at_utc_A":1575919529,"created_at_utc_B":1575922248,"score_A":29,"score_B":36,"human_ref_A":"The thing I can't help but wonder when people cheat like that is, what's going to happen for them once they're in a job? I've found that almost everything I remember writing about has ended up being useful in my career at some point; what do people do when they don't have that well of research and writing experience to draw from? Are they successful in their careers? Or are these largely the people who later complain that they couldn't get a job in their field and that college degrees are \"worthless\"?","human_ref_B":"Dude, I had a student turn into me *my own* lab report from the year prior  It's in everyone's best interests to just assume the students are cheating","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2719.0,"score_ratio":1.2413793103}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fab51um","c_root_id_B":"fabf2dy","created_at_utc_A":1575917850,"created_at_utc_B":1575922248,"score_A":26,"score_B":36,"human_ref_A":"I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes.","human_ref_B":"Dude, I had a student turn into me *my own* lab report from the year prior  It's in everyone's best interests to just assume the students are cheating","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4398.0,"score_ratio":1.3846153846}
{"post_id":"e8e1ct","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would you want to know your students are cheaters? I work for a company as a writer, and basically my job is to write people's college papers for money. I will not name the company, but it's one of the better-known ones that provide this service. I fell into this job during grad school when I was desperately poor and it's been so disillusioning knowing that stupid, lazy people can essentially just purchase college degrees.  I hate my clients passionately. They are lazy, demanding, ignorant morons who often cannot even succeed in copying and pasting their assignment instructions from the syllabus. They aren't supposed to submit any identifying information, but because they're stupid and lazy, of course tons of them do, so I know their name, their professor's name, their university, etc. My question is, how would you respond if you got an anonymous email that basically said, \"Student So and So has acquired the services of \\[company\\] to cheat on their paper, just wanted to let you know.\"  I would probably be immediately fired if I ever did it, but my God do I want to. It's not just undergraduates, either. It's grad students, professional students...students in medical fields. Ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fab51um","c_root_id_B":"fab8vjd","created_at_utc_A":1575917850,"created_at_utc_B":1575919529,"score_A":26,"score_B":29,"human_ref_A":"I would like to know, yes. At the end of the plagiarism is a fact of academic life and at the industrial scale on which it is practiced now, it is basically impossible to stop or even curtail. But still, I would like to know, yes.","human_ref_B":"The thing I can't help but wonder when people cheat like that is, what's going to happen for them once they're in a job? I've found that almost everything I remember writing about has ended up being useful in my career at some point; what do people do when they don't have that well of research and writing experience to draw from? Are they successful in their careers? Or are these largely the people who later complain that they couldn't get a job in their field and that college degrees are \"worthless\"?","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1679.0,"score_ratio":1.1153846154}
{"post_id":"k9wej1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"How do you regain your passion for a subject after a stressful grad school experience? I am fortunate to have a full time teaching job in my field after earning my Masters. The trouble is I had some bad experiences with my PI and my whole thesis experience being very stressful and not getting the support he promised when he asked to be my PI. I graduated, but never felt confident in my learning. On top of that, my husband died the year after I graduated and I suddenly became a single mom with all the household duties my husband used to do.   Now it's 2 years later and I have a very flexible teaching schedule and the luxury to learn my subject more in depth at a leisurely pace and I find the whole idea of digging into a new project to get better at it just makes me feel stressed out and avoidant. I have undergrad students who are passionate and doing amazing projects while I have imposter syndrome and wanting to do cool things, but lack motivation to roll up my sleeves and dig in to the difficult intellectual work. I feel like I'm just phoning it in.  How can I learn to love my subject again and put aside all the anxiety and avoiding behaviors? I really want to fall in love again with my work!","c_root_id_A":"gf71l2b","c_root_id_B":"gf7oham","created_at_utc_A":1607540027,"created_at_utc_B":1607550729,"score_A":3,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Sounds like what you really need is motivation to actually do the learning.  One avenue may be to improve course materials.","human_ref_B":"I imagine the best thing to do is to first determine what is the reason that thinking about a new project makes you feel stressed out and avoidant. Is it fear that you will fail? Concerns that others will judge you? Worried about getting attached to something that you won\u2019t be able to finish? Or that you won\u2019t have time to dedicate to the project? I don\u2019t think you can really move forward without doing some excavation of what exactly it is that is holding you back.   Also, I think it\u2019s important to ask yourself whether you really are passionate about these subjects anymore. Just because you were at one time doesn\u2019t mean you have to continue to be. Maybe there are other subjects that are more deserving of your passion and energy now.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10702.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwfiae1","c_root_id_B":"gwf5tyg","created_at_utc_A":1619793738,"created_at_utc_B":1619787839,"score_A":26,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"My PhD advisor always said \"It doesn't have to be good, it just has to be done.\"     Even in a normal year, theses and dissertations are terrible writing. They're a bizarre genre that doesn't easily map to... anything else really. So yes, the pandemic has likely made this worse, but it is also increasing your anxiety about the quality of a document that is usually not someone's \"best\" work anyway.   I remember writing mine and thinking to myself \"I've never written anything important before.\" What I didn't understand then is that while it was important in the completion of my degree, in the long run that document would not be important at all. If I were to publish any of it then it would need to be majorly revised to fit the journal. I had to do extra research. I had to refocus everything. And THEN it was something worth being proud of.   I'm 10 years out of finishing and I STILL PANIC when I hear somebody is reading my dissertation. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO DO THAT????","human_ref_B":"I worry about that but it's not because of the pandemic.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5899.0,"score_ratio":1.4444444444}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwfbsp5","c_root_id_B":"gwfiae1","created_at_utc_A":1619790824,"created_at_utc_B":1619793738,"score_A":7,"score_B":26,"human_ref_A":"I lost basically an entire year reshuffling to figure out how to make a 180\u00b0 shift in plans. My advisors helped me think about how to successfully navigate the process but it was mentally and emotionally taxing beyond anything I expected. And, yes, my thesis too will be pretty rough. But it's just gonna be FINISHED, that's the most important thing. Your program and advisors have a vested interest in seeing you succeed. Lean on those resources, good luck","human_ref_B":"My PhD advisor always said \"It doesn't have to be good, it just has to be done.\"     Even in a normal year, theses and dissertations are terrible writing. They're a bizarre genre that doesn't easily map to... anything else really. So yes, the pandemic has likely made this worse, but it is also increasing your anxiety about the quality of a document that is usually not someone's \"best\" work anyway.   I remember writing mine and thinking to myself \"I've never written anything important before.\" What I didn't understand then is that while it was important in the completion of my degree, in the long run that document would not be important at all. If I were to publish any of it then it would need to be majorly revised to fit the journal. I had to do extra research. I had to refocus everything. And THEN it was something worth being proud of.   I'm 10 years out of finishing and I STILL PANIC when I hear somebody is reading my dissertation. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO DO THAT????","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2914.0,"score_ratio":3.7142857143}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwf6a95","c_root_id_B":"gwfiae1","created_at_utc_A":1619788078,"created_at_utc_B":1619793738,"score_A":3,"score_B":26,"human_ref_A":"I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on.  Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are ready to graduate.  Start determining now what their expectations are going to be, and if they are going to give you leeway due to the situation.    I don't know what your field is exactly, but also consider if you can pivot 1 or 2 of your aims to some sort of informatics or analysis of existing datasets (either from your own lab, or publicly available).  This is a fantastic time to teach yourself to code or work with large datasets, safely alone in your house.  Those skills are very in demand so this will be good for your career prospects, and proactively trying to address this problem will put your committee and advisor on your side.  I know you are concerned about pleasing your funding agency, but I would hope they would be understanding in this situation.","human_ref_B":"My PhD advisor always said \"It doesn't have to be good, it just has to be done.\"     Even in a normal year, theses and dissertations are terrible writing. They're a bizarre genre that doesn't easily map to... anything else really. So yes, the pandemic has likely made this worse, but it is also increasing your anxiety about the quality of a document that is usually not someone's \"best\" work anyway.   I remember writing mine and thinking to myself \"I've never written anything important before.\" What I didn't understand then is that while it was important in the completion of my degree, in the long run that document would not be important at all. If I were to publish any of it then it would need to be majorly revised to fit the journal. I had to do extra research. I had to refocus everything. And THEN it was something worth being proud of.   I'm 10 years out of finishing and I STILL PANIC when I hear somebody is reading my dissertation. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO DO THAT????","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5660.0,"score_ratio":8.6666666667}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwfoybd","c_root_id_B":"gwfbsp5","created_at_utc_A":1619796635,"created_at_utc_B":1619790824,"score_A":18,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"The dissertation is, in most cases, not exactly a masterful contribution to scholarship. All it does is prove that you understand the general rules of producing a piece of academic work and have the wherewithal to do the research and write up\/interpret your findings in the format dictated by your discipline.  I saw this comic on Twitter about scientific papers and I thought it was relevant: https:\/\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/types\\_of\\_scientific\\_paper\\_2x.png  The paper you end up writing rarely answers the question you originally set out to answer. Figuring out how to pivot is as much part of the PhD training as producing the final thesis itself is. :)  Edit: fixed link  Edit 2: actually fixed link","human_ref_B":"I lost basically an entire year reshuffling to figure out how to make a 180\u00b0 shift in plans. My advisors helped me think about how to successfully navigate the process but it was mentally and emotionally taxing beyond anything I expected. And, yes, my thesis too will be pretty rough. But it's just gonna be FINISHED, that's the most important thing. Your program and advisors have a vested interest in seeing you succeed. Lean on those resources, good luck","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5811.0,"score_ratio":2.5714285714}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwf6a95","c_root_id_B":"gwfoybd","created_at_utc_A":1619788078,"created_at_utc_B":1619796635,"score_A":3,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on.  Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are ready to graduate.  Start determining now what their expectations are going to be, and if they are going to give you leeway due to the situation.    I don't know what your field is exactly, but also consider if you can pivot 1 or 2 of your aims to some sort of informatics or analysis of existing datasets (either from your own lab, or publicly available).  This is a fantastic time to teach yourself to code or work with large datasets, safely alone in your house.  Those skills are very in demand so this will be good for your career prospects, and proactively trying to address this problem will put your committee and advisor on your side.  I know you are concerned about pleasing your funding agency, but I would hope they would be understanding in this situation.","human_ref_B":"The dissertation is, in most cases, not exactly a masterful contribution to scholarship. All it does is prove that you understand the general rules of producing a piece of academic work and have the wherewithal to do the research and write up\/interpret your findings in the format dictated by your discipline.  I saw this comic on Twitter about scientific papers and I thought it was relevant: https:\/\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/types\\_of\\_scientific\\_paper\\_2x.png  The paper you end up writing rarely answers the question you originally set out to answer. Figuring out how to pivot is as much part of the PhD training as producing the final thesis itself is. :)  Edit: fixed link  Edit 2: actually fixed link","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8557.0,"score_ratio":6.0}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwfn0hp","c_root_id_B":"gwfoybd","created_at_utc_A":1619795798,"created_at_utc_B":1619796635,"score_A":6,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"I just keep telling myself that a good dissertation is a finished dissertation.","human_ref_B":"The dissertation is, in most cases, not exactly a masterful contribution to scholarship. All it does is prove that you understand the general rules of producing a piece of academic work and have the wherewithal to do the research and write up\/interpret your findings in the format dictated by your discipline.  I saw this comic on Twitter about scientific papers and I thought it was relevant: https:\/\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/types\\_of\\_scientific\\_paper\\_2x.png  The paper you end up writing rarely answers the question you originally set out to answer. Figuring out how to pivot is as much part of the PhD training as producing the final thesis itself is. :)  Edit: fixed link  Edit 2: actually fixed link","labels":0,"seconds_difference":837.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwfbsp5","c_root_id_B":"gwf6a95","created_at_utc_A":1619790824,"created_at_utc_B":1619788078,"score_A":7,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I lost basically an entire year reshuffling to figure out how to make a 180\u00b0 shift in plans. My advisors helped me think about how to successfully navigate the process but it was mentally and emotionally taxing beyond anything I expected. And, yes, my thesis too will be pretty rough. But it's just gonna be FINISHED, that's the most important thing. Your program and advisors have a vested interest in seeing you succeed. Lean on those resources, good luck","human_ref_B":"I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on.  Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are ready to graduate.  Start determining now what their expectations are going to be, and if they are going to give you leeway due to the situation.    I don't know what your field is exactly, but also consider if you can pivot 1 or 2 of your aims to some sort of informatics or analysis of existing datasets (either from your own lab, or publicly available).  This is a fantastic time to teach yourself to code or work with large datasets, safely alone in your house.  Those skills are very in demand so this will be good for your career prospects, and proactively trying to address this problem will put your committee and advisor on your side.  I know you are concerned about pleasing your funding agency, but I would hope they would be understanding in this situation.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2746.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwfufvf","c_root_id_B":"gwf6a95","created_at_utc_A":1619798971,"created_at_utc_B":1619788078,"score_A":7,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"A finished thesis is a good thesis. I mainly remind myself of that and of the fact that 6 people will ever read the thing.","human_ref_B":"I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on.  Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are ready to graduate.  Start determining now what their expectations are going to be, and if they are going to give you leeway due to the situation.    I don't know what your field is exactly, but also consider if you can pivot 1 or 2 of your aims to some sort of informatics or analysis of existing datasets (either from your own lab, or publicly available).  This is a fantastic time to teach yourself to code or work with large datasets, safely alone in your house.  Those skills are very in demand so this will be good for your career prospects, and proactively trying to address this problem will put your committee and advisor on your side.  I know you are concerned about pleasing your funding agency, but I would hope they would be understanding in this situation.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10893.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwfn0hp","c_root_id_B":"gwfufvf","created_at_utc_A":1619795798,"created_at_utc_B":1619798971,"score_A":6,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I just keep telling myself that a good dissertation is a finished dissertation.","human_ref_B":"A finished thesis is a good thesis. I mainly remind myself of that and of the fact that 6 people will ever read the thing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3173.0,"score_ratio":1.1666666667}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwfwpx0","c_root_id_B":"gwfzsoe","created_at_utc_A":1619799930,"created_at_utc_B":1619801222,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"As I read through your first paragraph I thought \"jeez, so much like Brazil, where is this guy fro.. Oh there you go\"   Brazilian here \ud83d\udc94","human_ref_B":"Oi cara, eu estou numa situa\u00e7\u00e3o parecida, vou terminar o meu doutorado com bolsa do M\u00e9xico. O mais importante \u00e9 terminar se puder, e eu acho que voc\u00ea pode, mesmo se tiver que se arranjar de outro jeito e mesmo se a qualidade do seu trabalho n\u00e3o ser\u00e1 \u00f3tima. N\u00e3o se atrase n\u00e3o, termine enquanto puder, procure ajuda do seu orientador e tamb\u00e9m procure o apoio de outros bolsistas na mesma situa\u00e7\u00e3o. N\u00f3s temos criado uma associa\u00e7\u00e3o de bolsistas mexicanos que tem servido para n\u00f3s dar dicar mas tamb\u00e9m para brigar com a nossa ag\u00eancia de pesquisa quando ela tentou de n\u00f3s deixar sem bolsa pelo quarto ano (antes da pandemia) e agora conseguimos que eles prolongassem o apoio na maioria dos casos.   Vai dar certo ! Abra\u00e7os.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1292.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwf6a95","c_root_id_B":"gwfwpx0","created_at_utc_A":1619788078,"created_at_utc_B":1619799930,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on.  Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are ready to graduate.  Start determining now what their expectations are going to be, and if they are going to give you leeway due to the situation.    I don't know what your field is exactly, but also consider if you can pivot 1 or 2 of your aims to some sort of informatics or analysis of existing datasets (either from your own lab, or publicly available).  This is a fantastic time to teach yourself to code or work with large datasets, safely alone in your house.  Those skills are very in demand so this will be good for your career prospects, and proactively trying to address this problem will put your committee and advisor on your side.  I know you are concerned about pleasing your funding agency, but I would hope they would be understanding in this situation.","human_ref_B":"As I read through your first paragraph I thought \"jeez, so much like Brazil, where is this guy fro.. Oh there you go\"   Brazilian here \ud83d\udc94","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11852.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwfzsoe","c_root_id_B":"gwf6a95","created_at_utc_A":1619801222,"created_at_utc_B":1619788078,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Oi cara, eu estou numa situa\u00e7\u00e3o parecida, vou terminar o meu doutorado com bolsa do M\u00e9xico. O mais importante \u00e9 terminar se puder, e eu acho que voc\u00ea pode, mesmo se tiver que se arranjar de outro jeito e mesmo se a qualidade do seu trabalho n\u00e3o ser\u00e1 \u00f3tima. N\u00e3o se atrase n\u00e3o, termine enquanto puder, procure ajuda do seu orientador e tamb\u00e9m procure o apoio de outros bolsistas na mesma situa\u00e7\u00e3o. N\u00f3s temos criado uma associa\u00e7\u00e3o de bolsistas mexicanos que tem servido para n\u00f3s dar dicar mas tamb\u00e9m para brigar com a nossa ag\u00eancia de pesquisa quando ela tentou de n\u00f3s deixar sem bolsa pelo quarto ano (antes da pandemia) e agora conseguimos que eles prolongassem o apoio na maioria dos casos.   Vai dar certo ! Abra\u00e7os.","human_ref_B":"I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on.  Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are ready to graduate.  Start determining now what their expectations are going to be, and if they are going to give you leeway due to the situation.    I don't know what your field is exactly, but also consider if you can pivot 1 or 2 of your aims to some sort of informatics or analysis of existing datasets (either from your own lab, or publicly available).  This is a fantastic time to teach yourself to code or work with large datasets, safely alone in your house.  Those skills are very in demand so this will be good for your career prospects, and proactively trying to address this problem will put your committee and advisor on your side.  I know you are concerned about pleasing your funding agency, but I would hope they would be understanding in this situation.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":13144.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwfzsoe","c_root_id_B":"gwfxjx6","created_at_utc_A":1619801222,"created_at_utc_B":1619800283,"score_A":6,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Oi cara, eu estou numa situa\u00e7\u00e3o parecida, vou terminar o meu doutorado com bolsa do M\u00e9xico. O mais importante \u00e9 terminar se puder, e eu acho que voc\u00ea pode, mesmo se tiver que se arranjar de outro jeito e mesmo se a qualidade do seu trabalho n\u00e3o ser\u00e1 \u00f3tima. N\u00e3o se atrase n\u00e3o, termine enquanto puder, procure ajuda do seu orientador e tamb\u00e9m procure o apoio de outros bolsistas na mesma situa\u00e7\u00e3o. N\u00f3s temos criado uma associa\u00e7\u00e3o de bolsistas mexicanos que tem servido para n\u00f3s dar dicar mas tamb\u00e9m para brigar com a nossa ag\u00eancia de pesquisa quando ela tentou de n\u00f3s deixar sem bolsa pelo quarto ano (antes da pandemia) e agora conseguimos que eles prolongassem o apoio na maioria dos casos.   Vai dar certo ! Abra\u00e7os.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019ve had this conversation with my advisor a few times, and luckily he wasn\u2019t satisfied with his dissertation either. Mine\u2019s... not gonna win any prizes, partly due to the pandemic and partly due to just life. But it will be done. That\u2019s the goal. It\u2019s not the be all to end all, it\u2019s a hurdle you have to pass to get to the next stage in your life. You can do it!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":939.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwfn0hp","c_root_id_B":"gwf6a95","created_at_utc_A":1619795798,"created_at_utc_B":1619788078,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I just keep telling myself that a good dissertation is a finished dissertation.","human_ref_B":"I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on.  Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are ready to graduate.  Start determining now what their expectations are going to be, and if they are going to give you leeway due to the situation.    I don't know what your field is exactly, but also consider if you can pivot 1 or 2 of your aims to some sort of informatics or analysis of existing datasets (either from your own lab, or publicly available).  This is a fantastic time to teach yourself to code or work with large datasets, safely alone in your house.  Those skills are very in demand so this will be good for your career prospects, and proactively trying to address this problem will put your committee and advisor on your side.  I know you are concerned about pleasing your funding agency, but I would hope they would be understanding in this situation.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7720.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwf6a95","c_root_id_B":"gwg8rkz","created_at_utc_A":1619788078,"created_at_utc_B":1619805047,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on.  Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are ready to graduate.  Start determining now what their expectations are going to be, and if they are going to give you leeway due to the situation.    I don't know what your field is exactly, but also consider if you can pivot 1 or 2 of your aims to some sort of informatics or analysis of existing datasets (either from your own lab, or publicly available).  This is a fantastic time to teach yourself to code or work with large datasets, safely alone in your house.  Those skills are very in demand so this will be good for your career prospects, and proactively trying to address this problem will put your committee and advisor on your side.  I know you are concerned about pleasing your funding agency, but I would hope they would be understanding in this situation.","human_ref_B":"To be honest when you started I thought you are from India because we are facing the exact same situation. We are in the middle of 2nd wave and everything is closed.  I am a firsr year master's student, I haven't visited my lab even once in this 1 year due to lockdown and haven't received my scholarship either.  I feel terrible for what you are going through and hope everything gets normal again.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":16969.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"n1ruwt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"How do you cope that you won't deliver a good thesis due to the pandemic? I will finish my PhD next year, but this week I entered the existencial crisis of a PhD: my thesis will not be good. I receive a scholarship from my government to develop my project, which I received after proposing three main objectives, two of them a bit risky but were mangeable - before covid hit. Since the pandemic began, everything I do came to a complete standstill, as I have to work on the laboratory, which was closed for almost a full year. I have a salary until July of next year, but I don't know what I will do until then or even after.  My country (brazil) is in the middile of a 3rd wave, with a 4th wave incoming. My state's healthcare system has already collapsed. Me and the other laboratory members have, since past month, made an agenda where we have no more than 2 people at the same time (so everyone has exactly one day in the week to do their work), but we all know that if we were to catch covid, it's stay at home and hope you don't die, because there is no more oxygen, hospital beds, the medicines used are slowly ending as well, and no vaccination in sight for us (in the brightest scenario, late november to mid december)  My first objective has been completely cancelled, impossible to do until late 2022, because the facility has closed. The second one involves an experimental technique that we still haven't been able to finish developing (people involved have left the city\/state due to covid, facilities are still not open, purchase of new chemical reagents has been slow because everything is out of stock). The third objective requires me travelling to another side of the country (about 10h by bus) and spend some weeks working in another laboratory, something that not only is not recommended to due in the midst of our health crisis, but also I do not feel comfortable in doing as my immune system sucks and I'm very prone to getting sick, which is why I have been in quarantine for as much as I can, only leaving home for the essentials (and more recently to work).  So there we have it. I don't have anything to continue with my original plans and objectives, I don't know if I have a story to tell with all the incomplete and broken data that I have, and I'm scared shitless of having to do a complete 180\u00ba on my project which, if it's not accepted by my funding agency, they have the right to cancel my scholarship and demand that I pay them back everything that they have given me, which I mostly ceratinly cannot do. Besides changing everything when I have about 14 to 15 months left on my PhD (after this time I will be without a scholarship, and I cannot survive here without it due to money reasons), the only alternative I see is to lengthen this PhD until god knows when, when I'm finally able to complete all three objectives. I am absolutely lost, and later today I also have a meeting with my advisor because he wants to talk about my project...","c_root_id_A":"gwfxjx6","c_root_id_B":"gwf6a95","created_at_utc_A":1619800283,"created_at_utc_B":1619788078,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019ve had this conversation with my advisor a few times, and luckily he wasn\u2019t satisfied with his dissertation either. Mine\u2019s... not gonna win any prizes, partly due to the pandemic and partly due to just life. But it will be done. That\u2019s the goal. It\u2019s not the be all to end all, it\u2019s a hurdle you have to pass to get to the next stage in your life. You can do it!","human_ref_B":"I would start a conversation now with your advisor and your committee about your concerns, but more importantly, what you are proactively doing to make sure you have something done to base your thesis on.  Your thesis doesn't have to be amazing (most aren't), but it does have to convince your committee that you are ready to graduate.  Start determining now what their expectations are going to be, and if they are going to give you leeway due to the situation.    I don't know what your field is exactly, but also consider if you can pivot 1 or 2 of your aims to some sort of informatics or analysis of existing datasets (either from your own lab, or publicly available).  This is a fantastic time to teach yourself to code or work with large datasets, safely alone in your house.  Those skills are very in demand so this will be good for your career prospects, and proactively trying to address this problem will put your committee and advisor on your side.  I know you are concerned about pleasing your funding agency, but I would hope they would be understanding in this situation.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":12205.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9mnwrb","c_root_id_B":"g9meybr","created_at_utc_A":1603355015,"created_at_utc_B":1603346140,"score_A":6,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"ECR here too. Your boss is right, classic imposter syndrome. Not to discourage you, but it may never go away, so you gotta embrace it and learn how to deal with it. You'll always be in a point in your career where you know enough of your topic that you know how complicated it is, and how little you know about it. The good thing, that's not true, you probable know a lot more than what you think and you're very likely more up-to-date with the latest literature than the PIs\/postdocs. Mentally, novelty always seems to be more \"interesting\" than whatever you're doing, because if you can do it, everybody can do it too, right? Well, that's not true.   So, what can you do?  1. Don't trust yourself when you have those thoughts. 2. Take a step back. Draw on a paper the steps you took and highlight important bits that inspire you to do the experiment (that goes in the intro). Now it may seem like a very linear process, but it wasn't. You just need to remember the whole process.  3. Highlight interesting parts of the methods (or why the one you chose is the best approach). Get a coffee\/tea\/whatever is your poison, and try to find 3 main things you thought were interesting from to your findings (what do you want to tell people about what you did?). Even if the findings won't revolutionise science, your field, or change the World as we know it, it's still important to communicate confirmatory and negative results. And in science, we do it with a paper. 4. Remember that a project is ALWAYS better when it's finished than perfect. Perfection doesn't exist and if you go after it, it'll only feed the imposter monster inside your head and make you keep working for something unatainable. Prioritise feedback rounds (get as many as you can) than your own expectation. Good supervisor\/collaborators will likely know better than you what's \"enough\" to submit. 5. Break down every section to paragraphs, then write a few lines about what the topic of the paragraphs should be. As you already have a previous draft, that gives you a headstart to identify what needs to be changed.  6. When stuck, look for help. Just send it to co-authors\/supervisor and ask them what they think. Ask them to be precise and suggest the changes they want to see (I hate when co-authors just add a comment that says \"change\/update\"). Sometimes things take way less effort than what we envisioned, which is amazing because in academia everything takes way longer than what we initially imagined.   Good luck!","human_ref_B":"how do you know your paper have no value to contribute? even for your own self improvement in terms of writing, etc. Most good writer I know they didn't expect any values, at all. They let the readers determine that, and just let go after it publishes.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8875.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9mnwrb","c_root_id_B":"g9mewzu","created_at_utc_A":1603355015,"created_at_utc_B":1603346108,"score_A":6,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"ECR here too. Your boss is right, classic imposter syndrome. Not to discourage you, but it may never go away, so you gotta embrace it and learn how to deal with it. You'll always be in a point in your career where you know enough of your topic that you know how complicated it is, and how little you know about it. The good thing, that's not true, you probable know a lot more than what you think and you're very likely more up-to-date with the latest literature than the PIs\/postdocs. Mentally, novelty always seems to be more \"interesting\" than whatever you're doing, because if you can do it, everybody can do it too, right? Well, that's not true.   So, what can you do?  1. Don't trust yourself when you have those thoughts. 2. Take a step back. Draw on a paper the steps you took and highlight important bits that inspire you to do the experiment (that goes in the intro). Now it may seem like a very linear process, but it wasn't. You just need to remember the whole process.  3. Highlight interesting parts of the methods (or why the one you chose is the best approach). Get a coffee\/tea\/whatever is your poison, and try to find 3 main things you thought were interesting from to your findings (what do you want to tell people about what you did?). Even if the findings won't revolutionise science, your field, or change the World as we know it, it's still important to communicate confirmatory and negative results. And in science, we do it with a paper. 4. Remember that a project is ALWAYS better when it's finished than perfect. Perfection doesn't exist and if you go after it, it'll only feed the imposter monster inside your head and make you keep working for something unatainable. Prioritise feedback rounds (get as many as you can) than your own expectation. Good supervisor\/collaborators will likely know better than you what's \"enough\" to submit. 5. Break down every section to paragraphs, then write a few lines about what the topic of the paragraphs should be. As you already have a previous draft, that gives you a headstart to identify what needs to be changed.  6. When stuck, look for help. Just send it to co-authors\/supervisor and ask them what they think. Ask them to be precise and suggest the changes they want to see (I hate when co-authors just add a comment that says \"change\/update\"). Sometimes things take way less effort than what we envisioned, which is amazing because in academia everything takes way longer than what we initially imagined.   Good luck!","human_ref_B":"Be kind to yourself and learn how to trust yourself.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8907.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9mnwrb","c_root_id_B":"g9mmymo","created_at_utc_A":1603355015,"created_at_utc_B":1603353961,"score_A":6,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"ECR here too. Your boss is right, classic imposter syndrome. Not to discourage you, but it may never go away, so you gotta embrace it and learn how to deal with it. You'll always be in a point in your career where you know enough of your topic that you know how complicated it is, and how little you know about it. The good thing, that's not true, you probable know a lot more than what you think and you're very likely more up-to-date with the latest literature than the PIs\/postdocs. Mentally, novelty always seems to be more \"interesting\" than whatever you're doing, because if you can do it, everybody can do it too, right? Well, that's not true.   So, what can you do?  1. Don't trust yourself when you have those thoughts. 2. Take a step back. Draw on a paper the steps you took and highlight important bits that inspire you to do the experiment (that goes in the intro). Now it may seem like a very linear process, but it wasn't. You just need to remember the whole process.  3. Highlight interesting parts of the methods (or why the one you chose is the best approach). Get a coffee\/tea\/whatever is your poison, and try to find 3 main things you thought were interesting from to your findings (what do you want to tell people about what you did?). Even if the findings won't revolutionise science, your field, or change the World as we know it, it's still important to communicate confirmatory and negative results. And in science, we do it with a paper. 4. Remember that a project is ALWAYS better when it's finished than perfect. Perfection doesn't exist and if you go after it, it'll only feed the imposter monster inside your head and make you keep working for something unatainable. Prioritise feedback rounds (get as many as you can) than your own expectation. Good supervisor\/collaborators will likely know better than you what's \"enough\" to submit. 5. Break down every section to paragraphs, then write a few lines about what the topic of the paragraphs should be. As you already have a previous draft, that gives you a headstart to identify what needs to be changed.  6. When stuck, look for help. Just send it to co-authors\/supervisor and ask them what they think. Ask them to be precise and suggest the changes they want to see (I hate when co-authors just add a comment that says \"change\/update\"). Sometimes things take way less effort than what we envisioned, which is amazing because in academia everything takes way longer than what we initially imagined.   Good luck!","human_ref_B":"If you're stuck on one section, especially the introduction, switch to another. It's sometimes easier to revise a less central part of the paper, and that can help break up a block.  Regarding the imposter syndrome, so many people experience the same feelings. If you're concerned in particular about your paper having value, listen to your advisor if they say it is valuable! If you're still not sure, you have nothing to lose by submitting it for publication. You'll either get accepted, or you'll get feedback from other academics on how to make it better. Rejection is totally normal, and it doesn't mean the idea is stupid or bad, just that it wasn't totally ready yet, or maybe just that you got a bad reviewer.  But like many others are saying, also keep in mind that just because something seems obvious to you doesn't mean it's obvious to someone else! You're an expert in your project and not everyone can say that!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1054.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9meybr","c_root_id_B":"g9mewzu","created_at_utc_A":1603346140,"created_at_utc_B":1603346108,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"how do you know your paper have no value to contribute? even for your own self improvement in terms of writing, etc. Most good writer I know they didn't expect any values, at all. They let the readers determine that, and just let go after it publishes.","human_ref_B":"Be kind to yourself and learn how to trust yourself.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":32.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9mewzu","c_root_id_B":"g9n1qpa","created_at_utc_A":1603346108,"created_at_utc_B":1603368919,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Be kind to yourself and learn how to trust yourself.","human_ref_B":"Stop trying to write something valuable and just write what you know. Outline some basic questions about your topic (for the sections you still need) and then answer them. I guarantee you know more than you think you do and it's more valuable than you think it is.   And, this may be contrary to a lot of feel good advice, but stop listening to yourself. Listen to your advisor. Find a friend to read your draft and listen to them. At least for a bit. When we're ruled by our fears and anxieties, we're not a great judge of ourselves. So don't listen to yourself. Rely on others and realize you \/can\/ work on your paper no matter how bad you feel about it. Your fingers still work and so does your brain. And I bet it's a good brain! Good luck!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":22811.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9mmymo","c_root_id_B":"g9n1qpa","created_at_utc_A":1603353961,"created_at_utc_B":1603368919,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"If you're stuck on one section, especially the introduction, switch to another. It's sometimes easier to revise a less central part of the paper, and that can help break up a block.  Regarding the imposter syndrome, so many people experience the same feelings. If you're concerned in particular about your paper having value, listen to your advisor if they say it is valuable! If you're still not sure, you have nothing to lose by submitting it for publication. You'll either get accepted, or you'll get feedback from other academics on how to make it better. Rejection is totally normal, and it doesn't mean the idea is stupid or bad, just that it wasn't totally ready yet, or maybe just that you got a bad reviewer.  But like many others are saying, also keep in mind that just because something seems obvious to you doesn't mean it's obvious to someone else! You're an expert in your project and not everyone can say that!","human_ref_B":"Stop trying to write something valuable and just write what you know. Outline some basic questions about your topic (for the sections you still need) and then answer them. I guarantee you know more than you think you do and it's more valuable than you think it is.   And, this may be contrary to a lot of feel good advice, but stop listening to yourself. Listen to your advisor. Find a friend to read your draft and listen to them. At least for a bit. When we're ruled by our fears and anxieties, we're not a great judge of ourselves. So don't listen to yourself. Rely on others and realize you \/can\/ work on your paper no matter how bad you feel about it. Your fingers still work and so does your brain. And I bet it's a good brain! Good luck!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14958.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9muve2","c_root_id_B":"g9n1qpa","created_at_utc_A":1603362851,"created_at_utc_B":1603368919,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I agree with what everyone else said, but on a more technical note: this is when something like the pomodoro technique can be really helpful.  Set yourself a 30 minute timer every day and work on your paper.  If you don\u2019t get much done in that time, no worries.  If you want to keep working when the timer goes off, great! But even 30 minutes a day is better than not working on it at all, and now you won\u2019t also be carrying around guilt because you aren\u2019t working on your manuscript.","human_ref_B":"Stop trying to write something valuable and just write what you know. Outline some basic questions about your topic (for the sections you still need) and then answer them. I guarantee you know more than you think you do and it's more valuable than you think it is.   And, this may be contrary to a lot of feel good advice, but stop listening to yourself. Listen to your advisor. Find a friend to read your draft and listen to them. At least for a bit. When we're ruled by our fears and anxieties, we're not a great judge of ourselves. So don't listen to yourself. Rely on others and realize you \/can\/ work on your paper no matter how bad you feel about it. Your fingers still work and so does your brain. And I bet it's a good brain! Good luck!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6068.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9n1qpa","c_root_id_B":"g9mvxhv","created_at_utc_A":1603368919,"created_at_utc_B":1603363916,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Stop trying to write something valuable and just write what you know. Outline some basic questions about your topic (for the sections you still need) and then answer them. I guarantee you know more than you think you do and it's more valuable than you think it is.   And, this may be contrary to a lot of feel good advice, but stop listening to yourself. Listen to your advisor. Find a friend to read your draft and listen to them. At least for a bit. When we're ruled by our fears and anxieties, we're not a great judge of ourselves. So don't listen to yourself. Rely on others and realize you \/can\/ work on your paper no matter how bad you feel about it. Your fingers still work and so does your brain. And I bet it's a good brain! Good luck!","human_ref_B":"Write an outline. Hit each point you are trying to make with one sentence describing the point, and the result that supports it. Add a second sentence with an interpretation.   This is now your outline - each point is a paragraph. Add text in between the two sentences to explain and develop your points.   Every time I get stuck, I eventually return to this dumb, algorithmic approach. It works (for me).","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5003.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9n1qpa","c_root_id_B":"g9my247","created_at_utc_A":1603368919,"created_at_utc_B":1603365938,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Stop trying to write something valuable and just write what you know. Outline some basic questions about your topic (for the sections you still need) and then answer them. I guarantee you know more than you think you do and it's more valuable than you think it is.   And, this may be contrary to a lot of feel good advice, but stop listening to yourself. Listen to your advisor. Find a friend to read your draft and listen to them. At least for a bit. When we're ruled by our fears and anxieties, we're not a great judge of ourselves. So don't listen to yourself. Rely on others and realize you \/can\/ work on your paper no matter how bad you feel about it. Your fingers still work and so does your brain. And I bet it's a good brain! Good luck!","human_ref_B":"Having \"obvious\" results most likely means you had a well designed experiment and some solid data. You're not teasing apart meaning at every step, data mining to find something significant, and forcing your data into whatever narrative you want to have. Clear, concise results are like the holy grail in science.  Also, to be honest, a lot of science IS luck. We run experiments to test or examine a question, but at the end of the day we have no idea whether we're asking the right question. It's literally an educated guess. We do our best to combat this by designing experiments backed by previous literature and hold ourselves to a high standard while running those experiments. Why did my colleague get a significant reaction and I didn't? Maybe the part of the brain I'm targeting doesn't affect the behavior I'm examining, but theirs does. Literally just luck that I chose one area and they chose another.   So, sure, you might have gotten lucky, but more likely you have well designed and well executed experiment. Don't be so hard on yourself, and be proud of the work you've done!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2981.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9n1qpa","c_root_id_B":"g9n14xb","created_at_utc_A":1603368919,"created_at_utc_B":1603368462,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Stop trying to write something valuable and just write what you know. Outline some basic questions about your topic (for the sections you still need) and then answer them. I guarantee you know more than you think you do and it's more valuable than you think it is.   And, this may be contrary to a lot of feel good advice, but stop listening to yourself. Listen to your advisor. Find a friend to read your draft and listen to them. At least for a bit. When we're ruled by our fears and anxieties, we're not a great judge of ourselves. So don't listen to yourself. Rely on others and realize you \/can\/ work on your paper no matter how bad you feel about it. Your fingers still work and so does your brain. And I bet it's a good brain! Good luck!","human_ref_B":"I've felt the same way! When I submitted my first paper, I sat on my figures\/draft for quite some time before moving forward because I kept on trying to add experiments\/complexity (it seemed too simplistic to me). I think I realized that this was mainly because I had been working on the experiments\/paper for over a year so I was so used to everything. I think you have to narrow your focus on sharing your first draft with your advisor. At least this lessens the burden of thinking about what multiple people will think. Once you get over the hurdle of the first draft, it should be much smoother sailing","labels":1,"seconds_difference":457.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9n8tud","c_root_id_B":"g9mewzu","created_at_utc_A":1603373515,"created_at_utc_B":1603346108,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Instead of focusing on your own work and its limitations, focus on the limitations of previous research in the field. What can you add? What \"gaps in the literature\" motivated you to start this project?  There are many good comments already here, but I don't see any that points you back to your original motivations, the gap in the literature you originally set out to address, or the weaknesses of other scholarship in your field.  It's good to look for problems in your own work because that's a measure of quality control, but that sometimes means that you forget the problems in the work of others.  I doubt you started the project thinking \"Well, the literature has all this already.\" You probably started by thinking \"these publications don't go quite far enough,\" or \"I can add something to that area.\" Instead of focusing on improving your own work, focus on how your work adds to, corrects, or improves on previous research, even if only in a small way.","human_ref_B":"Be kind to yourself and learn how to trust yourself.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":27407.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9n8tud","c_root_id_B":"g9mmymo","created_at_utc_A":1603373515,"created_at_utc_B":1603353961,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Instead of focusing on your own work and its limitations, focus on the limitations of previous research in the field. What can you add? What \"gaps in the literature\" motivated you to start this project?  There are many good comments already here, but I don't see any that points you back to your original motivations, the gap in the literature you originally set out to address, or the weaknesses of other scholarship in your field.  It's good to look for problems in your own work because that's a measure of quality control, but that sometimes means that you forget the problems in the work of others.  I doubt you started the project thinking \"Well, the literature has all this already.\" You probably started by thinking \"these publications don't go quite far enough,\" or \"I can add something to that area.\" Instead of focusing on improving your own work, focus on how your work adds to, corrects, or improves on previous research, even if only in a small way.","human_ref_B":"If you're stuck on one section, especially the introduction, switch to another. It's sometimes easier to revise a less central part of the paper, and that can help break up a block.  Regarding the imposter syndrome, so many people experience the same feelings. If you're concerned in particular about your paper having value, listen to your advisor if they say it is valuable! If you're still not sure, you have nothing to lose by submitting it for publication. You'll either get accepted, or you'll get feedback from other academics on how to make it better. Rejection is totally normal, and it doesn't mean the idea is stupid or bad, just that it wasn't totally ready yet, or maybe just that you got a bad reviewer.  But like many others are saying, also keep in mind that just because something seems obvious to you doesn't mean it's obvious to someone else! You're an expert in your project and not everyone can say that!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":19554.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9n8tud","c_root_id_B":"g9muve2","created_at_utc_A":1603373515,"created_at_utc_B":1603362851,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Instead of focusing on your own work and its limitations, focus on the limitations of previous research in the field. What can you add? What \"gaps in the literature\" motivated you to start this project?  There are many good comments already here, but I don't see any that points you back to your original motivations, the gap in the literature you originally set out to address, or the weaknesses of other scholarship in your field.  It's good to look for problems in your own work because that's a measure of quality control, but that sometimes means that you forget the problems in the work of others.  I doubt you started the project thinking \"Well, the literature has all this already.\" You probably started by thinking \"these publications don't go quite far enough,\" or \"I can add something to that area.\" Instead of focusing on improving your own work, focus on how your work adds to, corrects, or improves on previous research, even if only in a small way.","human_ref_B":"I agree with what everyone else said, but on a more technical note: this is when something like the pomodoro technique can be really helpful.  Set yourself a 30 minute timer every day and work on your paper.  If you don\u2019t get much done in that time, no worries.  If you want to keep working when the timer goes off, great! But even 30 minutes a day is better than not working on it at all, and now you won\u2019t also be carrying around guilt because you aren\u2019t working on your manuscript.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10664.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9mvxhv","c_root_id_B":"g9n8tud","created_at_utc_A":1603363916,"created_at_utc_B":1603373515,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Write an outline. Hit each point you are trying to make with one sentence describing the point, and the result that supports it. Add a second sentence with an interpretation.   This is now your outline - each point is a paragraph. Add text in between the two sentences to explain and develop your points.   Every time I get stuck, I eventually return to this dumb, algorithmic approach. It works (for me).","human_ref_B":"Instead of focusing on your own work and its limitations, focus on the limitations of previous research in the field. What can you add? What \"gaps in the literature\" motivated you to start this project?  There are many good comments already here, but I don't see any that points you back to your original motivations, the gap in the literature you originally set out to address, or the weaknesses of other scholarship in your field.  It's good to look for problems in your own work because that's a measure of quality control, but that sometimes means that you forget the problems in the work of others.  I doubt you started the project thinking \"Well, the literature has all this already.\" You probably started by thinking \"these publications don't go quite far enough,\" or \"I can add something to that area.\" Instead of focusing on improving your own work, focus on how your work adds to, corrects, or improves on previous research, even if only in a small way.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9599.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9my247","c_root_id_B":"g9n8tud","created_at_utc_A":1603365938,"created_at_utc_B":1603373515,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Having \"obvious\" results most likely means you had a well designed experiment and some solid data. You're not teasing apart meaning at every step, data mining to find something significant, and forcing your data into whatever narrative you want to have. Clear, concise results are like the holy grail in science.  Also, to be honest, a lot of science IS luck. We run experiments to test or examine a question, but at the end of the day we have no idea whether we're asking the right question. It's literally an educated guess. We do our best to combat this by designing experiments backed by previous literature and hold ourselves to a high standard while running those experiments. Why did my colleague get a significant reaction and I didn't? Maybe the part of the brain I'm targeting doesn't affect the behavior I'm examining, but theirs does. Literally just luck that I chose one area and they chose another.   So, sure, you might have gotten lucky, but more likely you have well designed and well executed experiment. Don't be so hard on yourself, and be proud of the work you've done!","human_ref_B":"Instead of focusing on your own work and its limitations, focus on the limitations of previous research in the field. What can you add? What \"gaps in the literature\" motivated you to start this project?  There are many good comments already here, but I don't see any that points you back to your original motivations, the gap in the literature you originally set out to address, or the weaknesses of other scholarship in your field.  It's good to look for problems in your own work because that's a measure of quality control, but that sometimes means that you forget the problems in the work of others.  I doubt you started the project thinking \"Well, the literature has all this already.\" You probably started by thinking \"these publications don't go quite far enough,\" or \"I can add something to that area.\" Instead of focusing on improving your own work, focus on how your work adds to, corrects, or improves on previous research, even if only in a small way.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7577.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"jfsqq2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Trying to write a paper but feeling like I have nothing of value to contribute. How to get over this? Writing my first paper ever, also my first as first author.  I did write a rough draft during the summer but then decided to add some more experiments and change the order of figures.  For the last month or so I\u2019m sitting on the new graphs and the old draft. I just can\u2019t bring myself to write or make figures.  I\u2019m so scared that people will think my results are very obvious and I constantly feel that I made it so far on luck and now I have to prove that I really deserve to be here.  My boss said this is plain old imposter syndrome and it won\u2019t go away even after I write the paper. I\u2019ll probably think they made a mistake in accepting my paper. He says it\u2019ll take two three papers before I firmly believe in my worth as a scientist.  That\u2019s all fine but it does nothing to help me right now. I\u2019m just staring at my old draft and can\u2019t figure out how to proceed. Any advice is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"g9n8tud","c_root_id_B":"g9n14xb","created_at_utc_A":1603373515,"created_at_utc_B":1603368462,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Instead of focusing on your own work and its limitations, focus on the limitations of previous research in the field. What can you add? What \"gaps in the literature\" motivated you to start this project?  There are many good comments already here, but I don't see any that points you back to your original motivations, the gap in the literature you originally set out to address, or the weaknesses of other scholarship in your field.  It's good to look for problems in your own work because that's a measure of quality control, but that sometimes means that you forget the problems in the work of others.  I doubt you started the project thinking \"Well, the literature has all this already.\" You probably started by thinking \"these publications don't go quite far enough,\" or \"I can add something to that area.\" Instead of focusing on improving your own work, focus on how your work adds to, corrects, or improves on previous research, even if only in a small way.","human_ref_B":"I've felt the same way! When I submitted my first paper, I sat on my figures\/draft for quite some time before moving forward because I kept on trying to add experiments\/complexity (it seemed too simplistic to me). I think I realized that this was mainly because I had been working on the experiments\/paper for over a year so I was so used to everything. I think you have to narrow your focus on sharing your first draft with your advisor. At least this lessens the burden of thinking about what multiple people will think. Once you get over the hurdle of the first draft, it should be much smoother sailing","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5053.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21i87e","c_root_id_B":"g21jm0i","created_at_utc_A":1597790974,"created_at_utc_B":1597791694,"score_A":114,"score_B":154,"human_ref_A":"Reviewer (for top 3 journal in my field): manuscript would be much better if they had a general theorem rather than only specific examples.   Manuscript: Section 4. A General Theorem, Section 5. Specific Examples   (easiest) Revision (ever): Thanks to the reviewer for their thoughtful comment. In the revision, Section 4 presents a general theorem and section 5 specific examples.","human_ref_B":"\"Fix the typos - there are several superscripted comas in text\"  Those were plural Saxon genitives (\"samples' surfaces\" and so on).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":720.0,"score_ratio":1.350877193}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21djcw","c_root_id_B":"g21jm0i","created_at_utc_A":1597788606,"created_at_utc_B":1597791694,"score_A":80,"score_B":154,"human_ref_A":"From the editor: \u201cUsed is shorter than implemented.\u201d  Yes, thank you. I\u2019m fully aware of that. This was in round 3 of several revisions to please never ending pedantic  comments from the editor","human_ref_B":"\"Fix the typos - there are several superscripted comas in text\"  Those were plural Saxon genitives (\"samples' surfaces\" and so on).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3088.0,"score_ratio":1.925}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21i87e","c_root_id_B":"g21ydoc","created_at_utc_A":1597790974,"created_at_utc_B":1597799731,"score_A":114,"score_B":147,"human_ref_A":"Reviewer (for top 3 journal in my field): manuscript would be much better if they had a general theorem rather than only specific examples.   Manuscript: Section 4. A General Theorem, Section 5. Specific Examples   (easiest) Revision (ever): Thanks to the reviewer for their thoughtful comment. In the revision, Section 4 presents a general theorem and section 5 specific examples.","human_ref_B":"My first publication.   In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well, trying to get \"theoretical\" without really having the background to pull it off. When I read that draft paragraph now I seriously cringe.  Anyway, in the middle of this really positive review, suddenly the reviewer says \"this paragraph makes absolutely no sense, it's frankly embarrassing, and it should be removed.\" Just fucking brutal. Once I recovered from the shock, I realized they were right, and I did exactly what they suggested. Ended up getting published in that journal.  Fast forward 8 years: I know exactly who that reviewer was (*very* senior person in my field who I admire a ton), they've supported my career ever since, and we're also good friends.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8757.0,"score_ratio":1.2894736842}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21djcw","c_root_id_B":"g21ydoc","created_at_utc_A":1597788606,"created_at_utc_B":1597799731,"score_A":80,"score_B":147,"human_ref_A":"From the editor: \u201cUsed is shorter than implemented.\u201d  Yes, thank you. I\u2019m fully aware of that. This was in round 3 of several revisions to please never ending pedantic  comments from the editor","human_ref_B":"My first publication.   In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well, trying to get \"theoretical\" without really having the background to pull it off. When I read that draft paragraph now I seriously cringe.  Anyway, in the middle of this really positive review, suddenly the reviewer says \"this paragraph makes absolutely no sense, it's frankly embarrassing, and it should be removed.\" Just fucking brutal. Once I recovered from the shock, I realized they were right, and I did exactly what they suggested. Ended up getting published in that journal.  Fast forward 8 years: I know exactly who that reviewer was (*very* senior person in my field who I admire a ton), they've supported my career ever since, and we're also good friends.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11125.0,"score_ratio":1.8375}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21ydoc","c_root_id_B":"g21xstr","created_at_utc_A":1597799731,"created_at_utc_B":1597799412,"score_A":147,"score_B":67,"human_ref_A":"My first publication.   In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well, trying to get \"theoretical\" without really having the background to pull it off. When I read that draft paragraph now I seriously cringe.  Anyway, in the middle of this really positive review, suddenly the reviewer says \"this paragraph makes absolutely no sense, it's frankly embarrassing, and it should be removed.\" Just fucking brutal. Once I recovered from the shock, I realized they were right, and I did exactly what they suggested. Ended up getting published in that journal.  Fast forward 8 years: I know exactly who that reviewer was (*very* senior person in my field who I admire a ton), they've supported my career ever since, and we're also good friends.","human_ref_B":"Got very constructive feedback for a paper that was definitely not my paper. Key clues include: wrong title, theory, and methods.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":319.0,"score_ratio":2.1940298507}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21ydoc","c_root_id_B":"g21ptu1","created_at_utc_A":1597799731,"created_at_utc_B":1597795031,"score_A":147,"score_B":58,"human_ref_A":"My first publication.   In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well, trying to get \"theoretical\" without really having the background to pull it off. When I read that draft paragraph now I seriously cringe.  Anyway, in the middle of this really positive review, suddenly the reviewer says \"this paragraph makes absolutely no sense, it's frankly embarrassing, and it should be removed.\" Just fucking brutal. Once I recovered from the shock, I realized they were right, and I did exactly what they suggested. Ended up getting published in that journal.  Fast forward 8 years: I know exactly who that reviewer was (*very* senior person in my field who I admire a ton), they've supported my career ever since, and we're also good friends.","human_ref_B":"The most hilarious review I got was a long list of legitimate typos they had found in my paper... I laughed by myself that night at my own writing.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4700.0,"score_ratio":2.5344827586}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21ydoc","c_root_id_B":"g21lv5o","created_at_utc_A":1597799731,"created_at_utc_B":1597792894,"score_A":147,"score_B":37,"human_ref_A":"My first publication.   In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well, trying to get \"theoretical\" without really having the background to pull it off. When I read that draft paragraph now I seriously cringe.  Anyway, in the middle of this really positive review, suddenly the reviewer says \"this paragraph makes absolutely no sense, it's frankly embarrassing, and it should be removed.\" Just fucking brutal. Once I recovered from the shock, I realized they were right, and I did exactly what they suggested. Ended up getting published in that journal.  Fast forward 8 years: I know exactly who that reviewer was (*very* senior person in my field who I admire a ton), they've supported my career ever since, and we're also good friends.","human_ref_B":"Someone once told me that my writing was flamboyant, ... as if that is some kind of bad thing. It was, of course, reviewer 2.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6837.0,"score_ratio":3.972972973}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21ydoc","c_root_id_B":"g21oxnq","created_at_utc_A":1597799731,"created_at_utc_B":1597794548,"score_A":147,"score_B":33,"human_ref_A":"My first publication.   In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well, trying to get \"theoretical\" without really having the background to pull it off. When I read that draft paragraph now I seriously cringe.  Anyway, in the middle of this really positive review, suddenly the reviewer says \"this paragraph makes absolutely no sense, it's frankly embarrassing, and it should be removed.\" Just fucking brutal. Once I recovered from the shock, I realized they were right, and I did exactly what they suggested. Ended up getting published in that journal.  Fast forward 8 years: I know exactly who that reviewer was (*very* senior person in my field who I admire a ton), they've supported my career ever since, and we're also good friends.","human_ref_B":"\"please explain how to interpret an odds ratio as part of your methods\", in a journal which regularly publishes logistic regression models, for our binary exposure variable.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5183.0,"score_ratio":4.4545454545}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21ulrp","c_root_id_B":"g21ydoc","created_at_utc_A":1597797650,"created_at_utc_B":1597799731,"score_A":27,"score_B":147,"human_ref_A":"Two positive reviews followed by \u201cthis paper includes no new data, rehash of decades of work\u201d. Funnily enough the editor agreed they were an idiot and didn\u2019t send them the revised manuscript to review.","human_ref_B":"My first publication.   In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well, trying to get \"theoretical\" without really having the background to pull it off. When I read that draft paragraph now I seriously cringe.  Anyway, in the middle of this really positive review, suddenly the reviewer says \"this paragraph makes absolutely no sense, it's frankly embarrassing, and it should be removed.\" Just fucking brutal. Once I recovered from the shock, I realized they were right, and I did exactly what they suggested. Ended up getting published in that journal.  Fast forward 8 years: I know exactly who that reviewer was (*very* senior person in my field who I admire a ton), they've supported my career ever since, and we're also good friends.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2081.0,"score_ratio":5.4444444444}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21o6dz","c_root_id_B":"g21ydoc","created_at_utc_A":1597794136,"created_at_utc_B":1597799731,"score_A":12,"score_B":147,"human_ref_A":"\"The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper\".","human_ref_B":"My first publication.   In the middle of a very positive review (recommending acceptance), my reviewer hit a paragraph towards the end of the manuscript where I did some vague speculation on what might explain the data I reported. To be honest, I was kinda stretching into a subfield I didn't really understand that well, trying to get \"theoretical\" without really having the background to pull it off. When I read that draft paragraph now I seriously cringe.  Anyway, in the middle of this really positive review, suddenly the reviewer says \"this paragraph makes absolutely no sense, it's frankly embarrassing, and it should be removed.\" Just fucking brutal. Once I recovered from the shock, I realized they were right, and I did exactly what they suggested. Ended up getting published in that journal.  Fast forward 8 years: I know exactly who that reviewer was (*very* senior person in my field who I admire a ton), they've supported my career ever since, and we're also good friends.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5595.0,"score_ratio":12.25}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21djcw","c_root_id_B":"g21i87e","created_at_utc_A":1597788606,"created_at_utc_B":1597790974,"score_A":80,"score_B":114,"human_ref_A":"From the editor: \u201cUsed is shorter than implemented.\u201d  Yes, thank you. I\u2019m fully aware of that. This was in round 3 of several revisions to please never ending pedantic  comments from the editor","human_ref_B":"Reviewer (for top 3 journal in my field): manuscript would be much better if they had a general theorem rather than only specific examples.   Manuscript: Section 4. A General Theorem, Section 5. Specific Examples   (easiest) Revision (ever): Thanks to the reviewer for their thoughtful comment. In the revision, Section 4 presents a general theorem and section 5 specific examples.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2368.0,"score_ratio":1.425}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21ptu1","c_root_id_B":"g21xstr","created_at_utc_A":1597795031,"created_at_utc_B":1597799412,"score_A":58,"score_B":67,"human_ref_A":"The most hilarious review I got was a long list of legitimate typos they had found in my paper... I laughed by myself that night at my own writing.","human_ref_B":"Got very constructive feedback for a paper that was definitely not my paper. Key clues include: wrong title, theory, and methods.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4381.0,"score_ratio":1.1551724138}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21xstr","c_root_id_B":"g21lv5o","created_at_utc_A":1597799412,"created_at_utc_B":1597792894,"score_A":67,"score_B":37,"human_ref_A":"Got very constructive feedback for a paper that was definitely not my paper. Key clues include: wrong title, theory, and methods.","human_ref_B":"Someone once told me that my writing was flamboyant, ... as if that is some kind of bad thing. It was, of course, reviewer 2.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6518.0,"score_ratio":1.8108108108}
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{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21xstr","c_root_id_B":"g21ulrp","created_at_utc_A":1597799412,"created_at_utc_B":1597797650,"score_A":67,"score_B":27,"human_ref_A":"Got very constructive feedback for a paper that was definitely not my paper. Key clues include: wrong title, theory, and methods.","human_ref_B":"Two positive reviews followed by \u201cthis paper includes no new data, rehash of decades of work\u201d. Funnily enough the editor agreed they were an idiot and didn\u2019t send them the revised manuscript to review.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1762.0,"score_ratio":2.4814814815}
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{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21lv5o","c_root_id_B":"g21ptu1","created_at_utc_A":1597792894,"created_at_utc_B":1597795031,"score_A":37,"score_B":58,"human_ref_A":"Someone once told me that my writing was flamboyant, ... as if that is some kind of bad thing. It was, of course, reviewer 2.","human_ref_B":"The most hilarious review I got was a long list of legitimate typos they had found in my paper... I laughed by myself that night at my own writing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2137.0,"score_ratio":1.5675675676}
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{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21o6dz","c_root_id_B":"g21ptu1","created_at_utc_A":1597794136,"created_at_utc_B":1597795031,"score_A":12,"score_B":58,"human_ref_A":"\"The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper\".","human_ref_B":"The most hilarious review I got was a long list of legitimate typos they had found in my paper... I laughed by myself that night at my own writing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":895.0,"score_ratio":4.8333333333}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g225es1","c_root_id_B":"g21lv5o","created_at_utc_A":1597803531,"created_at_utc_B":1597792894,"score_A":47,"score_B":37,"human_ref_A":"Used the phrase data \"munging\" in a manuscript that went out for review. The review came back and reviewer 2 essentially said 'I didn't know what munging was. I did a search and the first definition that came up was from urban dictionary. Heaven help the person who reads that. I suggest rephrasing this sentence on page x.' Well here's the link and the entry starts off by saying \"The one thing worse than genocide.\" https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Munging","human_ref_B":"Someone once told me that my writing was flamboyant, ... as if that is some kind of bad thing. It was, of course, reviewer 2.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10637.0,"score_ratio":1.2702702703}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21oxnq","c_root_id_B":"g225es1","created_at_utc_A":1597794548,"created_at_utc_B":1597803531,"score_A":33,"score_B":47,"human_ref_A":"\"please explain how to interpret an odds ratio as part of your methods\", in a journal which regularly publishes logistic regression models, for our binary exposure variable.","human_ref_B":"Used the phrase data \"munging\" in a manuscript that went out for review. The review came back and reviewer 2 essentially said 'I didn't know what munging was. I did a search and the first definition that came up was from urban dictionary. Heaven help the person who reads that. I suggest rephrasing this sentence on page x.' Well here's the link and the entry starts off by saying \"The one thing worse than genocide.\" https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Munging","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8983.0,"score_ratio":1.4242424242}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g225es1","c_root_id_B":"g21ulrp","created_at_utc_A":1597803531,"created_at_utc_B":1597797650,"score_A":47,"score_B":27,"human_ref_A":"Used the phrase data \"munging\" in a manuscript that went out for review. The review came back and reviewer 2 essentially said 'I didn't know what munging was. I did a search and the first definition that came up was from urban dictionary. Heaven help the person who reads that. I suggest rephrasing this sentence on page x.' Well here's the link and the entry starts off by saying \"The one thing worse than genocide.\" https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Munging","human_ref_B":"Two positive reviews followed by \u201cthis paper includes no new data, rehash of decades of work\u201d. Funnily enough the editor agreed they were an idiot and didn\u2019t send them the revised manuscript to review.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5881.0,"score_ratio":1.7407407407}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g2250zi","c_root_id_B":"g225es1","created_at_utc_A":1597803325,"created_at_utc_B":1597803531,"score_A":21,"score_B":47,"human_ref_A":"To capture labeled NH3, I submerged connecting Teflon tube in a beaker of H2SO4.  The reviewer asked if I turned the beaker upside down (inverted it).. This is silly because.. well that just means dumping out the sulfuric onto the lab bench..  Had to carefully craft my response to not sound rude. Gave me a chuckle though.","human_ref_B":"Used the phrase data \"munging\" in a manuscript that went out for review. The review came back and reviewer 2 essentially said 'I didn't know what munging was. I did a search and the first definition that came up was from urban dictionary. Heaven help the person who reads that. I suggest rephrasing this sentence on page x.' Well here's the link and the entry starts off by saying \"The one thing worse than genocide.\" https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Munging","labels":0,"seconds_difference":206.0,"score_ratio":2.2380952381}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g225es1","c_root_id_B":"g21o6dz","created_at_utc_A":1597803531,"created_at_utc_B":1597794136,"score_A":47,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Used the phrase data \"munging\" in a manuscript that went out for review. The review came back and reviewer 2 essentially said 'I didn't know what munging was. I did a search and the first definition that came up was from urban dictionary. Heaven help the person who reads that. I suggest rephrasing this sentence on page x.' Well here's the link and the entry starts off by saying \"The one thing worse than genocide.\" https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Munging","human_ref_B":"\"The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper\".","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9395.0,"score_ratio":3.9166666667}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21oxnq","c_root_id_B":"g21o6dz","created_at_utc_A":1597794548,"created_at_utc_B":1597794136,"score_A":33,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"\"please explain how to interpret an odds ratio as part of your methods\", in a journal which regularly publishes logistic regression models, for our binary exposure variable.","human_ref_B":"\"The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper\".","labels":1,"seconds_difference":412.0,"score_ratio":2.75}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21o6dz","c_root_id_B":"g21ulrp","created_at_utc_A":1597794136,"created_at_utc_B":1597797650,"score_A":12,"score_B":27,"human_ref_A":"\"The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper\".","human_ref_B":"Two positive reviews followed by \u201cthis paper includes no new data, rehash of decades of work\u201d. Funnily enough the editor agreed they were an idiot and didn\u2019t send them the revised manuscript to review.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3514.0,"score_ratio":2.25}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g22h3zr","c_root_id_B":"g226ogl","created_at_utc_A":1597810171,"created_at_utc_B":1597804216,"score_A":26,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"\u201cReading this made me very upset.\u201d  \ud83d\ude22","human_ref_B":"For a paper concerning history of medicine: \"remove all instances where 'doctor' is used to refer to physicians! PhDs are doctors too!\"","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5955.0,"score_ratio":1.2380952381}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g22h3zr","c_root_id_B":"g2250zi","created_at_utc_A":1597810171,"created_at_utc_B":1597803325,"score_A":26,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"\u201cReading this made me very upset.\u201d  \ud83d\ude22","human_ref_B":"To capture labeled NH3, I submerged connecting Teflon tube in a beaker of H2SO4.  The reviewer asked if I turned the beaker upside down (inverted it).. This is silly because.. well that just means dumping out the sulfuric onto the lab bench..  Had to carefully craft my response to not sound rude. Gave me a chuckle though.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6846.0,"score_ratio":1.2380952381}
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{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21o6dz","c_root_id_B":"g2250zi","created_at_utc_A":1597794136,"created_at_utc_B":1597803325,"score_A":12,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"\"The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper\".","human_ref_B":"To capture labeled NH3, I submerged connecting Teflon tube in a beaker of H2SO4.  The reviewer asked if I turned the beaker upside down (inverted it).. This is silly because.. well that just means dumping out the sulfuric onto the lab bench..  Had to carefully craft my response to not sound rude. Gave me a chuckle though.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9189.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g227bmr","c_root_id_B":"g22rkhy","created_at_utc_A":1597804575,"created_at_utc_B":1597818135,"score_A":16,"score_B":19,"human_ref_A":"The editor obviously cut and pasted bits of his standard letters, including sentences accepting my paper and sentences rejecting it. The good news is that when I politely asked for clarification, it turned out the editor meant to accept it.","human_ref_B":"Omg I hate those comments. They say \u201cyou haven\u2019t said x, y, z\u201d?! But it\u2019s literally in the manuscript multiple times. I never know how to phrase my responses to those points without sounding like a smart ass. \u201cWe already described X on line 233-237. Please learn how to read. \u201c","labels":0,"seconds_difference":13560.0,"score_ratio":1.1875}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g22qd7p","c_root_id_B":"g22rkhy","created_at_utc_A":1597817061,"created_at_utc_B":1597818135,"score_A":14,"score_B":19,"human_ref_A":"Paraphrased: \"I understand what you did with your interesting data, and how your analysis of that data is well-suited to answer your research question. However, your data is really cool, like I think you could do some other stuff with your cool data, so I don't think we should accept this paper.\"","human_ref_B":"Omg I hate those comments. They say \u201cyou haven\u2019t said x, y, z\u201d?! But it\u2019s literally in the manuscript multiple times. I never know how to phrase my responses to those points without sounding like a smart ass. \u201cWe already described X on line 233-237. Please learn how to read. \u201c","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1074.0,"score_ratio":1.3571428571}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g22rkhy","c_root_id_B":"g21o6dz","created_at_utc_A":1597818135,"created_at_utc_B":1597794136,"score_A":19,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Omg I hate those comments. They say \u201cyou haven\u2019t said x, y, z\u201d?! But it\u2019s literally in the manuscript multiple times. I never know how to phrase my responses to those points without sounding like a smart ass. \u201cWe already described X on line 233-237. Please learn how to read. \u201c","human_ref_B":"\"The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper\".","labels":1,"seconds_difference":23999.0,"score_ratio":1.5833333333}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g2263uj","c_root_id_B":"g22rkhy","created_at_utc_A":1597803909,"created_at_utc_B":1597818135,"score_A":10,"score_B":19,"human_ref_A":"\u201cThe authors have yet to disclaim how results from this review will be synthesized\u201d.... well, that\u2019s because scoping reviews do not aim to synthesize data dear Reviewer 2","human_ref_B":"Omg I hate those comments. They say \u201cyou haven\u2019t said x, y, z\u201d?! But it\u2019s literally in the manuscript multiple times. I never know how to phrase my responses to those points without sounding like a smart ass. \u201cWe already described X on line 233-237. Please learn how to read. \u201c","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14226.0,"score_ratio":1.9}
{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g21o6dz","c_root_id_B":"g227bmr","created_at_utc_A":1597794136,"created_at_utc_B":1597804575,"score_A":12,"score_B":16,"human_ref_A":"\"The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper\".","human_ref_B":"The editor obviously cut and pasted bits of his standard letters, including sentences accepting my paper and sentences rejecting it. The good news is that when I politely asked for clarification, it turned out the editor meant to accept it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10439.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
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{"post_id":"ic8a5a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the strangest feedback you have received from a peer review? Make me laugh! Hi all, this evening I have the pleasure of going through the reviewer comments I received on a manuscript for a pretty notable journal in my field (a well respected society journal). One of the reviewers was adamant that four out of five of our figures were not mentioned in the main body of our manuscript text and appeared to come across angry about this in their summary (lol)... except they all were... many times!  Perhaps the reviewer commented on our manuscript whilst half asleep, who knows! Slightly concerned our paper hasn't been reviewed properly but their other comments seem legit.   What are some of the strangest reviewer comments you have received back on a manuscript? xD","c_root_id_A":"g22qd7p","c_root_id_B":"g21o6dz","created_at_utc_A":1597817061,"created_at_utc_B":1597794136,"score_A":14,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Paraphrased: \"I understand what you did with your interesting data, and how your analysis of that data is well-suited to answer your research question. However, your data is really cool, like I think you could do some other stuff with your cool data, so I don't think we should accept this paper.\"","human_ref_B":"\"The editorial quality of this manuscript is poor, way below the standards of a X journal paper\".","labels":1,"seconds_difference":22925.0,"score_ratio":1.1666666667}
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{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej4wya2","c_root_id_B":"ej4w7hu","created_at_utc_A":1553278496,"created_at_utc_B":1553278007,"score_A":100,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"Tl;dr: If you're working every day, 12 hours a day in a PhD program, you're doing it wrong or you're in a toxic lab.  I'm a PhD student in a Pharmacology program.  I don't work 12 hours a day.  I work closer to 7-9 hours during the week and pick up a couple of hours on the weekend if I need to for experiments\/deadlines.  On average, I work 40-50 hours a week.  A weekday for me would look something like this (no classes):  * 6:15 AM: wake up, get ready (hair, makeup, feed cat, etc), brush teeth, check the weather, eat a light breakfast like cereal * 7:45-8:15 AM: arrive to lab, look at my list of duties and calendar, plan my day, work, read, etc * 4:45-6:15 PM: get home, this varies depending on my workday * 4:50 PM: Go for a jog (~3-4 miles, 30 minutes) * 5:30 PM: shower\/meal prep * 6:00 PM: dinner and netflix\/hulu\/TV * 7:00 PM: feed and love cat\/clean up\/dishes\/start laundry\/grocery shop\/etc * 8:00 PM: check e-mail\/read\/free-time * 10-11 PM: sleep  There is a lot that can vary in this schedule in the evening for me based on my needs.  I have a lot of time to spend to grocery shop, run errands, do laundry, clean, maintain personal hygeine, etc.  Honestly, you just have to make time for chores and the other things on your list like any other working adult.  Some tips I have that make my life easier:  * The slow cooker is one of my best friends for cooking.  I'll throw in some meat with seasoning in the morning on low, come home, shred it, chop up some veggies I picked up from the store the night before, and I have some easy meat and veggies for tacos or a rice bowl.  I make a bunch so I have leftovers to freeze or refridgerate. * If you have trouble picking out clothing or getting ready in the morning, set out your clothes the night before * When you're at work, spending time working.  Oftentimes, if I hear of a PhD spending 12-14 hours a day in the laboratory, I can almost guarantee that person is not constantly working while they are there or their advisor is a jerk.  Take breaks, sure, but set out your tasks ahead of time and work to get them done. * Planning a schedule or writing down my work tasks for a day helps me manage my time at work better than just keeping a mental note of all the things I need to do. * No one tracks my hours so if I need to step out to go to the post office or to a dr's appointment during the day I can.  No one gets upset at me.  Just make time for those things. * For a pet, I have a cat.  My cat does a pretty good job at maintaining herself without me there all the time.  I feed her in the morning, feed her at night, clean her litter box, and spend some time with her.  She doesn't need constant monitoring, she's a pretty low maintenance pet to have.  I know students who have dogs and they make it work.","human_ref_B":"For a lot of these, it's just about getting good at time management and developing consistency. Learn to set boundaries, 11-13 hour workdays are excessive and you're not realistically getting 50% extra work done compared to 8 hour work days. Like any job, there will be weeks where you have downtime and weeks where you need to kick into overdrive for crunchtime. You have to actively reach out to people if you want to stay in touch, but realistically my friends and family know that maybe we'll only really talk biweekly, or mostly chat online or something. Repairs and whatnot are generally not a constant drain on time.  I shop once a week, do laundry once a week or every other week, clean every other week or so, and do dishes daily. An hour and a half for exercise every day is *a ton,* at that point you could safely raise the intensity and decrease the duration for a more effective workout. And people do rotations for a reason.  As a PhD student, your hours are very flexible- you need to put in work, a lot of people like to keep a schedule i.e. I try to be in lab from 9:30 to 6, not counting class times. But you can also much more easily dip out to go to the bank in the middle of the day if needed. Some people have biology experiments\/protocols that require 4 hours in between steps, so it's not like you can't knock out other stuff during that time. I don't have a pet. I have to care for sick family members, but in my situation that's mostly a commitment I can stick to on weekends- other people may not have that luxury.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":489.0,"score_ratio":4.7619047619}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej4zidp","c_root_id_B":"ej4w7hu","created_at_utc_A":1553280171,"created_at_utc_B":1553278007,"score_A":67,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"I just lived in filth. #noshame","human_ref_B":"For a lot of these, it's just about getting good at time management and developing consistency. Learn to set boundaries, 11-13 hour workdays are excessive and you're not realistically getting 50% extra work done compared to 8 hour work days. Like any job, there will be weeks where you have downtime and weeks where you need to kick into overdrive for crunchtime. You have to actively reach out to people if you want to stay in touch, but realistically my friends and family know that maybe we'll only really talk biweekly, or mostly chat online or something. Repairs and whatnot are generally not a constant drain on time.  I shop once a week, do laundry once a week or every other week, clean every other week or so, and do dishes daily. An hour and a half for exercise every day is *a ton,* at that point you could safely raise the intensity and decrease the duration for a more effective workout. And people do rotations for a reason.  As a PhD student, your hours are very flexible- you need to put in work, a lot of people like to keep a schedule i.e. I try to be in lab from 9:30 to 6, not counting class times. But you can also much more easily dip out to go to the bank in the middle of the day if needed. Some people have biology experiments\/protocols that require 4 hours in between steps, so it's not like you can't knock out other stuff during that time. I don't have a pet. I have to care for sick family members, but in my situation that's mostly a commitment I can stick to on weekends- other people may not have that luxury.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2164.0,"score_ratio":3.1904761905}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej4zidp","c_root_id_B":"ej4yz51","created_at_utc_A":1553280171,"created_at_utc_B":1553279832,"score_A":67,"score_B":17,"human_ref_A":"I just lived in filth. #noshame","human_ref_B":"Crank out weekly errands and chores on Sunday and work out in the mornings on campus, shower and change at the gym then come into work.   You really got to talk to your PI and put your foot down, 12 hour days are not sustainable, as you've found in writing your bullet points.  You will be waaaay more productive working something closer to 9-5, being very rigid about getting 8 hours of sleep, and taking care of your needs. For example, my PI works 7 to ~2-3 and catches up on reading or writing at home on Tuesdays.   Book up your Saturdays for fun activities, you will work a lot more efficiently during the week if you have a fun thing to look forward to. Never give yourself more than a few hours of on-campus work during the weekends, but don't make a habit of it, it's the fastest way to sap your soul and kill your spirit.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":339.0,"score_ratio":3.9411764706}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej51s7i","c_root_id_B":"ej541vr","created_at_utc_A":1553281609,"created_at_utc_B":1553283071,"score_A":10,"score_B":17,"human_ref_A":"I'm a PhD student in biomedical sciences.  I have to echo what others are saying - 11-13 hour workdays are excessive. Of course, there are always times you'll have to work long hours, but consistently working that much will lead to a very real burnout.  Realistically I work 8-10 hour days regularly. Balancing life and grad school is always a challenge, but it is absolutely possible. I changed my schedule around a lot until I found a system that worked for me, for example, I get up early and go to the gym. This way I get my workout in (which is also key for managing my mental health!) and then I'm far more productive when I get to lab since I've been up for hours. Because of that, I can usually finish all my wet lab work and most computer work at a reasonable time. Get home, make dinner, relax. Taking this time to unwind from the day is just as important as working; it will increase your productivity and keep you from burning out.  As far as errands and what not go, take them in chunks. Car maintenance can often be done on the weekend, so set aside a Saturday morning and go get it done. I'm fairly lucky that I work in a lab that's independent and laid-back, so if I have to run to the bank in the middle of the day, no one cares. If you cannot do this, go during lunch.  As for grocery shopping, we take advantage of the online ordering and pickup services, like from Walmart, where pickup is free. Not only do we save money from not perusing every aisle and buying on a whim, but we also only spend 30 minutes running to pick up our groceries vs hours otherwise.   But honestly, take a moment to re-evaluate working 11-13 hour days. This is excessive, regardless of the reason. Making time to do other things in life is essential, and there's no reason to be working so much (unless, as others have stated it's a toxic environment).","human_ref_B":"I don't think anyone is working 11-13 hours everyday in their PhD. However, the fact that it gets to the point that there is constant crunchtime where people will have to work 10-12 hour days for a week or two every couple of months, and then go back to STILL working 40-45 hours a week after crunchtime, is the more common problem (along with the fact that this is seen as normal\/\"deal with it\")","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1462.0,"score_ratio":1.7}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej573ye","c_root_id_B":"ej5cqe7","created_at_utc_A":1553284947,"created_at_utc_B":1553288386,"score_A":4,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"The worst I ever had was two weeks when I slept in the lab. That was certainly not my norm - I had several months worth of 4-5 hour 'workdays', in that I only needed to be in the lab for a morning or evening. But yeah, wet lab bioscience had a lot of nasty weeks.  I couldn't have done it without:  * A supportive partner (in the same division, so we were often in the lab overnight together). * Grocery delivery services. We're in the UK, and Ocado and Sainsbury's was amazing. * Tolerance. We generally spent one day every week (or fortnight, urgh) just catching up with everything. That meant tolerating dirty sheets, piling laundry and washing up. * Cover. When we got our cat, we made sure one of us would be home at a reasonable hour every day.  Yeah, I absolutely put relationships on the back burner - but that's not uncommon for people at this age, as friends move away. A lot of my mates were busy with other work anyway, esp. medics or lawyers. Post-PhD I've successfully reconnected with a bunch of them.  With perfect hindsight, it was largely worth living that life - but I wouldn't do it again.","human_ref_B":"I'm not a PhD student, but I'm a PI and I was a student once. You should not have to work (on average) more than 8-9 hours per day. I think there are issues here about setting realistic expectations (given an average 40 hour work week) with regards to your work and communicating them to your supervisor. No one wants you to work 11-13 hours per day - it's not healthy and not sustainable in the long run.   There is a possibility that you are in a toxic workplace or have a bad supervisor, but you didn't really talk about that aspect so I'll assume for now that is not the case.   The most important thing is to sit with your supervisor and come up with a list of realistic expectations and be clear about how long you think each task will take. I do this with new PhD students and new postdocs each week. You can also provide regular updates for your supervisor so they know there's movement on your tasks, and modify these expectations based on new information.   Keep in mind this is not a challenge unique to academic workplaces, but also in industry.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3439.0,"score_ratio":2.25}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej57f74","c_root_id_B":"ej5cqe7","created_at_utc_A":1553285132,"created_at_utc_B":1553288386,"score_A":5,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"PhD student in Public Health here. The short answer: get up early, make efficient use of 15 minute gaps in schedule, rely on my partner too much, be comfortable with prioritizing and letting things slide, be comfortable with feeling a little guilty, and double dip whenever possible.  Long answer:  When I wake up early (5 or 6am) I can do so much more. It doesn\u2019t always happen but when it does it\u2019s a ducking productive day  Make efficient use of 15 min gaps. Know how to meal prep in that amount of time. Cook foods that can easily be eaten for dinner then thrown into different arrangements for easy lunches in the week. For example, bell pepper, onion, and steak\/chicken\/shrimp fajitas can be cooked on a sheet pan in oven (while studying) and leftovers can be thrown over a handful of greens with leftover sauce or half a lemon as salad dressing for several lunch meals in the week. Get familiar with staples that allow for this: fish, steak, and chicken dinners thrown over boxed greens for lunches. 15 mins is also enough time to sort and start a load of laundry or fold a load of clothes. Also enough time to get through half a sink of dishes. Don\u2019t discount small pockets of time. Know what you can do in small gaps you\u2019ll find here and there and be motivated to make use of them  Relying on others. I rely on my partner, I help more with chores and cooking during the weekend and I rely on him during the crazy study week. He was in grad school before so he gets it, now he\u2019s in industry and has a nice schedule. Give your partner lots of love to make up for leaning on him\/her! :)  Get comfortable with knowing that things won\u2019t get done and prioritizing what can wait until the next day. Part of that you\u2019ll feel guilty for but understand it\u2019s inevitable. Sometimes even deadlines have to slide a little. Align yourself with realistic individuals that understand this if you can. If not, make your own personal \u201cI can let this slide\u201d list. I love the gym at school but if I don\u2019t have time, I can save 30 Mins by using the baby gym at my apartment complex when I first wake up. Are you a girl? There are days where hairspray and a ponytail are a must; sounds gross but sometimes dry shampoo has to cut it. I\u2019d rather get a workout in and a quick rinse than actually shampoo and dry my hair. Weird priorities have to be made on crazy days. Not all days will be this crazy! If they are then you\u2019re in the wrong lab\/advisor\/program   Double dip and use your resources. Enough said.  Good luck, OP! Hope this helps in some small way:)","human_ref_B":"I'm not a PhD student, but I'm a PI and I was a student once. You should not have to work (on average) more than 8-9 hours per day. I think there are issues here about setting realistic expectations (given an average 40 hour work week) with regards to your work and communicating them to your supervisor. No one wants you to work 11-13 hours per day - it's not healthy and not sustainable in the long run.   There is a possibility that you are in a toxic workplace or have a bad supervisor, but you didn't really talk about that aspect so I'll assume for now that is not the case.   The most important thing is to sit with your supervisor and come up with a list of realistic expectations and be clear about how long you think each task will take. I do this with new PhD students and new postdocs each week. You can also provide regular updates for your supervisor so they know there's movement on your tasks, and modify these expectations based on new information.   Keep in mind this is not a challenge unique to academic workplaces, but also in industry.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3254.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5cqe7","c_root_id_B":"ej5cc4c","created_at_utc_A":1553288386,"created_at_utc_B":1553288129,"score_A":9,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I'm not a PhD student, but I'm a PI and I was a student once. You should not have to work (on average) more than 8-9 hours per day. I think there are issues here about setting realistic expectations (given an average 40 hour work week) with regards to your work and communicating them to your supervisor. No one wants you to work 11-13 hours per day - it's not healthy and not sustainable in the long run.   There is a possibility that you are in a toxic workplace or have a bad supervisor, but you didn't really talk about that aspect so I'll assume for now that is not the case.   The most important thing is to sit with your supervisor and come up with a list of realistic expectations and be clear about how long you think each task will take. I do this with new PhD students and new postdocs each week. You can also provide regular updates for your supervisor so they know there's movement on your tasks, and modify these expectations based on new information.   Keep in mind this is not a challenge unique to academic workplaces, but also in industry.","human_ref_B":"Do not spend that much time working. You are going to be evaluated on what you produce, not the hours you spend producing it. I've seen too many grad students and postdocs think that if that light in their office is on morning to night, the adviser will appreciate all their hard work. But I've seen those students work - they go at a snail's pace. I remember painfully watching a labmate spend 4 hours putting together a conference presentation in the hotel room at the last minute. I can get one with the same quality put together in 30min. The key is to get good at what you do, and do it efficiently.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":257.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5cqe7","c_root_id_B":"ej57yrr","created_at_utc_A":1553288386,"created_at_utc_B":1553285453,"score_A":9,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I'm not a PhD student, but I'm a PI and I was a student once. You should not have to work (on average) more than 8-9 hours per day. I think there are issues here about setting realistic expectations (given an average 40 hour work week) with regards to your work and communicating them to your supervisor. No one wants you to work 11-13 hours per day - it's not healthy and not sustainable in the long run.   There is a possibility that you are in a toxic workplace or have a bad supervisor, but you didn't really talk about that aspect so I'll assume for now that is not the case.   The most important thing is to sit with your supervisor and come up with a list of realistic expectations and be clear about how long you think each task will take. I do this with new PhD students and new postdocs each week. You can also provide regular updates for your supervisor so they know there's movement on your tasks, and modify these expectations based on new information.   Keep in mind this is not a challenge unique to academic workplaces, but also in industry.","human_ref_B":"Anyone who's here doing a PhD in CS? I wish I could work 8 hours, mostly working 10-12 hours these days. :|","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2933.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5b7f8","c_root_id_B":"ej5cqe7","created_at_utc_A":1553287414,"created_at_utc_B":1553288386,"score_A":2,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I'm at end of my PhD, so grinding for job interviews and finishing up writing is my life right now.  In short, I eat out twice a day. Before this, I was getting a produce box delivered to my house once a week, and meal prepped. The produce box was actually significantly cheaper than my local grocery store, so it was a no-brainer. Fortunately because of job interviews, a lot of my meals are getting comped.  I do laundry a few times a week because I work out a lot, and I basically let it run while I'm working at home. The clean laundry lives in the hamper unless I'm bored and feel like folding it.","human_ref_B":"I'm not a PhD student, but I'm a PI and I was a student once. You should not have to work (on average) more than 8-9 hours per day. I think there are issues here about setting realistic expectations (given an average 40 hour work week) with regards to your work and communicating them to your supervisor. No one wants you to work 11-13 hours per day - it's not healthy and not sustainable in the long run.   There is a possibility that you are in a toxic workplace or have a bad supervisor, but you didn't really talk about that aspect so I'll assume for now that is not the case.   The most important thing is to sit with your supervisor and come up with a list of realistic expectations and be clear about how long you think each task will take. I do this with new PhD students and new postdocs each week. You can also provide regular updates for your supervisor so they know there's movement on your tasks, and modify these expectations based on new information.   Keep in mind this is not a challenge unique to academic workplaces, but also in industry.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":972.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej573ye","c_root_id_B":"ej5qfh3","created_at_utc_A":1553284947,"created_at_utc_B":1553298238,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"The worst I ever had was two weeks when I slept in the lab. That was certainly not my norm - I had several months worth of 4-5 hour 'workdays', in that I only needed to be in the lab for a morning or evening. But yeah, wet lab bioscience had a lot of nasty weeks.  I couldn't have done it without:  * A supportive partner (in the same division, so we were often in the lab overnight together). * Grocery delivery services. We're in the UK, and Ocado and Sainsbury's was amazing. * Tolerance. We generally spent one day every week (or fortnight, urgh) just catching up with everything. That meant tolerating dirty sheets, piling laundry and washing up. * Cover. When we got our cat, we made sure one of us would be home at a reasonable hour every day.  Yeah, I absolutely put relationships on the back burner - but that's not uncommon for people at this age, as friends move away. A lot of my mates were busy with other work anyway, esp. medics or lawyers. Post-PhD I've successfully reconnected with a bunch of them.  With perfect hindsight, it was largely worth living that life - but I wouldn't do it again.","human_ref_B":"The answer to this varies based on where you fall in the PhD sequence, and on how rigorous your program is. It is not static. Why? Because the constraints, demands, and obligations that you deal with throughout the process are not static. I get the sense that most people responding here are either in programs with little coursework requirements or are later on in their sequences-- that is, responding from the stage at which they've already done qualifying exams and are not being forced to take a full courseload along with doing research. Post-quals\/post advancement to candidacy = a generally more flexible stage that allows you to get marginally closer to a semi-normal home life. (Emphasis on \"marginally.\")  ​  If we're talking about the first third or half of the PhD, my answer (coming from a very rigorous R1 program) is the following: you manage only a couple of things you've listed above, only barely, and if you're lucky. Many of them might happen only sporadically. If you have a partner living with you to help you, you might be better off. You will have very little time for these mundane things. The first few years of the PhD are like a time warp.  ​  If you're in your first few years and have a full set of graduate courses (e.g. 4 per semester, in my case) you simply don't have time. I spent my first year under such a heavy reading and workload that I was living on about 4-5 hours of sleep for the whole year; I wasn't going out, was constantly turning down hangouts with friends, had to tell people that I didn't have time to date. At all. And even then, I still wasn't getting all of the reading done. Sometimes I'd get all of my reading done but had gotten so little sleep that I couldn't always remember details immediately when being questioned on the spot...which got me accusations from my advisor of not doing the readings (yeah, I was angry. Asshole). I was pretty burnt out by the end of that year, unsurprisingly. It felt like academic hazing. And truthfully, I think it kind of was. It wasn't healthy, wasn't sustainable, wasn't reasonable or right. I could barely take care of basics like laundry (and even now, I still go a while without it sometimes, as life is still a whirlwind and I have qualifying exams in two weeks and feel way underprepared-- really hard to justify more time wasted).  ​  One thing that I realized by the end of that year is that there is truly **never** enough time, and every choice is a sacrifice. Whatever I choose to read, I'm choosing over another thing that I'm supposed to read. Whatever I choose to do is further sacrificing getting things done, no matter what. So you have to prioritize things that you'll get into tangible trouble for if you don't complete them. One example: do I wash my sheets and make my bed properly for the first time in months, or do I read and finish a paper that I need to present on in two hours? Every day, ad infinitum, because the obligations like this are just repeated every week. I realized that I had to choose explicitly to *not* complete some of my work in order to do things like go out for dinner or have any semblance of a social life, maintain basic friendships, etc. I had to cut out all extra work that I could possibly get away with not doing, and it still adds up to a lot. I'm slightly more balanced now but still find it hard to complete a lot of the things you've listed.  ​  Pro tips I've learned personally or from others over time:  * If you have the money, automated delivery services for groceries, toiletries, or ready-made meals really help. * Get used to being able to spare only 15 minutes for a quick run in the morning, at best. Often you might not be able to do so at all. * Living with or dating a normie\/non-academic with an average work-life balance will make \"life maintenance\" logistics easier at home. * But at the same time, non-academics often find it hard to deal with our schedules and might become frustrated or resentful-- I'm not sure whether I'd be able to relate as well to a partner outside of academia at this point. My current partner is also an academic (with an equally terrible schedule) and I am virtually certain that this is the only reason I'm able to maintain it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":13291.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5qfh3","c_root_id_B":"ej5cc4c","created_at_utc_A":1553298238,"created_at_utc_B":1553288129,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"The answer to this varies based on where you fall in the PhD sequence, and on how rigorous your program is. It is not static. Why? Because the constraints, demands, and obligations that you deal with throughout the process are not static. I get the sense that most people responding here are either in programs with little coursework requirements or are later on in their sequences-- that is, responding from the stage at which they've already done qualifying exams and are not being forced to take a full courseload along with doing research. Post-quals\/post advancement to candidacy = a generally more flexible stage that allows you to get marginally closer to a semi-normal home life. (Emphasis on \"marginally.\")  ​  If we're talking about the first third or half of the PhD, my answer (coming from a very rigorous R1 program) is the following: you manage only a couple of things you've listed above, only barely, and if you're lucky. Many of them might happen only sporadically. If you have a partner living with you to help you, you might be better off. You will have very little time for these mundane things. The first few years of the PhD are like a time warp.  ​  If you're in your first few years and have a full set of graduate courses (e.g. 4 per semester, in my case) you simply don't have time. I spent my first year under such a heavy reading and workload that I was living on about 4-5 hours of sleep for the whole year; I wasn't going out, was constantly turning down hangouts with friends, had to tell people that I didn't have time to date. At all. And even then, I still wasn't getting all of the reading done. Sometimes I'd get all of my reading done but had gotten so little sleep that I couldn't always remember details immediately when being questioned on the spot...which got me accusations from my advisor of not doing the readings (yeah, I was angry. Asshole). I was pretty burnt out by the end of that year, unsurprisingly. It felt like academic hazing. And truthfully, I think it kind of was. It wasn't healthy, wasn't sustainable, wasn't reasonable or right. I could barely take care of basics like laundry (and even now, I still go a while without it sometimes, as life is still a whirlwind and I have qualifying exams in two weeks and feel way underprepared-- really hard to justify more time wasted).  ​  One thing that I realized by the end of that year is that there is truly **never** enough time, and every choice is a sacrifice. Whatever I choose to read, I'm choosing over another thing that I'm supposed to read. Whatever I choose to do is further sacrificing getting things done, no matter what. So you have to prioritize things that you'll get into tangible trouble for if you don't complete them. One example: do I wash my sheets and make my bed properly for the first time in months, or do I read and finish a paper that I need to present on in two hours? Every day, ad infinitum, because the obligations like this are just repeated every week. I realized that I had to choose explicitly to *not* complete some of my work in order to do things like go out for dinner or have any semblance of a social life, maintain basic friendships, etc. I had to cut out all extra work that I could possibly get away with not doing, and it still adds up to a lot. I'm slightly more balanced now but still find it hard to complete a lot of the things you've listed.  ​  Pro tips I've learned personally or from others over time:  * If you have the money, automated delivery services for groceries, toiletries, or ready-made meals really help. * Get used to being able to spare only 15 minutes for a quick run in the morning, at best. Often you might not be able to do so at all. * Living with or dating a normie\/non-academic with an average work-life balance will make \"life maintenance\" logistics easier at home. * But at the same time, non-academics often find it hard to deal with our schedules and might become frustrated or resentful-- I'm not sure whether I'd be able to relate as well to a partner outside of academia at this point. My current partner is also an academic (with an equally terrible schedule) and I am virtually certain that this is the only reason I'm able to maintain it.","human_ref_B":"Do not spend that much time working. You are going to be evaluated on what you produce, not the hours you spend producing it. I've seen too many grad students and postdocs think that if that light in their office is on morning to night, the adviser will appreciate all their hard work. But I've seen those students work - they go at a snail's pace. I remember painfully watching a labmate spend 4 hours putting together a conference presentation in the hotel room at the last minute. I can get one with the same quality put together in 30min. The key is to get good at what you do, and do it efficiently.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10109.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5j4j5","c_root_id_B":"ej5qfh3","created_at_utc_A":1553292745,"created_at_utc_B":1553298238,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Things I did during grad school:  - Cook (Occasionally, usually in bulk to set up multiple meals)  - Shopping for groceries (Lived in an urban area, shop was a couple min walk from home, was easy to swing by the shop on my return home from work)  - Clean home, laundry (Once\/week, usually Sat or Sun morning)  - Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes (This was reduced to a bare minimum)    Things I did not do during grad school:  - Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation  - Maintaining a pet: if you have one.  - Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.  - Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.  - Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.  - Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on    It was a long seven years, and terrible for my mental and physical health. 2\/5 would not recommend.","human_ref_B":"The answer to this varies based on where you fall in the PhD sequence, and on how rigorous your program is. It is not static. Why? Because the constraints, demands, and obligations that you deal with throughout the process are not static. I get the sense that most people responding here are either in programs with little coursework requirements or are later on in their sequences-- that is, responding from the stage at which they've already done qualifying exams and are not being forced to take a full courseload along with doing research. Post-quals\/post advancement to candidacy = a generally more flexible stage that allows you to get marginally closer to a semi-normal home life. (Emphasis on \"marginally.\")  ​  If we're talking about the first third or half of the PhD, my answer (coming from a very rigorous R1 program) is the following: you manage only a couple of things you've listed above, only barely, and if you're lucky. Many of them might happen only sporadically. If you have a partner living with you to help you, you might be better off. You will have very little time for these mundane things. The first few years of the PhD are like a time warp.  ​  If you're in your first few years and have a full set of graduate courses (e.g. 4 per semester, in my case) you simply don't have time. I spent my first year under such a heavy reading and workload that I was living on about 4-5 hours of sleep for the whole year; I wasn't going out, was constantly turning down hangouts with friends, had to tell people that I didn't have time to date. At all. And even then, I still wasn't getting all of the reading done. Sometimes I'd get all of my reading done but had gotten so little sleep that I couldn't always remember details immediately when being questioned on the spot...which got me accusations from my advisor of not doing the readings (yeah, I was angry. Asshole). I was pretty burnt out by the end of that year, unsurprisingly. It felt like academic hazing. And truthfully, I think it kind of was. It wasn't healthy, wasn't sustainable, wasn't reasonable or right. I could barely take care of basics like laundry (and even now, I still go a while without it sometimes, as life is still a whirlwind and I have qualifying exams in two weeks and feel way underprepared-- really hard to justify more time wasted).  ​  One thing that I realized by the end of that year is that there is truly **never** enough time, and every choice is a sacrifice. Whatever I choose to read, I'm choosing over another thing that I'm supposed to read. Whatever I choose to do is further sacrificing getting things done, no matter what. So you have to prioritize things that you'll get into tangible trouble for if you don't complete them. One example: do I wash my sheets and make my bed properly for the first time in months, or do I read and finish a paper that I need to present on in two hours? Every day, ad infinitum, because the obligations like this are just repeated every week. I realized that I had to choose explicitly to *not* complete some of my work in order to do things like go out for dinner or have any semblance of a social life, maintain basic friendships, etc. I had to cut out all extra work that I could possibly get away with not doing, and it still adds up to a lot. I'm slightly more balanced now but still find it hard to complete a lot of the things you've listed.  ​  Pro tips I've learned personally or from others over time:  * If you have the money, automated delivery services for groceries, toiletries, or ready-made meals really help. * Get used to being able to spare only 15 minutes for a quick run in the morning, at best. Often you might not be able to do so at all. * Living with or dating a normie\/non-academic with an average work-life balance will make \"life maintenance\" logistics easier at home. * But at the same time, non-academics often find it hard to deal with our schedules and might become frustrated or resentful-- I'm not sure whether I'd be able to relate as well to a partner outside of academia at this point. My current partner is also an academic (with an equally terrible schedule) and I am virtually certain that this is the only reason I'm able to maintain it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5493.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5qfh3","c_root_id_B":"ej5kdah","created_at_utc_A":1553298238,"created_at_utc_B":1553293638,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"The answer to this varies based on where you fall in the PhD sequence, and on how rigorous your program is. It is not static. Why? Because the constraints, demands, and obligations that you deal with throughout the process are not static. I get the sense that most people responding here are either in programs with little coursework requirements or are later on in their sequences-- that is, responding from the stage at which they've already done qualifying exams and are not being forced to take a full courseload along with doing research. Post-quals\/post advancement to candidacy = a generally more flexible stage that allows you to get marginally closer to a semi-normal home life. (Emphasis on \"marginally.\")  ​  If we're talking about the first third or half of the PhD, my answer (coming from a very rigorous R1 program) is the following: you manage only a couple of things you've listed above, only barely, and if you're lucky. Many of them might happen only sporadically. If you have a partner living with you to help you, you might be better off. You will have very little time for these mundane things. The first few years of the PhD are like a time warp.  ​  If you're in your first few years and have a full set of graduate courses (e.g. 4 per semester, in my case) you simply don't have time. I spent my first year under such a heavy reading and workload that I was living on about 4-5 hours of sleep for the whole year; I wasn't going out, was constantly turning down hangouts with friends, had to tell people that I didn't have time to date. At all. And even then, I still wasn't getting all of the reading done. Sometimes I'd get all of my reading done but had gotten so little sleep that I couldn't always remember details immediately when being questioned on the spot...which got me accusations from my advisor of not doing the readings (yeah, I was angry. Asshole). I was pretty burnt out by the end of that year, unsurprisingly. It felt like academic hazing. And truthfully, I think it kind of was. It wasn't healthy, wasn't sustainable, wasn't reasonable or right. I could barely take care of basics like laundry (and even now, I still go a while without it sometimes, as life is still a whirlwind and I have qualifying exams in two weeks and feel way underprepared-- really hard to justify more time wasted).  ​  One thing that I realized by the end of that year is that there is truly **never** enough time, and every choice is a sacrifice. Whatever I choose to read, I'm choosing over another thing that I'm supposed to read. Whatever I choose to do is further sacrificing getting things done, no matter what. So you have to prioritize things that you'll get into tangible trouble for if you don't complete them. One example: do I wash my sheets and make my bed properly for the first time in months, or do I read and finish a paper that I need to present on in two hours? Every day, ad infinitum, because the obligations like this are just repeated every week. I realized that I had to choose explicitly to *not* complete some of my work in order to do things like go out for dinner or have any semblance of a social life, maintain basic friendships, etc. I had to cut out all extra work that I could possibly get away with not doing, and it still adds up to a lot. I'm slightly more balanced now but still find it hard to complete a lot of the things you've listed.  ​  Pro tips I've learned personally or from others over time:  * If you have the money, automated delivery services for groceries, toiletries, or ready-made meals really help. * Get used to being able to spare only 15 minutes for a quick run in the morning, at best. Often you might not be able to do so at all. * Living with or dating a normie\/non-academic with an average work-life balance will make \"life maintenance\" logistics easier at home. * But at the same time, non-academics often find it hard to deal with our schedules and might become frustrated or resentful-- I'm not sure whether I'd be able to relate as well to a partner outside of academia at this point. My current partner is also an academic (with an equally terrible schedule) and I am virtually certain that this is the only reason I'm able to maintain it.","human_ref_B":"I meal prep on the weekends, cook a ton of food.  Cleaning and laundry are on Sundays.  I'm lucky that I have a fenced yard and dog door so the dog takes herself out. Low maintenance. On my 12+ hour days I have a dog walker come.  Exercise is 3x a week about an hour each time, only strength training. Usually one session on the weekends and the others sometime in the week, usually Tuesday\/Thursday or Tuesday\/Friday.  Fixing the house is up to the landlord... take the car to the shop.  Maintaining relationships usually happens while studying\/working\/writing. I'm not close with my family. I see my partner every other day or so, depending on how busy each of us are.  Errands that need to be done during work hours I do the same as anyone else. Take time off work.  I shower when I wake up and before I go to bed. Brush teeth and do skin care around the shower. The whole routine takes 30 minutes max. On the days when I'm out of the house the hours you are, I shower\/personal hygiene from 6:30 to 7 and leave the house around 7:15 to get to work\/school by 8. Get home, shower at 10 and in bed by 10:30.  Time management in general: get off your computer, get off your phone, get off Reddit, don't watch TV, etc etc.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4600.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej57yrr","c_root_id_B":"ej5qfh3","created_at_utc_A":1553285453,"created_at_utc_B":1553298238,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Anyone who's here doing a PhD in CS? I wish I could work 8 hours, mostly working 10-12 hours these days. :|","human_ref_B":"The answer to this varies based on where you fall in the PhD sequence, and on how rigorous your program is. It is not static. Why? Because the constraints, demands, and obligations that you deal with throughout the process are not static. I get the sense that most people responding here are either in programs with little coursework requirements or are later on in their sequences-- that is, responding from the stage at which they've already done qualifying exams and are not being forced to take a full courseload along with doing research. Post-quals\/post advancement to candidacy = a generally more flexible stage that allows you to get marginally closer to a semi-normal home life. (Emphasis on \"marginally.\")  ​  If we're talking about the first third or half of the PhD, my answer (coming from a very rigorous R1 program) is the following: you manage only a couple of things you've listed above, only barely, and if you're lucky. Many of them might happen only sporadically. If you have a partner living with you to help you, you might be better off. You will have very little time for these mundane things. The first few years of the PhD are like a time warp.  ​  If you're in your first few years and have a full set of graduate courses (e.g. 4 per semester, in my case) you simply don't have time. I spent my first year under such a heavy reading and workload that I was living on about 4-5 hours of sleep for the whole year; I wasn't going out, was constantly turning down hangouts with friends, had to tell people that I didn't have time to date. At all. And even then, I still wasn't getting all of the reading done. Sometimes I'd get all of my reading done but had gotten so little sleep that I couldn't always remember details immediately when being questioned on the spot...which got me accusations from my advisor of not doing the readings (yeah, I was angry. Asshole). I was pretty burnt out by the end of that year, unsurprisingly. It felt like academic hazing. And truthfully, I think it kind of was. It wasn't healthy, wasn't sustainable, wasn't reasonable or right. I could barely take care of basics like laundry (and even now, I still go a while without it sometimes, as life is still a whirlwind and I have qualifying exams in two weeks and feel way underprepared-- really hard to justify more time wasted).  ​  One thing that I realized by the end of that year is that there is truly **never** enough time, and every choice is a sacrifice. Whatever I choose to read, I'm choosing over another thing that I'm supposed to read. Whatever I choose to do is further sacrificing getting things done, no matter what. So you have to prioritize things that you'll get into tangible trouble for if you don't complete them. One example: do I wash my sheets and make my bed properly for the first time in months, or do I read and finish a paper that I need to present on in two hours? Every day, ad infinitum, because the obligations like this are just repeated every week. I realized that I had to choose explicitly to *not* complete some of my work in order to do things like go out for dinner or have any semblance of a social life, maintain basic friendships, etc. I had to cut out all extra work that I could possibly get away with not doing, and it still adds up to a lot. I'm slightly more balanced now but still find it hard to complete a lot of the things you've listed.  ​  Pro tips I've learned personally or from others over time:  * If you have the money, automated delivery services for groceries, toiletries, or ready-made meals really help. * Get used to being able to spare only 15 minutes for a quick run in the morning, at best. Often you might not be able to do so at all. * Living with or dating a normie\/non-academic with an average work-life balance will make \"life maintenance\" logistics easier at home. * But at the same time, non-academics often find it hard to deal with our schedules and might become frustrated or resentful-- I'm not sure whether I'd be able to relate as well to a partner outside of academia at this point. My current partner is also an academic (with an equally terrible schedule) and I am virtually certain that this is the only reason I'm able to maintain it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12785.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5qfh3","c_root_id_B":"ej5b7f8","created_at_utc_A":1553298238,"created_at_utc_B":1553287414,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"The answer to this varies based on where you fall in the PhD sequence, and on how rigorous your program is. It is not static. Why? Because the constraints, demands, and obligations that you deal with throughout the process are not static. I get the sense that most people responding here are either in programs with little coursework requirements or are later on in their sequences-- that is, responding from the stage at which they've already done qualifying exams and are not being forced to take a full courseload along with doing research. Post-quals\/post advancement to candidacy = a generally more flexible stage that allows you to get marginally closer to a semi-normal home life. (Emphasis on \"marginally.\")  ​  If we're talking about the first third or half of the PhD, my answer (coming from a very rigorous R1 program) is the following: you manage only a couple of things you've listed above, only barely, and if you're lucky. Many of them might happen only sporadically. If you have a partner living with you to help you, you might be better off. You will have very little time for these mundane things. The first few years of the PhD are like a time warp.  ​  If you're in your first few years and have a full set of graduate courses (e.g. 4 per semester, in my case) you simply don't have time. I spent my first year under such a heavy reading and workload that I was living on about 4-5 hours of sleep for the whole year; I wasn't going out, was constantly turning down hangouts with friends, had to tell people that I didn't have time to date. At all. And even then, I still wasn't getting all of the reading done. Sometimes I'd get all of my reading done but had gotten so little sleep that I couldn't always remember details immediately when being questioned on the spot...which got me accusations from my advisor of not doing the readings (yeah, I was angry. Asshole). I was pretty burnt out by the end of that year, unsurprisingly. It felt like academic hazing. And truthfully, I think it kind of was. It wasn't healthy, wasn't sustainable, wasn't reasonable or right. I could barely take care of basics like laundry (and even now, I still go a while without it sometimes, as life is still a whirlwind and I have qualifying exams in two weeks and feel way underprepared-- really hard to justify more time wasted).  ​  One thing that I realized by the end of that year is that there is truly **never** enough time, and every choice is a sacrifice. Whatever I choose to read, I'm choosing over another thing that I'm supposed to read. Whatever I choose to do is further sacrificing getting things done, no matter what. So you have to prioritize things that you'll get into tangible trouble for if you don't complete them. One example: do I wash my sheets and make my bed properly for the first time in months, or do I read and finish a paper that I need to present on in two hours? Every day, ad infinitum, because the obligations like this are just repeated every week. I realized that I had to choose explicitly to *not* complete some of my work in order to do things like go out for dinner or have any semblance of a social life, maintain basic friendships, etc. I had to cut out all extra work that I could possibly get away with not doing, and it still adds up to a lot. I'm slightly more balanced now but still find it hard to complete a lot of the things you've listed.  ​  Pro tips I've learned personally or from others over time:  * If you have the money, automated delivery services for groceries, toiletries, or ready-made meals really help. * Get used to being able to spare only 15 minutes for a quick run in the morning, at best. Often you might not be able to do so at all. * Living with or dating a normie\/non-academic with an average work-life balance will make \"life maintenance\" logistics easier at home. * But at the same time, non-academics often find it hard to deal with our schedules and might become frustrated or resentful-- I'm not sure whether I'd be able to relate as well to a partner outside of academia at this point. My current partner is also an academic (with an equally terrible schedule) and I am virtually certain that this is the only reason I'm able to maintain it.","human_ref_B":"I'm at end of my PhD, so grinding for job interviews and finishing up writing is my life right now.  In short, I eat out twice a day. Before this, I was getting a produce box delivered to my house once a week, and meal prepped. The produce box was actually significantly cheaper than my local grocery store, so it was a no-brainer. Fortunately because of job interviews, a lot of my meals are getting comped.  I do laundry a few times a week because I work out a lot, and I basically let it run while I'm working at home. The clean laundry lives in the hamper unless I'm bored and feel like folding it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10824.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5qfh3","c_root_id_B":"ej5m9g7","created_at_utc_A":1553298238,"created_at_utc_B":1553295023,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"The answer to this varies based on where you fall in the PhD sequence, and on how rigorous your program is. It is not static. Why? Because the constraints, demands, and obligations that you deal with throughout the process are not static. I get the sense that most people responding here are either in programs with little coursework requirements or are later on in their sequences-- that is, responding from the stage at which they've already done qualifying exams and are not being forced to take a full courseload along with doing research. Post-quals\/post advancement to candidacy = a generally more flexible stage that allows you to get marginally closer to a semi-normal home life. (Emphasis on \"marginally.\")  ​  If we're talking about the first third or half of the PhD, my answer (coming from a very rigorous R1 program) is the following: you manage only a couple of things you've listed above, only barely, and if you're lucky. Many of them might happen only sporadically. If you have a partner living with you to help you, you might be better off. You will have very little time for these mundane things. The first few years of the PhD are like a time warp.  ​  If you're in your first few years and have a full set of graduate courses (e.g. 4 per semester, in my case) you simply don't have time. I spent my first year under such a heavy reading and workload that I was living on about 4-5 hours of sleep for the whole year; I wasn't going out, was constantly turning down hangouts with friends, had to tell people that I didn't have time to date. At all. And even then, I still wasn't getting all of the reading done. Sometimes I'd get all of my reading done but had gotten so little sleep that I couldn't always remember details immediately when being questioned on the spot...which got me accusations from my advisor of not doing the readings (yeah, I was angry. Asshole). I was pretty burnt out by the end of that year, unsurprisingly. It felt like academic hazing. And truthfully, I think it kind of was. It wasn't healthy, wasn't sustainable, wasn't reasonable or right. I could barely take care of basics like laundry (and even now, I still go a while without it sometimes, as life is still a whirlwind and I have qualifying exams in two weeks and feel way underprepared-- really hard to justify more time wasted).  ​  One thing that I realized by the end of that year is that there is truly **never** enough time, and every choice is a sacrifice. Whatever I choose to read, I'm choosing over another thing that I'm supposed to read. Whatever I choose to do is further sacrificing getting things done, no matter what. So you have to prioritize things that you'll get into tangible trouble for if you don't complete them. One example: do I wash my sheets and make my bed properly for the first time in months, or do I read and finish a paper that I need to present on in two hours? Every day, ad infinitum, because the obligations like this are just repeated every week. I realized that I had to choose explicitly to *not* complete some of my work in order to do things like go out for dinner or have any semblance of a social life, maintain basic friendships, etc. I had to cut out all extra work that I could possibly get away with not doing, and it still adds up to a lot. I'm slightly more balanced now but still find it hard to complete a lot of the things you've listed.  ​  Pro tips I've learned personally or from others over time:  * If you have the money, automated delivery services for groceries, toiletries, or ready-made meals really help. * Get used to being able to spare only 15 minutes for a quick run in the morning, at best. Often you might not be able to do so at all. * Living with or dating a normie\/non-academic with an average work-life balance will make \"life maintenance\" logistics easier at home. * But at the same time, non-academics often find it hard to deal with our schedules and might become frustrated or resentful-- I'm not sure whether I'd be able to relate as well to a partner outside of academia at this point. My current partner is also an academic (with an equally terrible schedule) and I am virtually certain that this is the only reason I'm able to maintain it.","human_ref_B":"I don\u2019t.  I order my groceries delivered. I split with my flatnate for a cleaner every few weeks. I bulk cook and catch up with the necessary chores on weekends, have no beauty regime before being clean, and don\u2019t get any exercise outside of my cycle to work.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3215.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej573ye","c_root_id_B":"ej5tfyt","created_at_utc_A":1553284947,"created_at_utc_B":1553300632,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"The worst I ever had was two weeks when I slept in the lab. That was certainly not my norm - I had several months worth of 4-5 hour 'workdays', in that I only needed to be in the lab for a morning or evening. But yeah, wet lab bioscience had a lot of nasty weeks.  I couldn't have done it without:  * A supportive partner (in the same division, so we were often in the lab overnight together). * Grocery delivery services. We're in the UK, and Ocado and Sainsbury's was amazing. * Tolerance. We generally spent one day every week (or fortnight, urgh) just catching up with everything. That meant tolerating dirty sheets, piling laundry and washing up. * Cover. When we got our cat, we made sure one of us would be home at a reasonable hour every day.  Yeah, I absolutely put relationships on the back burner - but that's not uncommon for people at this age, as friends move away. A lot of my mates were busy with other work anyway, esp. medics or lawyers. Post-PhD I've successfully reconnected with a bunch of them.  With perfect hindsight, it was largely worth living that life - but I wouldn't do it again.","human_ref_B":"I absolutely do not work that much, and I think you would be hard pressed to find many that do. But, I do a few key things for managing normal life things while in my PhD. I do all my chores, cooking, shopping, etc. on the weekend and try to get them done as fast as possible. I cook 1 dish per week for dinner and one dish a week for lunch then eat the same food all week (not everyone loves it but it works ok for me). I do have a cat, so pretty low maintenance,  but I work at home a lot so I have plenty of time to spend with him. I go through waves where I am great at exercising regularly, other times not so much. When I\u2019m really busy sometimes I have to let the Home stuff slide, so my apartment isn\u2019t very clean, I don\u2019t work out much, and I\u2019m not cooking.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":15685.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5tfyt","c_root_id_B":"ej5cc4c","created_at_utc_A":1553300632,"created_at_utc_B":1553288129,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I absolutely do not work that much, and I think you would be hard pressed to find many that do. But, I do a few key things for managing normal life things while in my PhD. I do all my chores, cooking, shopping, etc. on the weekend and try to get them done as fast as possible. I cook 1 dish per week for dinner and one dish a week for lunch then eat the same food all week (not everyone loves it but it works ok for me). I do have a cat, so pretty low maintenance,  but I work at home a lot so I have plenty of time to spend with him. I go through waves where I am great at exercising regularly, other times not so much. When I\u2019m really busy sometimes I have to let the Home stuff slide, so my apartment isn\u2019t very clean, I don\u2019t work out much, and I\u2019m not cooking.","human_ref_B":"Do not spend that much time working. You are going to be evaluated on what you produce, not the hours you spend producing it. I've seen too many grad students and postdocs think that if that light in their office is on morning to night, the adviser will appreciate all their hard work. But I've seen those students work - they go at a snail's pace. I remember painfully watching a labmate spend 4 hours putting together a conference presentation in the hotel room at the last minute. I can get one with the same quality put together in 30min. The key is to get good at what you do, and do it efficiently.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":12503.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5j4j5","c_root_id_B":"ej5tfyt","created_at_utc_A":1553292745,"created_at_utc_B":1553300632,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Things I did during grad school:  - Cook (Occasionally, usually in bulk to set up multiple meals)  - Shopping for groceries (Lived in an urban area, shop was a couple min walk from home, was easy to swing by the shop on my return home from work)  - Clean home, laundry (Once\/week, usually Sat or Sun morning)  - Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes (This was reduced to a bare minimum)    Things I did not do during grad school:  - Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation  - Maintaining a pet: if you have one.  - Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.  - Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.  - Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.  - Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on    It was a long seven years, and terrible for my mental and physical health. 2\/5 would not recommend.","human_ref_B":"I absolutely do not work that much, and I think you would be hard pressed to find many that do. But, I do a few key things for managing normal life things while in my PhD. I do all my chores, cooking, shopping, etc. on the weekend and try to get them done as fast as possible. I cook 1 dish per week for dinner and one dish a week for lunch then eat the same food all week (not everyone loves it but it works ok for me). I do have a cat, so pretty low maintenance,  but I work at home a lot so I have plenty of time to spend with him. I go through waves where I am great at exercising regularly, other times not so much. When I\u2019m really busy sometimes I have to let the Home stuff slide, so my apartment isn\u2019t very clean, I don\u2019t work out much, and I\u2019m not cooking.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7887.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5kdah","c_root_id_B":"ej5tfyt","created_at_utc_A":1553293638,"created_at_utc_B":1553300632,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I meal prep on the weekends, cook a ton of food.  Cleaning and laundry are on Sundays.  I'm lucky that I have a fenced yard and dog door so the dog takes herself out. Low maintenance. On my 12+ hour days I have a dog walker come.  Exercise is 3x a week about an hour each time, only strength training. Usually one session on the weekends and the others sometime in the week, usually Tuesday\/Thursday or Tuesday\/Friday.  Fixing the house is up to the landlord... take the car to the shop.  Maintaining relationships usually happens while studying\/working\/writing. I'm not close with my family. I see my partner every other day or so, depending on how busy each of us are.  Errands that need to be done during work hours I do the same as anyone else. Take time off work.  I shower when I wake up and before I go to bed. Brush teeth and do skin care around the shower. The whole routine takes 30 minutes max. On the days when I'm out of the house the hours you are, I shower\/personal hygiene from 6:30 to 7 and leave the house around 7:15 to get to work\/school by 8. Get home, shower at 10 and in bed by 10:30.  Time management in general: get off your computer, get off your phone, get off Reddit, don't watch TV, etc etc.","human_ref_B":"I absolutely do not work that much, and I think you would be hard pressed to find many that do. But, I do a few key things for managing normal life things while in my PhD. I do all my chores, cooking, shopping, etc. on the weekend and try to get them done as fast as possible. I cook 1 dish per week for dinner and one dish a week for lunch then eat the same food all week (not everyone loves it but it works ok for me). I do have a cat, so pretty low maintenance,  but I work at home a lot so I have plenty of time to spend with him. I go through waves where I am great at exercising regularly, other times not so much. When I\u2019m really busy sometimes I have to let the Home stuff slide, so my apartment isn\u2019t very clean, I don\u2019t work out much, and I\u2019m not cooking.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6994.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5tfyt","c_root_id_B":"ej57yrr","created_at_utc_A":1553300632,"created_at_utc_B":1553285453,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I absolutely do not work that much, and I think you would be hard pressed to find many that do. But, I do a few key things for managing normal life things while in my PhD. I do all my chores, cooking, shopping, etc. on the weekend and try to get them done as fast as possible. I cook 1 dish per week for dinner and one dish a week for lunch then eat the same food all week (not everyone loves it but it works ok for me). I do have a cat, so pretty low maintenance,  but I work at home a lot so I have plenty of time to spend with him. I go through waves where I am great at exercising regularly, other times not so much. When I\u2019m really busy sometimes I have to let the Home stuff slide, so my apartment isn\u2019t very clean, I don\u2019t work out much, and I\u2019m not cooking.","human_ref_B":"Anyone who's here doing a PhD in CS? I wish I could work 8 hours, mostly working 10-12 hours these days. :|","labels":1,"seconds_difference":15179.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5tfyt","c_root_id_B":"ej5b7f8","created_at_utc_A":1553300632,"created_at_utc_B":1553287414,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I absolutely do not work that much, and I think you would be hard pressed to find many that do. But, I do a few key things for managing normal life things while in my PhD. I do all my chores, cooking, shopping, etc. on the weekend and try to get them done as fast as possible. I cook 1 dish per week for dinner and one dish a week for lunch then eat the same food all week (not everyone loves it but it works ok for me). I do have a cat, so pretty low maintenance,  but I work at home a lot so I have plenty of time to spend with him. I go through waves where I am great at exercising regularly, other times not so much. When I\u2019m really busy sometimes I have to let the Home stuff slide, so my apartment isn\u2019t very clean, I don\u2019t work out much, and I\u2019m not cooking.","human_ref_B":"I'm at end of my PhD, so grinding for job interviews and finishing up writing is my life right now.  In short, I eat out twice a day. Before this, I was getting a produce box delivered to my house once a week, and meal prepped. The produce box was actually significantly cheaper than my local grocery store, so it was a no-brainer. Fortunately because of job interviews, a lot of my meals are getting comped.  I do laundry a few times a week because I work out a lot, and I basically let it run while I'm working at home. The clean laundry lives in the hamper unless I'm bored and feel like folding it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":13218.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5m9g7","c_root_id_B":"ej5tfyt","created_at_utc_A":1553295023,"created_at_utc_B":1553300632,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I don\u2019t.  I order my groceries delivered. I split with my flatnate for a cleaner every few weeks. I bulk cook and catch up with the necessary chores on weekends, have no beauty regime before being clean, and don\u2019t get any exercise outside of my cycle to work.","human_ref_B":"I absolutely do not work that much, and I think you would be hard pressed to find many that do. But, I do a few key things for managing normal life things while in my PhD. I do all my chores, cooking, shopping, etc. on the weekend and try to get them done as fast as possible. I cook 1 dish per week for dinner and one dish a week for lunch then eat the same food all week (not everyone loves it but it works ok for me). I do have a cat, so pretty low maintenance,  but I work at home a lot so I have plenty of time to spend with him. I go through waves where I am great at exercising regularly, other times not so much. When I\u2019m really busy sometimes I have to let the Home stuff slide, so my apartment isn\u2019t very clean, I don\u2019t work out much, and I\u2019m not cooking.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5609.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej57f74","c_root_id_B":"ej573ye","created_at_utc_A":1553285132,"created_at_utc_B":1553284947,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"PhD student in Public Health here. The short answer: get up early, make efficient use of 15 minute gaps in schedule, rely on my partner too much, be comfortable with prioritizing and letting things slide, be comfortable with feeling a little guilty, and double dip whenever possible.  Long answer:  When I wake up early (5 or 6am) I can do so much more. It doesn\u2019t always happen but when it does it\u2019s a ducking productive day  Make efficient use of 15 min gaps. Know how to meal prep in that amount of time. Cook foods that can easily be eaten for dinner then thrown into different arrangements for easy lunches in the week. For example, bell pepper, onion, and steak\/chicken\/shrimp fajitas can be cooked on a sheet pan in oven (while studying) and leftovers can be thrown over a handful of greens with leftover sauce or half a lemon as salad dressing for several lunch meals in the week. Get familiar with staples that allow for this: fish, steak, and chicken dinners thrown over boxed greens for lunches. 15 mins is also enough time to sort and start a load of laundry or fold a load of clothes. Also enough time to get through half a sink of dishes. Don\u2019t discount small pockets of time. Know what you can do in small gaps you\u2019ll find here and there and be motivated to make use of them  Relying on others. I rely on my partner, I help more with chores and cooking during the weekend and I rely on him during the crazy study week. He was in grad school before so he gets it, now he\u2019s in industry and has a nice schedule. Give your partner lots of love to make up for leaning on him\/her! :)  Get comfortable with knowing that things won\u2019t get done and prioritizing what can wait until the next day. Part of that you\u2019ll feel guilty for but understand it\u2019s inevitable. Sometimes even deadlines have to slide a little. Align yourself with realistic individuals that understand this if you can. If not, make your own personal \u201cI can let this slide\u201d list. I love the gym at school but if I don\u2019t have time, I can save 30 Mins by using the baby gym at my apartment complex when I first wake up. Are you a girl? There are days where hairspray and a ponytail are a must; sounds gross but sometimes dry shampoo has to cut it. I\u2019d rather get a workout in and a quick rinse than actually shampoo and dry my hair. Weird priorities have to be made on crazy days. Not all days will be this crazy! If they are then you\u2019re in the wrong lab\/advisor\/program   Double dip and use your resources. Enough said.  Good luck, OP! Hope this helps in some small way:)","human_ref_B":"The worst I ever had was two weeks when I slept in the lab. That was certainly not my norm - I had several months worth of 4-5 hour 'workdays', in that I only needed to be in the lab for a morning or evening. But yeah, wet lab bioscience had a lot of nasty weeks.  I couldn't have done it without:  * A supportive partner (in the same division, so we were often in the lab overnight together). * Grocery delivery services. We're in the UK, and Ocado and Sainsbury's was amazing. * Tolerance. We generally spent one day every week (or fortnight, urgh) just catching up with everything. That meant tolerating dirty sheets, piling laundry and washing up. * Cover. When we got our cat, we made sure one of us would be home at a reasonable hour every day.  Yeah, I absolutely put relationships on the back burner - but that's not uncommon for people at this age, as friends move away. A lot of my mates were busy with other work anyway, esp. medics or lawyers. Post-PhD I've successfully reconnected with a bunch of them.  With perfect hindsight, it was largely worth living that life - but I wouldn't do it again.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":185.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej573ye","c_root_id_B":"ej6gu04","created_at_utc_A":1553284947,"created_at_utc_B":1553323407,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"The worst I ever had was two weeks when I slept in the lab. That was certainly not my norm - I had several months worth of 4-5 hour 'workdays', in that I only needed to be in the lab for a morning or evening. But yeah, wet lab bioscience had a lot of nasty weeks.  I couldn't have done it without:  * A supportive partner (in the same division, so we were often in the lab overnight together). * Grocery delivery services. We're in the UK, and Ocado and Sainsbury's was amazing. * Tolerance. We generally spent one day every week (or fortnight, urgh) just catching up with everything. That meant tolerating dirty sheets, piling laundry and washing up. * Cover. When we got our cat, we made sure one of us would be home at a reasonable hour every day.  Yeah, I absolutely put relationships on the back burner - but that's not uncommon for people at this age, as friends move away. A lot of my mates were busy with other work anyway, esp. medics or lawyers. Post-PhD I've successfully reconnected with a bunch of them.  With perfect hindsight, it was largely worth living that life - but I wouldn't do it again.","human_ref_B":"Dude, people don't work that much. If some guy is on reddit saying \"I work 13 hours a day\", my response is \"the 5 hours you spend per day on reddit in your office are not work\".  If you come in for an 8-9 hour workday and you actually WORK that time, which is like take a lunch or 2 shorter breaks but spend the rest of the time doing your shit not procrastinating or doing pretend work, you will be more productive than average.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":38460.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5kdah","c_root_id_B":"ej5cc4c","created_at_utc_A":1553293638,"created_at_utc_B":1553288129,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I meal prep on the weekends, cook a ton of food.  Cleaning and laundry are on Sundays.  I'm lucky that I have a fenced yard and dog door so the dog takes herself out. Low maintenance. On my 12+ hour days I have a dog walker come.  Exercise is 3x a week about an hour each time, only strength training. Usually one session on the weekends and the others sometime in the week, usually Tuesday\/Thursday or Tuesday\/Friday.  Fixing the house is up to the landlord... take the car to the shop.  Maintaining relationships usually happens while studying\/working\/writing. I'm not close with my family. I see my partner every other day or so, depending on how busy each of us are.  Errands that need to be done during work hours I do the same as anyone else. Take time off work.  I shower when I wake up and before I go to bed. Brush teeth and do skin care around the shower. The whole routine takes 30 minutes max. On the days when I'm out of the house the hours you are, I shower\/personal hygiene from 6:30 to 7 and leave the house around 7:15 to get to work\/school by 8. Get home, shower at 10 and in bed by 10:30.  Time management in general: get off your computer, get off your phone, get off Reddit, don't watch TV, etc etc.","human_ref_B":"Do not spend that much time working. You are going to be evaluated on what you produce, not the hours you spend producing it. I've seen too many grad students and postdocs think that if that light in their office is on morning to night, the adviser will appreciate all their hard work. But I've seen those students work - they go at a snail's pace. I remember painfully watching a labmate spend 4 hours putting together a conference presentation in the hotel room at the last minute. I can get one with the same quality put together in 30min. The key is to get good at what you do, and do it efficiently.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5509.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5cc4c","c_root_id_B":"ej6gu04","created_at_utc_A":1553288129,"created_at_utc_B":1553323407,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Do not spend that much time working. You are going to be evaluated on what you produce, not the hours you spend producing it. I've seen too many grad students and postdocs think that if that light in their office is on morning to night, the adviser will appreciate all their hard work. But I've seen those students work - they go at a snail's pace. I remember painfully watching a labmate spend 4 hours putting together a conference presentation in the hotel room at the last minute. I can get one with the same quality put together in 30min. The key is to get good at what you do, and do it efficiently.","human_ref_B":"Dude, people don't work that much. If some guy is on reddit saying \"I work 13 hours a day\", my response is \"the 5 hours you spend per day on reddit in your office are not work\".  If you come in for an 8-9 hour workday and you actually WORK that time, which is like take a lunch or 2 shorter breaks but spend the rest of the time doing your shit not procrastinating or doing pretend work, you will be more productive than average.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":35278.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5xtvv","c_root_id_B":"ej5cc4c","created_at_utc_A":1553304239,"created_at_utc_B":1553288129,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I am a PhD student with 2 kids. Here is my schedule which I tweak every semester based on responsibilities.  Mon - Sat:  8: Wake up  8-10:30: family time, grooming, I skip breakfasts  10:30: Leave to work; I intentionally refer to school\/lab\/research as \"work\" to help me separate it from personal life.   11:30: Work starts  2: Protein shake and almonds while working  16-18: Gym or physical therapy or Skype with my family  21-22: Reply to emails, pay bills, order groceries online, have a snack, etc. or play video games for an hour.  22: Leave work, watch Netflix, listen to podcasts, or read a book while on the bus  23: dinner and meditate or just relax  Bed: 23:30   Sun: All day with my family, meal prep for the whole week (InstantPot FTW!), zero work.  This is about 45 hours of pure work a week. If I work more, I lose focus.    What really helps are various time saving tricks I have learned, e.g., doing scheduling and email during low priority but obligatory meetings or seminars, avoiding meetings when possible, blocking off time on my calendar instead of merely using a to-do list, taking care of your body to avoid losing time on being sick or injured or depressed, etc.","human_ref_B":"Do not spend that much time working. You are going to be evaluated on what you produce, not the hours you spend producing it. I've seen too many grad students and postdocs think that if that light in their office is on morning to night, the adviser will appreciate all their hard work. But I've seen those students work - they go at a snail's pace. I remember painfully watching a labmate spend 4 hours putting together a conference presentation in the hotel room at the last minute. I can get one with the same quality put together in 30min. The key is to get good at what you do, and do it efficiently.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":16110.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej57yrr","c_root_id_B":"ej5cc4c","created_at_utc_A":1553285453,"created_at_utc_B":1553288129,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Anyone who's here doing a PhD in CS? I wish I could work 8 hours, mostly working 10-12 hours these days. :|","human_ref_B":"Do not spend that much time working. You are going to be evaluated on what you produce, not the hours you spend producing it. I've seen too many grad students and postdocs think that if that light in their office is on morning to night, the adviser will appreciate all their hard work. But I've seen those students work - they go at a snail's pace. I remember painfully watching a labmate spend 4 hours putting together a conference presentation in the hotel room at the last minute. I can get one with the same quality put together in 30min. The key is to get good at what you do, and do it efficiently.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2676.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5b7f8","c_root_id_B":"ej5cc4c","created_at_utc_A":1553287414,"created_at_utc_B":1553288129,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I'm at end of my PhD, so grinding for job interviews and finishing up writing is my life right now.  In short, I eat out twice a day. Before this, I was getting a produce box delivered to my house once a week, and meal prepped. The produce box was actually significantly cheaper than my local grocery store, so it was a no-brainer. Fortunately because of job interviews, a lot of my meals are getting comped.  I do laundry a few times a week because I work out a lot, and I basically let it run while I'm working at home. The clean laundry lives in the hamper unless I'm bored and feel like folding it.","human_ref_B":"Do not spend that much time working. You are going to be evaluated on what you produce, not the hours you spend producing it. I've seen too many grad students and postdocs think that if that light in their office is on morning to night, the adviser will appreciate all their hard work. But I've seen those students work - they go at a snail's pace. I remember painfully watching a labmate spend 4 hours putting together a conference presentation in the hotel room at the last minute. I can get one with the same quality put together in 30min. The key is to get good at what you do, and do it efficiently.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":715.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5kdah","c_root_id_B":"ej5j4j5","created_at_utc_A":1553293638,"created_at_utc_B":1553292745,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I meal prep on the weekends, cook a ton of food.  Cleaning and laundry are on Sundays.  I'm lucky that I have a fenced yard and dog door so the dog takes herself out. Low maintenance. On my 12+ hour days I have a dog walker come.  Exercise is 3x a week about an hour each time, only strength training. Usually one session on the weekends and the others sometime in the week, usually Tuesday\/Thursday or Tuesday\/Friday.  Fixing the house is up to the landlord... take the car to the shop.  Maintaining relationships usually happens while studying\/working\/writing. I'm not close with my family. I see my partner every other day or so, depending on how busy each of us are.  Errands that need to be done during work hours I do the same as anyone else. Take time off work.  I shower when I wake up and before I go to bed. Brush teeth and do skin care around the shower. The whole routine takes 30 minutes max. On the days when I'm out of the house the hours you are, I shower\/personal hygiene from 6:30 to 7 and leave the house around 7:15 to get to work\/school by 8. Get home, shower at 10 and in bed by 10:30.  Time management in general: get off your computer, get off your phone, get off Reddit, don't watch TV, etc etc.","human_ref_B":"Things I did during grad school:  - Cook (Occasionally, usually in bulk to set up multiple meals)  - Shopping for groceries (Lived in an urban area, shop was a couple min walk from home, was easy to swing by the shop on my return home from work)  - Clean home, laundry (Once\/week, usually Sat or Sun morning)  - Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes (This was reduced to a bare minimum)    Things I did not do during grad school:  - Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation  - Maintaining a pet: if you have one.  - Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.  - Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.  - Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.  - Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on    It was a long seven years, and terrible for my mental and physical health. 2\/5 would not recommend.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":893.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5j4j5","c_root_id_B":"ej6gu04","created_at_utc_A":1553292745,"created_at_utc_B":1553323407,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Things I did during grad school:  - Cook (Occasionally, usually in bulk to set up multiple meals)  - Shopping for groceries (Lived in an urban area, shop was a couple min walk from home, was easy to swing by the shop on my return home from work)  - Clean home, laundry (Once\/week, usually Sat or Sun morning)  - Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes (This was reduced to a bare minimum)    Things I did not do during grad school:  - Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation  - Maintaining a pet: if you have one.  - Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.  - Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.  - Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.  - Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on    It was a long seven years, and terrible for my mental and physical health. 2\/5 would not recommend.","human_ref_B":"Dude, people don't work that much. If some guy is on reddit saying \"I work 13 hours a day\", my response is \"the 5 hours you spend per day on reddit in your office are not work\".  If you come in for an 8-9 hour workday and you actually WORK that time, which is like take a lunch or 2 shorter breaks but spend the rest of the time doing your shit not procrastinating or doing pretend work, you will be more productive than average.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":30662.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5j4j5","c_root_id_B":"ej5xtvv","created_at_utc_A":1553292745,"created_at_utc_B":1553304239,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Things I did during grad school:  - Cook (Occasionally, usually in bulk to set up multiple meals)  - Shopping for groceries (Lived in an urban area, shop was a couple min walk from home, was easy to swing by the shop on my return home from work)  - Clean home, laundry (Once\/week, usually Sat or Sun morning)  - Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes (This was reduced to a bare minimum)    Things I did not do during grad school:  - Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation  - Maintaining a pet: if you have one.  - Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.  - Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.  - Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.  - Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on    It was a long seven years, and terrible for my mental and physical health. 2\/5 would not recommend.","human_ref_B":"I am a PhD student with 2 kids. Here is my schedule which I tweak every semester based on responsibilities.  Mon - Sat:  8: Wake up  8-10:30: family time, grooming, I skip breakfasts  10:30: Leave to work; I intentionally refer to school\/lab\/research as \"work\" to help me separate it from personal life.   11:30: Work starts  2: Protein shake and almonds while working  16-18: Gym or physical therapy or Skype with my family  21-22: Reply to emails, pay bills, order groceries online, have a snack, etc. or play video games for an hour.  22: Leave work, watch Netflix, listen to podcasts, or read a book while on the bus  23: dinner and meditate or just relax  Bed: 23:30   Sun: All day with my family, meal prep for the whole week (InstantPot FTW!), zero work.  This is about 45 hours of pure work a week. If I work more, I lose focus.    What really helps are various time saving tricks I have learned, e.g., doing scheduling and email during low priority but obligatory meetings or seminars, avoiding meetings when possible, blocking off time on my calendar instead of merely using a to-do list, taking care of your body to avoid losing time on being sick or injured or depressed, etc.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11494.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej57yrr","c_root_id_B":"ej5j4j5","created_at_utc_A":1553285453,"created_at_utc_B":1553292745,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Anyone who's here doing a PhD in CS? I wish I could work 8 hours, mostly working 10-12 hours these days. :|","human_ref_B":"Things I did during grad school:  - Cook (Occasionally, usually in bulk to set up multiple meals)  - Shopping for groceries (Lived in an urban area, shop was a couple min walk from home, was easy to swing by the shop on my return home from work)  - Clean home, laundry (Once\/week, usually Sat or Sun morning)  - Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes (This was reduced to a bare minimum)    Things I did not do during grad school:  - Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation  - Maintaining a pet: if you have one.  - Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.  - Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.  - Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.  - Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on    It was a long seven years, and terrible for my mental and physical health. 2\/5 would not recommend.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7292.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5j4j5","c_root_id_B":"ej5b7f8","created_at_utc_A":1553292745,"created_at_utc_B":1553287414,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Things I did during grad school:  - Cook (Occasionally, usually in bulk to set up multiple meals)  - Shopping for groceries (Lived in an urban area, shop was a couple min walk from home, was easy to swing by the shop on my return home from work)  - Clean home, laundry (Once\/week, usually Sat or Sun morning)  - Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes (This was reduced to a bare minimum)    Things I did not do during grad school:  - Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation  - Maintaining a pet: if you have one.  - Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.  - Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.  - Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.  - Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on    It was a long seven years, and terrible for my mental and physical health. 2\/5 would not recommend.","human_ref_B":"I'm at end of my PhD, so grinding for job interviews and finishing up writing is my life right now.  In short, I eat out twice a day. Before this, I was getting a produce box delivered to my house once a week, and meal prepped. The produce box was actually significantly cheaper than my local grocery store, so it was a no-brainer. Fortunately because of job interviews, a lot of my meals are getting comped.  I do laundry a few times a week because I work out a lot, and I basically let it run while I'm working at home. The clean laundry lives in the hamper unless I'm bored and feel like folding it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5331.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5kdah","c_root_id_B":"ej6gu04","created_at_utc_A":1553293638,"created_at_utc_B":1553323407,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I meal prep on the weekends, cook a ton of food.  Cleaning and laundry are on Sundays.  I'm lucky that I have a fenced yard and dog door so the dog takes herself out. Low maintenance. On my 12+ hour days I have a dog walker come.  Exercise is 3x a week about an hour each time, only strength training. Usually one session on the weekends and the others sometime in the week, usually Tuesday\/Thursday or Tuesday\/Friday.  Fixing the house is up to the landlord... take the car to the shop.  Maintaining relationships usually happens while studying\/working\/writing. I'm not close with my family. I see my partner every other day or so, depending on how busy each of us are.  Errands that need to be done during work hours I do the same as anyone else. Take time off work.  I shower when I wake up and before I go to bed. Brush teeth and do skin care around the shower. The whole routine takes 30 minutes max. On the days when I'm out of the house the hours you are, I shower\/personal hygiene from 6:30 to 7 and leave the house around 7:15 to get to work\/school by 8. Get home, shower at 10 and in bed by 10:30.  Time management in general: get off your computer, get off your phone, get off Reddit, don't watch TV, etc etc.","human_ref_B":"Dude, people don't work that much. If some guy is on reddit saying \"I work 13 hours a day\", my response is \"the 5 hours you spend per day on reddit in your office are not work\".  If you come in for an 8-9 hour workday and you actually WORK that time, which is like take a lunch or 2 shorter breaks but spend the rest of the time doing your shit not procrastinating or doing pretend work, you will be more productive than average.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":29769.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej57yrr","c_root_id_B":"ej5kdah","created_at_utc_A":1553285453,"created_at_utc_B":1553293638,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Anyone who's here doing a PhD in CS? I wish I could work 8 hours, mostly working 10-12 hours these days. :|","human_ref_B":"I meal prep on the weekends, cook a ton of food.  Cleaning and laundry are on Sundays.  I'm lucky that I have a fenced yard and dog door so the dog takes herself out. Low maintenance. On my 12+ hour days I have a dog walker come.  Exercise is 3x a week about an hour each time, only strength training. Usually one session on the weekends and the others sometime in the week, usually Tuesday\/Thursday or Tuesday\/Friday.  Fixing the house is up to the landlord... take the car to the shop.  Maintaining relationships usually happens while studying\/working\/writing. I'm not close with my family. I see my partner every other day or so, depending on how busy each of us are.  Errands that need to be done during work hours I do the same as anyone else. Take time off work.  I shower when I wake up and before I go to bed. Brush teeth and do skin care around the shower. The whole routine takes 30 minutes max. On the days when I'm out of the house the hours you are, I shower\/personal hygiene from 6:30 to 7 and leave the house around 7:15 to get to work\/school by 8. Get home, shower at 10 and in bed by 10:30.  Time management in general: get off your computer, get off your phone, get off Reddit, don't watch TV, etc etc.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8185.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5b7f8","c_root_id_B":"ej5kdah","created_at_utc_A":1553287414,"created_at_utc_B":1553293638,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I'm at end of my PhD, so grinding for job interviews and finishing up writing is my life right now.  In short, I eat out twice a day. Before this, I was getting a produce box delivered to my house once a week, and meal prepped. The produce box was actually significantly cheaper than my local grocery store, so it was a no-brainer. Fortunately because of job interviews, a lot of my meals are getting comped.  I do laundry a few times a week because I work out a lot, and I basically let it run while I'm working at home. The clean laundry lives in the hamper unless I'm bored and feel like folding it.","human_ref_B":"I meal prep on the weekends, cook a ton of food.  Cleaning and laundry are on Sundays.  I'm lucky that I have a fenced yard and dog door so the dog takes herself out. Low maintenance. On my 12+ hour days I have a dog walker come.  Exercise is 3x a week about an hour each time, only strength training. Usually one session on the weekends and the others sometime in the week, usually Tuesday\/Thursday or Tuesday\/Friday.  Fixing the house is up to the landlord... take the car to the shop.  Maintaining relationships usually happens while studying\/working\/writing. I'm not close with my family. I see my partner every other day or so, depending on how busy each of us are.  Errands that need to be done during work hours I do the same as anyone else. Take time off work.  I shower when I wake up and before I go to bed. Brush teeth and do skin care around the shower. The whole routine takes 30 minutes max. On the days when I'm out of the house the hours you are, I shower\/personal hygiene from 6:30 to 7 and leave the house around 7:15 to get to work\/school by 8. Get home, shower at 10 and in bed by 10:30.  Time management in general: get off your computer, get off your phone, get off Reddit, don't watch TV, etc etc.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6224.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5xtvv","c_root_id_B":"ej6gu04","created_at_utc_A":1553304239,"created_at_utc_B":1553323407,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I am a PhD student with 2 kids. Here is my schedule which I tweak every semester based on responsibilities.  Mon - Sat:  8: Wake up  8-10:30: family time, grooming, I skip breakfasts  10:30: Leave to work; I intentionally refer to school\/lab\/research as \"work\" to help me separate it from personal life.   11:30: Work starts  2: Protein shake and almonds while working  16-18: Gym or physical therapy or Skype with my family  21-22: Reply to emails, pay bills, order groceries online, have a snack, etc. or play video games for an hour.  22: Leave work, watch Netflix, listen to podcasts, or read a book while on the bus  23: dinner and meditate or just relax  Bed: 23:30   Sun: All day with my family, meal prep for the whole week (InstantPot FTW!), zero work.  This is about 45 hours of pure work a week. If I work more, I lose focus.    What really helps are various time saving tricks I have learned, e.g., doing scheduling and email during low priority but obligatory meetings or seminars, avoiding meetings when possible, blocking off time on my calendar instead of merely using a to-do list, taking care of your body to avoid losing time on being sick or injured or depressed, etc.","human_ref_B":"Dude, people don't work that much. If some guy is on reddit saying \"I work 13 hours a day\", my response is \"the 5 hours you spend per day on reddit in your office are not work\".  If you come in for an 8-9 hour workday and you actually WORK that time, which is like take a lunch or 2 shorter breaks but spend the rest of the time doing your shit not procrastinating or doing pretend work, you will be more productive than average.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":19168.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej63kmy","c_root_id_B":"ej6gu04","created_at_utc_A":1553309067,"created_at_utc_B":1553323407,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"This will vary a lot based on field of study, but one thing to keep in mind is that even though PhD programs can be a lot of work, there is often going to be a fair amount of flexibility in terms of how you put your hours in, and for that matter, you should probably be taking short breaks every once in a while too.  I did my PhD in a humanities field, and while there are some things that take place on fixed schedules and locations (taking courses while you're in the coursework phase, teaching courses, holding office hours), those things are typically going to be the minority of your work time. Most of my time was occupied with things like writing, marking my students' essays, and reading\/taking notes on things.  A repairman coming by the house to fix something? I'll just make sure that I have a pile of grading at home that I can work on until he shows up and while he's there. Need to stop by the bank? Use it as an opportunity to stretch your legs after you've been doing research for two hours in the library. A PhD is a lot of work, but the work is much more flexible than other types of jobs. Your schedule is more likely to be almost entirely self-motivated outside of your teaching. A lot depends on your ability to work efficiently and productively. I had a friend who did her PhD in astrophysics, and her approach was basically to work as hard and efficiently as possible from 8 to 5 every day, and my impression of her life was that she rarely did PhD work outside of those hours except from in the last semester when she was finishing everything up. It can definitely be done, but many people simply don't work efficiently.","human_ref_B":"Dude, people don't work that much. If some guy is on reddit saying \"I work 13 hours a day\", my response is \"the 5 hours you spend per day on reddit in your office are not work\".  If you come in for an 8-9 hour workday and you actually WORK that time, which is like take a lunch or 2 shorter breaks but spend the rest of the time doing your shit not procrastinating or doing pretend work, you will be more productive than average.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14340.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej6dtea","c_root_id_B":"ej6gu04","created_at_utc_A":1553319324,"created_at_utc_B":1553323407,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"No I don't work 11-13 hours a day, only 7-8 hours. For sure there are certain days I have to work 12 hours at least but it's rare. For reference, I'm in a wet lab. My life is a routine, but I like it this way. This is a typical day for me:  * 730 - wake up, shower, feed the pets (I have two pet rats, they're quite self-sufficient most of the time), get a drink, prep breakfast to go * 830 - get out of house * 930 - get to school, get my first experiment set up\/catch up with emails etc * 1030 - breakfast * 11 - continue doing stuff in the lab * 3 - coffee break (yea it's not a good thing, but i don't eat lunch, personal preference. but I do go out to lunch with friends occasionally, and sometimes we grab coffee at 3 when there's 1-for-1. we are cheap grad students.) * 6-7 - wind down and plan for the next day, chill\/chat with others  * 730 - leave to go to the gym * 8-930 - gym + picking up stuff, food or daily necessities * 1030 - get home, eat sushi or something. No I'm not hardworking enough to meal prep, I eat discounted sushi :) * 11 - shower, get the laundry going for the smelly gym clothes; let the rats run loose while I clean their cage, play with them, watch tv at the same time * 1230 - sleep  This are my mondays, wednesdays and thursdays. Tuesdays and Thursdays I go out for dinner with friends or just head home to do nothing. On Saturdays, depending on my social calendar, I would go out in the day with friends or family or I stay home to clean, and go horseback riding in the evening. On Sundays, I go to church in the late morning, then have lunch with friends and head back to the lab to prepare for Monday. I suppose the one thing that I don't do is meal prep, which I think takes enormous amounts of time. I'm lucky that there's a lot of convenient and cheap food options even late at night.","human_ref_B":"Dude, people don't work that much. If some guy is on reddit saying \"I work 13 hours a day\", my response is \"the 5 hours you spend per day on reddit in your office are not work\".  If you come in for an 8-9 hour workday and you actually WORK that time, which is like take a lunch or 2 shorter breaks but spend the rest of the time doing your shit not procrastinating or doing pretend work, you will be more productive than average.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4083.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej57yrr","c_root_id_B":"ej6gu04","created_at_utc_A":1553285453,"created_at_utc_B":1553323407,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Anyone who's here doing a PhD in CS? I wish I could work 8 hours, mostly working 10-12 hours these days. :|","human_ref_B":"Dude, people don't work that much. If some guy is on reddit saying \"I work 13 hours a day\", my response is \"the 5 hours you spend per day on reddit in your office are not work\".  If you come in for an 8-9 hour workday and you actually WORK that time, which is like take a lunch or 2 shorter breaks but spend the rest of the time doing your shit not procrastinating or doing pretend work, you will be more productive than average.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":37954.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5b7f8","c_root_id_B":"ej6gu04","created_at_utc_A":1553287414,"created_at_utc_B":1553323407,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I'm at end of my PhD, so grinding for job interviews and finishing up writing is my life right now.  In short, I eat out twice a day. Before this, I was getting a produce box delivered to my house once a week, and meal prepped. The produce box was actually significantly cheaper than my local grocery store, so it was a no-brainer. Fortunately because of job interviews, a lot of my meals are getting comped.  I do laundry a few times a week because I work out a lot, and I basically let it run while I'm working at home. The clean laundry lives in the hamper unless I'm bored and feel like folding it.","human_ref_B":"Dude, people don't work that much. If some guy is on reddit saying \"I work 13 hours a day\", my response is \"the 5 hours you spend per day on reddit in your office are not work\".  If you come in for an 8-9 hour workday and you actually WORK that time, which is like take a lunch or 2 shorter breaks but spend the rest of the time doing your shit not procrastinating or doing pretend work, you will be more productive than average.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":35993.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej6gu04","c_root_id_B":"ej5m9g7","created_at_utc_A":1553323407,"created_at_utc_B":1553295023,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Dude, people don't work that much. If some guy is on reddit saying \"I work 13 hours a day\", my response is \"the 5 hours you spend per day on reddit in your office are not work\".  If you come in for an 8-9 hour workday and you actually WORK that time, which is like take a lunch or 2 shorter breaks but spend the rest of the time doing your shit not procrastinating or doing pretend work, you will be more productive than average.","human_ref_B":"I don\u2019t.  I order my groceries delivered. I split with my flatnate for a cleaner every few weeks. I bulk cook and catch up with the necessary chores on weekends, have no beauty regime before being clean, and don\u2019t get any exercise outside of my cycle to work.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":28384.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5wbzo","c_root_id_B":"ej6gu04","created_at_utc_A":1553302989,"created_at_utc_B":1553323407,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Not a PhD student myself but one of my instructors is a PhD student from the Netherlands, and he has a newborn baby. I always wonder how he manages to be a father and a husband while juggling everything that\u2019s required of him as a PhD student.","human_ref_B":"Dude, people don't work that much. If some guy is on reddit saying \"I work 13 hours a day\", my response is \"the 5 hours you spend per day on reddit in your office are not work\".  If you come in for an 8-9 hour workday and you actually WORK that time, which is like take a lunch or 2 shorter breaks but spend the rest of the time doing your shit not procrastinating or doing pretend work, you will be more productive than average.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":20418.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej6gu04","c_root_id_B":"ej6dqf3","created_at_utc_A":1553323407,"created_at_utc_B":1553319221,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Dude, people don't work that much. If some guy is on reddit saying \"I work 13 hours a day\", my response is \"the 5 hours you spend per day on reddit in your office are not work\".  If you come in for an 8-9 hour workday and you actually WORK that time, which is like take a lunch or 2 shorter breaks but spend the rest of the time doing your shit not procrastinating or doing pretend work, you will be more productive than average.","human_ref_B":"Don\u2019t work 11-13 hrs per day. That is a terrible work environment and you will burn out and your productivity will tank. Work 8 hrs per day and free time will open up when you do that. Don\u2019t let your PI\/boss request or make you work that much. That is not normal or healthy.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4186.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej57yrr","c_root_id_B":"ej5xtvv","created_at_utc_A":1553285453,"created_at_utc_B":1553304239,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Anyone who's here doing a PhD in CS? I wish I could work 8 hours, mostly working 10-12 hours these days. :|","human_ref_B":"I am a PhD student with 2 kids. Here is my schedule which I tweak every semester based on responsibilities.  Mon - Sat:  8: Wake up  8-10:30: family time, grooming, I skip breakfasts  10:30: Leave to work; I intentionally refer to school\/lab\/research as \"work\" to help me separate it from personal life.   11:30: Work starts  2: Protein shake and almonds while working  16-18: Gym or physical therapy or Skype with my family  21-22: Reply to emails, pay bills, order groceries online, have a snack, etc. or play video games for an hour.  22: Leave work, watch Netflix, listen to podcasts, or read a book while on the bus  23: dinner and meditate or just relax  Bed: 23:30   Sun: All day with my family, meal prep for the whole week (InstantPot FTW!), zero work.  This is about 45 hours of pure work a week. If I work more, I lose focus.    What really helps are various time saving tricks I have learned, e.g., doing scheduling and email during low priority but obligatory meetings or seminars, avoiding meetings when possible, blocking off time on my calendar instead of merely using a to-do list, taking care of your body to avoid losing time on being sick or injured or depressed, etc.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":18786.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5xtvv","c_root_id_B":"ej5b7f8","created_at_utc_A":1553304239,"created_at_utc_B":1553287414,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I am a PhD student with 2 kids. Here is my schedule which I tweak every semester based on responsibilities.  Mon - Sat:  8: Wake up  8-10:30: family time, grooming, I skip breakfasts  10:30: Leave to work; I intentionally refer to school\/lab\/research as \"work\" to help me separate it from personal life.   11:30: Work starts  2: Protein shake and almonds while working  16-18: Gym or physical therapy or Skype with my family  21-22: Reply to emails, pay bills, order groceries online, have a snack, etc. or play video games for an hour.  22: Leave work, watch Netflix, listen to podcasts, or read a book while on the bus  23: dinner and meditate or just relax  Bed: 23:30   Sun: All day with my family, meal prep for the whole week (InstantPot FTW!), zero work.  This is about 45 hours of pure work a week. If I work more, I lose focus.    What really helps are various time saving tricks I have learned, e.g., doing scheduling and email during low priority but obligatory meetings or seminars, avoiding meetings when possible, blocking off time on my calendar instead of merely using a to-do list, taking care of your body to avoid losing time on being sick or injured or depressed, etc.","human_ref_B":"I'm at end of my PhD, so grinding for job interviews and finishing up writing is my life right now.  In short, I eat out twice a day. Before this, I was getting a produce box delivered to my house once a week, and meal prepped. The produce box was actually significantly cheaper than my local grocery store, so it was a no-brainer. Fortunately because of job interviews, a lot of my meals are getting comped.  I do laundry a few times a week because I work out a lot, and I basically let it run while I'm working at home. The clean laundry lives in the hamper unless I'm bored and feel like folding it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":16825.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5m9g7","c_root_id_B":"ej5xtvv","created_at_utc_A":1553295023,"created_at_utc_B":1553304239,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I don\u2019t.  I order my groceries delivered. I split with my flatnate for a cleaner every few weeks. I bulk cook and catch up with the necessary chores on weekends, have no beauty regime before being clean, and don\u2019t get any exercise outside of my cycle to work.","human_ref_B":"I am a PhD student with 2 kids. Here is my schedule which I tweak every semester based on responsibilities.  Mon - Sat:  8: Wake up  8-10:30: family time, grooming, I skip breakfasts  10:30: Leave to work; I intentionally refer to school\/lab\/research as \"work\" to help me separate it from personal life.   11:30: Work starts  2: Protein shake and almonds while working  16-18: Gym or physical therapy or Skype with my family  21-22: Reply to emails, pay bills, order groceries online, have a snack, etc. or play video games for an hour.  22: Leave work, watch Netflix, listen to podcasts, or read a book while on the bus  23: dinner and meditate or just relax  Bed: 23:30   Sun: All day with my family, meal prep for the whole week (InstantPot FTW!), zero work.  This is about 45 hours of pure work a week. If I work more, I lose focus.    What really helps are various time saving tricks I have learned, e.g., doing scheduling and email during low priority but obligatory meetings or seminars, avoiding meetings when possible, blocking off time on my calendar instead of merely using a to-do list, taking care of your body to avoid losing time on being sick or injured or depressed, etc.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9216.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5wbzo","c_root_id_B":"ej5xtvv","created_at_utc_A":1553302989,"created_at_utc_B":1553304239,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Not a PhD student myself but one of my instructors is a PhD student from the Netherlands, and he has a newborn baby. I always wonder how he manages to be a father and a husband while juggling everything that\u2019s required of him as a PhD student.","human_ref_B":"I am a PhD student with 2 kids. Here is my schedule which I tweak every semester based on responsibilities.  Mon - Sat:  8: Wake up  8-10:30: family time, grooming, I skip breakfasts  10:30: Leave to work; I intentionally refer to school\/lab\/research as \"work\" to help me separate it from personal life.   11:30: Work starts  2: Protein shake and almonds while working  16-18: Gym or physical therapy or Skype with my family  21-22: Reply to emails, pay bills, order groceries online, have a snack, etc. or play video games for an hour.  22: Leave work, watch Netflix, listen to podcasts, or read a book while on the bus  23: dinner and meditate or just relax  Bed: 23:30   Sun: All day with my family, meal prep for the whole week (InstantPot FTW!), zero work.  This is about 45 hours of pure work a week. If I work more, I lose focus.    What really helps are various time saving tricks I have learned, e.g., doing scheduling and email during low priority but obligatory meetings or seminars, avoiding meetings when possible, blocking off time on my calendar instead of merely using a to-do list, taking care of your body to avoid losing time on being sick or injured or depressed, etc.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1250.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej57yrr","c_root_id_B":"ej63kmy","created_at_utc_A":1553285453,"created_at_utc_B":1553309067,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Anyone who's here doing a PhD in CS? I wish I could work 8 hours, mostly working 10-12 hours these days. :|","human_ref_B":"This will vary a lot based on field of study, but one thing to keep in mind is that even though PhD programs can be a lot of work, there is often going to be a fair amount of flexibility in terms of how you put your hours in, and for that matter, you should probably be taking short breaks every once in a while too.  I did my PhD in a humanities field, and while there are some things that take place on fixed schedules and locations (taking courses while you're in the coursework phase, teaching courses, holding office hours), those things are typically going to be the minority of your work time. Most of my time was occupied with things like writing, marking my students' essays, and reading\/taking notes on things.  A repairman coming by the house to fix something? I'll just make sure that I have a pile of grading at home that I can work on until he shows up and while he's there. Need to stop by the bank? Use it as an opportunity to stretch your legs after you've been doing research for two hours in the library. A PhD is a lot of work, but the work is much more flexible than other types of jobs. Your schedule is more likely to be almost entirely self-motivated outside of your teaching. A lot depends on your ability to work efficiently and productively. I had a friend who did her PhD in astrophysics, and her approach was basically to work as hard and efficiently as possible from 8 to 5 every day, and my impression of her life was that she rarely did PhD work outside of those hours except from in the last semester when she was finishing everything up. It can definitely be done, but many people simply don't work efficiently.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":23614.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej63kmy","c_root_id_B":"ej5b7f8","created_at_utc_A":1553309067,"created_at_utc_B":1553287414,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"This will vary a lot based on field of study, but one thing to keep in mind is that even though PhD programs can be a lot of work, there is often going to be a fair amount of flexibility in terms of how you put your hours in, and for that matter, you should probably be taking short breaks every once in a while too.  I did my PhD in a humanities field, and while there are some things that take place on fixed schedules and locations (taking courses while you're in the coursework phase, teaching courses, holding office hours), those things are typically going to be the minority of your work time. Most of my time was occupied with things like writing, marking my students' essays, and reading\/taking notes on things.  A repairman coming by the house to fix something? I'll just make sure that I have a pile of grading at home that I can work on until he shows up and while he's there. Need to stop by the bank? Use it as an opportunity to stretch your legs after you've been doing research for two hours in the library. A PhD is a lot of work, but the work is much more flexible than other types of jobs. Your schedule is more likely to be almost entirely self-motivated outside of your teaching. A lot depends on your ability to work efficiently and productively. I had a friend who did her PhD in astrophysics, and her approach was basically to work as hard and efficiently as possible from 8 to 5 every day, and my impression of her life was that she rarely did PhD work outside of those hours except from in the last semester when she was finishing everything up. It can definitely be done, but many people simply don't work efficiently.","human_ref_B":"I'm at end of my PhD, so grinding for job interviews and finishing up writing is my life right now.  In short, I eat out twice a day. Before this, I was getting a produce box delivered to my house once a week, and meal prepped. The produce box was actually significantly cheaper than my local grocery store, so it was a no-brainer. Fortunately because of job interviews, a lot of my meals are getting comped.  I do laundry a few times a week because I work out a lot, and I basically let it run while I'm working at home. The clean laundry lives in the hamper unless I'm bored and feel like folding it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":21653.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej63kmy","c_root_id_B":"ej5m9g7","created_at_utc_A":1553309067,"created_at_utc_B":1553295023,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"This will vary a lot based on field of study, but one thing to keep in mind is that even though PhD programs can be a lot of work, there is often going to be a fair amount of flexibility in terms of how you put your hours in, and for that matter, you should probably be taking short breaks every once in a while too.  I did my PhD in a humanities field, and while there are some things that take place on fixed schedules and locations (taking courses while you're in the coursework phase, teaching courses, holding office hours), those things are typically going to be the minority of your work time. Most of my time was occupied with things like writing, marking my students' essays, and reading\/taking notes on things.  A repairman coming by the house to fix something? I'll just make sure that I have a pile of grading at home that I can work on until he shows up and while he's there. Need to stop by the bank? Use it as an opportunity to stretch your legs after you've been doing research for two hours in the library. A PhD is a lot of work, but the work is much more flexible than other types of jobs. Your schedule is more likely to be almost entirely self-motivated outside of your teaching. A lot depends on your ability to work efficiently and productively. I had a friend who did her PhD in astrophysics, and her approach was basically to work as hard and efficiently as possible from 8 to 5 every day, and my impression of her life was that she rarely did PhD work outside of those hours except from in the last semester when she was finishing everything up. It can definitely be done, but many people simply don't work efficiently.","human_ref_B":"I don\u2019t.  I order my groceries delivered. I split with my flatnate for a cleaner every few weeks. I bulk cook and catch up with the necessary chores on weekends, have no beauty regime before being clean, and don\u2019t get any exercise outside of my cycle to work.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":14044.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5wbzo","c_root_id_B":"ej63kmy","created_at_utc_A":1553302989,"created_at_utc_B":1553309067,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Not a PhD student myself but one of my instructors is a PhD student from the Netherlands, and he has a newborn baby. I always wonder how he manages to be a father and a husband while juggling everything that\u2019s required of him as a PhD student.","human_ref_B":"This will vary a lot based on field of study, but one thing to keep in mind is that even though PhD programs can be a lot of work, there is often going to be a fair amount of flexibility in terms of how you put your hours in, and for that matter, you should probably be taking short breaks every once in a while too.  I did my PhD in a humanities field, and while there are some things that take place on fixed schedules and locations (taking courses while you're in the coursework phase, teaching courses, holding office hours), those things are typically going to be the minority of your work time. Most of my time was occupied with things like writing, marking my students' essays, and reading\/taking notes on things.  A repairman coming by the house to fix something? I'll just make sure that I have a pile of grading at home that I can work on until he shows up and while he's there. Need to stop by the bank? Use it as an opportunity to stretch your legs after you've been doing research for two hours in the library. A PhD is a lot of work, but the work is much more flexible than other types of jobs. Your schedule is more likely to be almost entirely self-motivated outside of your teaching. A lot depends on your ability to work efficiently and productively. I had a friend who did her PhD in astrophysics, and her approach was basically to work as hard and efficiently as possible from 8 to 5 every day, and my impression of her life was that she rarely did PhD work outside of those hours except from in the last semester when she was finishing everything up. It can definitely be done, but many people simply don't work efficiently.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6078.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej57yrr","c_root_id_B":"ej6dtea","created_at_utc_A":1553285453,"created_at_utc_B":1553319324,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Anyone who's here doing a PhD in CS? I wish I could work 8 hours, mostly working 10-12 hours these days. :|","human_ref_B":"No I don't work 11-13 hours a day, only 7-8 hours. For sure there are certain days I have to work 12 hours at least but it's rare. For reference, I'm in a wet lab. My life is a routine, but I like it this way. This is a typical day for me:  * 730 - wake up, shower, feed the pets (I have two pet rats, they're quite self-sufficient most of the time), get a drink, prep breakfast to go * 830 - get out of house * 930 - get to school, get my first experiment set up\/catch up with emails etc * 1030 - breakfast * 11 - continue doing stuff in the lab * 3 - coffee break (yea it's not a good thing, but i don't eat lunch, personal preference. but I do go out to lunch with friends occasionally, and sometimes we grab coffee at 3 when there's 1-for-1. we are cheap grad students.) * 6-7 - wind down and plan for the next day, chill\/chat with others  * 730 - leave to go to the gym * 8-930 - gym + picking up stuff, food or daily necessities * 1030 - get home, eat sushi or something. No I'm not hardworking enough to meal prep, I eat discounted sushi :) * 11 - shower, get the laundry going for the smelly gym clothes; let the rats run loose while I clean their cage, play with them, watch tv at the same time * 1230 - sleep  This are my mondays, wednesdays and thursdays. Tuesdays and Thursdays I go out for dinner with friends or just head home to do nothing. On Saturdays, depending on my social calendar, I would go out in the day with friends or family or I stay home to clean, and go horseback riding in the evening. On Sundays, I go to church in the late morning, then have lunch with friends and head back to the lab to prepare for Monday. I suppose the one thing that I don't do is meal prep, which I think takes enormous amounts of time. I'm lucky that there's a lot of convenient and cheap food options even late at night.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":33871.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej6dtea","c_root_id_B":"ej5b7f8","created_at_utc_A":1553319324,"created_at_utc_B":1553287414,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"No I don't work 11-13 hours a day, only 7-8 hours. For sure there are certain days I have to work 12 hours at least but it's rare. For reference, I'm in a wet lab. My life is a routine, but I like it this way. This is a typical day for me:  * 730 - wake up, shower, feed the pets (I have two pet rats, they're quite self-sufficient most of the time), get a drink, prep breakfast to go * 830 - get out of house * 930 - get to school, get my first experiment set up\/catch up with emails etc * 1030 - breakfast * 11 - continue doing stuff in the lab * 3 - coffee break (yea it's not a good thing, but i don't eat lunch, personal preference. but I do go out to lunch with friends occasionally, and sometimes we grab coffee at 3 when there's 1-for-1. we are cheap grad students.) * 6-7 - wind down and plan for the next day, chill\/chat with others  * 730 - leave to go to the gym * 8-930 - gym + picking up stuff, food or daily necessities * 1030 - get home, eat sushi or something. No I'm not hardworking enough to meal prep, I eat discounted sushi :) * 11 - shower, get the laundry going for the smelly gym clothes; let the rats run loose while I clean their cage, play with them, watch tv at the same time * 1230 - sleep  This are my mondays, wednesdays and thursdays. Tuesdays and Thursdays I go out for dinner with friends or just head home to do nothing. On Saturdays, depending on my social calendar, I would go out in the day with friends or family or I stay home to clean, and go horseback riding in the evening. On Sundays, I go to church in the late morning, then have lunch with friends and head back to the lab to prepare for Monday. I suppose the one thing that I don't do is meal prep, which I think takes enormous amounts of time. I'm lucky that there's a lot of convenient and cheap food options even late at night.","human_ref_B":"I'm at end of my PhD, so grinding for job interviews and finishing up writing is my life right now.  In short, I eat out twice a day. Before this, I was getting a produce box delivered to my house once a week, and meal prepped. The produce box was actually significantly cheaper than my local grocery store, so it was a no-brainer. Fortunately because of job interviews, a lot of my meals are getting comped.  I do laundry a few times a week because I work out a lot, and I basically let it run while I'm working at home. The clean laundry lives in the hamper unless I'm bored and feel like folding it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":31910.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej5m9g7","c_root_id_B":"ej6dtea","created_at_utc_A":1553295023,"created_at_utc_B":1553319324,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I don\u2019t.  I order my groceries delivered. I split with my flatnate for a cleaner every few weeks. I bulk cook and catch up with the necessary chores on weekends, have no beauty regime before being clean, and don\u2019t get any exercise outside of my cycle to work.","human_ref_B":"No I don't work 11-13 hours a day, only 7-8 hours. For sure there are certain days I have to work 12 hours at least but it's rare. For reference, I'm in a wet lab. My life is a routine, but I like it this way. This is a typical day for me:  * 730 - wake up, shower, feed the pets (I have two pet rats, they're quite self-sufficient most of the time), get a drink, prep breakfast to go * 830 - get out of house * 930 - get to school, get my first experiment set up\/catch up with emails etc * 1030 - breakfast * 11 - continue doing stuff in the lab * 3 - coffee break (yea it's not a good thing, but i don't eat lunch, personal preference. but I do go out to lunch with friends occasionally, and sometimes we grab coffee at 3 when there's 1-for-1. we are cheap grad students.) * 6-7 - wind down and plan for the next day, chill\/chat with others  * 730 - leave to go to the gym * 8-930 - gym + picking up stuff, food or daily necessities * 1030 - get home, eat sushi or something. No I'm not hardworking enough to meal prep, I eat discounted sushi :) * 11 - shower, get the laundry going for the smelly gym clothes; let the rats run loose while I clean their cage, play with them, watch tv at the same time * 1230 - sleep  This are my mondays, wednesdays and thursdays. Tuesdays and Thursdays I go out for dinner with friends or just head home to do nothing. On Saturdays, depending on my social calendar, I would go out in the day with friends or family or I stay home to clean, and go horseback riding in the evening. On Sundays, I go to church in the late morning, then have lunch with friends and head back to the lab to prepare for Monday. I suppose the one thing that I don't do is meal prep, which I think takes enormous amounts of time. I'm lucky that there's a lot of convenient and cheap food options even late at night.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":24301.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej6dtea","c_root_id_B":"ej5wbzo","created_at_utc_A":1553319324,"created_at_utc_B":1553302989,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"No I don't work 11-13 hours a day, only 7-8 hours. For sure there are certain days I have to work 12 hours at least but it's rare. For reference, I'm in a wet lab. My life is a routine, but I like it this way. This is a typical day for me:  * 730 - wake up, shower, feed the pets (I have two pet rats, they're quite self-sufficient most of the time), get a drink, prep breakfast to go * 830 - get out of house * 930 - get to school, get my first experiment set up\/catch up with emails etc * 1030 - breakfast * 11 - continue doing stuff in the lab * 3 - coffee break (yea it's not a good thing, but i don't eat lunch, personal preference. but I do go out to lunch with friends occasionally, and sometimes we grab coffee at 3 when there's 1-for-1. we are cheap grad students.) * 6-7 - wind down and plan for the next day, chill\/chat with others  * 730 - leave to go to the gym * 8-930 - gym + picking up stuff, food or daily necessities * 1030 - get home, eat sushi or something. No I'm not hardworking enough to meal prep, I eat discounted sushi :) * 11 - shower, get the laundry going for the smelly gym clothes; let the rats run loose while I clean their cage, play with them, watch tv at the same time * 1230 - sleep  This are my mondays, wednesdays and thursdays. Tuesdays and Thursdays I go out for dinner with friends or just head home to do nothing. On Saturdays, depending on my social calendar, I would go out in the day with friends or family or I stay home to clean, and go horseback riding in the evening. On Sundays, I go to church in the late morning, then have lunch with friends and head back to the lab to prepare for Monday. I suppose the one thing that I don't do is meal prep, which I think takes enormous amounts of time. I'm lucky that there's a lot of convenient and cheap food options even late at night.","human_ref_B":"Not a PhD student myself but one of my instructors is a PhD student from the Netherlands, and he has a newborn baby. I always wonder how he manages to be a father and a husband while juggling everything that\u2019s required of him as a PhD student.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":16335.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"b47qpd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"PhD students: How do you manage to do your daily chores with such long hours? How does your daily routine look like? Non-native English speaker here.   I keep on reading here that PhD students work for 11-13 hour workdays.   My question is, give the high work hours how do you manage to do other daily chores that are a requirement of life. For example how do you manage to:   * Cook  * Shopping for groceries.   * Clean home, laundry  * Personal grooming: Thorough bath, skin care regimes  * Exercise: You need at least an hour and a half for exercise and recuperation.   * Maintaining a pet: if you have one.   * Making repairs: Fixing your car, home, gadgets etc.   * Maintaining relationships: Like calling parents, friends to find out how they are etc.   * Caring for someone sick: If you are in that circumstance.   * Do chores that can only be done during work hours: eg going to the post office, government offices, banks, doctor's visits, mechanic's visit to your house and so on.   * Other chores that are skipping me at the moment.   PS: I am asking because I am out of home from 8am to 9:30pm. I can't even brush my teeth or shampoo properly given the time even though I have my food, lunches prepared and home and other chores maintained. It sounds impossible that other people are doing so much with a more constrained time than me. I want to do a PhD and I don't know if it will even be possible to do the chores listed above if I can't do them now. So I am looking for inspiration for time management.","c_root_id_A":"ej6dtea","c_root_id_B":"ej6dqf3","created_at_utc_A":1553319324,"created_at_utc_B":1553319221,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"No I don't work 11-13 hours a day, only 7-8 hours. For sure there are certain days I have to work 12 hours at least but it's rare. For reference, I'm in a wet lab. My life is a routine, but I like it this way. This is a typical day for me:  * 730 - wake up, shower, feed the pets (I have two pet rats, they're quite self-sufficient most of the time), get a drink, prep breakfast to go * 830 - get out of house * 930 - get to school, get my first experiment set up\/catch up with emails etc * 1030 - breakfast * 11 - continue doing stuff in the lab * 3 - coffee break (yea it's not a good thing, but i don't eat lunch, personal preference. but I do go out to lunch with friends occasionally, and sometimes we grab coffee at 3 when there's 1-for-1. we are cheap grad students.) * 6-7 - wind down and plan for the next day, chill\/chat with others  * 730 - leave to go to the gym * 8-930 - gym + picking up stuff, food or daily necessities * 1030 - get home, eat sushi or something. No I'm not hardworking enough to meal prep, I eat discounted sushi :) * 11 - shower, get the laundry going for the smelly gym clothes; let the rats run loose while I clean their cage, play with them, watch tv at the same time * 1230 - sleep  This are my mondays, wednesdays and thursdays. Tuesdays and Thursdays I go out for dinner with friends or just head home to do nothing. On Saturdays, depending on my social calendar, I would go out in the day with friends or family or I stay home to clean, and go horseback riding in the evening. On Sundays, I go to church in the late morning, then have lunch with friends and head back to the lab to prepare for Monday. I suppose the one thing that I don't do is meal prep, which I think takes enormous amounts of time. I'm lucky that there's a lot of convenient and cheap food options even late at night.","human_ref_B":"Don\u2019t work 11-13 hrs per day. That is a terrible work environment and you will burn out and your productivity will tank. Work 8 hrs per day and free time will open up when you do that. Don\u2019t let your PI\/boss request or make you work that much. That is not normal or healthy.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":103.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbsa7p","c_root_id_B":"irbrko5","created_at_utc_A":1665088561,"created_at_utc_B":1665088256,"score_A":259,"score_B":28,"human_ref_A":"Why not?  In my PhD dissertation  I acknowledged my dog \"for helping me stay sane\".  Nobody blinked.","human_ref_B":"I have seen people thank all kinds of entities and relationships in their acknowledgments. It's impossible to predict how others may react to reading this in your acknowledgments. Maybe worth asking the therapist if they are okay with it if you are concerned, but otherwise my view is acknowledge anyone and anything you like.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":305.0,"score_ratio":9.25}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbs05r","c_root_id_B":"irbsa7p","created_at_utc_A":1665088440,"created_at_utc_B":1665088561,"score_A":21,"score_B":259,"human_ref_A":"It\u2019s your thesis. I say thank anyone you want. Maybe ask them if they\u2019d be ok with you thanking them or maybe just don\u2019t use their name.  I honestly think other students and professors could benefit by it. Knowing that other people are in therapy and benefiting and succeeding would be nice. I never wanted to talk about being in therapy in grad school because I didn\u2019t want anyone to think I couldn\u2019t make it through. Seeing someone succeed and being empowered by it would have helped me.","human_ref_B":"Why not?  In my PhD dissertation  I acknowledged my dog \"for helping me stay sane\".  Nobody blinked.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":121.0,"score_ratio":12.3333333333}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbrru0","c_root_id_B":"irbsa7p","created_at_utc_A":1665088340,"created_at_utc_B":1665088561,"score_A":12,"score_B":259,"human_ref_A":"Sure it is! The acknowledgements section is for you to thank anybody whom you feel helped you during your MsC. If you are not sure your therapist would appreciate, maybe ask them?","human_ref_B":"Why not?  In my PhD dissertation  I acknowledged my dog \"for helping me stay sane\".  Nobody blinked.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":221.0,"score_ratio":21.5833333333}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbrko5","c_root_id_B":"irbsf7o","created_at_utc_A":1665088256,"created_at_utc_B":1665088620,"score_A":28,"score_B":80,"human_ref_A":"I have seen people thank all kinds of entities and relationships in their acknowledgments. It's impossible to predict how others may react to reading this in your acknowledgments. Maybe worth asking the therapist if they are okay with it if you are concerned, but otherwise my view is acknowledge anyone and anything you like.","human_ref_B":"Are you forced to tell that person is your therapist in the thesis ? Just thank him\/her by name, without naming the profession (that's what I did in mine). And ask the person first, of course !","labels":0,"seconds_difference":364.0,"score_ratio":2.8571428571}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbsf7o","c_root_id_B":"irbs05r","created_at_utc_A":1665088620,"created_at_utc_B":1665088440,"score_A":80,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"Are you forced to tell that person is your therapist in the thesis ? Just thank him\/her by name, without naming the profession (that's what I did in mine). And ask the person first, of course !","human_ref_B":"It\u2019s your thesis. I say thank anyone you want. Maybe ask them if they\u2019d be ok with you thanking them or maybe just don\u2019t use their name.  I honestly think other students and professors could benefit by it. Knowing that other people are in therapy and benefiting and succeeding would be nice. I never wanted to talk about being in therapy in grad school because I didn\u2019t want anyone to think I couldn\u2019t make it through. Seeing someone succeed and being empowered by it would have helped me.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":180.0,"score_ratio":3.8095238095}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbrru0","c_root_id_B":"irbsf7o","created_at_utc_A":1665088340,"created_at_utc_B":1665088620,"score_A":12,"score_B":80,"human_ref_A":"Sure it is! The acknowledgements section is for you to thank anybody whom you feel helped you during your MsC. If you are not sure your therapist would appreciate, maybe ask them?","human_ref_B":"Are you forced to tell that person is your therapist in the thesis ? Just thank him\/her by name, without naming the profession (that's what I did in mine). And ask the person first, of course !","labels":0,"seconds_difference":280.0,"score_ratio":6.6666666667}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbs05r","c_root_id_B":"irbu8c2","created_at_utc_A":1665088440,"created_at_utc_B":1665089395,"score_A":21,"score_B":27,"human_ref_A":"It\u2019s your thesis. I say thank anyone you want. Maybe ask them if they\u2019d be ok with you thanking them or maybe just don\u2019t use their name.  I honestly think other students and professors could benefit by it. Knowing that other people are in therapy and benefiting and succeeding would be nice. I never wanted to talk about being in therapy in grad school because I didn\u2019t want anyone to think I couldn\u2019t make it through. Seeing someone succeed and being empowered by it would have helped me.","human_ref_B":"I thanked the 1993 Montr\u00e9al Canadiens for winning the Stanley Cup in my PhD dissertation (which led to a funny story, but that's neither here nor there).  Seriously, thank anyone you'd like.  It's the one place in your thesis you can be you.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":955.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbu8c2","c_root_id_B":"irbrru0","created_at_utc_A":1665089395,"created_at_utc_B":1665088340,"score_A":27,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"I thanked the 1993 Montr\u00e9al Canadiens for winning the Stanley Cup in my PhD dissertation (which led to a funny story, but that's neither here nor there).  Seriously, thank anyone you'd like.  It's the one place in your thesis you can be you.","human_ref_B":"Sure it is! The acknowledgements section is for you to thank anybody whom you feel helped you during your MsC. If you are not sure your therapist would appreciate, maybe ask them?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1055.0,"score_ratio":2.25}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbs05r","c_root_id_B":"irbvh1u","created_at_utc_A":1665088440,"created_at_utc_B":1665089929,"score_A":21,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"It\u2019s your thesis. I say thank anyone you want. Maybe ask them if they\u2019d be ok with you thanking them or maybe just don\u2019t use their name.  I honestly think other students and professors could benefit by it. Knowing that other people are in therapy and benefiting and succeeding would be nice. I never wanted to talk about being in therapy in grad school because I didn\u2019t want anyone to think I couldn\u2019t make it through. Seeing someone succeed and being empowered by it would have helped me.","human_ref_B":"My partner thanked me in their thesis for being their emotional bedrock, but also because whenever they were stuck with writing I'd ask them to explain everything to me like I was a rubber duck. If you're worried, keep the acknowledgement somewhat vague and focus on sounding neurotypical, but I don't think most people read the acknowledgements carefully anyway.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1489.0,"score_ratio":1.0952380952}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbvh1u","c_root_id_B":"irbrru0","created_at_utc_A":1665089929,"created_at_utc_B":1665088340,"score_A":23,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"My partner thanked me in their thesis for being their emotional bedrock, but also because whenever they were stuck with writing I'd ask them to explain everything to me like I was a rubber duck. If you're worried, keep the acknowledgement somewhat vague and focus on sounding neurotypical, but I don't think most people read the acknowledgements carefully anyway.","human_ref_B":"Sure it is! The acknowledgements section is for you to thank anybody whom you feel helped you during your MsC. If you are not sure your therapist would appreciate, maybe ask them?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1589.0,"score_ratio":1.9166666667}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbuii4","c_root_id_B":"irbvh1u","created_at_utc_A":1665089516,"created_at_utc_B":1665089929,"score_A":4,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"Yes. The acknowledgments section is truly entirely yours. You can thank whoever you want. You might want to check with the therapist that they're ok with it. As long as they are go for it.","human_ref_B":"My partner thanked me in their thesis for being their emotional bedrock, but also because whenever they were stuck with writing I'd ask them to explain everything to me like I was a rubber duck. If you're worried, keep the acknowledgement somewhat vague and focus on sounding neurotypical, but I don't think most people read the acknowledgements carefully anyway.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":413.0,"score_ratio":5.75}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbrru0","c_root_id_B":"irbs05r","created_at_utc_A":1665088340,"created_at_utc_B":1665088440,"score_A":12,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"Sure it is! The acknowledgements section is for you to thank anybody whom you feel helped you during your MsC. If you are not sure your therapist would appreciate, maybe ask them?","human_ref_B":"It\u2019s your thesis. I say thank anyone you want. Maybe ask them if they\u2019d be ok with you thanking them or maybe just don\u2019t use their name.  I honestly think other students and professors could benefit by it. Knowing that other people are in therapy and benefiting and succeeding would be nice. I never wanted to talk about being in therapy in grad school because I didn\u2019t want anyone to think I couldn\u2019t make it through. Seeing someone succeed and being empowered by it would have helped me.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":100.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbxf2q","c_root_id_B":"irbuii4","created_at_utc_A":1665090795,"created_at_utc_B":1665089516,"score_A":11,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I would urge caution over speficically talking about your therapy. Backlash can come from unexpected sources and at the worst of times. (Or so I've heard.)  FWIW, I would write an acknowledgement of their contribution that was coded in such a way that those who are hostile to the concept of mental wellness would miss.  Something along the lines of *they* ***guided*** *me through many of the difficult obstacles of preparing this thesis*... and\/or ***my working alliance*** *with them enabled me to complete this thesis.* Or, *on almost a weekly basis, they* ***listened*** *to my many concerns and* ***talked*** *me through many challenges*.  Addintionally, if you and your therapist devleoped words\/phrases to represent larger dynamics\/issues\/approaches, you could use one. *This thesis required a tremendous amount of* ***heavy lifting****. They helped me to shoulder the load.*  (The bold type is just to highlight the code words\/phrases that could potentially resonate.)","human_ref_B":"Yes. The acknowledgments section is truly entirely yours. You can thank whoever you want. You might want to check with the therapist that they're ok with it. As long as they are go for it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1279.0,"score_ratio":2.75}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbuii4","c_root_id_B":"irc5dcv","created_at_utc_A":1665089516,"created_at_utc_B":1665094493,"score_A":4,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Yes. The acknowledgments section is truly entirely yours. You can thank whoever you want. You might want to check with the therapist that they're ok with it. As long as they are go for it.","human_ref_B":"I thanked the security guard that did the rounds late at night for the chats, snacks and company (Sometimes he stayed for hours talking). I also gave him a copy of my thesis. I didn\u2019t mention he was a security guy (why would I?). If you are worried about getting your therapist in trouble do the same.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4977.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irc0c4k","c_root_id_B":"irc5dcv","created_at_utc_A":1665092113,"created_at_utc_B":1665094493,"score_A":3,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I acknowledged my cat in my PhD, it\u2019s your thesis so do what you want.","human_ref_B":"I thanked the security guard that did the rounds late at night for the chats, snacks and company (Sometimes he stayed for hours talking). I also gave him a copy of my thesis. I didn\u2019t mention he was a security guy (why would I?). If you are worried about getting your therapist in trouble do the same.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2380.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbykc0","c_root_id_B":"irc5dcv","created_at_utc_A":1665091309,"created_at_utc_B":1665094493,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"You can thank anyone or anything.  People thank their dog or coffee. You are right that there could be some negative perceptions. This shouldn't be, but it is.","human_ref_B":"I thanked the security guard that did the rounds late at night for the chats, snacks and company (Sometimes he stayed for hours talking). I also gave him a copy of my thesis. I didn\u2019t mention he was a security guy (why would I?). If you are worried about getting your therapist in trouble do the same.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3184.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irc5dcv","c_root_id_B":"irc2c9d","created_at_utc_A":1665094493,"created_at_utc_B":1665093040,"score_A":7,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I thanked the security guard that did the rounds late at night for the chats, snacks and company (Sometimes he stayed for hours talking). I also gave him a copy of my thesis. I didn\u2019t mention he was a security guy (why would I?). If you are worried about getting your therapist in trouble do the same.","human_ref_B":"It\u2019s your thesis you can thank the Pope if you want to","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1453.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irc4oqi","c_root_id_B":"irc5dcv","created_at_utc_A":1665094160,"created_at_utc_B":1665094493,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I did thank mine in my PhD dissertation, but I didn\u2019t say exactly who she was for me. I didn\u2019t tell her.","human_ref_B":"I thanked the security guard that did the rounds late at night for the chats, snacks and company (Sometimes he stayed for hours talking). I also gave him a copy of my thesis. I didn\u2019t mention he was a security guy (why would I?). If you are worried about getting your therapist in trouble do the same.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":333.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ircmxx8","c_root_id_B":"irc0c4k","created_at_utc_A":1665103593,"created_at_utc_B":1665092113,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Totally appropriate. As a healthcare worker this is the stuff that can keep us going on the tough days.","human_ref_B":"I acknowledged my cat in my PhD, it\u2019s your thesis so do what you want.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":11480.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ircmxx8","c_root_id_B":"ircb2xa","created_at_utc_A":1665103593,"created_at_utc_B":1665097345,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Totally appropriate. As a healthcare worker this is the stuff that can keep us going on the tough days.","human_ref_B":"I acknowledged the people I studied with on discord. No issues. Didn't even use their real names, just their usernames.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6248.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ircmxx8","c_root_id_B":"irbykc0","created_at_utc_A":1665103593,"created_at_utc_B":1665091309,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Totally appropriate. As a healthcare worker this is the stuff that can keep us going on the tough days.","human_ref_B":"You can thank anyone or anything.  People thank their dog or coffee. You are right that there could be some negative perceptions. This shouldn't be, but it is.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":12284.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irc2c9d","c_root_id_B":"ircmxx8","created_at_utc_A":1665093040,"created_at_utc_B":1665103593,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"It\u2019s your thesis you can thank the Pope if you want to","human_ref_B":"Totally appropriate. As a healthcare worker this is the stuff that can keep us going on the tough days.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10553.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irc4oqi","c_root_id_B":"ircmxx8","created_at_utc_A":1665094160,"created_at_utc_B":1665103593,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I did thank mine in my PhD dissertation, but I didn\u2019t say exactly who she was for me. I didn\u2019t tell her.","human_ref_B":"Totally appropriate. As a healthcare worker this is the stuff that can keep us going on the tough days.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9433.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ircmxx8","c_root_id_B":"irci3wd","created_at_utc_A":1665103593,"created_at_utc_B":1665101062,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Totally appropriate. As a healthcare worker this is the stuff that can keep us going on the tough days.","human_ref_B":"You should list them in the acknowledgements -- you can say that they're a therapist if you like, but no one but you and the people listed will know who they are.  I listed the friends in my thesis reading group, and the many friends who listened to me rant about my topic over endless pints of beer for almost 7 years, so have at it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2531.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ircifsl","c_root_id_B":"ircmxx8","created_at_utc_A":1665101235,"created_at_utc_B":1665103593,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I included my cat in my dissertation acknowledgements, you're fine.","human_ref_B":"Totally appropriate. As a healthcare worker this is the stuff that can keep us going on the tough days.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2358.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ircmxx8","c_root_id_B":"ircmfl7","created_at_utc_A":1665103593,"created_at_utc_B":1665103333,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Totally appropriate. As a healthcare worker this is the stuff that can keep us going on the tough days.","human_ref_B":"In my phd diss, I didn't write an acknowledgements section, but I wrote a dedication. It was all in Welsh dedicated to my late partner. Do what you want, it'll make you (and your therapist) feel so proud!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":260.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irc0c4k","c_root_id_B":"ircrzzq","created_at_utc_A":1665092113,"created_at_utc_B":1665106157,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I acknowledged my cat in my PhD, it\u2019s your thesis so do what you want.","human_ref_B":"Based on my experience with therapists and my understanding of professional ethics in health care fields, there's nothing risky or unprofessional about you acknowledging them - and it sounds like it's important to you to do so.  Unlike some others here, I would encourage you to bring it up with your therapist. Firstly because your professional relationship with your therapist is in-bounds for therapy. Secondly,  they're human, too: they may really appreciate the acknowledgement. If there's a reason they don't want you to put it in writing, at least they'll know that you recognize their support.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14044.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ircb2xa","c_root_id_B":"ircrzzq","created_at_utc_A":1665097345,"created_at_utc_B":1665106157,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I acknowledged the people I studied with on discord. No issues. Didn't even use their real names, just their usernames.","human_ref_B":"Based on my experience with therapists and my understanding of professional ethics in health care fields, there's nothing risky or unprofessional about you acknowledging them - and it sounds like it's important to you to do so.  Unlike some others here, I would encourage you to bring it up with your therapist. Firstly because your professional relationship with your therapist is in-bounds for therapy. Secondly,  they're human, too: they may really appreciate the acknowledgement. If there's a reason they don't want you to put it in writing, at least they'll know that you recognize their support.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8812.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbykc0","c_root_id_B":"ircrzzq","created_at_utc_A":1665091309,"created_at_utc_B":1665106157,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"You can thank anyone or anything.  People thank their dog or coffee. You are right that there could be some negative perceptions. This shouldn't be, but it is.","human_ref_B":"Based on my experience with therapists and my understanding of professional ethics in health care fields, there's nothing risky or unprofessional about you acknowledging them - and it sounds like it's important to you to do so.  Unlike some others here, I would encourage you to bring it up with your therapist. Firstly because your professional relationship with your therapist is in-bounds for therapy. Secondly,  they're human, too: they may really appreciate the acknowledgement. If there's a reason they don't want you to put it in writing, at least they'll know that you recognize their support.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14848.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ircrzzq","c_root_id_B":"irc2c9d","created_at_utc_A":1665106157,"created_at_utc_B":1665093040,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Based on my experience with therapists and my understanding of professional ethics in health care fields, there's nothing risky or unprofessional about you acknowledging them - and it sounds like it's important to you to do so.  Unlike some others here, I would encourage you to bring it up with your therapist. Firstly because your professional relationship with your therapist is in-bounds for therapy. Secondly,  they're human, too: they may really appreciate the acknowledgement. If there's a reason they don't want you to put it in writing, at least they'll know that you recognize their support.","human_ref_B":"It\u2019s your thesis you can thank the Pope if you want to","labels":1,"seconds_difference":13117.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ircrzzq","c_root_id_B":"irc4oqi","created_at_utc_A":1665106157,"created_at_utc_B":1665094160,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Based on my experience with therapists and my understanding of professional ethics in health care fields, there's nothing risky or unprofessional about you acknowledging them - and it sounds like it's important to you to do so.  Unlike some others here, I would encourage you to bring it up with your therapist. Firstly because your professional relationship with your therapist is in-bounds for therapy. Secondly,  they're human, too: they may really appreciate the acknowledgement. If there's a reason they don't want you to put it in writing, at least they'll know that you recognize their support.","human_ref_B":"I did thank mine in my PhD dissertation, but I didn\u2019t say exactly who she was for me. I didn\u2019t tell her.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":11997.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irci3wd","c_root_id_B":"ircrzzq","created_at_utc_A":1665101062,"created_at_utc_B":1665106157,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"You should list them in the acknowledgements -- you can say that they're a therapist if you like, but no one but you and the people listed will know who they are.  I listed the friends in my thesis reading group, and the many friends who listened to me rant about my topic over endless pints of beer for almost 7 years, so have at it.","human_ref_B":"Based on my experience with therapists and my understanding of professional ethics in health care fields, there's nothing risky or unprofessional about you acknowledging them - and it sounds like it's important to you to do so.  Unlike some others here, I would encourage you to bring it up with your therapist. Firstly because your professional relationship with your therapist is in-bounds for therapy. Secondly,  they're human, too: they may really appreciate the acknowledgement. If there's a reason they don't want you to put it in writing, at least they'll know that you recognize their support.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5095.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ircrzzq","c_root_id_B":"ircifsl","created_at_utc_A":1665106157,"created_at_utc_B":1665101235,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Based on my experience with therapists and my understanding of professional ethics in health care fields, there's nothing risky or unprofessional about you acknowledging them - and it sounds like it's important to you to do so.  Unlike some others here, I would encourage you to bring it up with your therapist. Firstly because your professional relationship with your therapist is in-bounds for therapy. Secondly,  they're human, too: they may really appreciate the acknowledgement. If there's a reason they don't want you to put it in writing, at least they'll know that you recognize their support.","human_ref_B":"I included my cat in my dissertation acknowledgements, you're fine.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4922.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ircmfl7","c_root_id_B":"ircrzzq","created_at_utc_A":1665103333,"created_at_utc_B":1665106157,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"In my phd diss, I didn't write an acknowledgements section, but I wrote a dedication. It was all in Welsh dedicated to my late partner. Do what you want, it'll make you (and your therapist) feel so proud!","human_ref_B":"Based on my experience with therapists and my understanding of professional ethics in health care fields, there's nothing risky or unprofessional about you acknowledging them - and it sounds like it's important to you to do so.  Unlike some others here, I would encourage you to bring it up with your therapist. Firstly because your professional relationship with your therapist is in-bounds for therapy. Secondly,  they're human, too: they may really appreciate the acknowledgement. If there's a reason they don't want you to put it in writing, at least they'll know that you recognize their support.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2824.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irc0c4k","c_root_id_B":"ird9eoy","created_at_utc_A":1665092113,"created_at_utc_B":1665115157,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I acknowledged my cat in my PhD, it\u2019s your thesis so do what you want.","human_ref_B":"Omg I actually have the answer for this!  I asked my therapist for permission. He was so surprised and honoured. I asked him if he\u2019d prefer his name or just be referred to as \u201cmy therapist\u201d and he told me he preferred the anonymity, but still felt it meant a lot. It means a lot to both of us, and I was glad to get his consent and preference","labels":0,"seconds_difference":23044.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ird9eoy","c_root_id_B":"ircb2xa","created_at_utc_A":1665115157,"created_at_utc_B":1665097345,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Omg I actually have the answer for this!  I asked my therapist for permission. He was so surprised and honoured. I asked him if he\u2019d prefer his name or just be referred to as \u201cmy therapist\u201d and he told me he preferred the anonymity, but still felt it meant a lot. It means a lot to both of us, and I was glad to get his consent and preference","human_ref_B":"I acknowledged the people I studied with on discord. No issues. Didn't even use their real names, just their usernames.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":17812.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ird9eoy","c_root_id_B":"irbykc0","created_at_utc_A":1665115157,"created_at_utc_B":1665091309,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Omg I actually have the answer for this!  I asked my therapist for permission. He was so surprised and honoured. I asked him if he\u2019d prefer his name or just be referred to as \u201cmy therapist\u201d and he told me he preferred the anonymity, but still felt it meant a lot. It means a lot to both of us, and I was glad to get his consent and preference","human_ref_B":"You can thank anyone or anything.  People thank their dog or coffee. You are right that there could be some negative perceptions. This shouldn't be, but it is.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":23848.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ird9eoy","c_root_id_B":"irc2c9d","created_at_utc_A":1665115157,"created_at_utc_B":1665093040,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Omg I actually have the answer for this!  I asked my therapist for permission. He was so surprised and honoured. I asked him if he\u2019d prefer his name or just be referred to as \u201cmy therapist\u201d and he told me he preferred the anonymity, but still felt it meant a lot. It means a lot to both of us, and I was glad to get his consent and preference","human_ref_B":"It\u2019s your thesis you can thank the Pope if you want to","labels":1,"seconds_difference":22117.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ird9eoy","c_root_id_B":"irc4oqi","created_at_utc_A":1665115157,"created_at_utc_B":1665094160,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Omg I actually have the answer for this!  I asked my therapist for permission. He was so surprised and honoured. I asked him if he\u2019d prefer his name or just be referred to as \u201cmy therapist\u201d and he told me he preferred the anonymity, but still felt it meant a lot. It means a lot to both of us, and I was glad to get his consent and preference","human_ref_B":"I did thank mine in my PhD dissertation, but I didn\u2019t say exactly who she was for me. I didn\u2019t tell her.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":20997.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ird9eoy","c_root_id_B":"irci3wd","created_at_utc_A":1665115157,"created_at_utc_B":1665101062,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Omg I actually have the answer for this!  I asked my therapist for permission. He was so surprised and honoured. I asked him if he\u2019d prefer his name or just be referred to as \u201cmy therapist\u201d and he told me he preferred the anonymity, but still felt it meant a lot. It means a lot to both of us, and I was glad to get his consent and preference","human_ref_B":"You should list them in the acknowledgements -- you can say that they're a therapist if you like, but no one but you and the people listed will know who they are.  I listed the friends in my thesis reading group, and the many friends who listened to me rant about my topic over endless pints of beer for almost 7 years, so have at it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":14095.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ircifsl","c_root_id_B":"ird9eoy","created_at_utc_A":1665101235,"created_at_utc_B":1665115157,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I included my cat in my dissertation acknowledgements, you're fine.","human_ref_B":"Omg I actually have the answer for this!  I asked my therapist for permission. He was so surprised and honoured. I asked him if he\u2019d prefer his name or just be referred to as \u201cmy therapist\u201d and he told me he preferred the anonymity, but still felt it meant a lot. It means a lot to both of us, and I was glad to get his consent and preference","labels":0,"seconds_difference":13922.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"ircmfl7","c_root_id_B":"ird9eoy","created_at_utc_A":1665103333,"created_at_utc_B":1665115157,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"In my phd diss, I didn't write an acknowledgements section, but I wrote a dedication. It was all in Welsh dedicated to my late partner. Do what you want, it'll make you (and your therapist) feel so proud!","human_ref_B":"Omg I actually have the answer for this!  I asked my therapist for permission. He was so surprised and honoured. I asked him if he\u2019d prefer his name or just be referred to as \u201cmy therapist\u201d and he told me he preferred the anonymity, but still felt it meant a lot. It means a lot to both of us, and I was glad to get his consent and preference","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11824.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irc0c4k","c_root_id_B":"irbykc0","created_at_utc_A":1665092113,"created_at_utc_B":1665091309,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I acknowledged my cat in my PhD, it\u2019s your thesis so do what you want.","human_ref_B":"You can thank anyone or anything.  People thank their dog or coffee. You are right that there could be some negative perceptions. This shouldn't be, but it is.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":804.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irbykc0","c_root_id_B":"ircb2xa","created_at_utc_A":1665091309,"created_at_utc_B":1665097345,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"You can thank anyone or anything.  People thank their dog or coffee. You are right that there could be some negative perceptions. This shouldn't be, but it is.","human_ref_B":"I acknowledged the people I studied with on discord. No issues. Didn't even use their real names, just their usernames.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6036.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irc2c9d","c_root_id_B":"ircb2xa","created_at_utc_A":1665093040,"created_at_utc_B":1665097345,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"It\u2019s your thesis you can thank the Pope if you want to","human_ref_B":"I acknowledged the people I studied with on discord. No issues. Didn't even use their real names, just their usernames.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4305.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"xxf6ab","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Would it be appropriate to thank my therapist in my MA thesis acknowledgements? My therapist has a background in my field, before they switched to psychology, and has been an amazing sounding board for some of my ideas over the past couple years. They've genuinely helped me to recontextualize some ideas and open up new doors I hadn't considered before in my research, and given some great advice on how to keep my enthusiasm for my topic going. That's on top of the more typical stuff like helping me to manage my impostor syndrome and ADHD. Basically I wouldn't even be in grad school without them and I'd like to be able to thank them in my MA thesis' acknowledgements section (once I finish the damn thing... getting there). Just by name alongside friends and colleagues, not necessarily giving details on who they are.  I'm quite open about being in therapy and not concerned about people knowing, but more worried that it would be inappropriate in the therapist-patient relationship, or that it might have repercussions for me or them that I haven't forseen. Anyone have experience with this?","c_root_id_A":"irc4oqi","c_root_id_B":"ircb2xa","created_at_utc_A":1665094160,"created_at_utc_B":1665097345,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I did thank mine in my PhD dissertation, but I didn\u2019t say exactly who she was for me. I didn\u2019t tell her.","human_ref_B":"I acknowledged the people I studied with on discord. No issues. Didn't even use their real names, just their usernames.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3185.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"iyhaiq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"Why are only Ivy League schools pausing PhD admissions? Why are schools with the largest endowments pausing PhD admissions while other schools aren\u2019t? Are there big differences in how PhD students are funded between public and private schools? Hard to decide about sending apps in when it feels like I\u2019m just waiting for the programs to pull admissions.","c_root_id_A":"g6d9tdz","c_root_id_B":"g6ddu5j","created_at_utc_A":1600903302,"created_at_utc_B":1600906023,"score_A":10,"score_B":27,"human_ref_A":"What schools are pausing admissions? In what programs?","human_ref_B":"UT-Austin and UNC-Chapel Hill have also suspended PhD admissions this year in my field.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2721.0,"score_ratio":2.7}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpstg3l","c_root_id_B":"gpska0k","created_at_utc_A":1614968516,"created_at_utc_B":1614964574,"score_A":173,"score_B":35,"human_ref_A":"So I\u2019ve recently started taking care of my mom who has dementia, on a postdoc stipend. I think in many ways it\u2019s like taking care of a toddler as a single parent. There\u2019s no one to help around the house at all, no one to shuttle between or schedule endless doctors appointments, no one to provide support in any capacity, just endless need. It is exceedingly difficult to spend the amount t of time I need to spend doing science with these responsibilities.  Someone posted here sometime ago about Ruth Bader Ginsburg saying that having a family forced her to be more deliberate about her working hours. I think if you feel mentally strong and like you have a stable support system you should be able to manage.   Without a support system I can tell you it is exceedingly difficult to meet the demands of the job while being a kind, patient, caring human at home.","human_ref_B":"Unless you have a second income stream (from a partner or a parent or investments or whatever), it's very unwise. The PhD stipend is perfectly fine for one person but wouldn't go very far with two. Masters students aren't guaranteed to be paid at all.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3942.0,"score_ratio":4.9428571429}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpstg3l","c_root_id_B":"gpsshv0","created_at_utc_A":1614968516,"created_at_utc_B":1614968100,"score_A":173,"score_B":28,"human_ref_A":"So I\u2019ve recently started taking care of my mom who has dementia, on a postdoc stipend. I think in many ways it\u2019s like taking care of a toddler as a single parent. There\u2019s no one to help around the house at all, no one to shuttle between or schedule endless doctors appointments, no one to provide support in any capacity, just endless need. It is exceedingly difficult to spend the amount t of time I need to spend doing science with these responsibilities.  Someone posted here sometime ago about Ruth Bader Ginsburg saying that having a family forced her to be more deliberate about her working hours. I think if you feel mentally strong and like you have a stable support system you should be able to manage.   Without a support system I can tell you it is exceedingly difficult to meet the demands of the job while being a kind, patient, caring human at home.","human_ref_B":"I'm in grad school and honestly at least 50% of students in my field and related fields are parents and most do not have a partner working full time (single or are both students) so this is a very frequent situation in practice so many people do it so I'm surprised he is framing it as impossible  Honestly it depends on a lot of factors:  \\-What country are you in? Some countries give out special financial help to parents studying and universities nowadays mostly all have a parent-student association were you can reach out to them and see what kind of support you can get. Note that some have very elaborated policies and resources, look into it!  \\-What field are you planning to study in? Some will require more on-campus work with crazy hours (if you need to be in the lab for example) and other will have more flexibility  \\-Let's be honest, do you have family\/ friends support to help balance the time management issues you'll encounter? I know we hear \"it takes a village\" but yep as a student it's even more accurate  Money wise:  \\-Do you plan on working part-time at your current job (many do this when they come back to grad school after kids)? Or you can do a part-time Master? Par-time is not a good idea for a phd though.  \\-Will you receive financial support when divorced? You most likely will and even more if you split custody with the father, so take it into account too since most countries have mandatory obligations in the laws, you wouldn't be penniless either...  \\-Are scholarships available in the field you are going into? Would you be garanteed funding? Would you be limited to work in the university or can you work outside too?  \\-Do you have financial resources that you can use during this period? Are you open to getting a loan?  In the end know it's possible and many many women do it (and some single men too!). i'm not saying it's easy and you'll need a good organization, discipline and willpower but it's not ridiculous or impossible at all.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":416.0,"score_ratio":6.1785714286}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpstg3l","c_root_id_B":"gpssm4o","created_at_utc_A":1614968516,"created_at_utc_B":1614968151,"score_A":173,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"So I\u2019ve recently started taking care of my mom who has dementia, on a postdoc stipend. I think in many ways it\u2019s like taking care of a toddler as a single parent. There\u2019s no one to help around the house at all, no one to shuttle between or schedule endless doctors appointments, no one to provide support in any capacity, just endless need. It is exceedingly difficult to spend the amount t of time I need to spend doing science with these responsibilities.  Someone posted here sometime ago about Ruth Bader Ginsburg saying that having a family forced her to be more deliberate about her working hours. I think if you feel mentally strong and like you have a stable support system you should be able to manage.   Without a support system I can tell you it is exceedingly difficult to meet the demands of the job while being a kind, patient, caring human at home.","human_ref_B":"Possible yes, but I dont envy you the task","labels":1,"seconds_difference":365.0,"score_ratio":14.4166666667}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpsqzgm","c_root_id_B":"gpstg3l","created_at_utc_A":1614967436,"created_at_utc_B":1614968516,"score_A":7,"score_B":173,"human_ref_A":"Really depends on location and support network. Being a single parent is hard but you\u2019d have a consistent stipend and health insurance while a graduate student. I\u2019ve had friends do it","human_ref_B":"So I\u2019ve recently started taking care of my mom who has dementia, on a postdoc stipend. I think in many ways it\u2019s like taking care of a toddler as a single parent. There\u2019s no one to help around the house at all, no one to shuttle between or schedule endless doctors appointments, no one to provide support in any capacity, just endless need. It is exceedingly difficult to spend the amount t of time I need to spend doing science with these responsibilities.  Someone posted here sometime ago about Ruth Bader Ginsburg saying that having a family forced her to be more deliberate about her working hours. I think if you feel mentally strong and like you have a stable support system you should be able to manage.   Without a support system I can tell you it is exceedingly difficult to meet the demands of the job while being a kind, patient, caring human at home.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1080.0,"score_ratio":24.7142857143}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpsy6o9","c_root_id_B":"gpt0umr","created_at_utc_A":1614970596,"created_at_utc_B":1614971805,"score_A":49,"score_B":102,"human_ref_A":"This is so individual that you'd have to give more information about yourself (which isn't super safe on reddit) and honestly still have to figure it out yourself tbh. Lots of people have families while in the PhD. Lots of people, equally, have no life outside their studies. Some of it is individual, but it also depends on their department, the research they're doing, probably the field...  >  I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible.  As in, he's threatening to sue you for full custody if you begin a graduate program? There's not really an environment where you, a legal adult, have to give another legal adult your child outside of a court order. In which case you should probably speak to a lawyer.  The nice thing about grad school is that you have a lot of control over your schedule and where you physically are (although, again, field dependent - if you're an experimentalist or a field scientist, your experiment rules your life and you have to be in the field\/in the lab). But, it doesn't pay much (in case of master's, not at all), it's a fair amount of work (def 40 hours+) that requires high concentration and thus is less than ideal to be done while watching a child, not all institutions are fully supportive (and some will pull stunts like take away grad students' health insurance a month before matriculation...), and the life after a PhD is precarious in most fields geographically and income wise.   fwiw not in wildlife science but a few of my college buddies went on to work for national parks and they have just BAs, often in bio but just as often in random stuff like American Studies.","human_ref_B":"I am a single mom who works full-time as a high school teacher and am five semesters deep into my PhD. My daughter was two when I started so it is possible but not easy. It\u2019s helpful if you have a supportive community.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1209.0,"score_ratio":2.0816326531}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpska0k","c_root_id_B":"gpt0umr","created_at_utc_A":1614964574,"created_at_utc_B":1614971805,"score_A":35,"score_B":102,"human_ref_A":"Unless you have a second income stream (from a partner or a parent or investments or whatever), it's very unwise. The PhD stipend is perfectly fine for one person but wouldn't go very far with two. Masters students aren't guaranteed to be paid at all.","human_ref_B":"I am a single mom who works full-time as a high school teacher and am five semesters deep into my PhD. My daughter was two when I started so it is possible but not easy. It\u2019s helpful if you have a supportive community.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7231.0,"score_ratio":2.9142857143}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpsshv0","c_root_id_B":"gpt0umr","created_at_utc_A":1614968100,"created_at_utc_B":1614971805,"score_A":28,"score_B":102,"human_ref_A":"I'm in grad school and honestly at least 50% of students in my field and related fields are parents and most do not have a partner working full time (single or are both students) so this is a very frequent situation in practice so many people do it so I'm surprised he is framing it as impossible  Honestly it depends on a lot of factors:  \\-What country are you in? Some countries give out special financial help to parents studying and universities nowadays mostly all have a parent-student association were you can reach out to them and see what kind of support you can get. Note that some have very elaborated policies and resources, look into it!  \\-What field are you planning to study in? Some will require more on-campus work with crazy hours (if you need to be in the lab for example) and other will have more flexibility  \\-Let's be honest, do you have family\/ friends support to help balance the time management issues you'll encounter? I know we hear \"it takes a village\" but yep as a student it's even more accurate  Money wise:  \\-Do you plan on working part-time at your current job (many do this when they come back to grad school after kids)? Or you can do a part-time Master? Par-time is not a good idea for a phd though.  \\-Will you receive financial support when divorced? You most likely will and even more if you split custody with the father, so take it into account too since most countries have mandatory obligations in the laws, you wouldn't be penniless either...  \\-Are scholarships available in the field you are going into? Would you be garanteed funding? Would you be limited to work in the university or can you work outside too?  \\-Do you have financial resources that you can use during this period? Are you open to getting a loan?  In the end know it's possible and many many women do it (and some single men too!). i'm not saying it's easy and you'll need a good organization, discipline and willpower but it's not ridiculous or impossible at all.","human_ref_B":"I am a single mom who works full-time as a high school teacher and am five semesters deep into my PhD. My daughter was two when I started so it is possible but not easy. It\u2019s helpful if you have a supportive community.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3705.0,"score_ratio":3.6428571429}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpt0umr","c_root_id_B":"gpssm4o","created_at_utc_A":1614971805,"created_at_utc_B":1614968151,"score_A":102,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"I am a single mom who works full-time as a high school teacher and am five semesters deep into my PhD. My daughter was two when I started so it is possible but not easy. It\u2019s helpful if you have a supportive community.","human_ref_B":"Possible yes, but I dont envy you the task","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3654.0,"score_ratio":8.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpt0umr","c_root_id_B":"gpsqzgm","created_at_utc_A":1614971805,"created_at_utc_B":1614967436,"score_A":102,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I am a single mom who works full-time as a high school teacher and am five semesters deep into my PhD. My daughter was two when I started so it is possible but not easy. It\u2019s helpful if you have a supportive community.","human_ref_B":"Really depends on location and support network. Being a single parent is hard but you\u2019d have a consistent stipend and health insurance while a graduate student. I\u2019ve had friends do it","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4369.0,"score_ratio":14.5714285714}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpsy6o9","c_root_id_B":"gptapir","created_at_utc_A":1614970596,"created_at_utc_B":1614976327,"score_A":49,"score_B":56,"human_ref_A":"This is so individual that you'd have to give more information about yourself (which isn't super safe on reddit) and honestly still have to figure it out yourself tbh. Lots of people have families while in the PhD. Lots of people, equally, have no life outside their studies. Some of it is individual, but it also depends on their department, the research they're doing, probably the field...  >  I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible.  As in, he's threatening to sue you for full custody if you begin a graduate program? There's not really an environment where you, a legal adult, have to give another legal adult your child outside of a court order. In which case you should probably speak to a lawyer.  The nice thing about grad school is that you have a lot of control over your schedule and where you physically are (although, again, field dependent - if you're an experimentalist or a field scientist, your experiment rules your life and you have to be in the field\/in the lab). But, it doesn't pay much (in case of master's, not at all), it's a fair amount of work (def 40 hours+) that requires high concentration and thus is less than ideal to be done while watching a child, not all institutions are fully supportive (and some will pull stunts like take away grad students' health insurance a month before matriculation...), and the life after a PhD is precarious in most fields geographically and income wise.   fwiw not in wildlife science but a few of my college buddies went on to work for national parks and they have just BAs, often in bio but just as often in random stuff like American Studies.","human_ref_B":"I'm a single mom in academia here to tell you that it is ABSOLUTELY possible. Academia gives you unique flexibilities that normal jobs don't. It won't be easy but if you this is something you want, you can for sure make it happen. I am part of a community of other single moms in academia and they inspire me every day. PM me if you want to talk specifics. **YOU CAN DO IT!**","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5731.0,"score_ratio":1.1428571429}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptapir","c_root_id_B":"gpska0k","created_at_utc_A":1614976327,"created_at_utc_B":1614964574,"score_A":56,"score_B":35,"human_ref_A":"I'm a single mom in academia here to tell you that it is ABSOLUTELY possible. Academia gives you unique flexibilities that normal jobs don't. It won't be easy but if you this is something you want, you can for sure make it happen. I am part of a community of other single moms in academia and they inspire me every day. PM me if you want to talk specifics. **YOU CAN DO IT!**","human_ref_B":"Unless you have a second income stream (from a partner or a parent or investments or whatever), it's very unwise. The PhD stipend is perfectly fine for one person but wouldn't go very far with two. Masters students aren't guaranteed to be paid at all.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":11753.0,"score_ratio":1.6}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptapir","c_root_id_B":"gpsshv0","created_at_utc_A":1614976327,"created_at_utc_B":1614968100,"score_A":56,"score_B":28,"human_ref_A":"I'm a single mom in academia here to tell you that it is ABSOLUTELY possible. Academia gives you unique flexibilities that normal jobs don't. It won't be easy but if you this is something you want, you can for sure make it happen. I am part of a community of other single moms in academia and they inspire me every day. PM me if you want to talk specifics. **YOU CAN DO IT!**","human_ref_B":"I'm in grad school and honestly at least 50% of students in my field and related fields are parents and most do not have a partner working full time (single or are both students) so this is a very frequent situation in practice so many people do it so I'm surprised he is framing it as impossible  Honestly it depends on a lot of factors:  \\-What country are you in? Some countries give out special financial help to parents studying and universities nowadays mostly all have a parent-student association were you can reach out to them and see what kind of support you can get. Note that some have very elaborated policies and resources, look into it!  \\-What field are you planning to study in? Some will require more on-campus work with crazy hours (if you need to be in the lab for example) and other will have more flexibility  \\-Let's be honest, do you have family\/ friends support to help balance the time management issues you'll encounter? I know we hear \"it takes a village\" but yep as a student it's even more accurate  Money wise:  \\-Do you plan on working part-time at your current job (many do this when they come back to grad school after kids)? Or you can do a part-time Master? Par-time is not a good idea for a phd though.  \\-Will you receive financial support when divorced? You most likely will and even more if you split custody with the father, so take it into account too since most countries have mandatory obligations in the laws, you wouldn't be penniless either...  \\-Are scholarships available in the field you are going into? Would you be garanteed funding? Would you be limited to work in the university or can you work outside too?  \\-Do you have financial resources that you can use during this period? Are you open to getting a loan?  In the end know it's possible and many many women do it (and some single men too!). i'm not saying it's easy and you'll need a good organization, discipline and willpower but it's not ridiculous or impossible at all.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8227.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpt37jp","c_root_id_B":"gptapir","created_at_utc_A":1614972865,"created_at_utc_B":1614976327,"score_A":14,"score_B":56,"human_ref_A":"Yes. I passed with distinction :)","human_ref_B":"I'm a single mom in academia here to tell you that it is ABSOLUTELY possible. Academia gives you unique flexibilities that normal jobs don't. It won't be easy but if you this is something you want, you can for sure make it happen. I am part of a community of other single moms in academia and they inspire me every day. PM me if you want to talk specifics. **YOU CAN DO IT!**","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3462.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpssm4o","c_root_id_B":"gptapir","created_at_utc_A":1614968151,"created_at_utc_B":1614976327,"score_A":12,"score_B":56,"human_ref_A":"Possible yes, but I dont envy you the task","human_ref_B":"I'm a single mom in academia here to tell you that it is ABSOLUTELY possible. Academia gives you unique flexibilities that normal jobs don't. It won't be easy but if you this is something you want, you can for sure make it happen. I am part of a community of other single moms in academia and they inspire me every day. PM me if you want to talk specifics. **YOU CAN DO IT!**","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8176.0,"score_ratio":4.6666666667}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpt5cjx","c_root_id_B":"gptapir","created_at_utc_A":1614973847,"created_at_utc_B":1614976327,"score_A":13,"score_B":56,"human_ref_A":"Okay. So I studied for an MSc and a PhD and I have a toddler. But I'm not single. After the age of 4, maybe 3, and assuming you do have some help (your parents maybe), and the kid has an 8 to 4 kindergarten, and you have a nice instructor (most in science will not accept it if you leave at 3:30 every day - find one who does), it can be done. The most important thing: after you finish your PhD, if you want an academic career, the clock starts ticking. The period after the terminal degree (PhD) is counted. Many opportunities will be open only for people with X years since the PhD. Women who take a long leave AFTER their PhD regret it. Take it during. No one cares if the PhD took you 3 years or 8 years to finish. It does matter, greatly, how many years pass AFTER the PhD, for many opportunities.","human_ref_B":"I'm a single mom in academia here to tell you that it is ABSOLUTELY possible. Academia gives you unique flexibilities that normal jobs don't. It won't be easy but if you this is something you want, you can for sure make it happen. I am part of a community of other single moms in academia and they inspire me every day. PM me if you want to talk specifics. **YOU CAN DO IT!**","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2480.0,"score_ratio":4.3076923077}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpsqzgm","c_root_id_B":"gptapir","created_at_utc_A":1614967436,"created_at_utc_B":1614976327,"score_A":7,"score_B":56,"human_ref_A":"Really depends on location and support network. Being a single parent is hard but you\u2019d have a consistent stipend and health insurance while a graduate student. I\u2019ve had friends do it","human_ref_B":"I'm a single mom in academia here to tell you that it is ABSOLUTELY possible. Academia gives you unique flexibilities that normal jobs don't. It won't be easy but if you this is something you want, you can for sure make it happen. I am part of a community of other single moms in academia and they inspire me every day. PM me if you want to talk specifics. **YOU CAN DO IT!**","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8891.0,"score_ratio":8.0}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptapir","c_root_id_B":"gpta1lj","created_at_utc_A":1614976327,"created_at_utc_B":1614976022,"score_A":56,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I'm a single mom in academia here to tell you that it is ABSOLUTELY possible. Academia gives you unique flexibilities that normal jobs don't. It won't be easy but if you this is something you want, you can for sure make it happen. I am part of a community of other single moms in academia and they inspire me every day. PM me if you want to talk specifics. **YOU CAN DO IT!**","human_ref_B":"This sounds like your husband is trying to control you by using your kids as leverage.  Finances while completing a PhD have nothing to do with your kid. You're going to be paying rent either way. It sounds to me like your ex just wants to not have to pay you child support if you are making less money than he is. I'm assuming you'll have joint custody, which means that at least part time, you're not going to have your child at home (read: time to manage your studies and get as much done as possible, so you can spend time with kiddo when he\/she is there).   Do what you feel is right for your education and career in the long run. Do what feels right for custody of your child for the long run. You can complete a PhD just like a normal job, only maybe with some homework after kiddo goes to bed. Toddlers go to bed early (or they should, anyway) so there is no reason you can't work during the day while kiddo is at daycare and then do any additional studying necessary at night. I completed a master's degree full time while working overtime as a CPA with an infant at home. I did most of my work in the evenings when baby was sleeping.  I am currently working full time, completing a PhD, and have two elementary age kids at home doing schooling due to COVID. You can make this work. Don't let your ex destroy your prospects or take away your kid, that's bullshit.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":305.0,"score_ratio":11.2}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpsy6o9","c_root_id_B":"gpska0k","created_at_utc_A":1614970596,"created_at_utc_B":1614964574,"score_A":49,"score_B":35,"human_ref_A":"This is so individual that you'd have to give more information about yourself (which isn't super safe on reddit) and honestly still have to figure it out yourself tbh. Lots of people have families while in the PhD. Lots of people, equally, have no life outside their studies. Some of it is individual, but it also depends on their department, the research they're doing, probably the field...  >  I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible.  As in, he's threatening to sue you for full custody if you begin a graduate program? There's not really an environment where you, a legal adult, have to give another legal adult your child outside of a court order. In which case you should probably speak to a lawyer.  The nice thing about grad school is that you have a lot of control over your schedule and where you physically are (although, again, field dependent - if you're an experimentalist or a field scientist, your experiment rules your life and you have to be in the field\/in the lab). But, it doesn't pay much (in case of master's, not at all), it's a fair amount of work (def 40 hours+) that requires high concentration and thus is less than ideal to be done while watching a child, not all institutions are fully supportive (and some will pull stunts like take away grad students' health insurance a month before matriculation...), and the life after a PhD is precarious in most fields geographically and income wise.   fwiw not in wildlife science but a few of my college buddies went on to work for national parks and they have just BAs, often in bio but just as often in random stuff like American Studies.","human_ref_B":"Unless you have a second income stream (from a partner or a parent or investments or whatever), it's very unwise. The PhD stipend is perfectly fine for one person but wouldn't go very far with two. Masters students aren't guaranteed to be paid at all.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6022.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpsy6o9","c_root_id_B":"gpsshv0","created_at_utc_A":1614970596,"created_at_utc_B":1614968100,"score_A":49,"score_B":28,"human_ref_A":"This is so individual that you'd have to give more information about yourself (which isn't super safe on reddit) and honestly still have to figure it out yourself tbh. Lots of people have families while in the PhD. Lots of people, equally, have no life outside their studies. Some of it is individual, but it also depends on their department, the research they're doing, probably the field...  >  I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible.  As in, he's threatening to sue you for full custody if you begin a graduate program? There's not really an environment where you, a legal adult, have to give another legal adult your child outside of a court order. In which case you should probably speak to a lawyer.  The nice thing about grad school is that you have a lot of control over your schedule and where you physically are (although, again, field dependent - if you're an experimentalist or a field scientist, your experiment rules your life and you have to be in the field\/in the lab). But, it doesn't pay much (in case of master's, not at all), it's a fair amount of work (def 40 hours+) that requires high concentration and thus is less than ideal to be done while watching a child, not all institutions are fully supportive (and some will pull stunts like take away grad students' health insurance a month before matriculation...), and the life after a PhD is precarious in most fields geographically and income wise.   fwiw not in wildlife science but a few of my college buddies went on to work for national parks and they have just BAs, often in bio but just as often in random stuff like American Studies.","human_ref_B":"I'm in grad school and honestly at least 50% of students in my field and related fields are parents and most do not have a partner working full time (single or are both students) so this is a very frequent situation in practice so many people do it so I'm surprised he is framing it as impossible  Honestly it depends on a lot of factors:  \\-What country are you in? Some countries give out special financial help to parents studying and universities nowadays mostly all have a parent-student association were you can reach out to them and see what kind of support you can get. Note that some have very elaborated policies and resources, look into it!  \\-What field are you planning to study in? Some will require more on-campus work with crazy hours (if you need to be in the lab for example) and other will have more flexibility  \\-Let's be honest, do you have family\/ friends support to help balance the time management issues you'll encounter? I know we hear \"it takes a village\" but yep as a student it's even more accurate  Money wise:  \\-Do you plan on working part-time at your current job (many do this when they come back to grad school after kids)? Or you can do a part-time Master? Par-time is not a good idea for a phd though.  \\-Will you receive financial support when divorced? You most likely will and even more if you split custody with the father, so take it into account too since most countries have mandatory obligations in the laws, you wouldn't be penniless either...  \\-Are scholarships available in the field you are going into? Would you be garanteed funding? Would you be limited to work in the university or can you work outside too?  \\-Do you have financial resources that you can use during this period? Are you open to getting a loan?  In the end know it's possible and many many women do it (and some single men too!). i'm not saying it's easy and you'll need a good organization, discipline and willpower but it's not ridiculous or impossible at all.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2496.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpssm4o","c_root_id_B":"gpsy6o9","created_at_utc_A":1614968151,"created_at_utc_B":1614970596,"score_A":12,"score_B":49,"human_ref_A":"Possible yes, but I dont envy you the task","human_ref_B":"This is so individual that you'd have to give more information about yourself (which isn't super safe on reddit) and honestly still have to figure it out yourself tbh. Lots of people have families while in the PhD. Lots of people, equally, have no life outside their studies. Some of it is individual, but it also depends on their department, the research they're doing, probably the field...  >  I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible.  As in, he's threatening to sue you for full custody if you begin a graduate program? There's not really an environment where you, a legal adult, have to give another legal adult your child outside of a court order. In which case you should probably speak to a lawyer.  The nice thing about grad school is that you have a lot of control over your schedule and where you physically are (although, again, field dependent - if you're an experimentalist or a field scientist, your experiment rules your life and you have to be in the field\/in the lab). But, it doesn't pay much (in case of master's, not at all), it's a fair amount of work (def 40 hours+) that requires high concentration and thus is less than ideal to be done while watching a child, not all institutions are fully supportive (and some will pull stunts like take away grad students' health insurance a month before matriculation...), and the life after a PhD is precarious in most fields geographically and income wise.   fwiw not in wildlife science but a few of my college buddies went on to work for national parks and they have just BAs, often in bio but just as often in random stuff like American Studies.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2445.0,"score_ratio":4.0833333333}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpsqzgm","c_root_id_B":"gpsy6o9","created_at_utc_A":1614967436,"created_at_utc_B":1614970596,"score_A":7,"score_B":49,"human_ref_A":"Really depends on location and support network. Being a single parent is hard but you\u2019d have a consistent stipend and health insurance while a graduate student. I\u2019ve had friends do it","human_ref_B":"This is so individual that you'd have to give more information about yourself (which isn't super safe on reddit) and honestly still have to figure it out yourself tbh. Lots of people have families while in the PhD. Lots of people, equally, have no life outside their studies. Some of it is individual, but it also depends on their department, the research they're doing, probably the field...  >  I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible.  As in, he's threatening to sue you for full custody if you begin a graduate program? There's not really an environment where you, a legal adult, have to give another legal adult your child outside of a court order. In which case you should probably speak to a lawyer.  The nice thing about grad school is that you have a lot of control over your schedule and where you physically are (although, again, field dependent - if you're an experimentalist or a field scientist, your experiment rules your life and you have to be in the field\/in the lab). But, it doesn't pay much (in case of master's, not at all), it's a fair amount of work (def 40 hours+) that requires high concentration and thus is less than ideal to be done while watching a child, not all institutions are fully supportive (and some will pull stunts like take away grad students' health insurance a month before matriculation...), and the life after a PhD is precarious in most fields geographically and income wise.   fwiw not in wildlife science but a few of my college buddies went on to work for national parks and they have just BAs, often in bio but just as often in random stuff like American Studies.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3160.0,"score_ratio":7.0}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpsshv0","c_root_id_B":"gpsqzgm","created_at_utc_A":1614968100,"created_at_utc_B":1614967436,"score_A":28,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I'm in grad school and honestly at least 50% of students in my field and related fields are parents and most do not have a partner working full time (single or are both students) so this is a very frequent situation in practice so many people do it so I'm surprised he is framing it as impossible  Honestly it depends on a lot of factors:  \\-What country are you in? Some countries give out special financial help to parents studying and universities nowadays mostly all have a parent-student association were you can reach out to them and see what kind of support you can get. Note that some have very elaborated policies and resources, look into it!  \\-What field are you planning to study in? Some will require more on-campus work with crazy hours (if you need to be in the lab for example) and other will have more flexibility  \\-Let's be honest, do you have family\/ friends support to help balance the time management issues you'll encounter? I know we hear \"it takes a village\" but yep as a student it's even more accurate  Money wise:  \\-Do you plan on working part-time at your current job (many do this when they come back to grad school after kids)? Or you can do a part-time Master? Par-time is not a good idea for a phd though.  \\-Will you receive financial support when divorced? You most likely will and even more if you split custody with the father, so take it into account too since most countries have mandatory obligations in the laws, you wouldn't be penniless either...  \\-Are scholarships available in the field you are going into? Would you be garanteed funding? Would you be limited to work in the university or can you work outside too?  \\-Do you have financial resources that you can use during this period? Are you open to getting a loan?  In the end know it's possible and many many women do it (and some single men too!). i'm not saying it's easy and you'll need a good organization, discipline and willpower but it's not ridiculous or impossible at all.","human_ref_B":"Really depends on location and support network. Being a single parent is hard but you\u2019d have a consistent stipend and health insurance while a graduate student. I\u2019ve had friends do it","labels":1,"seconds_difference":664.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpssm4o","c_root_id_B":"gpt37jp","created_at_utc_A":1614968151,"created_at_utc_B":1614972865,"score_A":12,"score_B":14,"human_ref_A":"Possible yes, but I dont envy you the task","human_ref_B":"Yes. I passed with distinction :)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4714.0,"score_ratio":1.1666666667}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpsqzgm","c_root_id_B":"gpt37jp","created_at_utc_A":1614967436,"created_at_utc_B":1614972865,"score_A":7,"score_B":14,"human_ref_A":"Really depends on location and support network. Being a single parent is hard but you\u2019d have a consistent stipend and health insurance while a graduate student. I\u2019ve had friends do it","human_ref_B":"Yes. I passed with distinction :)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5429.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpssm4o","c_root_id_B":"gpt5cjx","created_at_utc_A":1614968151,"created_at_utc_B":1614973847,"score_A":12,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"Possible yes, but I dont envy you the task","human_ref_B":"Okay. So I studied for an MSc and a PhD and I have a toddler. But I'm not single. After the age of 4, maybe 3, and assuming you do have some help (your parents maybe), and the kid has an 8 to 4 kindergarten, and you have a nice instructor (most in science will not accept it if you leave at 3:30 every day - find one who does), it can be done. The most important thing: after you finish your PhD, if you want an academic career, the clock starts ticking. The period after the terminal degree (PhD) is counted. Many opportunities will be open only for people with X years since the PhD. Women who take a long leave AFTER their PhD regret it. Take it during. No one cares if the PhD took you 3 years or 8 years to finish. It does matter, greatly, how many years pass AFTER the PhD, for many opportunities.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5696.0,"score_ratio":1.0833333333}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpssm4o","c_root_id_B":"gpsqzgm","created_at_utc_A":1614968151,"created_at_utc_B":1614967436,"score_A":12,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Possible yes, but I dont envy you the task","human_ref_B":"Really depends on location and support network. Being a single parent is hard but you\u2019d have a consistent stipend and health insurance while a graduate student. I\u2019ve had friends do it","labels":1,"seconds_difference":715.0,"score_ratio":1.7142857143}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpt5cjx","c_root_id_B":"gpsqzgm","created_at_utc_A":1614973847,"created_at_utc_B":1614967436,"score_A":13,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Okay. So I studied for an MSc and a PhD and I have a toddler. But I'm not single. After the age of 4, maybe 3, and assuming you do have some help (your parents maybe), and the kid has an 8 to 4 kindergarten, and you have a nice instructor (most in science will not accept it if you leave at 3:30 every day - find one who does), it can be done. The most important thing: after you finish your PhD, if you want an academic career, the clock starts ticking. The period after the terminal degree (PhD) is counted. Many opportunities will be open only for people with X years since the PhD. Women who take a long leave AFTER their PhD regret it. Take it during. No one cares if the PhD took you 3 years or 8 years to finish. It does matter, greatly, how many years pass AFTER the PhD, for many opportunities.","human_ref_B":"Really depends on location and support network. Being a single parent is hard but you\u2019d have a consistent stipend and health insurance while a graduate student. I\u2019ve had friends do it","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6411.0,"score_ratio":1.8571428571}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptnbzw","c_root_id_B":"gptfz9i","created_at_utc_A":1614982304,"created_at_utc_B":1614978736,"score_A":10,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Not many people have talked about this, but Master's and PhDs are pretty different and will lead to different outcomes. I did both - in that, I got a professional Masters, worked for a few years in that field, and now am doing a PhD in a connected field. I don't have a child but am married and a bit older in terms of the other students in the PhD.   I think a Master's (you can pick a 1 or 2 year program) with some sort of scholarship , may work for you. There ARE funded Master's programs. In my experience, they are geared to lead you to interesting jobs in your field of choice, as they typically have career councillors and stuff like that to help you. With a PhD, you are really going to be focusing on academic research, and it can take up to 7 years to finish, meanwhile there is a lot of stress about jobs. I wrote this elsewhere, but I am considering jobs that are less prestigious and well-paying than ones that I got out of my Master's. YMMV, but with a child and being career-focused, an interesting MA or MSc from a decent school will get you far.","human_ref_B":"Hey, I\u2019ve worked in wildlife research. First, no, of course you don\u2019t need to give your ex full custody if you go to grad school. That\u2019s an absurd statement. Grad school is actually fairly flexible in terms of scheduling, although it is a lot of work. The amount of flexibility you\u2019re ultimately afforded really depends on your advisor, and you should absolutely seek out one who is supportive. Having a good advisor makes all the difference in the world, kid or not. I do know many people who have had children while in grad school. They tend to manage their time extremely closely.   I would also consider looking into non-thesis programs. There are some out there that are designed for working professionals, and I have friends who have done them and gotten great jobs. The downsides are that they won\u2019t include funding (and it\u2019s not cheap) and you\u2019ll be missing out on field experience. The upside is that you won\u2019t be investing the extra time in a thesis or fieldwork. If you go this route, only consider well-regarded programs at reputable universities.   Another thing you could consider if you have the funds would be a GIS certificate. That probably won\u2019t be enough to land you a wildlife job by itself, but it makes you more competitive down the line if you decide to pursue an advanced degree. The downside again is that they\u2019re not funded. Also, sometimes you can get this certificate as part of a graduate degree.   I will say, I\u2019ve loved the wildlife work I\u2019ve done, but it\u2019s challenging. And some of the challenges shouldn\u2019t exist. It\u2019s a competitive field, and lots of people see low or unpaid internships as necessary. I hate that, I think it\u2019s horribly exclusionary, but keep in mind that you\u2019ll be in an applicant pool with undergrads who may have had the privilege of spending several summers doing field research.   As far as the work itself goes, there are often active field seasons. Some labs do their fieldwork locally, but sometimes it\u2019s remote. If you plan to do fieldwork, you\u2019ll obviously have extra logistics to plan around. It\u2019s possible to do, but you will need a support system. And again, a good advisor can work with you on this.   In wildlife research, as is often the case in academia, lots of folks move around. Jobs can be tight and people move to them. That gets harder to do once you have a family. I just want to mention it because I know you\u2019ll be thinking longer term with this. However, you can always look for local, state, and federal jobs. Lots of people don\u2019t stay in academia.   If you have any other questions, please let me know!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3568.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpteaxt","c_root_id_B":"gptnbzw","created_at_utc_A":1614977963,"created_at_utc_B":1614982304,"score_A":7,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"If you're wanting to go into wildlife biology or a related field... make sure you think about if the kind of work you want to do involves fieldwork. Most grad students in this field do at least some fieldwork which can take them away from home for at least several months a year. Will that be possible for you?  I'm in this field (wildlife biology \/ ecology \/ evolution) do at least 4 months of fieldwork a year and because of that I can't even own a dog, let alone have a child. Of course, if you're doing something policy related or something with no fieldwork, that won't be an issue. Also think about what kind of job you want to get out of it. If you want to work for the government or consulting or something like that, probably only a masters is needed, not a PhD.","human_ref_B":"Not many people have talked about this, but Master's and PhDs are pretty different and will lead to different outcomes. I did both - in that, I got a professional Masters, worked for a few years in that field, and now am doing a PhD in a connected field. I don't have a child but am married and a bit older in terms of the other students in the PhD.   I think a Master's (you can pick a 1 or 2 year program) with some sort of scholarship , may work for you. There ARE funded Master's programs. In my experience, they are geared to lead you to interesting jobs in your field of choice, as they typically have career councillors and stuff like that to help you. With a PhD, you are really going to be focusing on academic research, and it can take up to 7 years to finish, meanwhile there is a lot of stress about jobs. I wrote this elsewhere, but I am considering jobs that are less prestigious and well-paying than ones that I got out of my Master's. YMMV, but with a child and being career-focused, an interesting MA or MSc from a decent school will get you far.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4341.0,"score_ratio":1.4285714286}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptnbzw","c_root_id_B":"gpsqzgm","created_at_utc_A":1614982304,"created_at_utc_B":1614967436,"score_A":10,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Not many people have talked about this, but Master's and PhDs are pretty different and will lead to different outcomes. I did both - in that, I got a professional Masters, worked for a few years in that field, and now am doing a PhD in a connected field. I don't have a child but am married and a bit older in terms of the other students in the PhD.   I think a Master's (you can pick a 1 or 2 year program) with some sort of scholarship , may work for you. There ARE funded Master's programs. In my experience, they are geared to lead you to interesting jobs in your field of choice, as they typically have career councillors and stuff like that to help you. With a PhD, you are really going to be focusing on academic research, and it can take up to 7 years to finish, meanwhile there is a lot of stress about jobs. I wrote this elsewhere, but I am considering jobs that are less prestigious and well-paying than ones that I got out of my Master's. YMMV, but with a child and being career-focused, an interesting MA or MSc from a decent school will get you far.","human_ref_B":"Really depends on location and support network. Being a single parent is hard but you\u2019d have a consistent stipend and health insurance while a graduate student. I\u2019ve had friends do it","labels":1,"seconds_difference":14868.0,"score_ratio":1.4285714286}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpta1lj","c_root_id_B":"gptnbzw","created_at_utc_A":1614976022,"created_at_utc_B":1614982304,"score_A":5,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"This sounds like your husband is trying to control you by using your kids as leverage.  Finances while completing a PhD have nothing to do with your kid. You're going to be paying rent either way. It sounds to me like your ex just wants to not have to pay you child support if you are making less money than he is. I'm assuming you'll have joint custody, which means that at least part time, you're not going to have your child at home (read: time to manage your studies and get as much done as possible, so you can spend time with kiddo when he\/she is there).   Do what you feel is right for your education and career in the long run. Do what feels right for custody of your child for the long run. You can complete a PhD just like a normal job, only maybe with some homework after kiddo goes to bed. Toddlers go to bed early (or they should, anyway) so there is no reason you can't work during the day while kiddo is at daycare and then do any additional studying necessary at night. I completed a master's degree full time while working overtime as a CPA with an infant at home. I did most of my work in the evenings when baby was sleeping.  I am currently working full time, completing a PhD, and have two elementary age kids at home doing schooling due to COVID. You can make this work. Don't let your ex destroy your prospects or take away your kid, that's bullshit.","human_ref_B":"Not many people have talked about this, but Master's and PhDs are pretty different and will lead to different outcomes. I did both - in that, I got a professional Masters, worked for a few years in that field, and now am doing a PhD in a connected field. I don't have a child but am married and a bit older in terms of the other students in the PhD.   I think a Master's (you can pick a 1 or 2 year program) with some sort of scholarship , may work for you. There ARE funded Master's programs. In my experience, they are geared to lead you to interesting jobs in your field of choice, as they typically have career councillors and stuff like that to help you. With a PhD, you are really going to be focusing on academic research, and it can take up to 7 years to finish, meanwhile there is a lot of stress about jobs. I wrote this elsewhere, but I am considering jobs that are less prestigious and well-paying than ones that I got out of my Master's. YMMV, but with a child and being career-focused, an interesting MA or MSc from a decent school will get you far.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6282.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptnbzw","c_root_id_B":"gptg9kl","created_at_utc_A":1614982304,"created_at_utc_B":1614978865,"score_A":10,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Not many people have talked about this, but Master's and PhDs are pretty different and will lead to different outcomes. I did both - in that, I got a professional Masters, worked for a few years in that field, and now am doing a PhD in a connected field. I don't have a child but am married and a bit older in terms of the other students in the PhD.   I think a Master's (you can pick a 1 or 2 year program) with some sort of scholarship , may work for you. There ARE funded Master's programs. In my experience, they are geared to lead you to interesting jobs in your field of choice, as they typically have career councillors and stuff like that to help you. With a PhD, you are really going to be focusing on academic research, and it can take up to 7 years to finish, meanwhile there is a lot of stress about jobs. I wrote this elsewhere, but I am considering jobs that are less prestigious and well-paying than ones that I got out of my Master's. YMMV, but with a child and being career-focused, an interesting MA or MSc from a decent school will get you far.","human_ref_B":"Yes, it is possible. It is hard, but possible. I am currently going through a divorce with a toddler, and I am doctoral student. You do not have to give your husband full custody just because you want to further your career and go to school. Grad school is a lot different than undergrad, and you have a lot more flexibility in terms of dictating the speed at which you finish your degree. Most programs are understanding, it is just a matter of finding a program that fits your needs. The idea that you cannot be a full time parent, and have to relinquish custody of your child is a ploy by your husband.   It is possible. Don\u2019t listen to your husband. Surround yourself with people who believe you and support you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3439.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptrluk","c_root_id_B":"gptfz9i","created_at_utc_A":1614984489,"created_at_utc_B":1614978736,"score_A":9,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"In addition to the in school aspect, the fact that you're interested in wildlife science might be an additional complication.  Field work might be a large demand on your time.  You should probably at least reach out to some grad students and postdocs in programs you're interested in and verify what kinda time demands there are.  And maybe explore a shared custody situation? It doesn't have to be all or nothing.","human_ref_B":"Hey, I\u2019ve worked in wildlife research. First, no, of course you don\u2019t need to give your ex full custody if you go to grad school. That\u2019s an absurd statement. Grad school is actually fairly flexible in terms of scheduling, although it is a lot of work. The amount of flexibility you\u2019re ultimately afforded really depends on your advisor, and you should absolutely seek out one who is supportive. Having a good advisor makes all the difference in the world, kid or not. I do know many people who have had children while in grad school. They tend to manage their time extremely closely.   I would also consider looking into non-thesis programs. There are some out there that are designed for working professionals, and I have friends who have done them and gotten great jobs. The downsides are that they won\u2019t include funding (and it\u2019s not cheap) and you\u2019ll be missing out on field experience. The upside is that you won\u2019t be investing the extra time in a thesis or fieldwork. If you go this route, only consider well-regarded programs at reputable universities.   Another thing you could consider if you have the funds would be a GIS certificate. That probably won\u2019t be enough to land you a wildlife job by itself, but it makes you more competitive down the line if you decide to pursue an advanced degree. The downside again is that they\u2019re not funded. Also, sometimes you can get this certificate as part of a graduate degree.   I will say, I\u2019ve loved the wildlife work I\u2019ve done, but it\u2019s challenging. And some of the challenges shouldn\u2019t exist. It\u2019s a competitive field, and lots of people see low or unpaid internships as necessary. I hate that, I think it\u2019s horribly exclusionary, but keep in mind that you\u2019ll be in an applicant pool with undergrads who may have had the privilege of spending several summers doing field research.   As far as the work itself goes, there are often active field seasons. Some labs do their fieldwork locally, but sometimes it\u2019s remote. If you plan to do fieldwork, you\u2019ll obviously have extra logistics to plan around. It\u2019s possible to do, but you will need a support system. And again, a good advisor can work with you on this.   In wildlife research, as is often the case in academia, lots of folks move around. Jobs can be tight and people move to them. That gets harder to do once you have a family. I just want to mention it because I know you\u2019ll be thinking longer term with this. However, you can always look for local, state, and federal jobs. Lots of people don\u2019t stay in academia.   If you have any other questions, please let me know!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5753.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpteaxt","c_root_id_B":"gptrluk","created_at_utc_A":1614977963,"created_at_utc_B":1614984489,"score_A":7,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"If you're wanting to go into wildlife biology or a related field... make sure you think about if the kind of work you want to do involves fieldwork. Most grad students in this field do at least some fieldwork which can take them away from home for at least several months a year. Will that be possible for you?  I'm in this field (wildlife biology \/ ecology \/ evolution) do at least 4 months of fieldwork a year and because of that I can't even own a dog, let alone have a child. Of course, if you're doing something policy related or something with no fieldwork, that won't be an issue. Also think about what kind of job you want to get out of it. If you want to work for the government or consulting or something like that, probably only a masters is needed, not a PhD.","human_ref_B":"In addition to the in school aspect, the fact that you're interested in wildlife science might be an additional complication.  Field work might be a large demand on your time.  You should probably at least reach out to some grad students and postdocs in programs you're interested in and verify what kinda time demands there are.  And maybe explore a shared custody situation? It doesn't have to be all or nothing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6526.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptrluk","c_root_id_B":"gpsqzgm","created_at_utc_A":1614984489,"created_at_utc_B":1614967436,"score_A":9,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"In addition to the in school aspect, the fact that you're interested in wildlife science might be an additional complication.  Field work might be a large demand on your time.  You should probably at least reach out to some grad students and postdocs in programs you're interested in and verify what kinda time demands there are.  And maybe explore a shared custody situation? It doesn't have to be all or nothing.","human_ref_B":"Really depends on location and support network. Being a single parent is hard but you\u2019d have a consistent stipend and health insurance while a graduate student. I\u2019ve had friends do it","labels":1,"seconds_difference":17053.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptrluk","c_root_id_B":"gpta1lj","created_at_utc_A":1614984489,"created_at_utc_B":1614976022,"score_A":9,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"In addition to the in school aspect, the fact that you're interested in wildlife science might be an additional complication.  Field work might be a large demand on your time.  You should probably at least reach out to some grad students and postdocs in programs you're interested in and verify what kinda time demands there are.  And maybe explore a shared custody situation? It doesn't have to be all or nothing.","human_ref_B":"This sounds like your husband is trying to control you by using your kids as leverage.  Finances while completing a PhD have nothing to do with your kid. You're going to be paying rent either way. It sounds to me like your ex just wants to not have to pay you child support if you are making less money than he is. I'm assuming you'll have joint custody, which means that at least part time, you're not going to have your child at home (read: time to manage your studies and get as much done as possible, so you can spend time with kiddo when he\/she is there).   Do what you feel is right for your education and career in the long run. Do what feels right for custody of your child for the long run. You can complete a PhD just like a normal job, only maybe with some homework after kiddo goes to bed. Toddlers go to bed early (or they should, anyway) so there is no reason you can't work during the day while kiddo is at daycare and then do any additional studying necessary at night. I completed a master's degree full time while working overtime as a CPA with an infant at home. I did most of my work in the evenings when baby was sleeping.  I am currently working full time, completing a PhD, and have two elementary age kids at home doing schooling due to COVID. You can make this work. Don't let your ex destroy your prospects or take away your kid, that's bullshit.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8467.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptg9kl","c_root_id_B":"gptrluk","created_at_utc_A":1614978865,"created_at_utc_B":1614984489,"score_A":5,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Yes, it is possible. It is hard, but possible. I am currently going through a divorce with a toddler, and I am doctoral student. You do not have to give your husband full custody just because you want to further your career and go to school. Grad school is a lot different than undergrad, and you have a lot more flexibility in terms of dictating the speed at which you finish your degree. Most programs are understanding, it is just a matter of finding a program that fits your needs. The idea that you cannot be a full time parent, and have to relinquish custody of your child is a ploy by your husband.   It is possible. Don\u2019t listen to your husband. Surround yourself with people who believe you and support you.","human_ref_B":"In addition to the in school aspect, the fact that you're interested in wildlife science might be an additional complication.  Field work might be a large demand on your time.  You should probably at least reach out to some grad students and postdocs in programs you're interested in and verify what kinda time demands there are.  And maybe explore a shared custody situation? It doesn't have to be all or nothing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5624.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptrluk","c_root_id_B":"gptrak7","created_at_utc_A":1614984489,"created_at_utc_B":1614984326,"score_A":9,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"In addition to the in school aspect, the fact that you're interested in wildlife science might be an additional complication.  Field work might be a large demand on your time.  You should probably at least reach out to some grad students and postdocs in programs you're interested in and verify what kinda time demands there are.  And maybe explore a shared custody situation? It doesn't have to be all or nothing.","human_ref_B":"No.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":163.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpuo5zb","c_root_id_B":"gptfz9i","created_at_utc_A":1614997912,"created_at_utc_B":1614978736,"score_A":9,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I know this doesn't answer your question and you probably  don't want to hear this but, there are very, very few jobs in wildlife. I run an animal hospital and I'm always getting resumes from people who have spent years at University getting qualifications they hoped would lead to a job with wildlife and it hasn't. These resumes have included ones from people with Masters and PhD's and they are applying for entry level, vet nurse training positions. It makes me so sad. I understand that people feel a passion for wildlife and want a career doing something they love but it doesn't work out for the majority of people. It just leaves them with very limited job skills and a very big debt. Sorry to be a downer but it's a big decision to make and worth considering where it could leave you and just because you could do something doesn't mean you should.","human_ref_B":"Hey, I\u2019ve worked in wildlife research. First, no, of course you don\u2019t need to give your ex full custody if you go to grad school. That\u2019s an absurd statement. Grad school is actually fairly flexible in terms of scheduling, although it is a lot of work. The amount of flexibility you\u2019re ultimately afforded really depends on your advisor, and you should absolutely seek out one who is supportive. Having a good advisor makes all the difference in the world, kid or not. I do know many people who have had children while in grad school. They tend to manage their time extremely closely.   I would also consider looking into non-thesis programs. There are some out there that are designed for working professionals, and I have friends who have done them and gotten great jobs. The downsides are that they won\u2019t include funding (and it\u2019s not cheap) and you\u2019ll be missing out on field experience. The upside is that you won\u2019t be investing the extra time in a thesis or fieldwork. If you go this route, only consider well-regarded programs at reputable universities.   Another thing you could consider if you have the funds would be a GIS certificate. That probably won\u2019t be enough to land you a wildlife job by itself, but it makes you more competitive down the line if you decide to pursue an advanced degree. The downside again is that they\u2019re not funded. Also, sometimes you can get this certificate as part of a graduate degree.   I will say, I\u2019ve loved the wildlife work I\u2019ve done, but it\u2019s challenging. And some of the challenges shouldn\u2019t exist. It\u2019s a competitive field, and lots of people see low or unpaid internships as necessary. I hate that, I think it\u2019s horribly exclusionary, but keep in mind that you\u2019ll be in an applicant pool with undergrads who may have had the privilege of spending several summers doing field research.   As far as the work itself goes, there are often active field seasons. Some labs do their fieldwork locally, but sometimes it\u2019s remote. If you plan to do fieldwork, you\u2019ll obviously have extra logistics to plan around. It\u2019s possible to do, but you will need a support system. And again, a good advisor can work with you on this.   In wildlife research, as is often the case in academia, lots of folks move around. Jobs can be tight and people move to them. That gets harder to do once you have a family. I just want to mention it because I know you\u2019ll be thinking longer term with this. However, you can always look for local, state, and federal jobs. Lots of people don\u2019t stay in academia.   If you have any other questions, please let me know!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":19176.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpuewsp","c_root_id_B":"gpuo5zb","created_at_utc_A":1614994659,"created_at_utc_B":1614997912,"score_A":7,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Been there, done that, now I\u2019m a Dr. I\u2019m a Dr. w a trillion dollars of student loan debt but I don\u2019t regret any of it! It was a great time to be a full time student and I love that I modeled the importance of hard work and education for my children. Do it now, you\u2019ll be done before you know it. Kids grow up, husbands come and go, but degrees last forever. You got this girl! Don\u2019t let your ex be the voice of doubt. You owe it to yourself and your child to invest in your own happy ever after!","human_ref_B":"I know this doesn't answer your question and you probably  don't want to hear this but, there are very, very few jobs in wildlife. I run an animal hospital and I'm always getting resumes from people who have spent years at University getting qualifications they hoped would lead to a job with wildlife and it hasn't. These resumes have included ones from people with Masters and PhD's and they are applying for entry level, vet nurse training positions. It makes me so sad. I understand that people feel a passion for wildlife and want a career doing something they love but it doesn't work out for the majority of people. It just leaves them with very limited job skills and a very big debt. Sorry to be a downer but it's a big decision to make and worth considering where it could leave you and just because you could do something doesn't mean you should.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3253.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpteaxt","c_root_id_B":"gpuo5zb","created_at_utc_A":1614977963,"created_at_utc_B":1614997912,"score_A":7,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"If you're wanting to go into wildlife biology or a related field... make sure you think about if the kind of work you want to do involves fieldwork. Most grad students in this field do at least some fieldwork which can take them away from home for at least several months a year. Will that be possible for you?  I'm in this field (wildlife biology \/ ecology \/ evolution) do at least 4 months of fieldwork a year and because of that I can't even own a dog, let alone have a child. Of course, if you're doing something policy related or something with no fieldwork, that won't be an issue. Also think about what kind of job you want to get out of it. If you want to work for the government or consulting or something like that, probably only a masters is needed, not a PhD.","human_ref_B":"I know this doesn't answer your question and you probably  don't want to hear this but, there are very, very few jobs in wildlife. I run an animal hospital and I'm always getting resumes from people who have spent years at University getting qualifications they hoped would lead to a job with wildlife and it hasn't. These resumes have included ones from people with Masters and PhD's and they are applying for entry level, vet nurse training positions. It makes me so sad. I understand that people feel a passion for wildlife and want a career doing something they love but it doesn't work out for the majority of people. It just leaves them with very limited job skills and a very big debt. Sorry to be a downer but it's a big decision to make and worth considering where it could leave you and just because you could do something doesn't mean you should.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":19949.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpsqzgm","c_root_id_B":"gpuo5zb","created_at_utc_A":1614967436,"created_at_utc_B":1614997912,"score_A":7,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Really depends on location and support network. Being a single parent is hard but you\u2019d have a consistent stipend and health insurance while a graduate student. I\u2019ve had friends do it","human_ref_B":"I know this doesn't answer your question and you probably  don't want to hear this but, there are very, very few jobs in wildlife. I run an animal hospital and I'm always getting resumes from people who have spent years at University getting qualifications they hoped would lead to a job with wildlife and it hasn't. These resumes have included ones from people with Masters and PhD's and they are applying for entry level, vet nurse training positions. It makes me so sad. I understand that people feel a passion for wildlife and want a career doing something they love but it doesn't work out for the majority of people. It just leaves them with very limited job skills and a very big debt. Sorry to be a downer but it's a big decision to make and worth considering where it could leave you and just because you could do something doesn't mean you should.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":30476.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpuo5zb","c_root_id_B":"gpu1msb","created_at_utc_A":1614997912,"created_at_utc_B":1614989838,"score_A":9,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I know this doesn't answer your question and you probably  don't want to hear this but, there are very, very few jobs in wildlife. I run an animal hospital and I'm always getting resumes from people who have spent years at University getting qualifications they hoped would lead to a job with wildlife and it hasn't. These resumes have included ones from people with Masters and PhD's and they are applying for entry level, vet nurse training positions. It makes me so sad. I understand that people feel a passion for wildlife and want a career doing something they love but it doesn't work out for the majority of people. It just leaves them with very limited job skills and a very big debt. Sorry to be a downer but it's a big decision to make and worth considering where it could leave you and just because you could do something doesn't mean you should.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019m a single mom. I did my masters while WFH part time as an adjunct at a local community college, with a toddler (he was just over 2.5 when I graduated) alone, most of that during covid, and am planning to start my doctorate when my kiddo goes into 1st grade. It took a lot of pacing\/planning, and we had some bad days. But I got creative and made it work. It would have been easier if I had an extra set of hands, but once COVID hit, that wasn\u2019t even an option.  You can ABSOLUTELY do it, and I don\u2019t see a judge removing a child from someones custody just because they are a student? Not in the US at least, if you have a safe home, that\u2019s all that should matter. Is it going to be glamorous? Probably not. But your baby daddy can kick rocks.   Talk to a lawyer just to be sure. I don\u2019t know your specific situation, but him threatening something like that SOUNDS like he plans to WITHHOLD your daughter from you- I know that is something the courts do not like.... just saying.   Good luck mama","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8074.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpuo5zb","c_root_id_B":"gpta1lj","created_at_utc_A":1614997912,"created_at_utc_B":1614976022,"score_A":9,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I know this doesn't answer your question and you probably  don't want to hear this but, there are very, very few jobs in wildlife. I run an animal hospital and I'm always getting resumes from people who have spent years at University getting qualifications they hoped would lead to a job with wildlife and it hasn't. These resumes have included ones from people with Masters and PhD's and they are applying for entry level, vet nurse training positions. It makes me so sad. I understand that people feel a passion for wildlife and want a career doing something they love but it doesn't work out for the majority of people. It just leaves them with very limited job skills and a very big debt. Sorry to be a downer but it's a big decision to make and worth considering where it could leave you and just because you could do something doesn't mean you should.","human_ref_B":"This sounds like your husband is trying to control you by using your kids as leverage.  Finances while completing a PhD have nothing to do with your kid. You're going to be paying rent either way. It sounds to me like your ex just wants to not have to pay you child support if you are making less money than he is. I'm assuming you'll have joint custody, which means that at least part time, you're not going to have your child at home (read: time to manage your studies and get as much done as possible, so you can spend time with kiddo when he\/she is there).   Do what you feel is right for your education and career in the long run. Do what feels right for custody of your child for the long run. You can complete a PhD just like a normal job, only maybe with some homework after kiddo goes to bed. Toddlers go to bed early (or they should, anyway) so there is no reason you can't work during the day while kiddo is at daycare and then do any additional studying necessary at night. I completed a master's degree full time while working overtime as a CPA with an infant at home. I did most of my work in the evenings when baby was sleeping.  I am currently working full time, completing a PhD, and have two elementary age kids at home doing schooling due to COVID. You can make this work. Don't let your ex destroy your prospects or take away your kid, that's bullshit.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":21890.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpuo5zb","c_root_id_B":"gptg9kl","created_at_utc_A":1614997912,"created_at_utc_B":1614978865,"score_A":9,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I know this doesn't answer your question and you probably  don't want to hear this but, there are very, very few jobs in wildlife. I run an animal hospital and I'm always getting resumes from people who have spent years at University getting qualifications they hoped would lead to a job with wildlife and it hasn't. These resumes have included ones from people with Masters and PhD's and they are applying for entry level, vet nurse training positions. It makes me so sad. I understand that people feel a passion for wildlife and want a career doing something they love but it doesn't work out for the majority of people. It just leaves them with very limited job skills and a very big debt. Sorry to be a downer but it's a big decision to make and worth considering where it could leave you and just because you could do something doesn't mean you should.","human_ref_B":"Yes, it is possible. It is hard, but possible. I am currently going through a divorce with a toddler, and I am doctoral student. You do not have to give your husband full custody just because you want to further your career and go to school. Grad school is a lot different than undergrad, and you have a lot more flexibility in terms of dictating the speed at which you finish your degree. Most programs are understanding, it is just a matter of finding a program that fits your needs. The idea that you cannot be a full time parent, and have to relinquish custody of your child is a ploy by your husband.   It is possible. Don\u2019t listen to your husband. Surround yourself with people who believe you and support you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":19047.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptrak7","c_root_id_B":"gpuo5zb","created_at_utc_A":1614984326,"created_at_utc_B":1614997912,"score_A":2,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"No.","human_ref_B":"I know this doesn't answer your question and you probably  don't want to hear this but, there are very, very few jobs in wildlife. I run an animal hospital and I'm always getting resumes from people who have spent years at University getting qualifications they hoped would lead to a job with wildlife and it hasn't. These resumes have included ones from people with Masters and PhD's and they are applying for entry level, vet nurse training positions. It makes me so sad. I understand that people feel a passion for wildlife and want a career doing something they love but it doesn't work out for the majority of people. It just leaves them with very limited job skills and a very big debt. Sorry to be a downer but it's a big decision to make and worth considering where it could leave you and just because you could do something doesn't mean you should.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":13586.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpuo5zb","c_root_id_B":"gptydb5","created_at_utc_A":1614997912,"created_at_utc_B":1614988066,"score_A":9,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I know this doesn't answer your question and you probably  don't want to hear this but, there are very, very few jobs in wildlife. I run an animal hospital and I'm always getting resumes from people who have spent years at University getting qualifications they hoped would lead to a job with wildlife and it hasn't. These resumes have included ones from people with Masters and PhD's and they are applying for entry level, vet nurse training positions. It makes me so sad. I understand that people feel a passion for wildlife and want a career doing something they love but it doesn't work out for the majority of people. It just leaves them with very limited job skills and a very big debt. Sorry to be a downer but it's a big decision to make and worth considering where it could leave you and just because you could do something doesn't mean you should.","human_ref_B":"Oh, you can do it and you\u2019ll be fine. It sounds like he\u2019s manipulative and doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about. As mentioned, you\u2019ll have lots of flexibility in your schedule as a grad student.  My only concern is that wildlife biology\/con bio jobs can be ridiculously competitive, especially at the PhD level. It\u2019s a popular field without a ton of demand. So the pay can be low and the competition steep. But, MS level jobs are more abundant and probably more enjoyable for most people who want a mix of being in the field and doing desk work. Just an FYI.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9846.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpuo5zb","c_root_id_B":"gpub7u1","created_at_utc_A":1614997912,"created_at_utc_B":1614993360,"score_A":9,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I know this doesn't answer your question and you probably  don't want to hear this but, there are very, very few jobs in wildlife. I run an animal hospital and I'm always getting resumes from people who have spent years at University getting qualifications they hoped would lead to a job with wildlife and it hasn't. These resumes have included ones from people with Masters and PhD's and they are applying for entry level, vet nurse training positions. It makes me so sad. I understand that people feel a passion for wildlife and want a career doing something they love but it doesn't work out for the majority of people. It just leaves them with very limited job skills and a very big debt. Sorry to be a downer but it's a big decision to make and worth considering where it could leave you and just because you could do something doesn't mean you should.","human_ref_B":"Absolutely if you're taking sociology","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4552.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpuewsp","c_root_id_B":"gptfz9i","created_at_utc_A":1614994659,"created_at_utc_B":1614978736,"score_A":7,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Been there, done that, now I\u2019m a Dr. I\u2019m a Dr. w a trillion dollars of student loan debt but I don\u2019t regret any of it! It was a great time to be a full time student and I love that I modeled the importance of hard work and education for my children. Do it now, you\u2019ll be done before you know it. Kids grow up, husbands come and go, but degrees last forever. You got this girl! Don\u2019t let your ex be the voice of doubt. You owe it to yourself and your child to invest in your own happy ever after!","human_ref_B":"Hey, I\u2019ve worked in wildlife research. First, no, of course you don\u2019t need to give your ex full custody if you go to grad school. That\u2019s an absurd statement. Grad school is actually fairly flexible in terms of scheduling, although it is a lot of work. The amount of flexibility you\u2019re ultimately afforded really depends on your advisor, and you should absolutely seek out one who is supportive. Having a good advisor makes all the difference in the world, kid or not. I do know many people who have had children while in grad school. They tend to manage their time extremely closely.   I would also consider looking into non-thesis programs. There are some out there that are designed for working professionals, and I have friends who have done them and gotten great jobs. The downsides are that they won\u2019t include funding (and it\u2019s not cheap) and you\u2019ll be missing out on field experience. The upside is that you won\u2019t be investing the extra time in a thesis or fieldwork. If you go this route, only consider well-regarded programs at reputable universities.   Another thing you could consider if you have the funds would be a GIS certificate. That probably won\u2019t be enough to land you a wildlife job by itself, but it makes you more competitive down the line if you decide to pursue an advanced degree. The downside again is that they\u2019re not funded. Also, sometimes you can get this certificate as part of a graduate degree.   I will say, I\u2019ve loved the wildlife work I\u2019ve done, but it\u2019s challenging. And some of the challenges shouldn\u2019t exist. It\u2019s a competitive field, and lots of people see low or unpaid internships as necessary. I hate that, I think it\u2019s horribly exclusionary, but keep in mind that you\u2019ll be in an applicant pool with undergrads who may have had the privilege of spending several summers doing field research.   As far as the work itself goes, there are often active field seasons. Some labs do their fieldwork locally, but sometimes it\u2019s remote. If you plan to do fieldwork, you\u2019ll obviously have extra logistics to plan around. It\u2019s possible to do, but you will need a support system. And again, a good advisor can work with you on this.   In wildlife research, as is often the case in academia, lots of folks move around. Jobs can be tight and people move to them. That gets harder to do once you have a family. I just want to mention it because I know you\u2019ll be thinking longer term with this. However, you can always look for local, state, and federal jobs. Lots of people don\u2019t stay in academia.   If you have any other questions, please let me know!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":15923.0,"score_ratio":1.1666666667}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpv038w","c_root_id_B":"gptfz9i","created_at_utc_A":1615002308,"created_at_utc_B":1614978736,"score_A":7,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I had my kids in undergrad, when I started my Master\u2019s I had a 3 year old and a 1 year old as a single Mom. Went all the way through as a single Mom to graduating with my PhD. We lived off my student loans, stipend, and child support. I was also eligible for assistance through SNAP, childcare assistance, and Medicaid for the kiddos. As some have said, it\u2019s not a glamorous lifestyle by far, and it was really difficult at times.  But my kids grew up watching me work towards my dreams, and attended 3 graduations. Not many kids get to see their parents achieve that, and my hope is it will motivate them in their own dreams as they get older. You can absolutely do this on your own!","human_ref_B":"Hey, I\u2019ve worked in wildlife research. First, no, of course you don\u2019t need to give your ex full custody if you go to grad school. That\u2019s an absurd statement. Grad school is actually fairly flexible in terms of scheduling, although it is a lot of work. The amount of flexibility you\u2019re ultimately afforded really depends on your advisor, and you should absolutely seek out one who is supportive. Having a good advisor makes all the difference in the world, kid or not. I do know many people who have had children while in grad school. They tend to manage their time extremely closely.   I would also consider looking into non-thesis programs. There are some out there that are designed for working professionals, and I have friends who have done them and gotten great jobs. The downsides are that they won\u2019t include funding (and it\u2019s not cheap) and you\u2019ll be missing out on field experience. The upside is that you won\u2019t be investing the extra time in a thesis or fieldwork. If you go this route, only consider well-regarded programs at reputable universities.   Another thing you could consider if you have the funds would be a GIS certificate. That probably won\u2019t be enough to land you a wildlife job by itself, but it makes you more competitive down the line if you decide to pursue an advanced degree. The downside again is that they\u2019re not funded. Also, sometimes you can get this certificate as part of a graduate degree.   I will say, I\u2019ve loved the wildlife work I\u2019ve done, but it\u2019s challenging. And some of the challenges shouldn\u2019t exist. It\u2019s a competitive field, and lots of people see low or unpaid internships as necessary. I hate that, I think it\u2019s horribly exclusionary, but keep in mind that you\u2019ll be in an applicant pool with undergrads who may have had the privilege of spending several summers doing field research.   As far as the work itself goes, there are often active field seasons. Some labs do their fieldwork locally, but sometimes it\u2019s remote. If you plan to do fieldwork, you\u2019ll obviously have extra logistics to plan around. It\u2019s possible to do, but you will need a support system. And again, a good advisor can work with you on this.   In wildlife research, as is often the case in academia, lots of folks move around. Jobs can be tight and people move to them. That gets harder to do once you have a family. I just want to mention it because I know you\u2019ll be thinking longer term with this. However, you can always look for local, state, and federal jobs. Lots of people don\u2019t stay in academia.   If you have any other questions, please let me know!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":23572.0,"score_ratio":1.1666666667}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpta1lj","c_root_id_B":"gptfz9i","created_at_utc_A":1614976022,"created_at_utc_B":1614978736,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"This sounds like your husband is trying to control you by using your kids as leverage.  Finances while completing a PhD have nothing to do with your kid. You're going to be paying rent either way. It sounds to me like your ex just wants to not have to pay you child support if you are making less money than he is. I'm assuming you'll have joint custody, which means that at least part time, you're not going to have your child at home (read: time to manage your studies and get as much done as possible, so you can spend time with kiddo when he\/she is there).   Do what you feel is right for your education and career in the long run. Do what feels right for custody of your child for the long run. You can complete a PhD just like a normal job, only maybe with some homework after kiddo goes to bed. Toddlers go to bed early (or they should, anyway) so there is no reason you can't work during the day while kiddo is at daycare and then do any additional studying necessary at night. I completed a master's degree full time while working overtime as a CPA with an infant at home. I did most of my work in the evenings when baby was sleeping.  I am currently working full time, completing a PhD, and have two elementary age kids at home doing schooling due to COVID. You can make this work. Don't let your ex destroy your prospects or take away your kid, that's bullshit.","human_ref_B":"Hey, I\u2019ve worked in wildlife research. First, no, of course you don\u2019t need to give your ex full custody if you go to grad school. That\u2019s an absurd statement. Grad school is actually fairly flexible in terms of scheduling, although it is a lot of work. The amount of flexibility you\u2019re ultimately afforded really depends on your advisor, and you should absolutely seek out one who is supportive. Having a good advisor makes all the difference in the world, kid or not. I do know many people who have had children while in grad school. They tend to manage their time extremely closely.   I would also consider looking into non-thesis programs. There are some out there that are designed for working professionals, and I have friends who have done them and gotten great jobs. The downsides are that they won\u2019t include funding (and it\u2019s not cheap) and you\u2019ll be missing out on field experience. The upside is that you won\u2019t be investing the extra time in a thesis or fieldwork. If you go this route, only consider well-regarded programs at reputable universities.   Another thing you could consider if you have the funds would be a GIS certificate. That probably won\u2019t be enough to land you a wildlife job by itself, but it makes you more competitive down the line if you decide to pursue an advanced degree. The downside again is that they\u2019re not funded. Also, sometimes you can get this certificate as part of a graduate degree.   I will say, I\u2019ve loved the wildlife work I\u2019ve done, but it\u2019s challenging. And some of the challenges shouldn\u2019t exist. It\u2019s a competitive field, and lots of people see low or unpaid internships as necessary. I hate that, I think it\u2019s horribly exclusionary, but keep in mind that you\u2019ll be in an applicant pool with undergrads who may have had the privilege of spending several summers doing field research.   As far as the work itself goes, there are often active field seasons. Some labs do their fieldwork locally, but sometimes it\u2019s remote. If you plan to do fieldwork, you\u2019ll obviously have extra logistics to plan around. It\u2019s possible to do, but you will need a support system. And again, a good advisor can work with you on this.   In wildlife research, as is often the case in academia, lots of folks move around. Jobs can be tight and people move to them. That gets harder to do once you have a family. I just want to mention it because I know you\u2019ll be thinking longer term with this. However, you can always look for local, state, and federal jobs. Lots of people don\u2019t stay in academia.   If you have any other questions, please let me know!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2714.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpu1msb","c_root_id_B":"gpuewsp","created_at_utc_A":1614989838,"created_at_utc_B":1614994659,"score_A":6,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019m a single mom. I did my masters while WFH part time as an adjunct at a local community college, with a toddler (he was just over 2.5 when I graduated) alone, most of that during covid, and am planning to start my doctorate when my kiddo goes into 1st grade. It took a lot of pacing\/planning, and we had some bad days. But I got creative and made it work. It would have been easier if I had an extra set of hands, but once COVID hit, that wasn\u2019t even an option.  You can ABSOLUTELY do it, and I don\u2019t see a judge removing a child from someones custody just because they are a student? Not in the US at least, if you have a safe home, that\u2019s all that should matter. Is it going to be glamorous? Probably not. But your baby daddy can kick rocks.   Talk to a lawyer just to be sure. I don\u2019t know your specific situation, but him threatening something like that SOUNDS like he plans to WITHHOLD your daughter from you- I know that is something the courts do not like.... just saying.   Good luck mama","human_ref_B":"Been there, done that, now I\u2019m a Dr. I\u2019m a Dr. w a trillion dollars of student loan debt but I don\u2019t regret any of it! It was a great time to be a full time student and I love that I modeled the importance of hard work and education for my children. Do it now, you\u2019ll be done before you know it. Kids grow up, husbands come and go, but degrees last forever. You got this girl! Don\u2019t let your ex be the voice of doubt. You owe it to yourself and your child to invest in your own happy ever after!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4821.0,"score_ratio":1.1666666667}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpta1lj","c_root_id_B":"gpuewsp","created_at_utc_A":1614976022,"created_at_utc_B":1614994659,"score_A":5,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"This sounds like your husband is trying to control you by using your kids as leverage.  Finances while completing a PhD have nothing to do with your kid. You're going to be paying rent either way. It sounds to me like your ex just wants to not have to pay you child support if you are making less money than he is. I'm assuming you'll have joint custody, which means that at least part time, you're not going to have your child at home (read: time to manage your studies and get as much done as possible, so you can spend time with kiddo when he\/she is there).   Do what you feel is right for your education and career in the long run. Do what feels right for custody of your child for the long run. You can complete a PhD just like a normal job, only maybe with some homework after kiddo goes to bed. Toddlers go to bed early (or they should, anyway) so there is no reason you can't work during the day while kiddo is at daycare and then do any additional studying necessary at night. I completed a master's degree full time while working overtime as a CPA with an infant at home. I did most of my work in the evenings when baby was sleeping.  I am currently working full time, completing a PhD, and have two elementary age kids at home doing schooling due to COVID. You can make this work. Don't let your ex destroy your prospects or take away your kid, that's bullshit.","human_ref_B":"Been there, done that, now I\u2019m a Dr. I\u2019m a Dr. w a trillion dollars of student loan debt but I don\u2019t regret any of it! It was a great time to be a full time student and I love that I modeled the importance of hard work and education for my children. Do it now, you\u2019ll be done before you know it. Kids grow up, husbands come and go, but degrees last forever. You got this girl! Don\u2019t let your ex be the voice of doubt. You owe it to yourself and your child to invest in your own happy ever after!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":18637.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptg9kl","c_root_id_B":"gpuewsp","created_at_utc_A":1614978865,"created_at_utc_B":1614994659,"score_A":5,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Yes, it is possible. It is hard, but possible. I am currently going through a divorce with a toddler, and I am doctoral student. You do not have to give your husband full custody just because you want to further your career and go to school. Grad school is a lot different than undergrad, and you have a lot more flexibility in terms of dictating the speed at which you finish your degree. Most programs are understanding, it is just a matter of finding a program that fits your needs. The idea that you cannot be a full time parent, and have to relinquish custody of your child is a ploy by your husband.   It is possible. Don\u2019t listen to your husband. Surround yourself with people who believe you and support you.","human_ref_B":"Been there, done that, now I\u2019m a Dr. I\u2019m a Dr. w a trillion dollars of student loan debt but I don\u2019t regret any of it! It was a great time to be a full time student and I love that I modeled the importance of hard work and education for my children. Do it now, you\u2019ll be done before you know it. Kids grow up, husbands come and go, but degrees last forever. You got this girl! Don\u2019t let your ex be the voice of doubt. You owe it to yourself and your child to invest in your own happy ever after!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":15794.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpuewsp","c_root_id_B":"gptrak7","created_at_utc_A":1614994659,"created_at_utc_B":1614984326,"score_A":7,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Been there, done that, now I\u2019m a Dr. I\u2019m a Dr. w a trillion dollars of student loan debt but I don\u2019t regret any of it! It was a great time to be a full time student and I love that I modeled the importance of hard work and education for my children. Do it now, you\u2019ll be done before you know it. Kids grow up, husbands come and go, but degrees last forever. You got this girl! Don\u2019t let your ex be the voice of doubt. You owe it to yourself and your child to invest in your own happy ever after!","human_ref_B":"No.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10333.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpuewsp","c_root_id_B":"gptydb5","created_at_utc_A":1614994659,"created_at_utc_B":1614988066,"score_A":7,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Been there, done that, now I\u2019m a Dr. I\u2019m a Dr. w a trillion dollars of student loan debt but I don\u2019t regret any of it! It was a great time to be a full time student and I love that I modeled the importance of hard work and education for my children. Do it now, you\u2019ll be done before you know it. Kids grow up, husbands come and go, but degrees last forever. You got this girl! Don\u2019t let your ex be the voice of doubt. You owe it to yourself and your child to invest in your own happy ever after!","human_ref_B":"Oh, you can do it and you\u2019ll be fine. It sounds like he\u2019s manipulative and doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about. As mentioned, you\u2019ll have lots of flexibility in your schedule as a grad student.  My only concern is that wildlife biology\/con bio jobs can be ridiculously competitive, especially at the PhD level. It\u2019s a popular field without a ton of demand. So the pay can be low and the competition steep. But, MS level jobs are more abundant and probably more enjoyable for most people who want a mix of being in the field and doing desk work. Just an FYI.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6593.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpub7u1","c_root_id_B":"gpuewsp","created_at_utc_A":1614993360,"created_at_utc_B":1614994659,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Absolutely if you're taking sociology","human_ref_B":"Been there, done that, now I\u2019m a Dr. I\u2019m a Dr. w a trillion dollars of student loan debt but I don\u2019t regret any of it! It was a great time to be a full time student and I love that I modeled the importance of hard work and education for my children. Do it now, you\u2019ll be done before you know it. Kids grow up, husbands come and go, but degrees last forever. You got this girl! Don\u2019t let your ex be the voice of doubt. You owe it to yourself and your child to invest in your own happy ever after!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1299.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpteaxt","c_root_id_B":"gpta1lj","created_at_utc_A":1614977963,"created_at_utc_B":1614976022,"score_A":7,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"If you're wanting to go into wildlife biology or a related field... make sure you think about if the kind of work you want to do involves fieldwork. Most grad students in this field do at least some fieldwork which can take them away from home for at least several months a year. Will that be possible for you?  I'm in this field (wildlife biology \/ ecology \/ evolution) do at least 4 months of fieldwork a year and because of that I can't even own a dog, let alone have a child. Of course, if you're doing something policy related or something with no fieldwork, that won't be an issue. Also think about what kind of job you want to get out of it. If you want to work for the government or consulting or something like that, probably only a masters is needed, not a PhD.","human_ref_B":"This sounds like your husband is trying to control you by using your kids as leverage.  Finances while completing a PhD have nothing to do with your kid. You're going to be paying rent either way. It sounds to me like your ex just wants to not have to pay you child support if you are making less money than he is. I'm assuming you'll have joint custody, which means that at least part time, you're not going to have your child at home (read: time to manage your studies and get as much done as possible, so you can spend time with kiddo when he\/she is there).   Do what you feel is right for your education and career in the long run. Do what feels right for custody of your child for the long run. You can complete a PhD just like a normal job, only maybe with some homework after kiddo goes to bed. Toddlers go to bed early (or they should, anyway) so there is no reason you can't work during the day while kiddo is at daycare and then do any additional studying necessary at night. I completed a master's degree full time while working overtime as a CPA with an infant at home. I did most of my work in the evenings when baby was sleeping.  I am currently working full time, completing a PhD, and have two elementary age kids at home doing schooling due to COVID. You can make this work. Don't let your ex destroy your prospects or take away your kid, that's bullshit.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1941.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpu1msb","c_root_id_B":"gpv038w","created_at_utc_A":1614989838,"created_at_utc_B":1615002308,"score_A":6,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019m a single mom. I did my masters while WFH part time as an adjunct at a local community college, with a toddler (he was just over 2.5 when I graduated) alone, most of that during covid, and am planning to start my doctorate when my kiddo goes into 1st grade. It took a lot of pacing\/planning, and we had some bad days. But I got creative and made it work. It would have been easier if I had an extra set of hands, but once COVID hit, that wasn\u2019t even an option.  You can ABSOLUTELY do it, and I don\u2019t see a judge removing a child from someones custody just because they are a student? Not in the US at least, if you have a safe home, that\u2019s all that should matter. Is it going to be glamorous? Probably not. But your baby daddy can kick rocks.   Talk to a lawyer just to be sure. I don\u2019t know your specific situation, but him threatening something like that SOUNDS like he plans to WITHHOLD your daughter from you- I know that is something the courts do not like.... just saying.   Good luck mama","human_ref_B":"I had my kids in undergrad, when I started my Master\u2019s I had a 3 year old and a 1 year old as a single Mom. Went all the way through as a single Mom to graduating with my PhD. We lived off my student loans, stipend, and child support. I was also eligible for assistance through SNAP, childcare assistance, and Medicaid for the kiddos. As some have said, it\u2019s not a glamorous lifestyle by far, and it was really difficult at times.  But my kids grew up watching me work towards my dreams, and attended 3 graduations. Not many kids get to see their parents achieve that, and my hope is it will motivate them in their own dreams as they get older. You can absolutely do this on your own!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12470.0,"score_ratio":1.1666666667}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpv038w","c_root_id_B":"gpta1lj","created_at_utc_A":1615002308,"created_at_utc_B":1614976022,"score_A":7,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I had my kids in undergrad, when I started my Master\u2019s I had a 3 year old and a 1 year old as a single Mom. Went all the way through as a single Mom to graduating with my PhD. We lived off my student loans, stipend, and child support. I was also eligible for assistance through SNAP, childcare assistance, and Medicaid for the kiddos. As some have said, it\u2019s not a glamorous lifestyle by far, and it was really difficult at times.  But my kids grew up watching me work towards my dreams, and attended 3 graduations. Not many kids get to see their parents achieve that, and my hope is it will motivate them in their own dreams as they get older. You can absolutely do this on your own!","human_ref_B":"This sounds like your husband is trying to control you by using your kids as leverage.  Finances while completing a PhD have nothing to do with your kid. You're going to be paying rent either way. It sounds to me like your ex just wants to not have to pay you child support if you are making less money than he is. I'm assuming you'll have joint custody, which means that at least part time, you're not going to have your child at home (read: time to manage your studies and get as much done as possible, so you can spend time with kiddo when he\/she is there).   Do what you feel is right for your education and career in the long run. Do what feels right for custody of your child for the long run. You can complete a PhD just like a normal job, only maybe with some homework after kiddo goes to bed. Toddlers go to bed early (or they should, anyway) so there is no reason you can't work during the day while kiddo is at daycare and then do any additional studying necessary at night. I completed a master's degree full time while working overtime as a CPA with an infant at home. I did most of my work in the evenings when baby was sleeping.  I am currently working full time, completing a PhD, and have two elementary age kids at home doing schooling due to COVID. You can make this work. Don't let your ex destroy your prospects or take away your kid, that's bullshit.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":26286.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpv038w","c_root_id_B":"gptg9kl","created_at_utc_A":1615002308,"created_at_utc_B":1614978865,"score_A":7,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I had my kids in undergrad, when I started my Master\u2019s I had a 3 year old and a 1 year old as a single Mom. Went all the way through as a single Mom to graduating with my PhD. We lived off my student loans, stipend, and child support. I was also eligible for assistance through SNAP, childcare assistance, and Medicaid for the kiddos. As some have said, it\u2019s not a glamorous lifestyle by far, and it was really difficult at times.  But my kids grew up watching me work towards my dreams, and attended 3 graduations. Not many kids get to see their parents achieve that, and my hope is it will motivate them in their own dreams as they get older. You can absolutely do this on your own!","human_ref_B":"Yes, it is possible. It is hard, but possible. I am currently going through a divorce with a toddler, and I am doctoral student. You do not have to give your husband full custody just because you want to further your career and go to school. Grad school is a lot different than undergrad, and you have a lot more flexibility in terms of dictating the speed at which you finish your degree. Most programs are understanding, it is just a matter of finding a program that fits your needs. The idea that you cannot be a full time parent, and have to relinquish custody of your child is a ploy by your husband.   It is possible. Don\u2019t listen to your husband. Surround yourself with people who believe you and support you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":23443.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gputmjh","c_root_id_B":"gpv038w","created_at_utc_A":1614999877,"created_at_utc_B":1615002308,"score_A":5,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I was a single mom in my Masters program and most of my PhD program. I started graduate school when my son was 5 months old. It was difficult at times but it is possible. I feel that I had better time management and scheduled my time well because I was a single mom. I was able to restrict my work hours to typical M-F 8-5 with some work after he was asleep. When he was a little bigger I\u2019d take him to the coffee shop on the weekend to get a little work done (with activities for him etc).  It was also important that I had very supportive advisors who understood the balance and were kid friendly. I also lucked out and had awesome grad cohorts that didn\u2019t mind my kid tagging along to things so I didn\u2019t feel isolated without social support.  I did, however, have to take out extra student loans to help cover daycare (luckily that was a coverable expense BUT unlucky I\u2019m now in a TON of debt). I think the financial part was more difficult (daycare is stupid expensive in some places), but between the awful loans, crappy stipend, and extra teaching etc, I made it all work.  You can make it work if that\u2019s what you want to do. Be sure that whoever you are going to work with is actually supportive (talk to current and former graduate students if possible).  If you need to do field work, that\u2019s a whole different story. But I know people who\u2019ve made it work.","human_ref_B":"I had my kids in undergrad, when I started my Master\u2019s I had a 3 year old and a 1 year old as a single Mom. Went all the way through as a single Mom to graduating with my PhD. We lived off my student loans, stipend, and child support. I was also eligible for assistance through SNAP, childcare assistance, and Medicaid for the kiddos. As some have said, it\u2019s not a glamorous lifestyle by far, and it was really difficult at times.  But my kids grew up watching me work towards my dreams, and attended 3 graduations. Not many kids get to see their parents achieve that, and my hope is it will motivate them in their own dreams as they get older. You can absolutely do this on your own!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2431.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpv038w","c_root_id_B":"gpurb6o","created_at_utc_A":1615002308,"created_at_utc_B":1614999026,"score_A":7,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I had my kids in undergrad, when I started my Master\u2019s I had a 3 year old and a 1 year old as a single Mom. Went all the way through as a single Mom to graduating with my PhD. We lived off my student loans, stipend, and child support. I was also eligible for assistance through SNAP, childcare assistance, and Medicaid for the kiddos. As some have said, it\u2019s not a glamorous lifestyle by far, and it was really difficult at times.  But my kids grew up watching me work towards my dreams, and attended 3 graduations. Not many kids get to see their parents achieve that, and my hope is it will motivate them in their own dreams as they get older. You can absolutely do this on your own!","human_ref_B":"My mom did her masters as a single parent with me. I am going to go through veterinary school with 3 kids (4,6,8) .","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3282.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpv038w","c_root_id_B":"gptrak7","created_at_utc_A":1615002308,"created_at_utc_B":1614984326,"score_A":7,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I had my kids in undergrad, when I started my Master\u2019s I had a 3 year old and a 1 year old as a single Mom. Went all the way through as a single Mom to graduating with my PhD. We lived off my student loans, stipend, and child support. I was also eligible for assistance through SNAP, childcare assistance, and Medicaid for the kiddos. As some have said, it\u2019s not a glamorous lifestyle by far, and it was really difficult at times.  But my kids grew up watching me work towards my dreams, and attended 3 graduations. Not many kids get to see their parents achieve that, and my hope is it will motivate them in their own dreams as they get older. You can absolutely do this on your own!","human_ref_B":"No.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":17982.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptydb5","c_root_id_B":"gpv038w","created_at_utc_A":1614988066,"created_at_utc_B":1615002308,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Oh, you can do it and you\u2019ll be fine. It sounds like he\u2019s manipulative and doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about. As mentioned, you\u2019ll have lots of flexibility in your schedule as a grad student.  My only concern is that wildlife biology\/con bio jobs can be ridiculously competitive, especially at the PhD level. It\u2019s a popular field without a ton of demand. So the pay can be low and the competition steep. But, MS level jobs are more abundant and probably more enjoyable for most people who want a mix of being in the field and doing desk work. Just an FYI.","human_ref_B":"I had my kids in undergrad, when I started my Master\u2019s I had a 3 year old and a 1 year old as a single Mom. Went all the way through as a single Mom to graduating with my PhD. We lived off my student loans, stipend, and child support. I was also eligible for assistance through SNAP, childcare assistance, and Medicaid for the kiddos. As some have said, it\u2019s not a glamorous lifestyle by far, and it was really difficult at times.  But my kids grew up watching me work towards my dreams, and attended 3 graduations. Not many kids get to see their parents achieve that, and my hope is it will motivate them in their own dreams as they get older. You can absolutely do this on your own!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14242.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpv038w","c_root_id_B":"gpub7u1","created_at_utc_A":1615002308,"created_at_utc_B":1614993360,"score_A":7,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I had my kids in undergrad, when I started my Master\u2019s I had a 3 year old and a 1 year old as a single Mom. Went all the way through as a single Mom to graduating with my PhD. We lived off my student loans, stipend, and child support. I was also eligible for assistance through SNAP, childcare assistance, and Medicaid for the kiddos. As some have said, it\u2019s not a glamorous lifestyle by far, and it was really difficult at times.  But my kids grew up watching me work towards my dreams, and attended 3 graduations. Not many kids get to see their parents achieve that, and my hope is it will motivate them in their own dreams as they get older. You can absolutely do this on your own!","human_ref_B":"Absolutely if you're taking sociology","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8948.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpu1msb","c_root_id_B":"gpta1lj","created_at_utc_A":1614989838,"created_at_utc_B":1614976022,"score_A":6,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019m a single mom. I did my masters while WFH part time as an adjunct at a local community college, with a toddler (he was just over 2.5 when I graduated) alone, most of that during covid, and am planning to start my doctorate when my kiddo goes into 1st grade. It took a lot of pacing\/planning, and we had some bad days. But I got creative and made it work. It would have been easier if I had an extra set of hands, but once COVID hit, that wasn\u2019t even an option.  You can ABSOLUTELY do it, and I don\u2019t see a judge removing a child from someones custody just because they are a student? Not in the US at least, if you have a safe home, that\u2019s all that should matter. Is it going to be glamorous? Probably not. But your baby daddy can kick rocks.   Talk to a lawyer just to be sure. I don\u2019t know your specific situation, but him threatening something like that SOUNDS like he plans to WITHHOLD your daughter from you- I know that is something the courts do not like.... just saying.   Good luck mama","human_ref_B":"This sounds like your husband is trying to control you by using your kids as leverage.  Finances while completing a PhD have nothing to do with your kid. You're going to be paying rent either way. It sounds to me like your ex just wants to not have to pay you child support if you are making less money than he is. I'm assuming you'll have joint custody, which means that at least part time, you're not going to have your child at home (read: time to manage your studies and get as much done as possible, so you can spend time with kiddo when he\/she is there).   Do what you feel is right for your education and career in the long run. Do what feels right for custody of your child for the long run. You can complete a PhD just like a normal job, only maybe with some homework after kiddo goes to bed. Toddlers go to bed early (or they should, anyway) so there is no reason you can't work during the day while kiddo is at daycare and then do any additional studying necessary at night. I completed a master's degree full time while working overtime as a CPA with an infant at home. I did most of my work in the evenings when baby was sleeping.  I am currently working full time, completing a PhD, and have two elementary age kids at home doing schooling due to COVID. You can make this work. Don't let your ex destroy your prospects or take away your kid, that's bullshit.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":13816.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptg9kl","c_root_id_B":"gpu1msb","created_at_utc_A":1614978865,"created_at_utc_B":1614989838,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Yes, it is possible. It is hard, but possible. I am currently going through a divorce with a toddler, and I am doctoral student. You do not have to give your husband full custody just because you want to further your career and go to school. Grad school is a lot different than undergrad, and you have a lot more flexibility in terms of dictating the speed at which you finish your degree. Most programs are understanding, it is just a matter of finding a program that fits your needs. The idea that you cannot be a full time parent, and have to relinquish custody of your child is a ploy by your husband.   It is possible. Don\u2019t listen to your husband. Surround yourself with people who believe you and support you.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019m a single mom. I did my masters while WFH part time as an adjunct at a local community college, with a toddler (he was just over 2.5 when I graduated) alone, most of that during covid, and am planning to start my doctorate when my kiddo goes into 1st grade. It took a lot of pacing\/planning, and we had some bad days. But I got creative and made it work. It would have been easier if I had an extra set of hands, but once COVID hit, that wasn\u2019t even an option.  You can ABSOLUTELY do it, and I don\u2019t see a judge removing a child from someones custody just because they are a student? Not in the US at least, if you have a safe home, that\u2019s all that should matter. Is it going to be glamorous? Probably not. But your baby daddy can kick rocks.   Talk to a lawyer just to be sure. I don\u2019t know your specific situation, but him threatening something like that SOUNDS like he plans to WITHHOLD your daughter from you- I know that is something the courts do not like.... just saying.   Good luck mama","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10973.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptrak7","c_root_id_B":"gpu1msb","created_at_utc_A":1614984326,"created_at_utc_B":1614989838,"score_A":2,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"No.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019m a single mom. I did my masters while WFH part time as an adjunct at a local community college, with a toddler (he was just over 2.5 when I graduated) alone, most of that during covid, and am planning to start my doctorate when my kiddo goes into 1st grade. It took a lot of pacing\/planning, and we had some bad days. But I got creative and made it work. It would have been easier if I had an extra set of hands, but once COVID hit, that wasn\u2019t even an option.  You can ABSOLUTELY do it, and I don\u2019t see a judge removing a child from someones custody just because they are a student? Not in the US at least, if you have a safe home, that\u2019s all that should matter. Is it going to be glamorous? Probably not. But your baby daddy can kick rocks.   Talk to a lawyer just to be sure. I don\u2019t know your specific situation, but him threatening something like that SOUNDS like he plans to WITHHOLD your daughter from you- I know that is something the courts do not like.... just saying.   Good luck mama","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5512.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpu1msb","c_root_id_B":"gptydb5","created_at_utc_A":1614989838,"created_at_utc_B":1614988066,"score_A":6,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019m a single mom. I did my masters while WFH part time as an adjunct at a local community college, with a toddler (he was just over 2.5 when I graduated) alone, most of that during covid, and am planning to start my doctorate when my kiddo goes into 1st grade. It took a lot of pacing\/planning, and we had some bad days. But I got creative and made it work. It would have been easier if I had an extra set of hands, but once COVID hit, that wasn\u2019t even an option.  You can ABSOLUTELY do it, and I don\u2019t see a judge removing a child from someones custody just because they are a student? Not in the US at least, if you have a safe home, that\u2019s all that should matter. Is it going to be glamorous? Probably not. But your baby daddy can kick rocks.   Talk to a lawyer just to be sure. I don\u2019t know your specific situation, but him threatening something like that SOUNDS like he plans to WITHHOLD your daughter from you- I know that is something the courts do not like.... just saying.   Good luck mama","human_ref_B":"Oh, you can do it and you\u2019ll be fine. It sounds like he\u2019s manipulative and doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about. As mentioned, you\u2019ll have lots of flexibility in your schedule as a grad student.  My only concern is that wildlife biology\/con bio jobs can be ridiculously competitive, especially at the PhD level. It\u2019s a popular field without a ton of demand. So the pay can be low and the competition steep. But, MS level jobs are more abundant and probably more enjoyable for most people who want a mix of being in the field and doing desk work. Just an FYI.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1772.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gputmjh","c_root_id_B":"gpurb6o","created_at_utc_A":1614999877,"created_at_utc_B":1614999026,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I was a single mom in my Masters program and most of my PhD program. I started graduate school when my son was 5 months old. It was difficult at times but it is possible. I feel that I had better time management and scheduled my time well because I was a single mom. I was able to restrict my work hours to typical M-F 8-5 with some work after he was asleep. When he was a little bigger I\u2019d take him to the coffee shop on the weekend to get a little work done (with activities for him etc).  It was also important that I had very supportive advisors who understood the balance and were kid friendly. I also lucked out and had awesome grad cohorts that didn\u2019t mind my kid tagging along to things so I didn\u2019t feel isolated without social support.  I did, however, have to take out extra student loans to help cover daycare (luckily that was a coverable expense BUT unlucky I\u2019m now in a TON of debt). I think the financial part was more difficult (daycare is stupid expensive in some places), but between the awful loans, crappy stipend, and extra teaching etc, I made it all work.  You can make it work if that\u2019s what you want to do. Be sure that whoever you are going to work with is actually supportive (talk to current and former graduate students if possible).  If you need to do field work, that\u2019s a whole different story. But I know people who\u2019ve made it work.","human_ref_B":"My mom did her masters as a single parent with me. I am going to go through veterinary school with 3 kids (4,6,8) .","labels":1,"seconds_difference":851.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gputmjh","c_root_id_B":"gptrak7","created_at_utc_A":1614999877,"created_at_utc_B":1614984326,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I was a single mom in my Masters program and most of my PhD program. I started graduate school when my son was 5 months old. It was difficult at times but it is possible. I feel that I had better time management and scheduled my time well because I was a single mom. I was able to restrict my work hours to typical M-F 8-5 with some work after he was asleep. When he was a little bigger I\u2019d take him to the coffee shop on the weekend to get a little work done (with activities for him etc).  It was also important that I had very supportive advisors who understood the balance and were kid friendly. I also lucked out and had awesome grad cohorts that didn\u2019t mind my kid tagging along to things so I didn\u2019t feel isolated without social support.  I did, however, have to take out extra student loans to help cover daycare (luckily that was a coverable expense BUT unlucky I\u2019m now in a TON of debt). I think the financial part was more difficult (daycare is stupid expensive in some places), but between the awful loans, crappy stipend, and extra teaching etc, I made it all work.  You can make it work if that\u2019s what you want to do. Be sure that whoever you are going to work with is actually supportive (talk to current and former graduate students if possible).  If you need to do field work, that\u2019s a whole different story. But I know people who\u2019ve made it work.","human_ref_B":"No.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":15551.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gputmjh","c_root_id_B":"gptydb5","created_at_utc_A":1614999877,"created_at_utc_B":1614988066,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I was a single mom in my Masters program and most of my PhD program. I started graduate school when my son was 5 months old. It was difficult at times but it is possible. I feel that I had better time management and scheduled my time well because I was a single mom. I was able to restrict my work hours to typical M-F 8-5 with some work after he was asleep. When he was a little bigger I\u2019d take him to the coffee shop on the weekend to get a little work done (with activities for him etc).  It was also important that I had very supportive advisors who understood the balance and were kid friendly. I also lucked out and had awesome grad cohorts that didn\u2019t mind my kid tagging along to things so I didn\u2019t feel isolated without social support.  I did, however, have to take out extra student loans to help cover daycare (luckily that was a coverable expense BUT unlucky I\u2019m now in a TON of debt). I think the financial part was more difficult (daycare is stupid expensive in some places), but between the awful loans, crappy stipend, and extra teaching etc, I made it all work.  You can make it work if that\u2019s what you want to do. Be sure that whoever you are going to work with is actually supportive (talk to current and former graduate students if possible).  If you need to do field work, that\u2019s a whole different story. But I know people who\u2019ve made it work.","human_ref_B":"Oh, you can do it and you\u2019ll be fine. It sounds like he\u2019s manipulative and doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about. As mentioned, you\u2019ll have lots of flexibility in your schedule as a grad student.  My only concern is that wildlife biology\/con bio jobs can be ridiculously competitive, especially at the PhD level. It\u2019s a popular field without a ton of demand. So the pay can be low and the competition steep. But, MS level jobs are more abundant and probably more enjoyable for most people who want a mix of being in the field and doing desk work. Just an FYI.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":11811.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpub7u1","c_root_id_B":"gputmjh","created_at_utc_A":1614993360,"created_at_utc_B":1614999877,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Absolutely if you're taking sociology","human_ref_B":"I was a single mom in my Masters program and most of my PhD program. I started graduate school when my son was 5 months old. It was difficult at times but it is possible. I feel that I had better time management and scheduled my time well because I was a single mom. I was able to restrict my work hours to typical M-F 8-5 with some work after he was asleep. When he was a little bigger I\u2019d take him to the coffee shop on the weekend to get a little work done (with activities for him etc).  It was also important that I had very supportive advisors who understood the balance and were kid friendly. I also lucked out and had awesome grad cohorts that didn\u2019t mind my kid tagging along to things so I didn\u2019t feel isolated without social support.  I did, however, have to take out extra student loans to help cover daycare (luckily that was a coverable expense BUT unlucky I\u2019m now in a TON of debt). I think the financial part was more difficult (daycare is stupid expensive in some places), but between the awful loans, crappy stipend, and extra teaching etc, I made it all work.  You can make it work if that\u2019s what you want to do. Be sure that whoever you are going to work with is actually supportive (talk to current and former graduate students if possible).  If you need to do field work, that\u2019s a whole different story. But I know people who\u2019ve made it work.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6517.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpurb6o","c_root_id_B":"gpwkufl","created_at_utc_A":1614999026,"created_at_utc_B":1615022306,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"My mom did her masters as a single parent with me. I am going to go through veterinary school with 3 kids (4,6,8) .","human_ref_B":"One of my best friends in my PhD program was a single mother.  Her kid was maybe 5 at the beginning of the program.  I had another friend finish a PharmD as a single mother of 4 children, though the oldest was a teen so that helped.  So is it possible, yes.  The question really becomes is it possible for you.   Just a little side note, I noticed some people talking about field work at going on long trips.  This really depends on the program and the research group.  We have a wildlife biology program at my school and I know two of the faculty pretty well.  One does take month long trips out of country.  The other studies more local wildlife and they take their boats out in the morning and come back in the afternoon like a regular job.  So you would probably want to consider that when picking a program.   Also, finding a research group lead by a professor that is family friendly is important.  But overall, there is a great deal of flexibility in all academics.  There are groups out there that prioritize getting your work done over face-time in the lab, where you can say my kid is sick so I'm going to work on this data analysis at home today, or I need to leave at 2 today for a doctor visit.  It is hard to know this going into applications, but during interviews, you should start to get a sense and then you should get an opportunity to talk to the other grad students and that is where you really learn about the research group culture.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":23280.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpwkufl","c_root_id_B":"gpv2n2u","created_at_utc_A":1615022306,"created_at_utc_B":1615003338,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"One of my best friends in my PhD program was a single mother.  Her kid was maybe 5 at the beginning of the program.  I had another friend finish a PharmD as a single mother of 4 children, though the oldest was a teen so that helped.  So is it possible, yes.  The question really becomes is it possible for you.   Just a little side note, I noticed some people talking about field work at going on long trips.  This really depends on the program and the research group.  We have a wildlife biology program at my school and I know two of the faculty pretty well.  One does take month long trips out of country.  The other studies more local wildlife and they take their boats out in the morning and come back in the afternoon like a regular job.  So you would probably want to consider that when picking a program.   Also, finding a research group lead by a professor that is family friendly is important.  But overall, there is a great deal of flexibility in all academics.  There are groups out there that prioritize getting your work done over face-time in the lab, where you can say my kid is sick so I'm going to work on this data analysis at home today, or I need to leave at 2 today for a doctor visit.  It is hard to know this going into applications, but during interviews, you should start to get a sense and then you should get an opportunity to talk to the other grad students and that is where you really learn about the research group culture.","human_ref_B":"Do not ever give up custody. You won\u2019t be spending anymore time then he will working, and no one would ever ask a working father to sacrifice custody time. And in fact, many parents work multiple jobs.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":18968.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptrak7","c_root_id_B":"gpwkufl","created_at_utc_A":1614984326,"created_at_utc_B":1615022306,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"No.","human_ref_B":"One of my best friends in my PhD program was a single mother.  Her kid was maybe 5 at the beginning of the program.  I had another friend finish a PharmD as a single mother of 4 children, though the oldest was a teen so that helped.  So is it possible, yes.  The question really becomes is it possible for you.   Just a little side note, I noticed some people talking about field work at going on long trips.  This really depends on the program and the research group.  We have a wildlife biology program at my school and I know two of the faculty pretty well.  One does take month long trips out of country.  The other studies more local wildlife and they take their boats out in the morning and come back in the afternoon like a regular job.  So you would probably want to consider that when picking a program.   Also, finding a research group lead by a professor that is family friendly is important.  But overall, there is a great deal of flexibility in all academics.  There are groups out there that prioritize getting your work done over face-time in the lab, where you can say my kid is sick so I'm going to work on this data analysis at home today, or I need to leave at 2 today for a doctor visit.  It is hard to know this going into applications, but during interviews, you should start to get a sense and then you should get an opportunity to talk to the other grad students and that is where you really learn about the research group culture.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":37980.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpwkufl","c_root_id_B":"gptydb5","created_at_utc_A":1615022306,"created_at_utc_B":1614988066,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"One of my best friends in my PhD program was a single mother.  Her kid was maybe 5 at the beginning of the program.  I had another friend finish a PharmD as a single mother of 4 children, though the oldest was a teen so that helped.  So is it possible, yes.  The question really becomes is it possible for you.   Just a little side note, I noticed some people talking about field work at going on long trips.  This really depends on the program and the research group.  We have a wildlife biology program at my school and I know two of the faculty pretty well.  One does take month long trips out of country.  The other studies more local wildlife and they take their boats out in the morning and come back in the afternoon like a regular job.  So you would probably want to consider that when picking a program.   Also, finding a research group lead by a professor that is family friendly is important.  But overall, there is a great deal of flexibility in all academics.  There are groups out there that prioritize getting your work done over face-time in the lab, where you can say my kid is sick so I'm going to work on this data analysis at home today, or I need to leave at 2 today for a doctor visit.  It is hard to know this going into applications, but during interviews, you should start to get a sense and then you should get an opportunity to talk to the other grad students and that is where you really learn about the research group culture.","human_ref_B":"Oh, you can do it and you\u2019ll be fine. It sounds like he\u2019s manipulative and doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about. As mentioned, you\u2019ll have lots of flexibility in your schedule as a grad student.  My only concern is that wildlife biology\/con bio jobs can be ridiculously competitive, especially at the PhD level. It\u2019s a popular field without a ton of demand. So the pay can be low and the competition steep. But, MS level jobs are more abundant and probably more enjoyable for most people who want a mix of being in the field and doing desk work. Just an FYI.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":34240.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpub7u1","c_root_id_B":"gpwkufl","created_at_utc_A":1614993360,"created_at_utc_B":1615022306,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Absolutely if you're taking sociology","human_ref_B":"One of my best friends in my PhD program was a single mother.  Her kid was maybe 5 at the beginning of the program.  I had another friend finish a PharmD as a single mother of 4 children, though the oldest was a teen so that helped.  So is it possible, yes.  The question really becomes is it possible for you.   Just a little side note, I noticed some people talking about field work at going on long trips.  This really depends on the program and the research group.  We have a wildlife biology program at my school and I know two of the faculty pretty well.  One does take month long trips out of country.  The other studies more local wildlife and they take their boats out in the morning and come back in the afternoon like a regular job.  So you would probably want to consider that when picking a program.   Also, finding a research group lead by a professor that is family friendly is important.  But overall, there is a great deal of flexibility in all academics.  There are groups out there that prioritize getting your work done over face-time in the lab, where you can say my kid is sick so I'm going to work on this data analysis at home today, or I need to leave at 2 today for a doctor visit.  It is hard to know this going into applications, but during interviews, you should start to get a sense and then you should get an opportunity to talk to the other grad students and that is where you really learn about the research group culture.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":28946.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpurb6o","c_root_id_B":"gptrak7","created_at_utc_A":1614999026,"created_at_utc_B":1614984326,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"My mom did her masters as a single parent with me. I am going to go through veterinary school with 3 kids (4,6,8) .","human_ref_B":"No.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":14700.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpurb6o","c_root_id_B":"gptydb5","created_at_utc_A":1614999026,"created_at_utc_B":1614988066,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"My mom did her masters as a single parent with me. I am going to go through veterinary school with 3 kids (4,6,8) .","human_ref_B":"Oh, you can do it and you\u2019ll be fine. It sounds like he\u2019s manipulative and doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about. As mentioned, you\u2019ll have lots of flexibility in your schedule as a grad student.  My only concern is that wildlife biology\/con bio jobs can be ridiculously competitive, especially at the PhD level. It\u2019s a popular field without a ton of demand. So the pay can be low and the competition steep. But, MS level jobs are more abundant and probably more enjoyable for most people who want a mix of being in the field and doing desk work. Just an FYI.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10960.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpub7u1","c_root_id_B":"gpurb6o","created_at_utc_A":1614993360,"created_at_utc_B":1614999026,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Absolutely if you're taking sociology","human_ref_B":"My mom did her masters as a single parent with me. I am going to go through veterinary school with 3 kids (4,6,8) .","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5666.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpv2n2u","c_root_id_B":"gptrak7","created_at_utc_A":1615003338,"created_at_utc_B":1614984326,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Do not ever give up custody. You won\u2019t be spending anymore time then he will working, and no one would ever ask a working father to sacrifice custody time. And in fact, many parents work multiple jobs.","human_ref_B":"No.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":19012.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpv2n2u","c_root_id_B":"gptydb5","created_at_utc_A":1615003338,"created_at_utc_B":1614988066,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Do not ever give up custody. You won\u2019t be spending anymore time then he will working, and no one would ever ask a working father to sacrifice custody time. And in fact, many parents work multiple jobs.","human_ref_B":"Oh, you can do it and you\u2019ll be fine. It sounds like he\u2019s manipulative and doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about. As mentioned, you\u2019ll have lots of flexibility in your schedule as a grad student.  My only concern is that wildlife biology\/con bio jobs can be ridiculously competitive, especially at the PhD level. It\u2019s a popular field without a ton of demand. So the pay can be low and the competition steep. But, MS level jobs are more abundant and probably more enjoyable for most people who want a mix of being in the field and doing desk work. Just an FYI.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":15272.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpub7u1","c_root_id_B":"gpv2n2u","created_at_utc_A":1614993360,"created_at_utc_B":1615003338,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Absolutely if you're taking sociology","human_ref_B":"Do not ever give up custody. You won\u2019t be spending anymore time then he will working, and no one would ever ask a working father to sacrifice custody time. And in fact, many parents work multiple jobs.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9978.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gptrak7","c_root_id_B":"gpz97gy","created_at_utc_A":1614984326,"created_at_utc_B":1615048577,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"No.","human_ref_B":"I'm a single mum in a masters program, my son is a bit older but I did my bachelor's when he was a toddler and have been in school since. His dad isn't in the picture at all currently.   Your ex doesn't know what he's talking about. Grad school is the same as a full time job. Does he work? Then it's the same. He's trying to threaten \/ intimidate you it sounds like and you should ignore him.  Depending on where you live, he'll have to pay you support if his income is much higher. Plus many programs (especially PhD) are funded. The main issue you might encounter is geography, as you will need to stay somewhere that is reasonably close to your ex for shared parenting.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":64251.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpz97gy","c_root_id_B":"gptydb5","created_at_utc_A":1615048577,"created_at_utc_B":1614988066,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I'm a single mum in a masters program, my son is a bit older but I did my bachelor's when he was a toddler and have been in school since. His dad isn't in the picture at all currently.   Your ex doesn't know what he's talking about. Grad school is the same as a full time job. Does he work? Then it's the same. He's trying to threaten \/ intimidate you it sounds like and you should ignore him.  Depending on where you live, he'll have to pay you support if his income is much higher. Plus many programs (especially PhD) are funded. The main issue you might encounter is geography, as you will need to stay somewhere that is reasonably close to your ex for shared parenting.","human_ref_B":"Oh, you can do it and you\u2019ll be fine. It sounds like he\u2019s manipulative and doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about. As mentioned, you\u2019ll have lots of flexibility in your schedule as a grad student.  My only concern is that wildlife biology\/con bio jobs can be ridiculously competitive, especially at the PhD level. It\u2019s a popular field without a ton of demand. So the pay can be low and the competition steep. But, MS level jobs are more abundant and probably more enjoyable for most people who want a mix of being in the field and doing desk work. Just an FYI.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":60511.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpz97gy","c_root_id_B":"gpub7u1","created_at_utc_A":1615048577,"created_at_utc_B":1614993360,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I'm a single mum in a masters program, my son is a bit older but I did my bachelor's when he was a toddler and have been in school since. His dad isn't in the picture at all currently.   Your ex doesn't know what he's talking about. Grad school is the same as a full time job. Does he work? Then it's the same. He's trying to threaten \/ intimidate you it sounds like and you should ignore him.  Depending on where you live, he'll have to pay you support if his income is much higher. Plus many programs (especially PhD) are funded. The main issue you might encounter is geography, as you will need to stay somewhere that is reasonably close to your ex for shared parenting.","human_ref_B":"Absolutely if you're taking sociology","labels":1,"seconds_difference":55217.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lyghb5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Is a Masters\/PhD as a single parent of a toddler possible? I have a 2yo and am about to be divorced. I have been contemplating a career change to academia and\/or wildlife sciences and wildlife management. I believe that in order to do this I would need a graduate degree of some sort. Is getting a Masters or PhD with a small, daycare-age child feasible?  My soon-to-be-ex-husband is saying if I want to get my advanced degree I will have to give him full custody of my daughter because financially and time-wise its not possible. Advice? Comments? Anyone who has successfully done this and can advise one way or the other? Concerns and solutions?","c_root_id_A":"gpz97gy","c_root_id_B":"gpwq4we","created_at_utc_A":1615048577,"created_at_utc_B":1615023701,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I'm a single mum in a masters program, my son is a bit older but I did my bachelor's when he was a toddler and have been in school since. His dad isn't in the picture at all currently.   Your ex doesn't know what he's talking about. Grad school is the same as a full time job. Does he work? Then it's the same. He's trying to threaten \/ intimidate you it sounds like and you should ignore him.  Depending on where you live, he'll have to pay you support if his income is much higher. Plus many programs (especially PhD) are funded. The main issue you might encounter is geography, as you will need to stay somewhere that is reasonably close to your ex for shared parenting.","human_ref_B":"My supervisor did it... she hated it. But it is possible","labels":1,"seconds_difference":24876.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxd1b0","c_root_id_B":"gnxehyi","created_at_utc_A":1613679656,"created_at_utc_B":1613680292,"score_A":7,"score_B":108,"human_ref_A":"Might be different in the states, but what about PsyD and Counselling Psychology as alternatives? I'm hearing your research interests perhaps more closely align with clinical, but the overlap between counselling and clinical is increasing every year imo.  But at the heart of all this, this sucks. I'm sorry to hear the application process wasn't what you were hoping for. It's absolutely normal and terrifyingly common, but it still, wholeheartedly, sucks.","human_ref_B":"One thing to keep in mind is that the current environment is incredibly *atypical*  because of the covid-19 pandemic. There are many programs in many disciplines that have simply suspended their normal intakes of graduate students, especially programs where there is simply no way to avoid having people in close physical proximity together in the course of doing professional training and research. So you need to not come to any fixed or final view of your qualifications or chances of admission under more normal circumstances, which hopefully will come back into view in the 2022-23 academic year (and thus will influence applications this coming fall).   However, if you want to look carefully to see if there's any issues in your applications that you can improve on before the next application cycle, the very best thing you could do is to show your applications from this year to a trusted undergraduate professor that you worked with--and if you had any peers or friends who were majors in Psychology at your university alongside you, show them too.   The other thing to keep in mind is even if it's true that the jobs you applied for were ones you were qualified for and should have been considered for, keep in mind that the atypicality of this year applies to those applications, at least since March 2020. It may well be true that many of those opportunities have gone to people who were known to the people running the lab as well, but you have to find a place to put your legitimate frustration and anger with that possibility out of mind temporarily while you are working on your applications--it can affect how you present yourself and your candidacy in ways that you might not pick up on.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":636.0,"score_ratio":15.4285714286}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxd1b0","c_root_id_B":"gnxf765","created_at_utc_A":1613679656,"created_at_utc_B":1613680600,"score_A":7,"score_B":33,"human_ref_A":"Might be different in the states, but what about PsyD and Counselling Psychology as alternatives? I'm hearing your research interests perhaps more closely align with clinical, but the overlap between counselling and clinical is increasing every year imo.  But at the heart of all this, this sucks. I'm sorry to hear the application process wasn't what you were hoping for. It's absolutely normal and terrifyingly common, but it still, wholeheartedly, sucks.","human_ref_B":"First, this was an incredibly competitive cycle, with more applicants and fewer slots. Hopefully next year or two years from now will be better. Clinical psych programs are also very competitive, and I'm hearing moreso this year. If you want to go research, look more into non-clinical programs, which it sounds like you are doing with Cog neuro programs. This area can fall into different programs including neuroscience and psychology, so look broadly.   For RA positions, applying across the country might actually be hurting you. For some reason, I've known a few people who like to hire RAs that would not be moving. Their rationale is they want them to be likely to accept the job, and many of these jobs have a probationary period and people don't want someone to move across the country and then lose their job after 3 months. Not saying this is the right reasoning at all, but there is a chance your application is getting tossed when they see you live far away.   Do you have any mentors or profs you were close with at your undergrad institution? They might be able to help you network. Otherwise, sadly, the level of competition is stiff. Try to get on papers and posters. I actually value an undergrad who presented their own poster, even if at a local school event, over an undergrad who probably just got lucky to be a middle author on a paper they didn't lead. Look for diversity fellowships. There are lots of them and I encourage you to contact future PIs and tell them you'd like to apply to fellowships. If you are free, you are hard to turn down! Look at the conferences in. your field, many have diversity scholarships that would pay you to go to the conference- great networking and an award to put on the CV. Best of luck!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":944.0,"score_ratio":4.7142857143}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxoz1n","c_root_id_B":"gnxrdfw","created_at_utc_A":1613684793,"created_at_utc_B":1613685819,"score_A":15,"score_B":26,"human_ref_A":"FWIW, in my experience lab managers are not an entry-level position necessarily.  It\u2019s something you\u2019d get promoted to from a lab tech starting point.  Did you do any research in undergrad?  What does the PI of the research lab you are currently volunteering in have to say about your application results?  Or your other letter writers?","human_ref_B":"One piece of advice I got when I was applying to programs was that you shouldn\u2019t take an initial rejection as a \u201cno,\u201d but as a \u201cnot yet.\u201d A lot of programs limit how many grad students can have the same advisor in each cycle. So your interests aligning with professors is more helpful when others don\u2019t. It\u2019s impossible to guess how those things will shake out before each application cycle is over, so I\u2019d say not to take that as a sign that those people don\u2019t ever want to work with you. I\u2019m really sorry you got such frustrating news during this already hard year, but things could go very differently next year.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1026.0,"score_ratio":1.7333333333}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxrdfw","c_root_id_B":"gnxqktx","created_at_utc_A":1613685819,"created_at_utc_B":1613685481,"score_A":26,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"One piece of advice I got when I was applying to programs was that you shouldn\u2019t take an initial rejection as a \u201cno,\u201d but as a \u201cnot yet.\u201d A lot of programs limit how many grad students can have the same advisor in each cycle. So your interests aligning with professors is more helpful when others don\u2019t. It\u2019s impossible to guess how those things will shake out before each application cycle is over, so I\u2019d say not to take that as a sign that those people don\u2019t ever want to work with you. I\u2019m really sorry you got such frustrating news during this already hard year, but things could go very differently next year.","human_ref_B":"Yea, clinical psychology programs are insanely competitive. Are you interested more in being a therapist, or the biological side of neuro dev disorders?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":338.0,"score_ratio":3.25}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxrdfw","c_root_id_B":"gnxd1b0","created_at_utc_A":1613685819,"created_at_utc_B":1613679656,"score_A":26,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"One piece of advice I got when I was applying to programs was that you shouldn\u2019t take an initial rejection as a \u201cno,\u201d but as a \u201cnot yet.\u201d A lot of programs limit how many grad students can have the same advisor in each cycle. So your interests aligning with professors is more helpful when others don\u2019t. It\u2019s impossible to guess how those things will shake out before each application cycle is over, so I\u2019d say not to take that as a sign that those people don\u2019t ever want to work with you. I\u2019m really sorry you got such frustrating news during this already hard year, but things could go very differently next year.","human_ref_B":"Might be different in the states, but what about PsyD and Counselling Psychology as alternatives? I'm hearing your research interests perhaps more closely align with clinical, but the overlap between counselling and clinical is increasing every year imo.  But at the heart of all this, this sucks. I'm sorry to hear the application process wasn't what you were hoping for. It's absolutely normal and terrifyingly common, but it still, wholeheartedly, sucks.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6163.0,"score_ratio":3.7142857143}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxrdfw","c_root_id_B":"gnxk9qg","created_at_utc_A":1613685819,"created_at_utc_B":1613682790,"score_A":26,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"One piece of advice I got when I was applying to programs was that you shouldn\u2019t take an initial rejection as a \u201cno,\u201d but as a \u201cnot yet.\u201d A lot of programs limit how many grad students can have the same advisor in each cycle. So your interests aligning with professors is more helpful when others don\u2019t. It\u2019s impossible to guess how those things will shake out before each application cycle is over, so I\u2019d say not to take that as a sign that those people don\u2019t ever want to work with you. I\u2019m really sorry you got such frustrating news during this already hard year, but things could go very differently next year.","human_ref_B":"You say you \u201cbelieve\u201d that your interests aligned with potential advisors. Had you been in touch with them before you applied? Taking on a PhD student is a big commitment for a professor\u2014bigger that I think most students realize\u2014so they might not want to risk admitting an unknown quantity, especially if they already had potential students lined up and couldn\u2019t take on more than a certain number.  If you apply for the next cycle, I\u2019d strongly encourage you to drop a line to potential advisors first to introduce yourself. Say you\u2019re applying and you\u2019d like to work with them in particular because [specific reasons]. (Don\u2019t spam out generalities to everyone; those emails get trashed right away.) Ask if they are taking on PhD students. Good luck!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3029.0,"score_ratio":3.25}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gny16dc","c_root_id_B":"gnxoz1n","created_at_utc_A":1613690360,"created_at_utc_B":1613684793,"score_A":26,"score_B":15,"human_ref_A":"I'm in a department with a top-20 clinical psych program and we're disgustingly competitive even in a normal year (900 applicants for 9 spots). One of the girls in my year graduated with like a 4.0 from Harvard and still took 2 years off for a postbacc. This year they definitely had more applicants maybe like 50% more for the same number of spots. Neuroscience too has around 500 applicants to 10-15 spots and they probably also had a similar percent increase in the number of applicants.  What I'm saying is don't feel bad if you didn't make it anywhere this year (or any year in general). A postbacc is the norm these days but if this is something you truly want to do, it's not a big deal. I took four years off and I don't regret a second of it. It made me an enormously better neuroscientist and sometimes I think even 5 or 6 years off would've been better.","human_ref_B":"FWIW, in my experience lab managers are not an entry-level position necessarily.  It\u2019s something you\u2019d get promoted to from a lab tech starting point.  Did you do any research in undergrad?  What does the PI of the research lab you are currently volunteering in have to say about your application results?  Or your other letter writers?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5567.0,"score_ratio":1.7333333333}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxqktx","c_root_id_B":"gny16dc","created_at_utc_A":1613685481,"created_at_utc_B":1613690360,"score_A":8,"score_B":26,"human_ref_A":"Yea, clinical psychology programs are insanely competitive. Are you interested more in being a therapist, or the biological side of neuro dev disorders?","human_ref_B":"I'm in a department with a top-20 clinical psych program and we're disgustingly competitive even in a normal year (900 applicants for 9 spots). One of the girls in my year graduated with like a 4.0 from Harvard and still took 2 years off for a postbacc. This year they definitely had more applicants maybe like 50% more for the same number of spots. Neuroscience too has around 500 applicants to 10-15 spots and they probably also had a similar percent increase in the number of applicants.  What I'm saying is don't feel bad if you didn't make it anywhere this year (or any year in general). A postbacc is the norm these days but if this is something you truly want to do, it's not a big deal. I took four years off and I don't regret a second of it. It made me an enormously better neuroscientist and sometimes I think even 5 or 6 years off would've been better.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4879.0,"score_ratio":3.25}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gny16dc","c_root_id_B":"gnxy1mf","created_at_utc_A":1613690360,"created_at_utc_B":1613688863,"score_A":26,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"I'm in a department with a top-20 clinical psych program and we're disgustingly competitive even in a normal year (900 applicants for 9 spots). One of the girls in my year graduated with like a 4.0 from Harvard and still took 2 years off for a postbacc. This year they definitely had more applicants maybe like 50% more for the same number of spots. Neuroscience too has around 500 applicants to 10-15 spots and they probably also had a similar percent increase in the number of applicants.  What I'm saying is don't feel bad if you didn't make it anywhere this year (or any year in general). A postbacc is the norm these days but if this is something you truly want to do, it's not a big deal. I took four years off and I don't regret a second of it. It made me an enormously better neuroscientist and sometimes I think even 5 or 6 years off would've been better.","human_ref_B":"Possibly unpopular opinion: it's never too early to say fuck it and close that page. At the end of the day this is just a job, and if it's this hard and this demoralizing and makes you feel less-than because of your race - fuck it. It's not worth it. You got a job, and what sounds like a good job with progression potential, so maybe just leave this thing that you've been working at all this time to no avail well enough alone. Sometimes it's good to move mountains, but sometimes it's good to grow where you're planted.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1497.0,"score_ratio":2.6}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gny16dc","c_root_id_B":"gnxs1zh","created_at_utc_A":1613690360,"created_at_utc_B":1613686108,"score_A":26,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I'm in a department with a top-20 clinical psych program and we're disgustingly competitive even in a normal year (900 applicants for 9 spots). One of the girls in my year graduated with like a 4.0 from Harvard and still took 2 years off for a postbacc. This year they definitely had more applicants maybe like 50% more for the same number of spots. Neuroscience too has around 500 applicants to 10-15 spots and they probably also had a similar percent increase in the number of applicants.  What I'm saying is don't feel bad if you didn't make it anywhere this year (or any year in general). A postbacc is the norm these days but if this is something you truly want to do, it's not a big deal. I took four years off and I don't regret a second of it. It made me an enormously better neuroscientist and sometimes I think even 5 or 6 years off would've been better.","human_ref_B":"I am sorry to hear this. Know that Phd in clinical psych is extremely competitive. I know a lot of people who didn't get in with at least 2 attempts. What are your credentials like (e.g., years of research experience, number of poster presentations, number of publications, standardized test scores)? Maybe I can comment on it better. Feel free to pm me! Don't lose hope, you will get in eventually!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4252.0,"score_ratio":2.8888888889}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gny16dc","c_root_id_B":"gnxsmck","created_at_utc_A":1613690360,"created_at_utc_B":1613686360,"score_A":26,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I'm in a department with a top-20 clinical psych program and we're disgustingly competitive even in a normal year (900 applicants for 9 spots). One of the girls in my year graduated with like a 4.0 from Harvard and still took 2 years off for a postbacc. This year they definitely had more applicants maybe like 50% more for the same number of spots. Neuroscience too has around 500 applicants to 10-15 spots and they probably also had a similar percent increase in the number of applicants.  What I'm saying is don't feel bad if you didn't make it anywhere this year (or any year in general). A postbacc is the norm these days but if this is something you truly want to do, it's not a big deal. I took four years off and I don't regret a second of it. It made me an enormously better neuroscientist and sometimes I think even 5 or 6 years off would've been better.","human_ref_B":"I'm not sure your educational background, but if you're from a smaller, teaching focused undergrad (like a SLAC), it may be more difficult to break into a PhD program directly because faculty may not know the quality of your education, especially if the psych dept faculty don't contribute scholarship to clinical fields. If that's the case your best option could be to apply to Masters programs in clinical psychology (occupational therapy, neuroscience or cognitive psych programs could also be good options, but I prefer recommending OT\/clinical programs as they have good back up careers outside of academia), preferably competitive, research programs. Masters programs are generally more willing to give \"unknown applicants\" chances and it will give you an opportunity to complete research and \"prove\" you can make it at the next level. It will probably lead to additional student loan debt and it likely won't lead to earlier completion of a PhD (most masters degrees don't transfer to PhD), but if you are determined to get your PhD it could help.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4000.0,"score_ratio":2.8888888889}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gny16dc","c_root_id_B":"gnxtqm4","created_at_utc_A":1613690360,"created_at_utc_B":1613686863,"score_A":26,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I'm in a department with a top-20 clinical psych program and we're disgustingly competitive even in a normal year (900 applicants for 9 spots). One of the girls in my year graduated with like a 4.0 from Harvard and still took 2 years off for a postbacc. This year they definitely had more applicants maybe like 50% more for the same number of spots. Neuroscience too has around 500 applicants to 10-15 spots and they probably also had a similar percent increase in the number of applicants.  What I'm saying is don't feel bad if you didn't make it anywhere this year (or any year in general). A postbacc is the norm these days but if this is something you truly want to do, it's not a big deal. I took four years off and I don't regret a second of it. It made me an enormously better neuroscientist and sometimes I think even 5 or 6 years off would've been better.","human_ref_B":"I know it's discouraging, but what you're experiencing is something that just about everyone in applied psychology has gone through. There are so many huge competitions during training (graduate school admission is the biggest one, funding applications are next, getting papers published, internship applications, post-doc applications...) that just about everyone had had at least one major rejection. Most applicants to clinical psychology apply a few times before they get in. It's tough to deal with and just anxiety provoking to think about, but know that it's not you and that this is pretty normal.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3497.0,"score_ratio":2.8888888889}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxd1b0","c_root_id_B":"gny16dc","created_at_utc_A":1613679656,"created_at_utc_B":1613690360,"score_A":7,"score_B":26,"human_ref_A":"Might be different in the states, but what about PsyD and Counselling Psychology as alternatives? I'm hearing your research interests perhaps more closely align with clinical, but the overlap between counselling and clinical is increasing every year imo.  But at the heart of all this, this sucks. I'm sorry to hear the application process wasn't what you were hoping for. It's absolutely normal and terrifyingly common, but it still, wholeheartedly, sucks.","human_ref_B":"I'm in a department with a top-20 clinical psych program and we're disgustingly competitive even in a normal year (900 applicants for 9 spots). One of the girls in my year graduated with like a 4.0 from Harvard and still took 2 years off for a postbacc. This year they definitely had more applicants maybe like 50% more for the same number of spots. Neuroscience too has around 500 applicants to 10-15 spots and they probably also had a similar percent increase in the number of applicants.  What I'm saying is don't feel bad if you didn't make it anywhere this year (or any year in general). A postbacc is the norm these days but if this is something you truly want to do, it's not a big deal. I took four years off and I don't regret a second of it. It made me an enormously better neuroscientist and sometimes I think even 5 or 6 years off would've been better.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10704.0,"score_ratio":3.7142857143}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gny16dc","c_root_id_B":"gnxk9qg","created_at_utc_A":1613690360,"created_at_utc_B":1613682790,"score_A":26,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I'm in a department with a top-20 clinical psych program and we're disgustingly competitive even in a normal year (900 applicants for 9 spots). One of the girls in my year graduated with like a 4.0 from Harvard and still took 2 years off for a postbacc. This year they definitely had more applicants maybe like 50% more for the same number of spots. Neuroscience too has around 500 applicants to 10-15 spots and they probably also had a similar percent increase in the number of applicants.  What I'm saying is don't feel bad if you didn't make it anywhere this year (or any year in general). A postbacc is the norm these days but if this is something you truly want to do, it's not a big deal. I took four years off and I don't regret a second of it. It made me an enormously better neuroscientist and sometimes I think even 5 or 6 years off would've been better.","human_ref_B":"You say you \u201cbelieve\u201d that your interests aligned with potential advisors. Had you been in touch with them before you applied? Taking on a PhD student is a big commitment for a professor\u2014bigger that I think most students realize\u2014so they might not want to risk admitting an unknown quantity, especially if they already had potential students lined up and couldn\u2019t take on more than a certain number.  If you apply for the next cycle, I\u2019d strongly encourage you to drop a line to potential advisors first to introduce yourself. Say you\u2019re applying and you\u2019d like to work with them in particular because [specific reasons]. (Don\u2019t spam out generalities to everyone; those emails get trashed right away.) Ask if they are taking on PhD students. Good luck!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7570.0,"score_ratio":3.25}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxw8pn","c_root_id_B":"gny16dc","created_at_utc_A":1613688017,"created_at_utc_B":1613690360,"score_A":6,"score_B":26,"human_ref_A":"I was rejected my first round of applications to clinical psychology PhD programs as well. I found a fully funded master\u2019s program (tuition + stipend) and it was the best decision I ever made. It really enhanced my application and I got two offers when I applied again two years later. My PhD program also accepted my master\u2019s thesis, so I was able to go right into my dissertation. Highly recommend if you can find a funded master\u2019s option (they\u2019re rare but out there!)","human_ref_B":"I'm in a department with a top-20 clinical psych program and we're disgustingly competitive even in a normal year (900 applicants for 9 spots). One of the girls in my year graduated with like a 4.0 from Harvard and still took 2 years off for a postbacc. This year they definitely had more applicants maybe like 50% more for the same number of spots. Neuroscience too has around 500 applicants to 10-15 spots and they probably also had a similar percent increase in the number of applicants.  What I'm saying is don't feel bad if you didn't make it anywhere this year (or any year in general). A postbacc is the norm these days but if this is something you truly want to do, it's not a big deal. I took four years off and I don't regret a second of it. It made me an enormously better neuroscientist and sometimes I think even 5 or 6 years off would've been better.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2343.0,"score_ratio":4.3333333333}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gny16dc","c_root_id_B":"gnxv6rc","created_at_utc_A":1613690360,"created_at_utc_B":1613687525,"score_A":26,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I'm in a department with a top-20 clinical psych program and we're disgustingly competitive even in a normal year (900 applicants for 9 spots). One of the girls in my year graduated with like a 4.0 from Harvard and still took 2 years off for a postbacc. This year they definitely had more applicants maybe like 50% more for the same number of spots. Neuroscience too has around 500 applicants to 10-15 spots and they probably also had a similar percent increase in the number of applicants.  What I'm saying is don't feel bad if you didn't make it anywhere this year (or any year in general). A postbacc is the norm these days but if this is something you truly want to do, it's not a big deal. I took four years off and I don't regret a second of it. It made me an enormously better neuroscientist and sometimes I think even 5 or 6 years off would've been better.","human_ref_B":"Clinical psych is always very competitive and this year was absolutely brutal, so try not to feel too down! Several years between undergrad and grad is unfortunately very normal.   Have you been applying to listings on university website or to initial job ads from faculty? Often by the time it goes up on a university website, the spot is already filled. This isn't gatekeeping but you have to find the initial job ad. They send job ads to listservs, other professors, twitter (check out @CogNeuroJobs - there are recent ones hiring for RAs to work on depression & psychotic disorders). Reach out to your undergrad professors, anyone you've worked with and ask if they know anyone looking for an RA or lab manager or PhD student. I also know multiple people who've gotten positions just by cold emailing -- no connections, just a little good luck.   Fit might be worth thinking about too. Clinical psych departments tend to be focused on\/prioritize therapy and behavioral studies and studies of better therapy interventions. If working with neuroimaging techniques (eeg, fMRI) is important to you and therapy is not, clinical psych departments might not be able to give you that.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2835.0,"score_ratio":5.2}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gny16dc","c_root_id_B":"gny0i0p","created_at_utc_A":1613690360,"created_at_utc_B":1613690033,"score_A":26,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I'm in a department with a top-20 clinical psych program and we're disgustingly competitive even in a normal year (900 applicants for 9 spots). One of the girls in my year graduated with like a 4.0 from Harvard and still took 2 years off for a postbacc. This year they definitely had more applicants maybe like 50% more for the same number of spots. Neuroscience too has around 500 applicants to 10-15 spots and they probably also had a similar percent increase in the number of applicants.  What I'm saying is don't feel bad if you didn't make it anywhere this year (or any year in general). A postbacc is the norm these days but if this is something you truly want to do, it's not a big deal. I took four years off and I don't regret a second of it. It made me an enormously better neuroscientist and sometimes I think even 5 or 6 years off would've been better.","human_ref_B":"I have students who are completing clinical masters programs with multiple publications including one first authored publication and many posters who are not getting accepted anywhere. You don\u2019t mention having publications or posters, and if you don\u2019t, that is probably your biggest issue. Consider a Masters program.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":327.0,"score_ratio":8.6666666667}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxd1b0","c_root_id_B":"gnxoz1n","created_at_utc_A":1613679656,"created_at_utc_B":1613684793,"score_A":7,"score_B":15,"human_ref_A":"Might be different in the states, but what about PsyD and Counselling Psychology as alternatives? I'm hearing your research interests perhaps more closely align with clinical, but the overlap between counselling and clinical is increasing every year imo.  But at the heart of all this, this sucks. I'm sorry to hear the application process wasn't what you were hoping for. It's absolutely normal and terrifyingly common, but it still, wholeheartedly, sucks.","human_ref_B":"FWIW, in my experience lab managers are not an entry-level position necessarily.  It\u2019s something you\u2019d get promoted to from a lab tech starting point.  Did you do any research in undergrad?  What does the PI of the research lab you are currently volunteering in have to say about your application results?  Or your other letter writers?","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5137.0,"score_ratio":2.1428571429}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxk9qg","c_root_id_B":"gnxoz1n","created_at_utc_A":1613682790,"created_at_utc_B":1613684793,"score_A":8,"score_B":15,"human_ref_A":"You say you \u201cbelieve\u201d that your interests aligned with potential advisors. Had you been in touch with them before you applied? Taking on a PhD student is a big commitment for a professor\u2014bigger that I think most students realize\u2014so they might not want to risk admitting an unknown quantity, especially if they already had potential students lined up and couldn\u2019t take on more than a certain number.  If you apply for the next cycle, I\u2019d strongly encourage you to drop a line to potential advisors first to introduce yourself. Say you\u2019re applying and you\u2019d like to work with them in particular because [specific reasons]. (Don\u2019t spam out generalities to everyone; those emails get trashed right away.) Ask if they are taking on PhD students. Good luck!","human_ref_B":"FWIW, in my experience lab managers are not an entry-level position necessarily.  It\u2019s something you\u2019d get promoted to from a lab tech starting point.  Did you do any research in undergrad?  What does the PI of the research lab you are currently volunteering in have to say about your application results?  Or your other letter writers?","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2003.0,"score_ratio":1.875}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxy1mf","c_root_id_B":"gnxqktx","created_at_utc_A":1613688863,"created_at_utc_B":1613685481,"score_A":10,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Possibly unpopular opinion: it's never too early to say fuck it and close that page. At the end of the day this is just a job, and if it's this hard and this demoralizing and makes you feel less-than because of your race - fuck it. It's not worth it. You got a job, and what sounds like a good job with progression potential, so maybe just leave this thing that you've been working at all this time to no avail well enough alone. Sometimes it's good to move mountains, but sometimes it's good to grow where you're planted.","human_ref_B":"Yea, clinical psychology programs are insanely competitive. Are you interested more in being a therapist, or the biological side of neuro dev disorders?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3382.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxqktx","c_root_id_B":"gnxs1zh","created_at_utc_A":1613685481,"created_at_utc_B":1613686108,"score_A":8,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Yea, clinical psychology programs are insanely competitive. Are you interested more in being a therapist, or the biological side of neuro dev disorders?","human_ref_B":"I am sorry to hear this. Know that Phd in clinical psych is extremely competitive. I know a lot of people who didn't get in with at least 2 attempts. What are your credentials like (e.g., years of research experience, number of poster presentations, number of publications, standardized test scores)? Maybe I can comment on it better. Feel free to pm me! Don't lose hope, you will get in eventually!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":627.0,"score_ratio":1.125}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxsmck","c_root_id_B":"gnxqktx","created_at_utc_A":1613686360,"created_at_utc_B":1613685481,"score_A":9,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I'm not sure your educational background, but if you're from a smaller, teaching focused undergrad (like a SLAC), it may be more difficult to break into a PhD program directly because faculty may not know the quality of your education, especially if the psych dept faculty don't contribute scholarship to clinical fields. If that's the case your best option could be to apply to Masters programs in clinical psychology (occupational therapy, neuroscience or cognitive psych programs could also be good options, but I prefer recommending OT\/clinical programs as they have good back up careers outside of academia), preferably competitive, research programs. Masters programs are generally more willing to give \"unknown applicants\" chances and it will give you an opportunity to complete research and \"prove\" you can make it at the next level. It will probably lead to additional student loan debt and it likely won't lead to earlier completion of a PhD (most masters degrees don't transfer to PhD), but if you are determined to get your PhD it could help.","human_ref_B":"Yea, clinical psychology programs are insanely competitive. Are you interested more in being a therapist, or the biological side of neuro dev disorders?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":879.0,"score_ratio":1.125}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxqktx","c_root_id_B":"gnxtqm4","created_at_utc_A":1613685481,"created_at_utc_B":1613686863,"score_A":8,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Yea, clinical psychology programs are insanely competitive. Are you interested more in being a therapist, or the biological side of neuro dev disorders?","human_ref_B":"I know it's discouraging, but what you're experiencing is something that just about everyone in applied psychology has gone through. There are so many huge competitions during training (graduate school admission is the biggest one, funding applications are next, getting papers published, internship applications, post-doc applications...) that just about everyone had had at least one major rejection. Most applicants to clinical psychology apply a few times before they get in. It's tough to deal with and just anxiety provoking to think about, but know that it's not you and that this is pretty normal.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1382.0,"score_ratio":1.125}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxqktx","c_root_id_B":"gnxd1b0","created_at_utc_A":1613685481,"created_at_utc_B":1613679656,"score_A":8,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Yea, clinical psychology programs are insanely competitive. Are you interested more in being a therapist, or the biological side of neuro dev disorders?","human_ref_B":"Might be different in the states, but what about PsyD and Counselling Psychology as alternatives? I'm hearing your research interests perhaps more closely align with clinical, but the overlap between counselling and clinical is increasing every year imo.  But at the heart of all this, this sucks. I'm sorry to hear the application process wasn't what you were hoping for. It's absolutely normal and terrifyingly common, but it still, wholeheartedly, sucks.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5825.0,"score_ratio":1.1428571429}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxy1mf","c_root_id_B":"gnxs1zh","created_at_utc_A":1613688863,"created_at_utc_B":1613686108,"score_A":10,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Possibly unpopular opinion: it's never too early to say fuck it and close that page. At the end of the day this is just a job, and if it's this hard and this demoralizing and makes you feel less-than because of your race - fuck it. It's not worth it. You got a job, and what sounds like a good job with progression potential, so maybe just leave this thing that you've been working at all this time to no avail well enough alone. Sometimes it's good to move mountains, but sometimes it's good to grow where you're planted.","human_ref_B":"I am sorry to hear this. Know that Phd in clinical psych is extremely competitive. I know a lot of people who didn't get in with at least 2 attempts. What are your credentials like (e.g., years of research experience, number of poster presentations, number of publications, standardized test scores)? Maybe I can comment on it better. Feel free to pm me! Don't lose hope, you will get in eventually!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2755.0,"score_ratio":1.1111111111}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxsmck","c_root_id_B":"gnxy1mf","created_at_utc_A":1613686360,"created_at_utc_B":1613688863,"score_A":9,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"I'm not sure your educational background, but if you're from a smaller, teaching focused undergrad (like a SLAC), it may be more difficult to break into a PhD program directly because faculty may not know the quality of your education, especially if the psych dept faculty don't contribute scholarship to clinical fields. If that's the case your best option could be to apply to Masters programs in clinical psychology (occupational therapy, neuroscience or cognitive psych programs could also be good options, but I prefer recommending OT\/clinical programs as they have good back up careers outside of academia), preferably competitive, research programs. Masters programs are generally more willing to give \"unknown applicants\" chances and it will give you an opportunity to complete research and \"prove\" you can make it at the next level. It will probably lead to additional student loan debt and it likely won't lead to earlier completion of a PhD (most masters degrees don't transfer to PhD), but if you are determined to get your PhD it could help.","human_ref_B":"Possibly unpopular opinion: it's never too early to say fuck it and close that page. At the end of the day this is just a job, and if it's this hard and this demoralizing and makes you feel less-than because of your race - fuck it. It's not worth it. You got a job, and what sounds like a good job with progression potential, so maybe just leave this thing that you've been working at all this time to no avail well enough alone. Sometimes it's good to move mountains, but sometimes it's good to grow where you're planted.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2503.0,"score_ratio":1.1111111111}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxtqm4","c_root_id_B":"gnxy1mf","created_at_utc_A":1613686863,"created_at_utc_B":1613688863,"score_A":9,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"I know it's discouraging, but what you're experiencing is something that just about everyone in applied psychology has gone through. There are so many huge competitions during training (graduate school admission is the biggest one, funding applications are next, getting papers published, internship applications, post-doc applications...) that just about everyone had had at least one major rejection. Most applicants to clinical psychology apply a few times before they get in. It's tough to deal with and just anxiety provoking to think about, but know that it's not you and that this is pretty normal.","human_ref_B":"Possibly unpopular opinion: it's never too early to say fuck it and close that page. At the end of the day this is just a job, and if it's this hard and this demoralizing and makes you feel less-than because of your race - fuck it. It's not worth it. You got a job, and what sounds like a good job with progression potential, so maybe just leave this thing that you've been working at all this time to no avail well enough alone. Sometimes it's good to move mountains, but sometimes it's good to grow where you're planted.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2000.0,"score_ratio":1.1111111111}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxy1mf","c_root_id_B":"gnxd1b0","created_at_utc_A":1613688863,"created_at_utc_B":1613679656,"score_A":10,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Possibly unpopular opinion: it's never too early to say fuck it and close that page. At the end of the day this is just a job, and if it's this hard and this demoralizing and makes you feel less-than because of your race - fuck it. It's not worth it. You got a job, and what sounds like a good job with progression potential, so maybe just leave this thing that you've been working at all this time to no avail well enough alone. Sometimes it's good to move mountains, but sometimes it's good to grow where you're planted.","human_ref_B":"Might be different in the states, but what about PsyD and Counselling Psychology as alternatives? I'm hearing your research interests perhaps more closely align with clinical, but the overlap between counselling and clinical is increasing every year imo.  But at the heart of all this, this sucks. I'm sorry to hear the application process wasn't what you were hoping for. It's absolutely normal and terrifyingly common, but it still, wholeheartedly, sucks.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9207.0,"score_ratio":1.4285714286}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxy1mf","c_root_id_B":"gnxk9qg","created_at_utc_A":1613688863,"created_at_utc_B":1613682790,"score_A":10,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Possibly unpopular opinion: it's never too early to say fuck it and close that page. At the end of the day this is just a job, and if it's this hard and this demoralizing and makes you feel less-than because of your race - fuck it. It's not worth it. You got a job, and what sounds like a good job with progression potential, so maybe just leave this thing that you've been working at all this time to no avail well enough alone. Sometimes it's good to move mountains, but sometimes it's good to grow where you're planted.","human_ref_B":"You say you \u201cbelieve\u201d that your interests aligned with potential advisors. Had you been in touch with them before you applied? Taking on a PhD student is a big commitment for a professor\u2014bigger that I think most students realize\u2014so they might not want to risk admitting an unknown quantity, especially if they already had potential students lined up and couldn\u2019t take on more than a certain number.  If you apply for the next cycle, I\u2019d strongly encourage you to drop a line to potential advisors first to introduce yourself. Say you\u2019re applying and you\u2019d like to work with them in particular because [specific reasons]. (Don\u2019t spam out generalities to everyone; those emails get trashed right away.) Ask if they are taking on PhD students. Good luck!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6073.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxw8pn","c_root_id_B":"gnxy1mf","created_at_utc_A":1613688017,"created_at_utc_B":1613688863,"score_A":6,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"I was rejected my first round of applications to clinical psychology PhD programs as well. I found a fully funded master\u2019s program (tuition + stipend) and it was the best decision I ever made. It really enhanced my application and I got two offers when I applied again two years later. My PhD program also accepted my master\u2019s thesis, so I was able to go right into my dissertation. Highly recommend if you can find a funded master\u2019s option (they\u2019re rare but out there!)","human_ref_B":"Possibly unpopular opinion: it's never too early to say fuck it and close that page. At the end of the day this is just a job, and if it's this hard and this demoralizing and makes you feel less-than because of your race - fuck it. It's not worth it. You got a job, and what sounds like a good job with progression potential, so maybe just leave this thing that you've been working at all this time to no avail well enough alone. Sometimes it's good to move mountains, but sometimes it's good to grow where you're planted.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":846.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxy1mf","c_root_id_B":"gnxv6rc","created_at_utc_A":1613688863,"created_at_utc_B":1613687525,"score_A":10,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Possibly unpopular opinion: it's never too early to say fuck it and close that page. At the end of the day this is just a job, and if it's this hard and this demoralizing and makes you feel less-than because of your race - fuck it. It's not worth it. You got a job, and what sounds like a good job with progression potential, so maybe just leave this thing that you've been working at all this time to no avail well enough alone. Sometimes it's good to move mountains, but sometimes it's good to grow where you're planted.","human_ref_B":"Clinical psych is always very competitive and this year was absolutely brutal, so try not to feel too down! Several years between undergrad and grad is unfortunately very normal.   Have you been applying to listings on university website or to initial job ads from faculty? Often by the time it goes up on a university website, the spot is already filled. This isn't gatekeeping but you have to find the initial job ad. They send job ads to listservs, other professors, twitter (check out @CogNeuroJobs - there are recent ones hiring for RAs to work on depression & psychotic disorders). Reach out to your undergrad professors, anyone you've worked with and ask if they know anyone looking for an RA or lab manager or PhD student. I also know multiple people who've gotten positions just by cold emailing -- no connections, just a little good luck.   Fit might be worth thinking about too. Clinical psych departments tend to be focused on\/prioritize therapy and behavioral studies and studies of better therapy interventions. If working with neuroimaging techniques (eeg, fMRI) is important to you and therapy is not, clinical psych departments might not be able to give you that.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1338.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxd1b0","c_root_id_B":"gnxs1zh","created_at_utc_A":1613679656,"created_at_utc_B":1613686108,"score_A":7,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Might be different in the states, but what about PsyD and Counselling Psychology as alternatives? I'm hearing your research interests perhaps more closely align with clinical, but the overlap between counselling and clinical is increasing every year imo.  But at the heart of all this, this sucks. I'm sorry to hear the application process wasn't what you were hoping for. It's absolutely normal and terrifyingly common, but it still, wholeheartedly, sucks.","human_ref_B":"I am sorry to hear this. Know that Phd in clinical psych is extremely competitive. I know a lot of people who didn't get in with at least 2 attempts. What are your credentials like (e.g., years of research experience, number of poster presentations, number of publications, standardized test scores)? Maybe I can comment on it better. Feel free to pm me! Don't lose hope, you will get in eventually!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6452.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxs1zh","c_root_id_B":"gnxk9qg","created_at_utc_A":1613686108,"created_at_utc_B":1613682790,"score_A":9,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I am sorry to hear this. Know that Phd in clinical psych is extremely competitive. I know a lot of people who didn't get in with at least 2 attempts. What are your credentials like (e.g., years of research experience, number of poster presentations, number of publications, standardized test scores)? Maybe I can comment on it better. Feel free to pm me! Don't lose hope, you will get in eventually!","human_ref_B":"You say you \u201cbelieve\u201d that your interests aligned with potential advisors. Had you been in touch with them before you applied? Taking on a PhD student is a big commitment for a professor\u2014bigger that I think most students realize\u2014so they might not want to risk admitting an unknown quantity, especially if they already had potential students lined up and couldn\u2019t take on more than a certain number.  If you apply for the next cycle, I\u2019d strongly encourage you to drop a line to potential advisors first to introduce yourself. Say you\u2019re applying and you\u2019d like to work with them in particular because [specific reasons]. (Don\u2019t spam out generalities to everyone; those emails get trashed right away.) Ask if they are taking on PhD students. Good luck!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3318.0,"score_ratio":1.125}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxd1b0","c_root_id_B":"gnxsmck","created_at_utc_A":1613679656,"created_at_utc_B":1613686360,"score_A":7,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Might be different in the states, but what about PsyD and Counselling Psychology as alternatives? I'm hearing your research interests perhaps more closely align with clinical, but the overlap between counselling and clinical is increasing every year imo.  But at the heart of all this, this sucks. I'm sorry to hear the application process wasn't what you were hoping for. It's absolutely normal and terrifyingly common, but it still, wholeheartedly, sucks.","human_ref_B":"I'm not sure your educational background, but if you're from a smaller, teaching focused undergrad (like a SLAC), it may be more difficult to break into a PhD program directly because faculty may not know the quality of your education, especially if the psych dept faculty don't contribute scholarship to clinical fields. If that's the case your best option could be to apply to Masters programs in clinical psychology (occupational therapy, neuroscience or cognitive psych programs could also be good options, but I prefer recommending OT\/clinical programs as they have good back up careers outside of academia), preferably competitive, research programs. Masters programs are generally more willing to give \"unknown applicants\" chances and it will give you an opportunity to complete research and \"prove\" you can make it at the next level. It will probably lead to additional student loan debt and it likely won't lead to earlier completion of a PhD (most masters degrees don't transfer to PhD), but if you are determined to get your PhD it could help.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6704.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxk9qg","c_root_id_B":"gnxsmck","created_at_utc_A":1613682790,"created_at_utc_B":1613686360,"score_A":8,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"You say you \u201cbelieve\u201d that your interests aligned with potential advisors. Had you been in touch with them before you applied? Taking on a PhD student is a big commitment for a professor\u2014bigger that I think most students realize\u2014so they might not want to risk admitting an unknown quantity, especially if they already had potential students lined up and couldn\u2019t take on more than a certain number.  If you apply for the next cycle, I\u2019d strongly encourage you to drop a line to potential advisors first to introduce yourself. Say you\u2019re applying and you\u2019d like to work with them in particular because [specific reasons]. (Don\u2019t spam out generalities to everyone; those emails get trashed right away.) Ask if they are taking on PhD students. Good luck!","human_ref_B":"I'm not sure your educational background, but if you're from a smaller, teaching focused undergrad (like a SLAC), it may be more difficult to break into a PhD program directly because faculty may not know the quality of your education, especially if the psych dept faculty don't contribute scholarship to clinical fields. If that's the case your best option could be to apply to Masters programs in clinical psychology (occupational therapy, neuroscience or cognitive psych programs could also be good options, but I prefer recommending OT\/clinical programs as they have good back up careers outside of academia), preferably competitive, research programs. Masters programs are generally more willing to give \"unknown applicants\" chances and it will give you an opportunity to complete research and \"prove\" you can make it at the next level. It will probably lead to additional student loan debt and it likely won't lead to earlier completion of a PhD (most masters degrees don't transfer to PhD), but if you are determined to get your PhD it could help.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3570.0,"score_ratio":1.125}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxtqm4","c_root_id_B":"gnxd1b0","created_at_utc_A":1613686863,"created_at_utc_B":1613679656,"score_A":9,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I know it's discouraging, but what you're experiencing is something that just about everyone in applied psychology has gone through. There are so many huge competitions during training (graduate school admission is the biggest one, funding applications are next, getting papers published, internship applications, post-doc applications...) that just about everyone had had at least one major rejection. Most applicants to clinical psychology apply a few times before they get in. It's tough to deal with and just anxiety provoking to think about, but know that it's not you and that this is pretty normal.","human_ref_B":"Might be different in the states, but what about PsyD and Counselling Psychology as alternatives? I'm hearing your research interests perhaps more closely align with clinical, but the overlap between counselling and clinical is increasing every year imo.  But at the heart of all this, this sucks. I'm sorry to hear the application process wasn't what you were hoping for. It's absolutely normal and terrifyingly common, but it still, wholeheartedly, sucks.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7207.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxtqm4","c_root_id_B":"gnxk9qg","created_at_utc_A":1613686863,"created_at_utc_B":1613682790,"score_A":9,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I know it's discouraging, but what you're experiencing is something that just about everyone in applied psychology has gone through. There are so many huge competitions during training (graduate school admission is the biggest one, funding applications are next, getting papers published, internship applications, post-doc applications...) that just about everyone had had at least one major rejection. Most applicants to clinical psychology apply a few times before they get in. It's tough to deal with and just anxiety provoking to think about, but know that it's not you and that this is pretty normal.","human_ref_B":"You say you \u201cbelieve\u201d that your interests aligned with potential advisors. Had you been in touch with them before you applied? Taking on a PhD student is a big commitment for a professor\u2014bigger that I think most students realize\u2014so they might not want to risk admitting an unknown quantity, especially if they already had potential students lined up and couldn\u2019t take on more than a certain number.  If you apply for the next cycle, I\u2019d strongly encourage you to drop a line to potential advisors first to introduce yourself. Say you\u2019re applying and you\u2019d like to work with them in particular because [specific reasons]. (Don\u2019t spam out generalities to everyone; those emails get trashed right away.) Ask if they are taking on PhD students. Good luck!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4073.0,"score_ratio":1.125}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxk9qg","c_root_id_B":"gnxd1b0","created_at_utc_A":1613682790,"created_at_utc_B":1613679656,"score_A":8,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"You say you \u201cbelieve\u201d that your interests aligned with potential advisors. Had you been in touch with them before you applied? Taking on a PhD student is a big commitment for a professor\u2014bigger that I think most students realize\u2014so they might not want to risk admitting an unknown quantity, especially if they already had potential students lined up and couldn\u2019t take on more than a certain number.  If you apply for the next cycle, I\u2019d strongly encourage you to drop a line to potential advisors first to introduce yourself. Say you\u2019re applying and you\u2019d like to work with them in particular because [specific reasons]. (Don\u2019t spam out generalities to everyone; those emails get trashed right away.) Ask if they are taking on PhD students. Good luck!","human_ref_B":"Might be different in the states, but what about PsyD and Counselling Psychology as alternatives? I'm hearing your research interests perhaps more closely align with clinical, but the overlap between counselling and clinical is increasing every year imo.  But at the heart of all this, this sucks. I'm sorry to hear the application process wasn't what you were hoping for. It's absolutely normal and terrifyingly common, but it still, wholeheartedly, sucks.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3134.0,"score_ratio":1.1428571429}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnxw8pn","c_root_id_B":"gnxv6rc","created_at_utc_A":1613688017,"created_at_utc_B":1613687525,"score_A":6,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I was rejected my first round of applications to clinical psychology PhD programs as well. I found a fully funded master\u2019s program (tuition + stipend) and it was the best decision I ever made. It really enhanced my application and I got two offers when I applied again two years later. My PhD program also accepted my master\u2019s thesis, so I was able to go right into my dissertation. Highly recommend if you can find a funded master\u2019s option (they\u2019re rare but out there!)","human_ref_B":"Clinical psych is always very competitive and this year was absolutely brutal, so try not to feel too down! Several years between undergrad and grad is unfortunately very normal.   Have you been applying to listings on university website or to initial job ads from faculty? Often by the time it goes up on a university website, the spot is already filled. This isn't gatekeeping but you have to find the initial job ad. They send job ads to listservs, other professors, twitter (check out @CogNeuroJobs - there are recent ones hiring for RAs to work on depression & psychotic disorders). Reach out to your undergrad professors, anyone you've worked with and ask if they know anyone looking for an RA or lab manager or PhD student. I also know multiple people who've gotten positions just by cold emailing -- no connections, just a little good luck.   Fit might be worth thinking about too. Clinical psych departments tend to be focused on\/prioritize therapy and behavioral studies and studies of better therapy interventions. If working with neuroimaging techniques (eeg, fMRI) is important to you and therapy is not, clinical psych departments might not be able to give you that.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":492.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gny7hoc","c_root_id_B":"gnxv6rc","created_at_utc_A":1613693506,"created_at_utc_B":1613687525,"score_A":6,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I know there\u2019s a lot of comments, but hopefully you see this. There\u2019s this program called PREP funded by the NIH. It\u2019s specifically for people of color who want to get their PhD. It\u2019s a postbac program that\u2019s runs a year, u get paid a livable salary to work in a research lab, and u get professional development and guidance as you apply to grad school. I applied to PRPE, got in, and I got into a few counseling psychology programs. I didn\u2019t apply to any clinical programs but I got interviews\/acceptances at pretty competitive programs.","human_ref_B":"Clinical psych is always very competitive and this year was absolutely brutal, so try not to feel too down! Several years between undergrad and grad is unfortunately very normal.   Have you been applying to listings on university website or to initial job ads from faculty? Often by the time it goes up on a university website, the spot is already filled. This isn't gatekeeping but you have to find the initial job ad. They send job ads to listservs, other professors, twitter (check out @CogNeuroJobs - there are recent ones hiring for RAs to work on depression & psychotic disorders). Reach out to your undergrad professors, anyone you've worked with and ask if they know anyone looking for an RA or lab manager or PhD student. I also know multiple people who've gotten positions just by cold emailing -- no connections, just a little good luck.   Fit might be worth thinking about too. Clinical psych departments tend to be focused on\/prioritize therapy and behavioral studies and studies of better therapy interventions. If working with neuroimaging techniques (eeg, fMRI) is important to you and therapy is not, clinical psych departments might not be able to give you that.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5981.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gny0i0p","c_root_id_B":"gny7hoc","created_at_utc_A":1613690033,"created_at_utc_B":1613693506,"score_A":3,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I have students who are completing clinical masters programs with multiple publications including one first authored publication and many posters who are not getting accepted anywhere. You don\u2019t mention having publications or posters, and if you don\u2019t, that is probably your biggest issue. Consider a Masters program.","human_ref_B":"I know there\u2019s a lot of comments, but hopefully you see this. There\u2019s this program called PREP funded by the NIH. It\u2019s specifically for people of color who want to get their PhD. It\u2019s a postbac program that\u2019s runs a year, u get paid a livable salary to work in a research lab, and u get professional development and guidance as you apply to grad school. I applied to PRPE, got in, and I got into a few counseling psychology programs. I didn\u2019t apply to any clinical programs but I got interviews\/acceptances at pretty competitive programs.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3473.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gny7hoc","c_root_id_B":"gny1ksx","created_at_utc_A":1613693506,"created_at_utc_B":1613690557,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I know there\u2019s a lot of comments, but hopefully you see this. There\u2019s this program called PREP funded by the NIH. It\u2019s specifically for people of color who want to get their PhD. It\u2019s a postbac program that\u2019s runs a year, u get paid a livable salary to work in a research lab, and u get professional development and guidance as you apply to grad school. I applied to PRPE, got in, and I got into a few counseling psychology programs. I didn\u2019t apply to any clinical programs but I got interviews\/acceptances at pretty competitive programs.","human_ref_B":"I'm a PI in mental health and addictions epidemiology in Canada. My lab uses health admin data to study effects of environmental stressors on mental health and addiction outcomes in marginalized and general population. We have a few funded projects that focus on sexual minorities. Im open to talk to students about graduate research opportunities - however I work in  a health and medical science department rather than psychology. Let me know if you have any questions.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2949.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gny7hoc","c_root_id_B":"gny1nl4","created_at_utc_A":1613693506,"created_at_utc_B":1613690595,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I know there\u2019s a lot of comments, but hopefully you see this. There\u2019s this program called PREP funded by the NIH. It\u2019s specifically for people of color who want to get their PhD. It\u2019s a postbac program that\u2019s runs a year, u get paid a livable salary to work in a research lab, and u get professional development and guidance as you apply to grad school. I applied to PRPE, got in, and I got into a few counseling psychology programs. I didn\u2019t apply to any clinical programs but I got interviews\/acceptances at pretty competitive programs.","human_ref_B":"You mentioned developmental disorders - if you are interested in the 21 and younger phase of life, school psychology may be a route to consider. I'm currently a phd student in school psych and we have many students who engage in fmri\/eeg work through labs in neuroscience and we go through the same APA licensure and credentialing process as clinical psychs if you go to an APA accredited SP phd program. Feel free to dm me if you're interested at all in how SP and clinical psych overlap.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2911.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gny7hoc","c_root_id_B":"gny2wp3","created_at_utc_A":1613693506,"created_at_utc_B":1613691218,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I know there\u2019s a lot of comments, but hopefully you see this. There\u2019s this program called PREP funded by the NIH. It\u2019s specifically for people of color who want to get their PhD. It\u2019s a postbac program that\u2019s runs a year, u get paid a livable salary to work in a research lab, and u get professional development and guidance as you apply to grad school. I applied to PRPE, got in, and I got into a few counseling psychology programs. I didn\u2019t apply to any clinical programs but I got interviews\/acceptances at pretty competitive programs.","human_ref_B":"I skimmed most of the comments and didn't see anyone say this, but apologies if it has already been said. I got rejected from everywhere I applied on my first round and one of my profs told me to email the graduate director (or someone) and ask if they could give me info on why.   One director of graduate studies at a very prestigious university in my field responded to my email VERY nicely and even had a long, supportive phone call with me. He basically said my grades were great by my statement of interest wasn't specific enough. Probably not exactly what your case would be, but this is just to say that asking why would possibly yield productive information!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2288.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnybk9z","c_root_id_B":"gnydna9","created_at_utc_A":1613695533,"created_at_utc_B":1613696643,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I graduated with my BA in psych in 2018 and just started a lab position. It\u2019s not entry level, and also I had lots of experience in CMH that they found very valuable. So in my case it wasn\u2019t connections but specific experience.   Obviously the pandemic has really messed with academic research. We aren\u2019t recruiting for our study yet and we have accepted that things will continue to stall for a bit, and I don\u2019t think there\u2019s room for another doctoral student in our lab. Although most PhD programs don\u2019t really care about a masters (as in it doesn\u2019t save you time in a doctoral program) doing a masters or MPS in clinical psych can help you get to know professors and get into a lab, which could be the connection you need to get into a good doctoral program.","human_ref_B":"If this is going to make you feel any better, as a PhD nearing graduation (which is akin to Zeno's Arrow Paradox),     > Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here  sounds better than,  > Depressed PhD graduate on where to go from here  Maybe it's a good thing that you are forced to do something alternative. You can always regain your strength and apply back a few years later.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1110.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnydna9","c_root_id_B":"gnyd4sd","created_at_utc_A":1613696643,"created_at_utc_B":1613696375,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"If this is going to make you feel any better, as a PhD nearing graduation (which is akin to Zeno's Arrow Paradox),     > Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here  sounds better than,  > Depressed PhD graduate on where to go from here  Maybe it's a good thing that you are forced to do something alternative. You can always regain your strength and apply back a few years later.","human_ref_B":"What are you stats? GPA GRE publication etc.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":268.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnydvzl","c_root_id_B":"gnybk9z","created_at_utc_A":1613696769,"created_at_utc_B":1613695533,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"If you\u2019re open to neuro PhDs, I would argue that\u2019s a better route. This is based on comparing my experiences as a STEM PhD to the experiences of friends (and my psychologist) who have done PhDs in clinical psych. First, clinical psych does require working as a lab manager first, and that does seem to require having an \u201cin\u201d. Second, clinical psych is often a 7-10 year program, but a neuro PhD is 5-6. Third, as a BIPOC researching \u201chard\u201d science (neuro) you have tons of exclusive opportunities for fellowships and grants. While this may be somewhat true in all disciplines, medically-relevant \u201chard\u201d science has the most funding opportunities overall. Finally, PhDs in medical colleges have higher pay and fewer outside requirements (e.g. TA ships) compared to basically all other PhDs. The drawback of a neuro PhD is that it might be harder to work on the developmental effects of growing up in a marginalized community, but you can definitely find neuro opportunities in developmental disorders or mental health.  One last thing... Department\u2019s admissions have been affected in a variety of ways due to the pandemic. If you decide to look into neuro PhD programs, you should look around to see if any you are interested in are still allowing applications.","human_ref_B":"I graduated with my BA in psych in 2018 and just started a lab position. It\u2019s not entry level, and also I had lots of experience in CMH that they found very valuable. So in my case it wasn\u2019t connections but specific experience.   Obviously the pandemic has really messed with academic research. We aren\u2019t recruiting for our study yet and we have accepted that things will continue to stall for a bit, and I don\u2019t think there\u2019s room for another doctoral student in our lab. Although most PhD programs don\u2019t really care about a masters (as in it doesn\u2019t save you time in a doctoral program) doing a masters or MPS in clinical psych can help you get to know professors and get into a lab, which could be the connection you need to get into a good doctoral program.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1236.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnyd4sd","c_root_id_B":"gnydvzl","created_at_utc_A":1613696375,"created_at_utc_B":1613696769,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"What are you stats? GPA GRE publication etc.","human_ref_B":"If you\u2019re open to neuro PhDs, I would argue that\u2019s a better route. This is based on comparing my experiences as a STEM PhD to the experiences of friends (and my psychologist) who have done PhDs in clinical psych. First, clinical psych does require working as a lab manager first, and that does seem to require having an \u201cin\u201d. Second, clinical psych is often a 7-10 year program, but a neuro PhD is 5-6. Third, as a BIPOC researching \u201chard\u201d science (neuro) you have tons of exclusive opportunities for fellowships and grants. While this may be somewhat true in all disciplines, medically-relevant \u201chard\u201d science has the most funding opportunities overall. Finally, PhDs in medical colleges have higher pay and fewer outside requirements (e.g. TA ships) compared to basically all other PhDs. The drawback of a neuro PhD is that it might be harder to work on the developmental effects of growing up in a marginalized community, but you can definitely find neuro opportunities in developmental disorders or mental health.  One last thing... Department\u2019s admissions have been affected in a variety of ways due to the pandemic. If you decide to look into neuro PhD programs, you should look around to see if any you are interested in are still allowing applications.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":394.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnybk9z","c_root_id_B":"gnyv8a9","created_at_utc_A":1613695533,"created_at_utc_B":1613705892,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I graduated with my BA in psych in 2018 and just started a lab position. It\u2019s not entry level, and also I had lots of experience in CMH that they found very valuable. So in my case it wasn\u2019t connections but specific experience.   Obviously the pandemic has really messed with academic research. We aren\u2019t recruiting for our study yet and we have accepted that things will continue to stall for a bit, and I don\u2019t think there\u2019s room for another doctoral student in our lab. Although most PhD programs don\u2019t really care about a masters (as in it doesn\u2019t save you time in a doctoral program) doing a masters or MPS in clinical psych can help you get to know professors and get into a lab, which could be the connection you need to get into a good doctoral program.","human_ref_B":"Clinical psychology is incredibly competitive in *any* year. My background is in psychology and I also studied mental health, so I know a ton of folks who went clinical; students who had 2-3 years of undergraduate RA experience + 1-2 years of lab management\/full-time research experience + clinical hours up the wazoo sometimes had to apply two or even three rounds before getting offers, and that's with applying to 7-12 programs each round. Clinical psychology is *incredibly* competitive.  I'm also BIPOC and my research area was in the same general area as yours. Are you tied to being a clinician? Because if not, there are *lots* of other PhD programs that are less competitive where you can study that. Look at health psychology, neuroscience (if you have the background for it), or public health as other avenues.  If you are looking only at research assistant positions at universities in psychology departments, I would also expand that. First, you can look across the university: there are research coordinator jobs in the medical\/health sciences departments of universities that may have relevant research going on, too (think psychiatry, neurobiology, public health, perhaps even nursing). The NIH has an IRT program that is targeted at preparing people for doctoral programs that are related to health.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10359.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"lmvzqb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Discouraged Phd applicant on where to go from here. I got rejected from basically all of the Clinical Psychology Phd programs that I applied to. I am immensely interested in researching mental health\/developmental disorders, as well as malignant brain development due to environmental stressors\/trauma within marginalized communities. I have more specific research interests that I expressed in my personal statement as well, that I believe aligned with advisors I wanted to work with. I didn't apply to that many because I couldn't afford it and didn't qualify for the income waiver either that typically requires below poverty level indication.   I've been trying to find full-time research positions since I graduated in 2019 with a B.A. in Psychology from a small university and I have been applying to a variety of full-time research assistant\/coordinator\/manager positions (*all around the U.S.*) since I graduated and have only gotten rejections and no interviews, even for positions I was clearly qualified for. The people that I've known to get these type of positions always have had some kind of connection from the inside to get in, which I do not. I ended up taking a full-time management job in the private sector, whilst volunteering in a research lab part time (*this lab does not have any full time positions*).  I feel very stuck and discouraged especially as a BIPOC person, it seems like gatekeeping runs very deep in academia and full-time research\/PhD opportunities for Psychology and Neuroscience are incredibly slim.   Any advice on the next steps I should take to increase my chances of getting into a PhD next cycle? I would also be open to applying to Cog Neuro Phd programs as well.   Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"gnyd4sd","c_root_id_B":"gnyv8a9","created_at_utc_A":1613696375,"created_at_utc_B":1613705892,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"What are you stats? GPA GRE publication etc.","human_ref_B":"Clinical psychology is incredibly competitive in *any* year. My background is in psychology and I also studied mental health, so I know a ton of folks who went clinical; students who had 2-3 years of undergraduate RA experience + 1-2 years of lab management\/full-time research experience + clinical hours up the wazoo sometimes had to apply two or even three rounds before getting offers, and that's with applying to 7-12 programs each round. Clinical psychology is *incredibly* competitive.  I'm also BIPOC and my research area was in the same general area as yours. Are you tied to being a clinician? Because if not, there are *lots* of other PhD programs that are less competitive where you can study that. Look at health psychology, neuroscience (if you have the background for it), or public health as other avenues.  If you are looking only at research assistant positions at universities in psychology departments, I would also expand that. First, you can look across the university: there are research coordinator jobs in the medical\/health sciences departments of universities that may have relevant research going on, too (think psychiatry, neurobiology, public health, perhaps even nursing). The NIH has an IRT program that is targeted at preparing people for doctoral programs that are related to health.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9517.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"w333ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Do you ever feel too dumb for academia? I started a job recently as a junior researcher at one of the universities in my state. It\u2019s a job made for recent undergraduates which helps someone get either into academia or help them decide if they want to pursue a career in research. I\u2019m about two months into my job and I\u2019m already struggling with how the people in it make me feel. I work directly under a Post Doc with a supervising professor, along with a few other researches scattered here and there.   My biggest issue right now is that with my supervisor (post doc) I always feel like she\u2019s looking down on me and she\u2019s told me a few times already she needs me to take more initiative and get things done. My problem with that is that there ain\u2019t always work for me to do everyday and what we need to get done is never laid out, exactly when she wants to do it and when it should get done. I\u2019m grasping at straws and I\u2019m trying to keep up with all the information they are telling me about the current study we are doing and I\u2019m extremely overwhelmed.   I feel like I\u2019m 8 again sitting at the adults table not understanding anything they are asking me or what they are talking about.  My biggest question for you guys is that do you feel this way too in academia? That people think you\u2019re too dumb to understand everything or that if you don\u2019t get what they are telling you right away it\u2019s not worth their time to explain it.","c_root_id_A":"igv6iw9","c_root_id_B":"igu3lz9","created_at_utc_A":1658284155,"created_at_utc_B":1658267313,"score_A":53,"score_B":26,"human_ref_A":"To answer your question, yes. I sometimes feel too dumb for academia. Felt that way a lot this week with some new colleagues.    I'm also a full professor. So I think I somehow got by anyway. :D","human_ref_B":"Firstly, you're not 'dumb' at all. Some people are better at management than others, and it doesn't quite sound like you're getting the support you need to succeed here. Or you might just need more time to adjust to this environment.   Keep asking questions, keep learning. Maybe ask for a sit down meeting with your supervisor to work through some of this?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":16842.0,"score_ratio":2.0384615385}
{"post_id":"w333ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Do you ever feel too dumb for academia? I started a job recently as a junior researcher at one of the universities in my state. It\u2019s a job made for recent undergraduates which helps someone get either into academia or help them decide if they want to pursue a career in research. I\u2019m about two months into my job and I\u2019m already struggling with how the people in it make me feel. I work directly under a Post Doc with a supervising professor, along with a few other researches scattered here and there.   My biggest issue right now is that with my supervisor (post doc) I always feel like she\u2019s looking down on me and she\u2019s told me a few times already she needs me to take more initiative and get things done. My problem with that is that there ain\u2019t always work for me to do everyday and what we need to get done is never laid out, exactly when she wants to do it and when it should get done. I\u2019m grasping at straws and I\u2019m trying to keep up with all the information they are telling me about the current study we are doing and I\u2019m extremely overwhelmed.   I feel like I\u2019m 8 again sitting at the adults table not understanding anything they are asking me or what they are talking about.  My biggest question for you guys is that do you feel this way too in academia? That people think you\u2019re too dumb to understand everything or that if you don\u2019t get what they are telling you right away it\u2019s not worth their time to explain it.","c_root_id_A":"igv6iw9","c_root_id_B":"igu3pwe","created_at_utc_A":1658284155,"created_at_utc_B":1658267356,"score_A":53,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"To answer your question, yes. I sometimes feel too dumb for academia. Felt that way a lot this week with some new colleagues.    I'm also a full professor. So I think I somehow got by anyway. :D","human_ref_B":"It is very normal to feel overwhelmed during your first research experience. Very, very normal.   A difficult aspect of research is that it is somewhat open ended. Nobody will be able to give you a 'syllabus' of what you need to do. With taking initiative, the person may mean that they want you to come up with useful things to do, instead of waiting for someone to give you an 'assignment'. This is an important part of research, but it takes time to learn, and is very different from doing coursework.  I second the advice to talk to other students in the lab, in particular to ask them: how do they prioritize tasks, and in what ways do they take initiative?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":16799.0,"score_ratio":4.4166666667}
{"post_id":"w333ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Do you ever feel too dumb for academia? I started a job recently as a junior researcher at one of the universities in my state. It\u2019s a job made for recent undergraduates which helps someone get either into academia or help them decide if they want to pursue a career in research. I\u2019m about two months into my job and I\u2019m already struggling with how the people in it make me feel. I work directly under a Post Doc with a supervising professor, along with a few other researches scattered here and there.   My biggest issue right now is that with my supervisor (post doc) I always feel like she\u2019s looking down on me and she\u2019s told me a few times already she needs me to take more initiative and get things done. My problem with that is that there ain\u2019t always work for me to do everyday and what we need to get done is never laid out, exactly when she wants to do it and when it should get done. I\u2019m grasping at straws and I\u2019m trying to keep up with all the information they are telling me about the current study we are doing and I\u2019m extremely overwhelmed.   I feel like I\u2019m 8 again sitting at the adults table not understanding anything they are asking me or what they are talking about.  My biggest question for you guys is that do you feel this way too in academia? That people think you\u2019re too dumb to understand everything or that if you don\u2019t get what they are telling you right away it\u2019s not worth their time to explain it.","c_root_id_A":"igv6iw9","c_root_id_B":"igumgqh","created_at_utc_A":1658284155,"created_at_utc_B":1658275257,"score_A":53,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"To answer your question, yes. I sometimes feel too dumb for academia. Felt that way a lot this week with some new colleagues.    I'm also a full professor. So I think I somehow got by anyway. :D","human_ref_B":"Stay in your position and ride it out. You\u2019re going to learn A LOT. I work at a school and all of my coworkers are smart, it\u2019s actually intimidating. My boss has a doctorate\u2019s and I had daily meetings with her. Very smart and understanding woman. But I do freak out a lot and feel like I\u2019m not smart enough to be there. I\u2019m only a junior..and feel defeated some days because I feel \u201cdumb\u201d but at the same time it drives me to want to learn more because I\u2019m always surrounded by people who continuously make an effort to become more informed.  Ask more questions (something I need to work on as well) find somebody at your job that can become somewhat of a mentor. Please keep trying and please don\u2019t be so hard on yourself. You\u2019re still learning. Stay on top of your tasks and make sure to communicate!! I\u2019ve gotten in trouble for my lack of communication skills..just ask, some people are always willing to help (:","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8898.0,"score_ratio":10.6}
{"post_id":"w333ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Do you ever feel too dumb for academia? I started a job recently as a junior researcher at one of the universities in my state. It\u2019s a job made for recent undergraduates which helps someone get either into academia or help them decide if they want to pursue a career in research. I\u2019m about two months into my job and I\u2019m already struggling with how the people in it make me feel. I work directly under a Post Doc with a supervising professor, along with a few other researches scattered here and there.   My biggest issue right now is that with my supervisor (post doc) I always feel like she\u2019s looking down on me and she\u2019s told me a few times already she needs me to take more initiative and get things done. My problem with that is that there ain\u2019t always work for me to do everyday and what we need to get done is never laid out, exactly when she wants to do it and when it should get done. I\u2019m grasping at straws and I\u2019m trying to keep up with all the information they are telling me about the current study we are doing and I\u2019m extremely overwhelmed.   I feel like I\u2019m 8 again sitting at the adults table not understanding anything they are asking me or what they are talking about.  My biggest question for you guys is that do you feel this way too in academia? That people think you\u2019re too dumb to understand everything or that if you don\u2019t get what they are telling you right away it\u2019s not worth their time to explain it.","c_root_id_A":"igu3lz9","c_root_id_B":"igvad4d","created_at_utc_A":1658267313,"created_at_utc_B":1658285940,"score_A":26,"score_B":31,"human_ref_A":"Firstly, you're not 'dumb' at all. Some people are better at management than others, and it doesn't quite sound like you're getting the support you need to succeed here. Or you might just need more time to adjust to this environment.   Keep asking questions, keep learning. Maybe ask for a sit down meeting with your supervisor to work through some of this?","human_ref_B":"Sometimes I don't think people should be allowed to be in academia unless they think they're too dumb for academia, at least on occasion.   When I started my PhD I was lucky to follow 10% of the meetings I was in, even the ones about my own project. By the end of my PhD I still could only follow about 70 - 80% of what my advisors were talking about, and that was on a good day.   I tell grad students that like 50% of doing a PhD is learning how to be comfortable with feeling dumb, knowing how to put things on a shelf that future you will figure out, because it's a skill to be gentle with yourself when you don't know things, especially when a lot of grad students have been high achievers their whole lives and don't know how to exist in a space where not knowing everything is not only expected, but required.   Basically I make mistakes and feel dumb about something every single day.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":18627.0,"score_ratio":1.1923076923}
{"post_id":"w333ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Do you ever feel too dumb for academia? I started a job recently as a junior researcher at one of the universities in my state. It\u2019s a job made for recent undergraduates which helps someone get either into academia or help them decide if they want to pursue a career in research. I\u2019m about two months into my job and I\u2019m already struggling with how the people in it make me feel. I work directly under a Post Doc with a supervising professor, along with a few other researches scattered here and there.   My biggest issue right now is that with my supervisor (post doc) I always feel like she\u2019s looking down on me and she\u2019s told me a few times already she needs me to take more initiative and get things done. My problem with that is that there ain\u2019t always work for me to do everyday and what we need to get done is never laid out, exactly when she wants to do it and when it should get done. I\u2019m grasping at straws and I\u2019m trying to keep up with all the information they are telling me about the current study we are doing and I\u2019m extremely overwhelmed.   I feel like I\u2019m 8 again sitting at the adults table not understanding anything they are asking me or what they are talking about.  My biggest question for you guys is that do you feel this way too in academia? That people think you\u2019re too dumb to understand everything or that if you don\u2019t get what they are telling you right away it\u2019s not worth their time to explain it.","c_root_id_A":"igvad4d","c_root_id_B":"igu3pwe","created_at_utc_A":1658285940,"created_at_utc_B":1658267356,"score_A":31,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Sometimes I don't think people should be allowed to be in academia unless they think they're too dumb for academia, at least on occasion.   When I started my PhD I was lucky to follow 10% of the meetings I was in, even the ones about my own project. By the end of my PhD I still could only follow about 70 - 80% of what my advisors were talking about, and that was on a good day.   I tell grad students that like 50% of doing a PhD is learning how to be comfortable with feeling dumb, knowing how to put things on a shelf that future you will figure out, because it's a skill to be gentle with yourself when you don't know things, especially when a lot of grad students have been high achievers their whole lives and don't know how to exist in a space where not knowing everything is not only expected, but required.   Basically I make mistakes and feel dumb about something every single day.","human_ref_B":"It is very normal to feel overwhelmed during your first research experience. Very, very normal.   A difficult aspect of research is that it is somewhat open ended. Nobody will be able to give you a 'syllabus' of what you need to do. With taking initiative, the person may mean that they want you to come up with useful things to do, instead of waiting for someone to give you an 'assignment'. This is an important part of research, but it takes time to learn, and is very different from doing coursework.  I second the advice to talk to other students in the lab, in particular to ask them: how do they prioritize tasks, and in what ways do they take initiative?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":18584.0,"score_ratio":2.5833333333}
{"post_id":"w333ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Do you ever feel too dumb for academia? I started a job recently as a junior researcher at one of the universities in my state. It\u2019s a job made for recent undergraduates which helps someone get either into academia or help them decide if they want to pursue a career in research. I\u2019m about two months into my job and I\u2019m already struggling with how the people in it make me feel. I work directly under a Post Doc with a supervising professor, along with a few other researches scattered here and there.   My biggest issue right now is that with my supervisor (post doc) I always feel like she\u2019s looking down on me and she\u2019s told me a few times already she needs me to take more initiative and get things done. My problem with that is that there ain\u2019t always work for me to do everyday and what we need to get done is never laid out, exactly when she wants to do it and when it should get done. I\u2019m grasping at straws and I\u2019m trying to keep up with all the information they are telling me about the current study we are doing and I\u2019m extremely overwhelmed.   I feel like I\u2019m 8 again sitting at the adults table not understanding anything they are asking me or what they are talking about.  My biggest question for you guys is that do you feel this way too in academia? That people think you\u2019re too dumb to understand everything or that if you don\u2019t get what they are telling you right away it\u2019s not worth their time to explain it.","c_root_id_A":"igumgqh","c_root_id_B":"igvad4d","created_at_utc_A":1658275257,"created_at_utc_B":1658285940,"score_A":5,"score_B":31,"human_ref_A":"Stay in your position and ride it out. You\u2019re going to learn A LOT. I work at a school and all of my coworkers are smart, it\u2019s actually intimidating. My boss has a doctorate\u2019s and I had daily meetings with her. Very smart and understanding woman. But I do freak out a lot and feel like I\u2019m not smart enough to be there. I\u2019m only a junior..and feel defeated some days because I feel \u201cdumb\u201d but at the same time it drives me to want to learn more because I\u2019m always surrounded by people who continuously make an effort to become more informed.  Ask more questions (something I need to work on as well) find somebody at your job that can become somewhat of a mentor. Please keep trying and please don\u2019t be so hard on yourself. You\u2019re still learning. Stay on top of your tasks and make sure to communicate!! I\u2019ve gotten in trouble for my lack of communication skills..just ask, some people are always willing to help (:","human_ref_B":"Sometimes I don't think people should be allowed to be in academia unless they think they're too dumb for academia, at least on occasion.   When I started my PhD I was lucky to follow 10% of the meetings I was in, even the ones about my own project. By the end of my PhD I still could only follow about 70 - 80% of what my advisors were talking about, and that was on a good day.   I tell grad students that like 50% of doing a PhD is learning how to be comfortable with feeling dumb, knowing how to put things on a shelf that future you will figure out, because it's a skill to be gentle with yourself when you don't know things, especially when a lot of grad students have been high achievers their whole lives and don't know how to exist in a space where not knowing everything is not only expected, but required.   Basically I make mistakes and feel dumb about something every single day.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10683.0,"score_ratio":6.2}
{"post_id":"w333ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Do you ever feel too dumb for academia? I started a job recently as a junior researcher at one of the universities in my state. It\u2019s a job made for recent undergraduates which helps someone get either into academia or help them decide if they want to pursue a career in research. I\u2019m about two months into my job and I\u2019m already struggling with how the people in it make me feel. I work directly under a Post Doc with a supervising professor, along with a few other researches scattered here and there.   My biggest issue right now is that with my supervisor (post doc) I always feel like she\u2019s looking down on me and she\u2019s told me a few times already she needs me to take more initiative and get things done. My problem with that is that there ain\u2019t always work for me to do everyday and what we need to get done is never laid out, exactly when she wants to do it and when it should get done. I\u2019m grasping at straws and I\u2019m trying to keep up with all the information they are telling me about the current study we are doing and I\u2019m extremely overwhelmed.   I feel like I\u2019m 8 again sitting at the adults table not understanding anything they are asking me or what they are talking about.  My biggest question for you guys is that do you feel this way too in academia? That people think you\u2019re too dumb to understand everything or that if you don\u2019t get what they are telling you right away it\u2019s not worth their time to explain it.","c_root_id_A":"igumgqh","c_root_id_B":"igvtlay","created_at_utc_A":1658275257,"created_at_utc_B":1658296893,"score_A":5,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"Stay in your position and ride it out. You\u2019re going to learn A LOT. I work at a school and all of my coworkers are smart, it\u2019s actually intimidating. My boss has a doctorate\u2019s and I had daily meetings with her. Very smart and understanding woman. But I do freak out a lot and feel like I\u2019m not smart enough to be there. I\u2019m only a junior..and feel defeated some days because I feel \u201cdumb\u201d but at the same time it drives me to want to learn more because I\u2019m always surrounded by people who continuously make an effort to become more informed.  Ask more questions (something I need to work on as well) find somebody at your job that can become somewhat of a mentor. Please keep trying and please don\u2019t be so hard on yourself. You\u2019re still learning. Stay on top of your tasks and make sure to communicate!! I\u2019ve gotten in trouble for my lack of communication skills..just ask, some people are always willing to help (:","human_ref_B":"This is 100% a leadership problem.  All of us assholes in academia need to read  the book \"EXTREME OWNERSHIP\" so that we understand: if someone under our care (or command) is not performing well or doesn't know what to do or doesn't understand the context, it is 100% our fault.  So you identified another failure mode: if your otherwise smart and well-meaning coworkers (who care enough about the job to make reddit posts seeking guidance and clarification) feel dumb, you might be a dumbass academic who doesn't know anything about leadership.  Yeah, myself included sometimes.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":21636.0,"score_ratio":2.2}
{"post_id":"w333ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Do you ever feel too dumb for academia? I started a job recently as a junior researcher at one of the universities in my state. It\u2019s a job made for recent undergraduates which helps someone get either into academia or help them decide if they want to pursue a career in research. I\u2019m about two months into my job and I\u2019m already struggling with how the people in it make me feel. I work directly under a Post Doc with a supervising professor, along with a few other researches scattered here and there.   My biggest issue right now is that with my supervisor (post doc) I always feel like she\u2019s looking down on me and she\u2019s told me a few times already she needs me to take more initiative and get things done. My problem with that is that there ain\u2019t always work for me to do everyday and what we need to get done is never laid out, exactly when she wants to do it and when it should get done. I\u2019m grasping at straws and I\u2019m trying to keep up with all the information they are telling me about the current study we are doing and I\u2019m extremely overwhelmed.   I feel like I\u2019m 8 again sitting at the adults table not understanding anything they are asking me or what they are talking about.  My biggest question for you guys is that do you feel this way too in academia? That people think you\u2019re too dumb to understand everything or that if you don\u2019t get what they are telling you right away it\u2019s not worth their time to explain it.","c_root_id_A":"igvqtdy","c_root_id_B":"igvtlay","created_at_utc_A":1658295041,"created_at_utc_B":1658296893,"score_A":3,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"You are actually asking two different things - do we feel dumb, and in the last bit do other people treat us as too dumb.  To answer the first one (do we sometimes feel like we are overmatched) the answer is yes, I think for most of us.  I got invited to submit a review in an area I have published in.  Was not going to bother, but thought it might be good for some more junior staff I work with on occasion who are doing some work in that area also.  I now have the review draft, and they took an incredibly detailed point of view (I would have taken a much broader perspective), and completely screwed it up. I am working to fix it, and boy, am I struggling- going back to the literature shows me how much I do not know in this area, and I am wondering how I ever got anything published!  So yes, some days I do feel overmatched by academia - despite having published well over 200 papers.  But I will struggle my way through it, and hope and pray I do not make a huge mistake that the reviewers spot! (and if anyone is wondering, I am playing hooky and the review is open in the other window, waiting for me to confront my ignorance once again!)  For your second point, no, generally people do not think I am dumb (obviously), but that issue is nothing about you.  It is just absurdly poor supervision.  Nobody goes into a research environment \"fully loaded\".  We pick it up over years (or decades!).  A failure of the post-doc to realize and accept that is just poor skills on their part.  Stick at it, keep learning and one day you will get enough knowledge and experience so that you can fake it like the rest of us.","human_ref_B":"This is 100% a leadership problem.  All of us assholes in academia need to read  the book \"EXTREME OWNERSHIP\" so that we understand: if someone under our care (or command) is not performing well or doesn't know what to do or doesn't understand the context, it is 100% our fault.  So you identified another failure mode: if your otherwise smart and well-meaning coworkers (who care enough about the job to make reddit posts seeking guidance and clarification) feel dumb, you might be a dumbass academic who doesn't know anything about leadership.  Yeah, myself included sometimes.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1852.0,"score_ratio":3.6666666667}
{"post_id":"w333ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Do you ever feel too dumb for academia? I started a job recently as a junior researcher at one of the universities in my state. It\u2019s a job made for recent undergraduates which helps someone get either into academia or help them decide if they want to pursue a career in research. I\u2019m about two months into my job and I\u2019m already struggling with how the people in it make me feel. I work directly under a Post Doc with a supervising professor, along with a few other researches scattered here and there.   My biggest issue right now is that with my supervisor (post doc) I always feel like she\u2019s looking down on me and she\u2019s told me a few times already she needs me to take more initiative and get things done. My problem with that is that there ain\u2019t always work for me to do everyday and what we need to get done is never laid out, exactly when she wants to do it and when it should get done. I\u2019m grasping at straws and I\u2019m trying to keep up with all the information they are telling me about the current study we are doing and I\u2019m extremely overwhelmed.   I feel like I\u2019m 8 again sitting at the adults table not understanding anything they are asking me or what they are talking about.  My biggest question for you guys is that do you feel this way too in academia? That people think you\u2019re too dumb to understand everything or that if you don\u2019t get what they are telling you right away it\u2019s not worth their time to explain it.","c_root_id_A":"igvqkui","c_root_id_B":"igvtlay","created_at_utc_A":1658294887,"created_at_utc_B":1658296893,"score_A":2,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"Yes, I think I am too dumb to understand everything, and probably if someone thinks differently they might have some issue.","human_ref_B":"This is 100% a leadership problem.  All of us assholes in academia need to read  the book \"EXTREME OWNERSHIP\" so that we understand: if someone under our care (or command) is not performing well or doesn't know what to do or doesn't understand the context, it is 100% our fault.  So you identified another failure mode: if your otherwise smart and well-meaning coworkers (who care enough about the job to make reddit posts seeking guidance and clarification) feel dumb, you might be a dumbass academic who doesn't know anything about leadership.  Yeah, myself included sometimes.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2006.0,"score_ratio":5.5}
{"post_id":"w333ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Do you ever feel too dumb for academia? I started a job recently as a junior researcher at one of the universities in my state. It\u2019s a job made for recent undergraduates which helps someone get either into academia or help them decide if they want to pursue a career in research. I\u2019m about two months into my job and I\u2019m already struggling with how the people in it make me feel. I work directly under a Post Doc with a supervising professor, along with a few other researches scattered here and there.   My biggest issue right now is that with my supervisor (post doc) I always feel like she\u2019s looking down on me and she\u2019s told me a few times already she needs me to take more initiative and get things done. My problem with that is that there ain\u2019t always work for me to do everyday and what we need to get done is never laid out, exactly when she wants to do it and when it should get done. I\u2019m grasping at straws and I\u2019m trying to keep up with all the information they are telling me about the current study we are doing and I\u2019m extremely overwhelmed.   I feel like I\u2019m 8 again sitting at the adults table not understanding anything they are asking me or what they are talking about.  My biggest question for you guys is that do you feel this way too in academia? That people think you\u2019re too dumb to understand everything or that if you don\u2019t get what they are telling you right away it\u2019s not worth their time to explain it.","c_root_id_A":"igvqkui","c_root_id_B":"igvqtdy","created_at_utc_A":1658294887,"created_at_utc_B":1658295041,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Yes, I think I am too dumb to understand everything, and probably if someone thinks differently they might have some issue.","human_ref_B":"You are actually asking two different things - do we feel dumb, and in the last bit do other people treat us as too dumb.  To answer the first one (do we sometimes feel like we are overmatched) the answer is yes, I think for most of us.  I got invited to submit a review in an area I have published in.  Was not going to bother, but thought it might be good for some more junior staff I work with on occasion who are doing some work in that area also.  I now have the review draft, and they took an incredibly detailed point of view (I would have taken a much broader perspective), and completely screwed it up. I am working to fix it, and boy, am I struggling- going back to the literature shows me how much I do not know in this area, and I am wondering how I ever got anything published!  So yes, some days I do feel overmatched by academia - despite having published well over 200 papers.  But I will struggle my way through it, and hope and pray I do not make a huge mistake that the reviewers spot! (and if anyone is wondering, I am playing hooky and the review is open in the other window, waiting for me to confront my ignorance once again!)  For your second point, no, generally people do not think I am dumb (obviously), but that issue is nothing about you.  It is just absurdly poor supervision.  Nobody goes into a research environment \"fully loaded\".  We pick it up over years (or decades!).  A failure of the post-doc to realize and accept that is just poor skills on their part.  Stick at it, keep learning and one day you will get enough knowledge and experience so that you can fake it like the rest of us.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":154.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"w333ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Do you ever feel too dumb for academia? I started a job recently as a junior researcher at one of the universities in my state. It\u2019s a job made for recent undergraduates which helps someone get either into academia or help them decide if they want to pursue a career in research. I\u2019m about two months into my job and I\u2019m already struggling with how the people in it make me feel. I work directly under a Post Doc with a supervising professor, along with a few other researches scattered here and there.   My biggest issue right now is that with my supervisor (post doc) I always feel like she\u2019s looking down on me and she\u2019s told me a few times already she needs me to take more initiative and get things done. My problem with that is that there ain\u2019t always work for me to do everyday and what we need to get done is never laid out, exactly when she wants to do it and when it should get done. I\u2019m grasping at straws and I\u2019m trying to keep up with all the information they are telling me about the current study we are doing and I\u2019m extremely overwhelmed.   I feel like I\u2019m 8 again sitting at the adults table not understanding anything they are asking me or what they are talking about.  My biggest question for you guys is that do you feel this way too in academia? That people think you\u2019re too dumb to understand everything or that if you don\u2019t get what they are telling you right away it\u2019s not worth their time to explain it.","c_root_id_A":"igwh1nl","c_root_id_B":"igvqkui","created_at_utc_A":1658314990,"created_at_utc_B":1658294887,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Here's a wonderful 1 page essay addressing how you're feeling. Give it a read!    https:\/\/journals.biologists.com\/jcs\/article\/121\/11\/1771\/30038\/The-importance-of-stupidity-in-scientific-research","human_ref_B":"Yes, I think I am too dumb to understand everything, and probably if someone thinks differently they might have some issue.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":20103.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"w333ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Do you ever feel too dumb for academia? I started a job recently as a junior researcher at one of the universities in my state. It\u2019s a job made for recent undergraduates which helps someone get either into academia or help them decide if they want to pursue a career in research. I\u2019m about two months into my job and I\u2019m already struggling with how the people in it make me feel. I work directly under a Post Doc with a supervising professor, along with a few other researches scattered here and there.   My biggest issue right now is that with my supervisor (post doc) I always feel like she\u2019s looking down on me and she\u2019s told me a few times already she needs me to take more initiative and get things done. My problem with that is that there ain\u2019t always work for me to do everyday and what we need to get done is never laid out, exactly when she wants to do it and when it should get done. I\u2019m grasping at straws and I\u2019m trying to keep up with all the information they are telling me about the current study we are doing and I\u2019m extremely overwhelmed.   I feel like I\u2019m 8 again sitting at the adults table not understanding anything they are asking me or what they are talking about.  My biggest question for you guys is that do you feel this way too in academia? That people think you\u2019re too dumb to understand everything or that if you don\u2019t get what they are telling you right away it\u2019s not worth their time to explain it.","c_root_id_A":"igvqkui","c_root_id_B":"igy8svo","created_at_utc_A":1658294887,"created_at_utc_B":1658342541,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Yes, I think I am too dumb to understand everything, and probably if someone thinks differently they might have some issue.","human_ref_B":"You're a recent undergraduate working as a junior researcher. Of fucking course you feel dumb. Because no offense but you really *don't* know anything. You're years if not decades behind everyone else in learning these things. And that's ok. It's why postgraduate degrees and these sorts of jobs exist. You'll figure it out, it just takes time. That doesn't mean you're dumb though, it means you're not knowledgeable. Those are very different things.  And your supervisor should understand this. After all they were in your exact position not that long ago. Maybe still are. If they're looking down on you that's probably their problem, not yours. I agree with the other comments here. It would be a good idea to talk with your peers and\/or your supervisor about expectations and how you're doing. And don't be afraid to ask your supervisor for help, both in terms of information you don't understand and in terms of your works skills. That's why they're there","labels":0,"seconds_difference":47654.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"w333ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Do you ever feel too dumb for academia? I started a job recently as a junior researcher at one of the universities in my state. It\u2019s a job made for recent undergraduates which helps someone get either into academia or help them decide if they want to pursue a career in research. I\u2019m about two months into my job and I\u2019m already struggling with how the people in it make me feel. I work directly under a Post Doc with a supervising professor, along with a few other researches scattered here and there.   My biggest issue right now is that with my supervisor (post doc) I always feel like she\u2019s looking down on me and she\u2019s told me a few times already she needs me to take more initiative and get things done. My problem with that is that there ain\u2019t always work for me to do everyday and what we need to get done is never laid out, exactly when she wants to do it and when it should get done. I\u2019m grasping at straws and I\u2019m trying to keep up with all the information they are telling me about the current study we are doing and I\u2019m extremely overwhelmed.   I feel like I\u2019m 8 again sitting at the adults table not understanding anything they are asking me or what they are talking about.  My biggest question for you guys is that do you feel this way too in academia? That people think you\u2019re too dumb to understand everything or that if you don\u2019t get what they are telling you right away it\u2019s not worth their time to explain it.","c_root_id_A":"igy8svo","c_root_id_B":"igxq8b6","created_at_utc_A":1658342541,"created_at_utc_B":1658335202,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"You're a recent undergraduate working as a junior researcher. Of fucking course you feel dumb. Because no offense but you really *don't* know anything. You're years if not decades behind everyone else in learning these things. And that's ok. It's why postgraduate degrees and these sorts of jobs exist. You'll figure it out, it just takes time. That doesn't mean you're dumb though, it means you're not knowledgeable. Those are very different things.  And your supervisor should understand this. After all they were in your exact position not that long ago. Maybe still are. If they're looking down on you that's probably their problem, not yours. I agree with the other comments here. It would be a good idea to talk with your peers and\/or your supervisor about expectations and how you're doing. And don't be afraid to ask your supervisor for help, both in terms of information you don't understand and in terms of your works skills. That's why they're there","human_ref_B":"Answer to your headline: Every fucking day. I dont have imposter syndrome, I am the imposter.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7339.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaff7vs","c_root_id_B":"eaffirr","created_at_utc_A":1543151136,"created_at_utc_B":1543151437,"score_A":22,"score_B":54,"human_ref_A":"\u201cWow, my talk must have been great if all you can comment on is my accent.\u201d \u201cExcuse me, that\u2019s nit very professional, is it?\u201d \u201cOh, I\u2019m sorry. I didn\u2019t realize you don\u2019t get out much. (University) must be so isolated if my accent is hard for you to understand.\u201d  Don\u2019t start fights, but don\u2019t take crappy behavior either. There\u2019s a lot of meaningless attempted gatekeeping at conferences. I think it\u2019s time we all stopped being doormats for cliquey behavior.","human_ref_B":"I grew up in the US South. Comments are occasionally made, either about my accent or the accent of others. I confront them directly but calmly. I also don't let it go unless there is, I feel, a genuine apology.  I've only had to call someone a carpetbagger once.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":301.0,"score_ratio":2.4545454545}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaffirr","c_root_id_B":"eaf98yf","created_at_utc_A":1543151437,"created_at_utc_B":1543144988,"score_A":54,"score_B":16,"human_ref_A":"I grew up in the US South. Comments are occasionally made, either about my accent or the accent of others. I confront them directly but calmly. I also don't let it go unless there is, I feel, a genuine apology.  I've only had to call someone a carpetbagger once.","human_ref_B":"I'd be tempted to tell them to get fucked. Or publicly call them out on their ridiculous behaviour.  Some of the best PhD students I met had strong regional accents - Scottish, Essex, Yorkshire... The idea of mocking someone for the way they talk is absolitely pathetic and they should be ashamed of themselves","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6449.0,"score_ratio":3.375}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaffirr","c_root_id_B":"eaf9dkc","created_at_utc_A":1543151437,"created_at_utc_B":1543145143,"score_A":54,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I grew up in the US South. Comments are occasionally made, either about my accent or the accent of others. I confront them directly but calmly. I also don't let it go unless there is, I feel, a genuine apology.  I've only had to call someone a carpetbagger once.","human_ref_B":"That's fucked up and I'm sorry.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6294.0,"score_ratio":6.0}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaffirr","c_root_id_B":"eafetki","created_at_utc_A":1543151437,"created_at_utc_B":1543150724,"score_A":54,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I grew up in the US South. Comments are occasionally made, either about my accent or the accent of others. I confront them directly but calmly. I also don't let it go unless there is, I feel, a genuine apology.  I've only had to call someone a carpetbagger once.","human_ref_B":"Well. They are arseholes.  If it were me, I would ask them why they think that is an appropriate thing to do. Do they often mock people for things relating to their upbringing\/birth place, that they couldn't *and shouldn't* have to change about themselves?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":713.0,"score_ratio":9.0}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eafjla9","c_root_id_B":"eag1bla","created_at_utc_A":1543155409,"created_at_utc_B":1543167256,"score_A":28,"score_B":43,"human_ref_A":"I found an incredible amount of \"classism\" in the UK when I worked there , but also in the US.  Brian Cox has spoken about this, as has Phil Bland. As someone from a lower-working class background with a pronounced accent,  subjected to the same kind of thing, steam is coming out of ears right now.  This would not be tolerated and would be actionable if they took the piss out of your gender preference, sex or race.  I don't have any advice - (I personally replied with cutting retorts, but I don't recommend that, it is not productive ).    I sometimes have people in the lab or a group that does this, and I pretend I don't get the joke and make them explain it to me so that they can see how mean-spirited and prejudiced it is, but then I am their boss - making someone look a fool (or letting someone who is a fool look a fool in public) is not going to help you either in the very small world we work in.  Sorry for my shitty fellow humans.","human_ref_B":"As a linguist, I seriously lose respect for people who genuinely mock accents, outside light-hearted jokes between friends. I think it is so rude to openly mock someone on their accent or appearance.  If you are having a formal conversation I would simply brush it off with \"Oh, what an unpleasant thing to say to someone\" and move on to the topic at hand. Or you could go with \"I'm genuinely embarrassed you said that\", or \"that's such a socially awkward thing to say.\"  You could also go one further and ask \"what does my accent have to do with the subject matter?\"  Elitism in academia is incredibly gross, and I would personally recommend calling people out on it where possible.  ​","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11847.0,"score_ratio":1.5357142857}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eag1bla","c_root_id_B":"eafnyh7","created_at_utc_A":1543167256,"created_at_utc_B":1543158920,"score_A":43,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"As a linguist, I seriously lose respect for people who genuinely mock accents, outside light-hearted jokes between friends. I think it is so rude to openly mock someone on their accent or appearance.  If you are having a formal conversation I would simply brush it off with \"Oh, what an unpleasant thing to say to someone\" and move on to the topic at hand. Or you could go with \"I'm genuinely embarrassed you said that\", or \"that's such a socially awkward thing to say.\"  You could also go one further and ask \"what does my accent have to do with the subject matter?\"  Elitism in academia is incredibly gross, and I would personally recommend calling people out on it where possible.  ​","human_ref_B":"From the preface to Pygmalian  \"It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.\"","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8336.0,"score_ratio":1.8695652174}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eag1bla","c_root_id_B":"eaff7vs","created_at_utc_A":1543167256,"created_at_utc_B":1543151136,"score_A":43,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"As a linguist, I seriously lose respect for people who genuinely mock accents, outside light-hearted jokes between friends. I think it is so rude to openly mock someone on their accent or appearance.  If you are having a formal conversation I would simply brush it off with \"Oh, what an unpleasant thing to say to someone\" and move on to the topic at hand. Or you could go with \"I'm genuinely embarrassed you said that\", or \"that's such a socially awkward thing to say.\"  You could also go one further and ask \"what does my accent have to do with the subject matter?\"  Elitism in academia is incredibly gross, and I would personally recommend calling people out on it where possible.  ​","human_ref_B":"\u201cWow, my talk must have been great if all you can comment on is my accent.\u201d \u201cExcuse me, that\u2019s nit very professional, is it?\u201d \u201cOh, I\u2019m sorry. I didn\u2019t realize you don\u2019t get out much. (University) must be so isolated if my accent is hard for you to understand.\u201d  Don\u2019t start fights, but don\u2019t take crappy behavior either. There\u2019s a lot of meaningless attempted gatekeeping at conferences. I think it\u2019s time we all stopped being doormats for cliquey behavior.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":16120.0,"score_ratio":1.9545454545}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eafmu1e","c_root_id_B":"eag1bla","created_at_utc_A":1543158100,"created_at_utc_B":1543167256,"score_A":17,"score_B":43,"human_ref_A":"\"Oh, is this that academic elitism I keep hearing about? I thought it had died off with Betamax\" could help you turn the tables.","human_ref_B":"As a linguist, I seriously lose respect for people who genuinely mock accents, outside light-hearted jokes between friends. I think it is so rude to openly mock someone on their accent or appearance.  If you are having a formal conversation I would simply brush it off with \"Oh, what an unpleasant thing to say to someone\" and move on to the topic at hand. Or you could go with \"I'm genuinely embarrassed you said that\", or \"that's such a socially awkward thing to say.\"  You could also go one further and ask \"what does my accent have to do with the subject matter?\"  Elitism in academia is incredibly gross, and I would personally recommend calling people out on it where possible.  ​","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9156.0,"score_ratio":2.5294117647}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaf98yf","c_root_id_B":"eag1bla","created_at_utc_A":1543144988,"created_at_utc_B":1543167256,"score_A":16,"score_B":43,"human_ref_A":"I'd be tempted to tell them to get fucked. Or publicly call them out on their ridiculous behaviour.  Some of the best PhD students I met had strong regional accents - Scottish, Essex, Yorkshire... The idea of mocking someone for the way they talk is absolitely pathetic and they should be ashamed of themselves","human_ref_B":"As a linguist, I seriously lose respect for people who genuinely mock accents, outside light-hearted jokes between friends. I think it is so rude to openly mock someone on their accent or appearance.  If you are having a formal conversation I would simply brush it off with \"Oh, what an unpleasant thing to say to someone\" and move on to the topic at hand. Or you could go with \"I'm genuinely embarrassed you said that\", or \"that's such a socially awkward thing to say.\"  You could also go one further and ask \"what does my accent have to do with the subject matter?\"  Elitism in academia is incredibly gross, and I would personally recommend calling people out on it where possible.  ​","labels":0,"seconds_difference":22268.0,"score_ratio":2.6875}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eag1bla","c_root_id_B":"eaflf5e","created_at_utc_A":1543167256,"created_at_utc_B":1543156990,"score_A":43,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"As a linguist, I seriously lose respect for people who genuinely mock accents, outside light-hearted jokes between friends. I think it is so rude to openly mock someone on their accent or appearance.  If you are having a formal conversation I would simply brush it off with \"Oh, what an unpleasant thing to say to someone\" and move on to the topic at hand. Or you could go with \"I'm genuinely embarrassed you said that\", or \"that's such a socially awkward thing to say.\"  You could also go one further and ask \"what does my accent have to do with the subject matter?\"  Elitism in academia is incredibly gross, and I would personally recommend calling people out on it where possible.  ​","human_ref_B":"I did my PhD in the UK, and my supervisor told me that my American accent made me sound, \u201cwell, stupid.\u201d Instead, she said, I should take advantage of my time in the UK and learn to mimic the Oxford accent ...  I think Brits just have a real knack for being - hmm, how to say this with my imbecile not-British mind?- assholes.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10266.0,"score_ratio":2.3888888889}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eag1bla","c_root_id_B":"eaf9dkc","created_at_utc_A":1543167256,"created_at_utc_B":1543145143,"score_A":43,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"As a linguist, I seriously lose respect for people who genuinely mock accents, outside light-hearted jokes between friends. I think it is so rude to openly mock someone on their accent or appearance.  If you are having a formal conversation I would simply brush it off with \"Oh, what an unpleasant thing to say to someone\" and move on to the topic at hand. Or you could go with \"I'm genuinely embarrassed you said that\", or \"that's such a socially awkward thing to say.\"  You could also go one further and ask \"what does my accent have to do with the subject matter?\"  Elitism in academia is incredibly gross, and I would personally recommend calling people out on it where possible.  ​","human_ref_B":"That's fucked up and I'm sorry.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":22113.0,"score_ratio":4.7777777778}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eag1bla","c_root_id_B":"eafl3if","created_at_utc_A":1543167256,"created_at_utc_B":1543156688,"score_A":43,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"As a linguist, I seriously lose respect for people who genuinely mock accents, outside light-hearted jokes between friends. I think it is so rude to openly mock someone on their accent or appearance.  If you are having a formal conversation I would simply brush it off with \"Oh, what an unpleasant thing to say to someone\" and move on to the topic at hand. Or you could go with \"I'm genuinely embarrassed you said that\", or \"that's such a socially awkward thing to say.\"  You could also go one further and ask \"what does my accent have to do with the subject matter?\"  Elitism in academia is incredibly gross, and I would personally recommend calling people out on it where possible.  ​","human_ref_B":"I have a colleague with a thick Newfoundland Accent who\u2019s worried about this. I\u2019ve always thought his fear was unfounded until this thread...","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10568.0,"score_ratio":8.6}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eag1bla","c_root_id_B":"eafetki","created_at_utc_A":1543167256,"created_at_utc_B":1543150724,"score_A":43,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"As a linguist, I seriously lose respect for people who genuinely mock accents, outside light-hearted jokes between friends. I think it is so rude to openly mock someone on their accent or appearance.  If you are having a formal conversation I would simply brush it off with \"Oh, what an unpleasant thing to say to someone\" and move on to the topic at hand. Or you could go with \"I'm genuinely embarrassed you said that\", or \"that's such a socially awkward thing to say.\"  You could also go one further and ask \"what does my accent have to do with the subject matter?\"  Elitism in academia is incredibly gross, and I would personally recommend calling people out on it where possible.  ​","human_ref_B":"Well. They are arseholes.  If it were me, I would ask them why they think that is an appropriate thing to do. Do they often mock people for things relating to their upbringing\/birth place, that they couldn't *and shouldn't* have to change about themselves?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":16532.0,"score_ratio":7.1666666667}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eafon9s","c_root_id_B":"eag1bla","created_at_utc_A":1543159401,"created_at_utc_B":1543167256,"score_A":5,"score_B":43,"human_ref_A":"I find this absolutely bizarre. Maybe it\u2019s because I grew up in a country where we have 11 official languages (South Africa) with easily 5 times the number of accents floating around, but one thing we do NOT do at conferences is negatively comment on accents. Those of academics or the visiting public. I\u2019ve been to 3 conferences in SA and 2 in the UK but have never encountered this. Maybe I\u2019m just bad at spotting that but it seems beyond rude and I can\u2019t think of any academics I know who would do it (out-loud at least). I definitely wouldn\u2019t stand for it and I think you\u2019re well within your rights to call someone out on it. Of course, if it\u2019s just a well-intentioned jest, that\u2019s one thing, but it shouldn\u2019t be happening in the first place I think.","human_ref_B":"As a linguist, I seriously lose respect for people who genuinely mock accents, outside light-hearted jokes between friends. I think it is so rude to openly mock someone on their accent or appearance.  If you are having a formal conversation I would simply brush it off with \"Oh, what an unpleasant thing to say to someone\" and move on to the topic at hand. Or you could go with \"I'm genuinely embarrassed you said that\", or \"that's such a socially awkward thing to say.\"  You could also go one further and ask \"what does my accent have to do with the subject matter?\"  Elitism in academia is incredibly gross, and I would personally recommend calling people out on it where possible.  ​","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7855.0,"score_ratio":8.6}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eag17w1","c_root_id_B":"eag1bla","created_at_utc_A":1543167195,"created_at_utc_B":1543167256,"score_A":4,"score_B":43,"human_ref_A":"As a Frenchman in the UK I can empathise. I was so self-conscious about it that I have done all I can to remove my accent.","human_ref_B":"As a linguist, I seriously lose respect for people who genuinely mock accents, outside light-hearted jokes between friends. I think it is so rude to openly mock someone on their accent or appearance.  If you are having a formal conversation I would simply brush it off with \"Oh, what an unpleasant thing to say to someone\" and move on to the topic at hand. Or you could go with \"I'm genuinely embarrassed you said that\", or \"that's such a socially awkward thing to say.\"  You could also go one further and ask \"what does my accent have to do with the subject matter?\"  Elitism in academia is incredibly gross, and I would personally recommend calling people out on it where possible.  ​","labels":0,"seconds_difference":61.0,"score_ratio":10.75}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaff7vs","c_root_id_B":"eafjla9","created_at_utc_A":1543151136,"created_at_utc_B":1543155409,"score_A":22,"score_B":28,"human_ref_A":"\u201cWow, my talk must have been great if all you can comment on is my accent.\u201d \u201cExcuse me, that\u2019s nit very professional, is it?\u201d \u201cOh, I\u2019m sorry. I didn\u2019t realize you don\u2019t get out much. (University) must be so isolated if my accent is hard for you to understand.\u201d  Don\u2019t start fights, but don\u2019t take crappy behavior either. There\u2019s a lot of meaningless attempted gatekeeping at conferences. I think it\u2019s time we all stopped being doormats for cliquey behavior.","human_ref_B":"I found an incredible amount of \"classism\" in the UK when I worked there , but also in the US.  Brian Cox has spoken about this, as has Phil Bland. As someone from a lower-working class background with a pronounced accent,  subjected to the same kind of thing, steam is coming out of ears right now.  This would not be tolerated and would be actionable if they took the piss out of your gender preference, sex or race.  I don't have any advice - (I personally replied with cutting retorts, but I don't recommend that, it is not productive ).    I sometimes have people in the lab or a group that does this, and I pretend I don't get the joke and make them explain it to me so that they can see how mean-spirited and prejudiced it is, but then I am their boss - making someone look a fool (or letting someone who is a fool look a fool in public) is not going to help you either in the very small world we work in.  Sorry for my shitty fellow humans.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4273.0,"score_ratio":1.2727272727}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaf98yf","c_root_id_B":"eafjla9","created_at_utc_A":1543144988,"created_at_utc_B":1543155409,"score_A":16,"score_B":28,"human_ref_A":"I'd be tempted to tell them to get fucked. Or publicly call them out on their ridiculous behaviour.  Some of the best PhD students I met had strong regional accents - Scottish, Essex, Yorkshire... The idea of mocking someone for the way they talk is absolitely pathetic and they should be ashamed of themselves","human_ref_B":"I found an incredible amount of \"classism\" in the UK when I worked there , but also in the US.  Brian Cox has spoken about this, as has Phil Bland. As someone from a lower-working class background with a pronounced accent,  subjected to the same kind of thing, steam is coming out of ears right now.  This would not be tolerated and would be actionable if they took the piss out of your gender preference, sex or race.  I don't have any advice - (I personally replied with cutting retorts, but I don't recommend that, it is not productive ).    I sometimes have people in the lab or a group that does this, and I pretend I don't get the joke and make them explain it to me so that they can see how mean-spirited and prejudiced it is, but then I am their boss - making someone look a fool (or letting someone who is a fool look a fool in public) is not going to help you either in the very small world we work in.  Sorry for my shitty fellow humans.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10421.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaf9dkc","c_root_id_B":"eafjla9","created_at_utc_A":1543145143,"created_at_utc_B":1543155409,"score_A":9,"score_B":28,"human_ref_A":"That's fucked up and I'm sorry.","human_ref_B":"I found an incredible amount of \"classism\" in the UK when I worked there , but also in the US.  Brian Cox has spoken about this, as has Phil Bland. As someone from a lower-working class background with a pronounced accent,  subjected to the same kind of thing, steam is coming out of ears right now.  This would not be tolerated and would be actionable if they took the piss out of your gender preference, sex or race.  I don't have any advice - (I personally replied with cutting retorts, but I don't recommend that, it is not productive ).    I sometimes have people in the lab or a group that does this, and I pretend I don't get the joke and make them explain it to me so that they can see how mean-spirited and prejudiced it is, but then I am their boss - making someone look a fool (or letting someone who is a fool look a fool in public) is not going to help you either in the very small world we work in.  Sorry for my shitty fellow humans.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10266.0,"score_ratio":3.1111111111}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eafjla9","c_root_id_B":"eafetki","created_at_utc_A":1543155409,"created_at_utc_B":1543150724,"score_A":28,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I found an incredible amount of \"classism\" in the UK when I worked there , but also in the US.  Brian Cox has spoken about this, as has Phil Bland. As someone from a lower-working class background with a pronounced accent,  subjected to the same kind of thing, steam is coming out of ears right now.  This would not be tolerated and would be actionable if they took the piss out of your gender preference, sex or race.  I don't have any advice - (I personally replied with cutting retorts, but I don't recommend that, it is not productive ).    I sometimes have people in the lab or a group that does this, and I pretend I don't get the joke and make them explain it to me so that they can see how mean-spirited and prejudiced it is, but then I am their boss - making someone look a fool (or letting someone who is a fool look a fool in public) is not going to help you either in the very small world we work in.  Sorry for my shitty fellow humans.","human_ref_B":"Well. They are arseholes.  If it were me, I would ask them why they think that is an appropriate thing to do. Do they often mock people for things relating to their upbringing\/birth place, that they couldn't *and shouldn't* have to change about themselves?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4685.0,"score_ratio":4.6666666667}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eafnyh7","c_root_id_B":"eaff7vs","created_at_utc_A":1543158920,"created_at_utc_B":1543151136,"score_A":23,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"From the preface to Pygmalian  \"It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.\"","human_ref_B":"\u201cWow, my talk must have been great if all you can comment on is my accent.\u201d \u201cExcuse me, that\u2019s nit very professional, is it?\u201d \u201cOh, I\u2019m sorry. I didn\u2019t realize you don\u2019t get out much. (University) must be so isolated if my accent is hard for you to understand.\u201d  Don\u2019t start fights, but don\u2019t take crappy behavior either. There\u2019s a lot of meaningless attempted gatekeeping at conferences. I think it\u2019s time we all stopped being doormats for cliquey behavior.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7784.0,"score_ratio":1.0454545455}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eafmu1e","c_root_id_B":"eafnyh7","created_at_utc_A":1543158100,"created_at_utc_B":1543158920,"score_A":17,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"\"Oh, is this that academic elitism I keep hearing about? I thought it had died off with Betamax\" could help you turn the tables.","human_ref_B":"From the preface to Pygmalian  \"It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":820.0,"score_ratio":1.3529411765}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eafnyh7","c_root_id_B":"eaf98yf","created_at_utc_A":1543158920,"created_at_utc_B":1543144988,"score_A":23,"score_B":16,"human_ref_A":"From the preface to Pygmalian  \"It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.\"","human_ref_B":"I'd be tempted to tell them to get fucked. Or publicly call them out on their ridiculous behaviour.  Some of the best PhD students I met had strong regional accents - Scottish, Essex, Yorkshire... The idea of mocking someone for the way they talk is absolitely pathetic and they should be ashamed of themselves","labels":1,"seconds_difference":13932.0,"score_ratio":1.4375}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaflf5e","c_root_id_B":"eafnyh7","created_at_utc_A":1543156990,"created_at_utc_B":1543158920,"score_A":18,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"I did my PhD in the UK, and my supervisor told me that my American accent made me sound, \u201cwell, stupid.\u201d Instead, she said, I should take advantage of my time in the UK and learn to mimic the Oxford accent ...  I think Brits just have a real knack for being - hmm, how to say this with my imbecile not-British mind?- assholes.","human_ref_B":"From the preface to Pygmalian  \"It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1930.0,"score_ratio":1.2777777778}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eafnyh7","c_root_id_B":"eaf9dkc","created_at_utc_A":1543158920,"created_at_utc_B":1543145143,"score_A":23,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"From the preface to Pygmalian  \"It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.\"","human_ref_B":"That's fucked up and I'm sorry.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":13777.0,"score_ratio":2.5555555556}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eafl3if","c_root_id_B":"eafnyh7","created_at_utc_A":1543156688,"created_at_utc_B":1543158920,"score_A":5,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"I have a colleague with a thick Newfoundland Accent who\u2019s worried about this. I\u2019ve always thought his fear was unfounded until this thread...","human_ref_B":"From the preface to Pygmalian  \"It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2232.0,"score_ratio":4.6}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eafetki","c_root_id_B":"eafnyh7","created_at_utc_A":1543150724,"created_at_utc_B":1543158920,"score_A":6,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"Well. They are arseholes.  If it were me, I would ask them why they think that is an appropriate thing to do. Do they often mock people for things relating to their upbringing\/birth place, that they couldn't *and shouldn't* have to change about themselves?","human_ref_B":"From the preface to Pygmalian  \"It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8196.0,"score_ratio":3.8333333333}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaf98yf","c_root_id_B":"eaff7vs","created_at_utc_A":1543144988,"created_at_utc_B":1543151136,"score_A":16,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"I'd be tempted to tell them to get fucked. Or publicly call them out on their ridiculous behaviour.  Some of the best PhD students I met had strong regional accents - Scottish, Essex, Yorkshire... The idea of mocking someone for the way they talk is absolitely pathetic and they should be ashamed of themselves","human_ref_B":"\u201cWow, my talk must have been great if all you can comment on is my accent.\u201d \u201cExcuse me, that\u2019s nit very professional, is it?\u201d \u201cOh, I\u2019m sorry. I didn\u2019t realize you don\u2019t get out much. (University) must be so isolated if my accent is hard for you to understand.\u201d  Don\u2019t start fights, but don\u2019t take crappy behavior either. There\u2019s a lot of meaningless attempted gatekeeping at conferences. I think it\u2019s time we all stopped being doormats for cliquey behavior.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6148.0,"score_ratio":1.375}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaf9dkc","c_root_id_B":"eaff7vs","created_at_utc_A":1543145143,"created_at_utc_B":1543151136,"score_A":9,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"That's fucked up and I'm sorry.","human_ref_B":"\u201cWow, my talk must have been great if all you can comment on is my accent.\u201d \u201cExcuse me, that\u2019s nit very professional, is it?\u201d \u201cOh, I\u2019m sorry. I didn\u2019t realize you don\u2019t get out much. (University) must be so isolated if my accent is hard for you to understand.\u201d  Don\u2019t start fights, but don\u2019t take crappy behavior either. There\u2019s a lot of meaningless attempted gatekeeping at conferences. I think it\u2019s time we all stopped being doormats for cliquey behavior.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5993.0,"score_ratio":2.4444444444}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eafetki","c_root_id_B":"eaff7vs","created_at_utc_A":1543150724,"created_at_utc_B":1543151136,"score_A":6,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"Well. They are arseholes.  If it were me, I would ask them why they think that is an appropriate thing to do. Do they often mock people for things relating to their upbringing\/birth place, that they couldn't *and shouldn't* have to change about themselves?","human_ref_B":"\u201cWow, my talk must have been great if all you can comment on is my accent.\u201d \u201cExcuse me, that\u2019s nit very professional, is it?\u201d \u201cOh, I\u2019m sorry. I didn\u2019t realize you don\u2019t get out much. (University) must be so isolated if my accent is hard for you to understand.\u201d  Don\u2019t start fights, but don\u2019t take crappy behavior either. There\u2019s a lot of meaningless attempted gatekeeping at conferences. I think it\u2019s time we all stopped being doormats for cliquey behavior.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":412.0,"score_ratio":3.6666666667}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaf98yf","c_root_id_B":"eafmu1e","created_at_utc_A":1543144988,"created_at_utc_B":1543158100,"score_A":16,"score_B":17,"human_ref_A":"I'd be tempted to tell them to get fucked. Or publicly call them out on their ridiculous behaviour.  Some of the best PhD students I met had strong regional accents - Scottish, Essex, Yorkshire... The idea of mocking someone for the way they talk is absolitely pathetic and they should be ashamed of themselves","human_ref_B":"\"Oh, is this that academic elitism I keep hearing about? I thought it had died off with Betamax\" could help you turn the tables.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":13112.0,"score_ratio":1.0625}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaf9dkc","c_root_id_B":"eafmu1e","created_at_utc_A":1543145143,"created_at_utc_B":1543158100,"score_A":9,"score_B":17,"human_ref_A":"That's fucked up and I'm sorry.","human_ref_B":"\"Oh, is this that academic elitism I keep hearing about? I thought it had died off with Betamax\" could help you turn the tables.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12957.0,"score_ratio":1.8888888889}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eafmu1e","c_root_id_B":"eafl3if","created_at_utc_A":1543158100,"created_at_utc_B":1543156688,"score_A":17,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"\"Oh, is this that academic elitism I keep hearing about? I thought it had died off with Betamax\" could help you turn the tables.","human_ref_B":"I have a colleague with a thick Newfoundland Accent who\u2019s worried about this. I\u2019ve always thought his fear was unfounded until this thread...","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1412.0,"score_ratio":3.4}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eafmu1e","c_root_id_B":"eafetki","created_at_utc_A":1543158100,"created_at_utc_B":1543150724,"score_A":17,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"\"Oh, is this that academic elitism I keep hearing about? I thought it had died off with Betamax\" could help you turn the tables.","human_ref_B":"Well. They are arseholes.  If it were me, I would ask them why they think that is an appropriate thing to do. Do they often mock people for things relating to their upbringing\/birth place, that they couldn't *and shouldn't* have to change about themselves?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7376.0,"score_ratio":2.8333333333}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaf98yf","c_root_id_B":"eaflf5e","created_at_utc_A":1543144988,"created_at_utc_B":1543156990,"score_A":16,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"I'd be tempted to tell them to get fucked. Or publicly call them out on their ridiculous behaviour.  Some of the best PhD students I met had strong regional accents - Scottish, Essex, Yorkshire... The idea of mocking someone for the way they talk is absolitely pathetic and they should be ashamed of themselves","human_ref_B":"I did my PhD in the UK, and my supervisor told me that my American accent made me sound, \u201cwell, stupid.\u201d Instead, she said, I should take advantage of my time in the UK and learn to mimic the Oxford accent ...  I think Brits just have a real knack for being - hmm, how to say this with my imbecile not-British mind?- assholes.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12002.0,"score_ratio":1.125}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaf9dkc","c_root_id_B":"eaflf5e","created_at_utc_A":1543145143,"created_at_utc_B":1543156990,"score_A":9,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"That's fucked up and I'm sorry.","human_ref_B":"I did my PhD in the UK, and my supervisor told me that my American accent made me sound, \u201cwell, stupid.\u201d Instead, she said, I should take advantage of my time in the UK and learn to mimic the Oxford accent ...  I think Brits just have a real knack for being - hmm, how to say this with my imbecile not-British mind?- assholes.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11847.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eafl3if","c_root_id_B":"eaflf5e","created_at_utc_A":1543156688,"created_at_utc_B":1543156990,"score_A":5,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"I have a colleague with a thick Newfoundland Accent who\u2019s worried about this. I\u2019ve always thought his fear was unfounded until this thread...","human_ref_B":"I did my PhD in the UK, and my supervisor told me that my American accent made me sound, \u201cwell, stupid.\u201d Instead, she said, I should take advantage of my time in the UK and learn to mimic the Oxford accent ...  I think Brits just have a real knack for being - hmm, how to say this with my imbecile not-British mind?- assholes.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":302.0,"score_ratio":3.6}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eaflf5e","c_root_id_B":"eafetki","created_at_utc_A":1543156990,"created_at_utc_B":1543150724,"score_A":18,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I did my PhD in the UK, and my supervisor told me that my American accent made me sound, \u201cwell, stupid.\u201d Instead, she said, I should take advantage of my time in the UK and learn to mimic the Oxford accent ...  I think Brits just have a real knack for being - hmm, how to say this with my imbecile not-British mind?- assholes.","human_ref_B":"Well. They are arseholes.  If it were me, I would ask them why they think that is an appropriate thing to do. Do they often mock people for things relating to their upbringing\/birth place, that they couldn't *and shouldn't* have to change about themselves?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6266.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eagn28x","c_root_id_B":"eafl3if","created_at_utc_A":1543182008,"created_at_utc_B":1543156688,"score_A":6,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I feel your pain as an academic with a strong Southern US accent. I've learned to dial it down when working with academics (and up when working with blue collar working folks).","human_ref_B":"I have a colleague with a thick Newfoundland Accent who\u2019s worried about this. I\u2019ve always thought his fear was unfounded until this thread...","labels":1,"seconds_difference":25320.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eagn28x","c_root_id_B":"eafon9s","created_at_utc_A":1543182008,"created_at_utc_B":1543159401,"score_A":6,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I feel your pain as an academic with a strong Southern US accent. I've learned to dial it down when working with academics (and up when working with blue collar working folks).","human_ref_B":"I find this absolutely bizarre. Maybe it\u2019s because I grew up in a country where we have 11 official languages (South Africa) with easily 5 times the number of accents floating around, but one thing we do NOT do at conferences is negatively comment on accents. Those of academics or the visiting public. I\u2019ve been to 3 conferences in SA and 2 in the UK but have never encountered this. Maybe I\u2019m just bad at spotting that but it seems beyond rude and I can\u2019t think of any academics I know who would do it (out-loud at least). I definitely wouldn\u2019t stand for it and I think you\u2019re well within your rights to call someone out on it. Of course, if it\u2019s just a well-intentioned jest, that\u2019s one thing, but it shouldn\u2019t be happening in the first place I think.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":22607.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eagn28x","c_root_id_B":"eag17w1","created_at_utc_A":1543182008,"created_at_utc_B":1543167195,"score_A":6,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I feel your pain as an academic with a strong Southern US accent. I've learned to dial it down when working with academics (and up when working with blue collar working folks).","human_ref_B":"As a Frenchman in the UK I can empathise. I was so self-conscious about it that I have done all I can to remove my accent.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":14813.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eagwpoz","c_root_id_B":"eag17w1","created_at_utc_A":1543189466,"created_at_utc_B":1543167195,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I can empathise and sympathise but consider that this is a daily occurrence for non-native speakers that speak perfect English. If anything, it is slightly less frequent in academia given how international it is but outside of academia, picking on people's accents becomes even worse.   I am Indian but have more of a BBC accent and I get asked to speak like I \"normally\" do, i.e. an Apu from Simpsons type accent. But at least, I only get this at informal drinks at conferences etc after everyone has had a few drinks. I know my colleagues from China, Latin America and other South Asians with heavier accents have had much worse said to them.","human_ref_B":"As a Frenchman in the UK I can empathise. I was so self-conscious about it that I have done all I can to remove my accent.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":22271.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"a07esr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Academics taking the piss out of your accent at a conference The title says it really, I recently went to a conference where some of the other PhD students (and their supervisors) thought it was funny to take the piss out of my accent (east london\/ essex- I know, I know). I played it off at the time, but it's been bothering me more and more. How are you meant to deal with these kinds of situations (unprofessionalism in a professional setting)?   Theres not much I can do about my accent, and to be honest I really think it's irrelevant so long as what your saying makes sense. I think this is more of a rant than anything, so sorry. Any advice for when this happens again would be great.","c_root_id_A":"eag17w1","c_root_id_B":"eah25qp","created_at_utc_A":1543167195,"created_at_utc_B":1543193811,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"As a Frenchman in the UK I can empathise. I was so self-conscious about it that I have done all I can to remove my accent.","human_ref_B":"I recall meeting several scots at LIGO in LA. They're some of the most professional, passionate and intelligent scientists I've met. Their accents did not hamper them, so maybe try to locate some of them and ask for advice. (Sorry, it was a brief visit so I've lost their names.)  I'm Norwegian myself, but I've never had anyone question my accent. I was picked on for my Norwegian dialect by other Norwegians growing up, but in retrospect I realise I was my own worst enemy when I let the teasing get to me.   As adults you'd never expect to hear this in a professional setting.   There are a few ways to deal with it, but they all depend on the group you're in and the person making fun of you.   1) Call them out.   Redirect the attention to their behaviour instead of your accent:  Don't say anything. Give them your full attention as if you're waiting for the punchline to their remark. It'll get awkward for them fast.   This gives them the opportunity to revert their former statement. They could say something like; 'I'm just messing with you. Your accent is great. Please, carry on, I'd like to hear more.\"    If they don't take the hint, put words to how you feel. Say something like \"I'm sorry, I'm just reliving my childhood trauma of being teased for my accent\" Say it with a smile; if you can evoke laughter and sympathy you can win anyone over.   Always give people a way out when they behave badly. It might be they didn't mean to at all.   2) Take them aside later and express how you feel.    3) Own it. (I recommend this one.)   In the words of Tyrion Lannister;  *Never forget what you are, the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor and it can never be used to hurt you.*  Make your accent a part of your brand and be proud of it. If it's a class thing, make a quip about how you're trying to defy stereotypes within academia.    Honestly; watching Jim from The Office made me realise that it's not my accent that was the problem; I was simply surrounded by really mean, insecure people from time to time.  Either way; good luck! :-)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":26616.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itkzphk","c_root_id_B":"itl2pzw","created_at_utc_A":1666615825,"created_at_utc_B":1666617331,"score_A":44,"score_B":104,"human_ref_A":"Sounds like a great idea. I would read papers on mobile more often if it were easier.","human_ref_B":"For me no. The issue is that I need to be able to see the overall page which is not really possible on mobile as the text would be small. My fields are math, engineering and life sciences.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1506.0,"score_ratio":2.3636363636}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itl02w4","c_root_id_B":"itl2pzw","created_at_utc_A":1666616016,"created_at_utc_B":1666617331,"score_A":27,"score_B":104,"human_ref_A":"I always need to take notes when reading papers, so I don't see how it would fit into my work flow.","human_ref_B":"For me no. The issue is that I need to be able to see the overall page which is not really possible on mobile as the text would be small. My fields are math, engineering and life sciences.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1315.0,"score_ratio":3.8518518519}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itl2pzw","c_root_id_B":"itl2pp8","created_at_utc_A":1666617331,"created_at_utc_B":1666617327,"score_A":104,"score_B":24,"human_ref_A":"For me no. The issue is that I need to be able to see the overall page which is not really possible on mobile as the text would be small. My fields are math, engineering and life sciences.","human_ref_B":"I find the ReMarkable device to be my favorite digital option for reading pdfs and taking notes on them.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4.0,"score_ratio":4.3333333333}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itl2pzw","c_root_id_B":"itky5dh","created_at_utc_A":1666617331,"created_at_utc_B":1666615004,"score_A":104,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"For me no. The issue is that I need to be able to see the overall page which is not really possible on mobile as the text would be small. My fields are math, engineering and life sciences.","human_ref_B":"Yes.  I kind of do this already by emailing articles to Kindle.  But obvs text can be very small when the articles are in pdf format","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2327.0,"score_ratio":20.8}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itl2oz3","c_root_id_B":"itl2pzw","created_at_utc_A":1666617318,"created_at_utc_B":1666617331,"score_A":4,"score_B":104,"human_ref_A":"Definitely sounds like something I'd be interested in.","human_ref_B":"For me no. The issue is that I need to be able to see the overall page which is not really possible on mobile as the text would be small. My fields are math, engineering and life sciences.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":13.0,"score_ratio":26.0}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itl8541","c_root_id_B":"itkzphk","created_at_utc_A":1666619840,"created_at_utc_B":1666615825,"score_A":45,"score_B":44,"human_ref_A":"I read papers on my iPhone regularly. I\u2019d love to have more functionality for note taking when I do.","human_ref_B":"Sounds like a great idea. I would read papers on mobile more often if it were easier.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4015.0,"score_ratio":1.0227272727}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itl8541","c_root_id_B":"itl02w4","created_at_utc_A":1666619840,"created_at_utc_B":1666616016,"score_A":45,"score_B":27,"human_ref_A":"I read papers on my iPhone regularly. I\u2019d love to have more functionality for note taking when I do.","human_ref_B":"I always need to take notes when reading papers, so I don't see how it would fit into my work flow.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3824.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itl8541","c_root_id_B":"itl2pp8","created_at_utc_A":1666619840,"created_at_utc_B":1666617327,"score_A":45,"score_B":24,"human_ref_A":"I read papers on my iPhone regularly. I\u2019d love to have more functionality for note taking when I do.","human_ref_B":"I find the ReMarkable device to be my favorite digital option for reading pdfs and taking notes on them.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2513.0,"score_ratio":1.875}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itl8541","c_root_id_B":"itl6zbl","created_at_utc_A":1666619840,"created_at_utc_B":1666619323,"score_A":45,"score_B":25,"human_ref_A":"I read papers on my iPhone regularly. I\u2019d love to have more functionality for note taking when I do.","human_ref_B":"I greatly prefer printing out literature to read and dissect them. It's less distracting, no screen, and the basic tools of a highlighter and note pad help me learn the best. But reading abstracts and looking at figures on mobile are pretty standard for me.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":517.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itky5dh","c_root_id_B":"itl8541","created_at_utc_A":1666615004,"created_at_utc_B":1666619840,"score_A":5,"score_B":45,"human_ref_A":"Yes.  I kind of do this already by emailing articles to Kindle.  But obvs text can be very small when the articles are in pdf format","human_ref_B":"I read papers on my iPhone regularly. I\u2019d love to have more functionality for note taking when I do.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4836.0,"score_ratio":9.0}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itky5dh","c_root_id_B":"itkzphk","created_at_utc_A":1666615004,"created_at_utc_B":1666615825,"score_A":5,"score_B":44,"human_ref_A":"Yes.  I kind of do this already by emailing articles to Kindle.  But obvs text can be very small when the articles are in pdf format","human_ref_B":"Sounds like a great idea. I would read papers on mobile more often if it were easier.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":821.0,"score_ratio":8.8}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmcgx6","c_root_id_B":"itlu4zc","created_at_utc_A":1666636000,"created_at_utc_B":1666628923,"score_A":23,"score_B":20,"human_ref_A":"Not a fan. There's just too much to digest on a small screen. I get frustrated swiping back and forth or zooming constantly","human_ref_B":"Yes! Postdoc in neuroscience here. The current options SUCK... I used to use ReadCube on an iPhone a few years ago but it was glitchy, slow, and I ditched ReadCube completely when it became a yearly subscription business.  In order for this to succeed it 1) must handle institutional access seamlessly 2) be free, or very low cost. I just want something that can load a PDF using institutional login, and properly display it on mobile, and maybe be able to leave sticky notes. That's it. I'm willing to pay may $10-20\/yr maximum for this and would strongly prefer it to be free to use.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7077.0,"score_ratio":1.15}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmcgx6","c_root_id_B":"itlata1","created_at_utc_A":1666636000,"created_at_utc_B":1666621029,"score_A":23,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Not a fan. There's just too much to digest on a small screen. I get frustrated swiping back and forth or zooming constantly","human_ref_B":"Not mobile - but I have really found success in using a good note-taking app (like Notability) on my iPad and uploading PDFs to it. The usability is great, I can make notes with my apple pencil, highlight, and reupload to my computer. An app that made it easy for me to make my notes on my iPad and integrate them into a reference manager in real-time would be a game changer though.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":14971.0,"score_ratio":1.9166666667}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmcgx6","c_root_id_B":"itky5dh","created_at_utc_A":1666636000,"created_at_utc_B":1666615004,"score_A":23,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Not a fan. There's just too much to digest on a small screen. I get frustrated swiping back and forth or zooming constantly","human_ref_B":"Yes.  I kind of do this already by emailing articles to Kindle.  But obvs text can be very small when the articles are in pdf format","labels":1,"seconds_difference":20996.0,"score_ratio":4.6}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itl2oz3","c_root_id_B":"itmcgx6","created_at_utc_A":1666617318,"created_at_utc_B":1666636000,"score_A":4,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"Definitely sounds like something I'd be interested in.","human_ref_B":"Not a fan. There's just too much to digest on a small screen. I get frustrated swiping back and forth or zooming constantly","labels":0,"seconds_difference":18682.0,"score_ratio":5.75}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmcgx6","c_root_id_B":"itld55w","created_at_utc_A":1666636000,"created_at_utc_B":1666622026,"score_A":23,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Not a fan. There's just too much to digest on a small screen. I get frustrated swiping back and forth or zooming constantly","human_ref_B":"Yes definitely! Sometimes I just want some basic information or some things fast and through my phone.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":13974.0,"score_ratio":5.75}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itlgx4s","c_root_id_B":"itmcgx6","created_at_utc_A":1666623604,"created_at_utc_B":1666636000,"score_A":3,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"I have always printed out articles, highlighted and annotated them, and then use a mobile scanner to store them online. The only way I'd use an online tool is if there was an easy-to-use set of tools to highlight, annotate, and maybe draw with a finger (arrows, diagrams, etc.)","human_ref_B":"Not a fan. There's just too much to digest on a small screen. I get frustrated swiping back and forth or zooming constantly","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12396.0,"score_ratio":7.6666666667}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmcgx6","c_root_id_B":"itlio3s","created_at_utc_A":1666636000,"created_at_utc_B":1666624333,"score_A":23,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Not a fan. There's just too much to digest on a small screen. I get frustrated swiping back and forth or zooming constantly","human_ref_B":"I am making an app for this, in the mean time adobe liquid mode might be useful for short papers.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":11667.0,"score_ratio":7.6666666667}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmcgx6","c_root_id_B":"itlj7xk","created_at_utc_A":1666636000,"created_at_utc_B":1666624560,"score_A":23,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Not a fan. There's just too much to digest on a small screen. I get frustrated swiping back and forth or zooming constantly","human_ref_B":"I already do it. I do highlighting and small notes in PDFs, make additional, larger notes in Obsidian.  What makes my life hard is writing papers using all those scattered notes together with Zotero. Would be nice if I could just organize my marked citations in a template, then fill the blanks and have the references filled automatically.  My fields: Computer Science, Digital Health, Bioinformatics","labels":1,"seconds_difference":11440.0,"score_ratio":7.6666666667}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmcgx6","c_root_id_B":"itm60wb","created_at_utc_A":1666636000,"created_at_utc_B":1666633523,"score_A":23,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Not a fan. There's just too much to digest on a small screen. I get frustrated swiping back and forth or zooming constantly","human_ref_B":"Definitely not on the phone. But maybe a tablet? An iPad mini is super convenient on long bus journeys home.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2477.0,"score_ratio":7.6666666667}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itlryuy","c_root_id_B":"itmcgx6","created_at_utc_A":1666628068,"created_at_utc_B":1666636000,"score_A":2,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019d love it if I\u2019d be able to annotate..make notes to self and be able to see an index of those later on\u2026.would make sense in the corporate space for sure","human_ref_B":"Not a fan. There's just too much to digest on a small screen. I get frustrated swiping back and forth or zooming constantly","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7932.0,"score_ratio":11.5}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itm6ozc","c_root_id_B":"itmcgx6","created_at_utc_A":1666633782,"created_at_utc_B":1666636000,"score_A":2,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"If it were easier to read, yes, would love it very much.  The current formats on mobile are hard to maneuver and focus on the part you want to.","human_ref_B":"Not a fan. There's just too much to digest on a small screen. I get frustrated swiping back and forth or zooming constantly","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2218.0,"score_ratio":11.5}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmcgx6","c_root_id_B":"itmbqeu","created_at_utc_A":1666636000,"created_at_utc_B":1666635719,"score_A":23,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Not a fan. There's just too much to digest on a small screen. I get frustrated swiping back and forth or zooming constantly","human_ref_B":"I wish there was something that worked with typical academic paper formatting and its tiny text. If you could auto-extract and print readably page 1 column 1 -> page 1column 2 -> page 2 column 1 etc and deal with figures and tables within that workflow, could be a game changer,","labels":1,"seconds_difference":281.0,"score_ratio":11.5}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itl6zbl","c_root_id_B":"itky5dh","created_at_utc_A":1666619323,"created_at_utc_B":1666615004,"score_A":25,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I greatly prefer printing out literature to read and dissect them. It's less distracting, no screen, and the basic tools of a highlighter and note pad help me learn the best. But reading abstracts and looking at figures on mobile are pretty standard for me.","human_ref_B":"Yes.  I kind of do this already by emailing articles to Kindle.  But obvs text can be very small when the articles are in pdf format","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4319.0,"score_ratio":5.0}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itl6zbl","c_root_id_B":"itl2oz3","created_at_utc_A":1666619323,"created_at_utc_B":1666617318,"score_A":25,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I greatly prefer printing out literature to read and dissect them. It's less distracting, no screen, and the basic tools of a highlighter and note pad help me learn the best. But reading abstracts and looking at figures on mobile are pretty standard for me.","human_ref_B":"Definitely sounds like something I'd be interested in.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2005.0,"score_ratio":6.25}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itl6zbl","c_root_id_B":"itl6z7p","created_at_utc_A":1666619323,"created_at_utc_B":1666619321,"score_A":25,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I greatly prefer printing out literature to read and dissect them. It's less distracting, no screen, and the basic tools of a highlighter and note pad help me learn the best. But reading abstracts and looking at figures on mobile are pretty standard for me.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019d use that","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2.0,"score_ratio":5.0}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itlu4zc","c_root_id_B":"itlata1","created_at_utc_A":1666628923,"created_at_utc_B":1666621029,"score_A":20,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Yes! Postdoc in neuroscience here. The current options SUCK... I used to use ReadCube on an iPhone a few years ago but it was glitchy, slow, and I ditched ReadCube completely when it became a yearly subscription business.  In order for this to succeed it 1) must handle institutional access seamlessly 2) be free, or very low cost. I just want something that can load a PDF using institutional login, and properly display it on mobile, and maybe be able to leave sticky notes. That's it. I'm willing to pay may $10-20\/yr maximum for this and would strongly prefer it to be free to use.","human_ref_B":"Not mobile - but I have really found success in using a good note-taking app (like Notability) on my iPad and uploading PDFs to it. The usability is great, I can make notes with my apple pencil, highlight, and reupload to my computer. An app that made it easy for me to make my notes on my iPad and integrate them into a reference manager in real-time would be a game changer though.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7894.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmvk68","c_root_id_B":"itmbqeu","created_at_utc_A":1666643354,"created_at_utc_B":1666635719,"score_A":12,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"No sounds like hell tbh would only do that out of necessity personally","human_ref_B":"I wish there was something that worked with typical academic paper formatting and its tiny text. If you could auto-extract and print readably page 1 column 1 -> page 1column 2 -> page 2 column 1 etc and deal with figures and tables within that workflow, could be a game changer,","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7635.0,"score_ratio":6.0}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmvk68","c_root_id_B":"itmq549","created_at_utc_A":1666643354,"created_at_utc_B":1666641276,"score_A":12,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"No sounds like hell tbh would only do that out of necessity personally","human_ref_B":"I'm interested.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2078.0,"score_ratio":6.0}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itky5dh","c_root_id_B":"itmw89e","created_at_utc_A":1666615004,"created_at_utc_B":1666643590,"score_A":5,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Yes.  I kind of do this already by emailing articles to Kindle.  But obvs text can be very small when the articles are in pdf format","human_ref_B":"Yes please. Let me know when you do this.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":28586.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itlb31w","c_root_id_B":"itmw89e","created_at_utc_A":1666621146,"created_at_utc_B":1666643590,"score_A":3,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Definitely something I'd be interested in. Reading papers on the go, marking and taking notes etc., all in one application would be sweet","human_ref_B":"Yes please. Let me know when you do this.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":22444.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itld55w","c_root_id_B":"itmw89e","created_at_utc_A":1666622026,"created_at_utc_B":1666643590,"score_A":4,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Yes definitely! Sometimes I just want some basic information or some things fast and through my phone.","human_ref_B":"Yes please. Let me know when you do this.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":21564.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmw89e","c_root_id_B":"itlgx4s","created_at_utc_A":1666643590,"created_at_utc_B":1666623604,"score_A":7,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Yes please. Let me know when you do this.","human_ref_B":"I have always printed out articles, highlighted and annotated them, and then use a mobile scanner to store them online. The only way I'd use an online tool is if there was an easy-to-use set of tools to highlight, annotate, and maybe draw with a finger (arrows, diagrams, etc.)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":19986.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmw89e","c_root_id_B":"itlio3s","created_at_utc_A":1666643590,"created_at_utc_B":1666624333,"score_A":7,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Yes please. Let me know when you do this.","human_ref_B":"I am making an app for this, in the mean time adobe liquid mode might be useful for short papers.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":19257.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmw89e","c_root_id_B":"itlj7xk","created_at_utc_A":1666643590,"created_at_utc_B":1666624560,"score_A":7,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Yes please. Let me know when you do this.","human_ref_B":"I already do it. I do highlighting and small notes in PDFs, make additional, larger notes in Obsidian.  What makes my life hard is writing papers using all those scattered notes together with Zotero. Would be nice if I could just organize my marked citations in a template, then fill the blanks and have the references filled automatically.  My fields: Computer Science, Digital Health, Bioinformatics","labels":1,"seconds_difference":19030.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itm60wb","c_root_id_B":"itmw89e","created_at_utc_A":1666633523,"created_at_utc_B":1666643590,"score_A":3,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Definitely not on the phone. But maybe a tablet? An iPad mini is super convenient on long bus journeys home.","human_ref_B":"Yes please. Let me know when you do this.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10067.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmbqeu","c_root_id_B":"itmw89e","created_at_utc_A":1666635719,"created_at_utc_B":1666643590,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I wish there was something that worked with typical academic paper formatting and its tiny text. If you could auto-extract and print readably page 1 column 1 -> page 1column 2 -> page 2 column 1 etc and deal with figures and tables within that workflow, could be a game changer,","human_ref_B":"Yes please. Let me know when you do this.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7871.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmw89e","c_root_id_B":"itmvpgg","created_at_utc_A":1666643590,"created_at_utc_B":1666643411,"score_A":7,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Yes please. Let me know when you do this.","human_ref_B":"Although I sometimes read\/edit on paper or larger screens (iPad, etc) while commuting, I don't think we should try to build tools to encourage this. Not every moment of the day needs to be filled with work.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":179.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmxd41","c_root_id_B":"itlb31w","created_at_utc_A":1666644023,"created_at_utc_B":1666621146,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Nope, never; I don't read, watch, or view anything on my phone. It's way too small. I won't even use a laptop with a screen <15\".  My workstation is 2x27\" monitors and 1x44\" for comparison-- in reality I most often read PDFs on the largest monitor in fact.  I have zero interest in ever reading anything work-related on a tiny screen. I have an old Kindle paperwhite that I'll use on airplanes when forced, but otherwise I'd print documents out long before I'd read them on a small screen.","human_ref_B":"Definitely something I'd be interested in. Reading papers on the go, marking and taking notes etc., all in one application would be sweet","labels":1,"seconds_difference":22877.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmvpgg","c_root_id_B":"itmxd41","created_at_utc_A":1666643411,"created_at_utc_B":1666644023,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Although I sometimes read\/edit on paper or larger screens (iPad, etc) while commuting, I don't think we should try to build tools to encourage this. Not every moment of the day needs to be filled with work.","human_ref_B":"Nope, never; I don't read, watch, or view anything on my phone. It's way too small. I won't even use a laptop with a screen <15\".  My workstation is 2x27\" monitors and 1x44\" for comparison-- in reality I most often read PDFs on the largest monitor in fact.  I have zero interest in ever reading anything work-related on a tiny screen. I have an old Kindle paperwhite that I'll use on airplanes when forced, but otherwise I'd print documents out long before I'd read them on a small screen.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":612.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmxd41","c_root_id_B":"itmx1hk","created_at_utc_A":1666644023,"created_at_utc_B":1666643899,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Nope, never; I don't read, watch, or view anything on my phone. It's way too small. I won't even use a laptop with a screen <15\".  My workstation is 2x27\" monitors and 1x44\" for comparison-- in reality I most often read PDFs on the largest monitor in fact.  I have zero interest in ever reading anything work-related on a tiny screen. I have an old Kindle paperwhite that I'll use on airplanes when forced, but otherwise I'd print documents out long before I'd read them on a small screen.","human_ref_B":"I do not read pdfs on my phone.  Plus if I am commuting, I am by definition driving so unless someone wanted to read to me, it's not helpful.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":124.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itld55w","c_root_id_B":"itlb31w","created_at_utc_A":1666622026,"created_at_utc_B":1666621146,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Yes definitely! Sometimes I just want some basic information or some things fast and through my phone.","human_ref_B":"Definitely something I'd be interested in. Reading papers on the go, marking and taking notes etc., all in one application would be sweet","labels":1,"seconds_difference":880.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itlb31w","c_root_id_B":"itnhw5h","created_at_utc_A":1666621146,"created_at_utc_B":1666652658,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Definitely something I'd be interested in. Reading papers on the go, marking and taking notes etc., all in one application would be sweet","human_ref_B":"I strongly dislike PDFs; if you are able to reliably extract the text from their ungodly grasp and present it as HTML, that would be amazing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":31512.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itlio3s","c_root_id_B":"itnhw5h","created_at_utc_A":1666624333,"created_at_utc_B":1666652658,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I am making an app for this, in the mean time adobe liquid mode might be useful for short papers.","human_ref_B":"I strongly dislike PDFs; if you are able to reliably extract the text from their ungodly grasp and present it as HTML, that would be amazing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":28325.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itnhw5h","c_root_id_B":"itlj7xk","created_at_utc_A":1666652658,"created_at_utc_B":1666624560,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I strongly dislike PDFs; if you are able to reliably extract the text from their ungodly grasp and present it as HTML, that would be amazing.","human_ref_B":"I already do it. I do highlighting and small notes in PDFs, make additional, larger notes in Obsidian.  What makes my life hard is writing papers using all those scattered notes together with Zotero. Would be nice if I could just organize my marked citations in a template, then fill the blanks and have the references filled automatically.  My fields: Computer Science, Digital Health, Bioinformatics","labels":1,"seconds_difference":28098.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itm60wb","c_root_id_B":"itnhw5h","created_at_utc_A":1666633523,"created_at_utc_B":1666652658,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Definitely not on the phone. But maybe a tablet? An iPad mini is super convenient on long bus journeys home.","human_ref_B":"I strongly dislike PDFs; if you are able to reliably extract the text from their ungodly grasp and present it as HTML, that would be amazing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":19135.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itn63sg","c_root_id_B":"itnhw5h","created_at_utc_A":1666647475,"created_at_utc_B":1666652658,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I think a text to speech software that works for academic papers would be more useful so I can listen while doing experiments. I currently listen to podcasts while working.","human_ref_B":"I strongly dislike PDFs; if you are able to reliably extract the text from their ungodly grasp and present it as HTML, that would be amazing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5183.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itm6ozc","c_root_id_B":"itnhw5h","created_at_utc_A":1666633782,"created_at_utc_B":1666652658,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"If it were easier to read, yes, would love it very much.  The current formats on mobile are hard to maneuver and focus on the part you want to.","human_ref_B":"I strongly dislike PDFs; if you are able to reliably extract the text from their ungodly grasp and present it as HTML, that would be amazing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":18876.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmbqeu","c_root_id_B":"itnhw5h","created_at_utc_A":1666635719,"created_at_utc_B":1666652658,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I wish there was something that worked with typical academic paper formatting and its tiny text. If you could auto-extract and print readably page 1 column 1 -> page 1column 2 -> page 2 column 1 etc and deal with figures and tables within that workflow, could be a game changer,","human_ref_B":"I strongly dislike PDFs; if you are able to reliably extract the text from their ungodly grasp and present it as HTML, that would be amazing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":16939.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmvpgg","c_root_id_B":"itnhw5h","created_at_utc_A":1666643411,"created_at_utc_B":1666652658,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Although I sometimes read\/edit on paper or larger screens (iPad, etc) while commuting, I don't think we should try to build tools to encourage this. Not every moment of the day needs to be filled with work.","human_ref_B":"I strongly dislike PDFs; if you are able to reliably extract the text from their ungodly grasp and present it as HTML, that would be amazing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9247.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmw8p3","c_root_id_B":"itnhw5h","created_at_utc_A":1666643594,"created_at_utc_B":1666652658,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Yes please. Let me know when you do this.","human_ref_B":"I strongly dislike PDFs; if you are able to reliably extract the text from their ungodly grasp and present it as HTML, that would be amazing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9064.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmx1hk","c_root_id_B":"itnhw5h","created_at_utc_A":1666643899,"created_at_utc_B":1666652658,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I do not read pdfs on my phone.  Plus if I am commuting, I am by definition driving so unless someone wanted to read to me, it's not helpful.","human_ref_B":"I strongly dislike PDFs; if you are able to reliably extract the text from their ungodly grasp and present it as HTML, that would be amazing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8759.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itnhw5h","c_root_id_B":"itna240","created_at_utc_A":1666652658,"created_at_utc_B":1666649140,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I strongly dislike PDFs; if you are able to reliably extract the text from their ungodly grasp and present it as HTML, that would be amazing.","human_ref_B":"Zotero and Paperpile seem to do the job pretty well...","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3518.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmx1hk","c_root_id_B":"itoehbp","created_at_utc_A":1666643899,"created_at_utc_B":1666667196,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I do not read pdfs on my phone.  Plus if I am commuting, I am by definition driving so unless someone wanted to read to me, it's not helpful.","human_ref_B":"Computer science PhD student here. For me, this would not be of interest. When commuting for a short time, there's usually other stuff on my phone to do so that I can focus on work once I get into the office - and when leaving, I usually don't have the mental capacity. For longer journeys, I can use my laptop where annotations and especially notes are so handy that I couldn't think of a way how mobile devices could top that.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":23297.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itn7668","c_root_id_B":"itoehbp","created_at_utc_A":1666647919,"created_at_utc_B":1666667196,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"The biggest pain point is the need to scroll horizontally to be able to follow the page. An app that restructures the text into a single column would significantly improve article reading on mobile.  I never read articles on my phone for this reason.","human_ref_B":"Computer science PhD student here. For me, this would not be of interest. When commuting for a short time, there's usually other stuff on my phone to do so that I can focus on work once I get into the office - and when leaving, I usually don't have the mental capacity. For longer journeys, I can use my laptop where annotations and especially notes are so handy that I couldn't think of a way how mobile devices could top that.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":19277.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itngt4w","c_root_id_B":"itoehbp","created_at_utc_A":1666652162,"created_at_utc_B":1666667196,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Yes, I used Mendeley on my tablet. But this app is no longer supported on mobile devices. Since then I have been looking for a good app as a replacement.  I work in an economics related field","human_ref_B":"Computer science PhD student here. For me, this would not be of interest. When commuting for a short time, there's usually other stuff on my phone to do so that I can focus on work once I get into the office - and when leaving, I usually don't have the mental capacity. For longer journeys, I can use my laptop where annotations and especially notes are so handy that I couldn't think of a way how mobile devices could top that.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":15034.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itpg6vb","c_root_id_B":"itlryuy","created_at_utc_A":1666694668,"created_at_utc_B":1666628068,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"God no. The screen is too tiny.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019d love it if I\u2019d be able to annotate..make notes to self and be able to see an index of those later on\u2026.would make sense in the corporate space for sure","labels":1,"seconds_difference":66600.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itm6ozc","c_root_id_B":"itpg6vb","created_at_utc_A":1666633782,"created_at_utc_B":1666694668,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"If it were easier to read, yes, would love it very much.  The current formats on mobile are hard to maneuver and focus on the part you want to.","human_ref_B":"God no. The screen is too tiny.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":60886.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itpg6vb","c_root_id_B":"itmbqeu","created_at_utc_A":1666694668,"created_at_utc_B":1666635719,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"God no. The screen is too tiny.","human_ref_B":"I wish there was something that worked with typical academic paper formatting and its tiny text. If you could auto-extract and print readably page 1 column 1 -> page 1column 2 -> page 2 column 1 etc and deal with figures and tables within that workflow, could be a game changer,","labels":1,"seconds_difference":58949.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itmvpgg","c_root_id_B":"itpg6vb","created_at_utc_A":1666643411,"created_at_utc_B":1666694668,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Although I sometimes read\/edit on paper or larger screens (iPad, etc) while commuting, I don't think we should try to build tools to encourage this. Not every moment of the day needs to be filled with work.","human_ref_B":"God no. The screen is too tiny.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":51257.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itpg6vb","c_root_id_B":"itmw8p3","created_at_utc_A":1666694668,"created_at_utc_B":1666643594,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"God no. The screen is too tiny.","human_ref_B":"Yes please. Let me know when you do this.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":51074.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itpg6vb","c_root_id_B":"itmx1hk","created_at_utc_A":1666694668,"created_at_utc_B":1666643899,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"God no. The screen is too tiny.","human_ref_B":"I do not read pdfs on my phone.  Plus if I am commuting, I am by definition driving so unless someone wanted to read to me, it's not helpful.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":50769.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itpg6vb","c_root_id_B":"itnd5gz","created_at_utc_A":1666694668,"created_at_utc_B":1666650508,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"God no. The screen is too tiny.","human_ref_B":"For me, no. Already don't use the Mendeley app.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":44160.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
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{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itpg6vb","c_root_id_B":"itngt4w","created_at_utc_A":1666694668,"created_at_utc_B":1666652162,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"God no. The screen is too tiny.","human_ref_B":"Yes, I used Mendeley on my tablet. But this app is no longer supported on mobile devices. Since then I have been looking for a good app as a replacement.  I work in an economics related field","labels":1,"seconds_difference":42506.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"yca3n3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Idea: Is reading papers on mobile in high demand? Researchers, scholars, PhDs, graduate students, bachelors, and students:  Does anyone like to read papers when commuting on mobile? If I am planning to make a new product to read in a lightweight way, would you like to use that?","c_root_id_A":"itnzc4b","c_root_id_B":"itpg6vb","created_at_utc_A":1666660383,"created_at_utc_B":1666694668,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Every time I try read papers on my phone I'm distracted by notifications from other apps and texts. Maybe have a DND feature that silences that shit but still lets calls through?  Other problem I've found is referencing style. Having small numerical superscript ref numbers is fine, but long lines of parenthetical refs are a damn nightmare. i.e. (Abc et al. 2012, Def et al. 2014) etc","human_ref_B":"God no. The screen is too tiny.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":34285.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"e21smg","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"8 Classes Cancelled My boyfriend is in the first year in ON, Canada and his prof has canceled 8 classes this semester...that's four weeks of content that is still going to be on the exam still...is this allowed? I've looked at by-laws but the focus is on students and their academic procedures.    Some of the classes she was in a conference, some she was sick and I understand shit happens, but all of them were canceled with less than 24hrs notice. 2 of the classes, the students were in class and she just never showed up. I'm an upper-year and I have never had a prof cancel more than twice. I just don't think this is professional or okay at all, but he doesn't know what to do.","c_root_id_A":"f8t7wc4","c_root_id_B":"f8tl34f","created_at_utc_A":1574797717,"created_at_utc_B":1574805648,"score_A":55,"score_B":155,"human_ref_A":"Definitely not okay. You can elevate this to the Office of the Dean of Students and\/or the Department head.","human_ref_B":"8 is a lot, which is always concerning, but  >2 of the classes, the students were in class and she just never showed up.  this is the biggest, biggest issue imo","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7931.0,"score_ratio":2.8181818182}
{"post_id":"e21smg","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"8 Classes Cancelled My boyfriend is in the first year in ON, Canada and his prof has canceled 8 classes this semester...that's four weeks of content that is still going to be on the exam still...is this allowed? I've looked at by-laws but the focus is on students and their academic procedures.    Some of the classes she was in a conference, some she was sick and I understand shit happens, but all of them were canceled with less than 24hrs notice. 2 of the classes, the students were in class and she just never showed up. I'm an upper-year and I have never had a prof cancel more than twice. I just don't think this is professional or okay at all, but he doesn't know what to do.","c_root_id_A":"f8tb7g0","c_root_id_B":"f8tl34f","created_at_utc_A":1574799736,"created_at_utc_B":1574805648,"score_A":25,"score_B":155,"human_ref_A":"Not okay. Obviously there may be personal complications but they need to be communicated and the university needs to make alternative arrangements for the provision of teaching. Your boyfriend should see what it says about these situations in his student handbook\/contract or whatever.","human_ref_B":"8 is a lot, which is always concerning, but  >2 of the classes, the students were in class and she just never showed up.  this is the biggest, biggest issue imo","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5912.0,"score_ratio":6.2}
{"post_id":"e21smg","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"8 Classes Cancelled My boyfriend is in the first year in ON, Canada and his prof has canceled 8 classes this semester...that's four weeks of content that is still going to be on the exam still...is this allowed? I've looked at by-laws but the focus is on students and their academic procedures.    Some of the classes she was in a conference, some she was sick and I understand shit happens, but all of them were canceled with less than 24hrs notice. 2 of the classes, the students were in class and she just never showed up. I'm an upper-year and I have never had a prof cancel more than twice. I just don't think this is professional or okay at all, but he doesn't know what to do.","c_root_id_A":"f8tqslk","c_root_id_B":"f8tyofz","created_at_utc_A":1574809255,"created_at_utc_B":1574814589,"score_A":13,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"I am an adjunct professor in the US and cancelling that many times is not acceptable at my institution. When instructors cancel class for any reason, they are supposed to make their best effort to find a substitute for the day, and if not, contact the department head to make other arrangements. If absolutely no one can cover for you, then you cancel class, notify students, and post a sign on the door to catch my stragglers. Canceling for any reason should only happen once or twice per semester.   I would agree that he should contact someone like a department head or dean of students. Having that many cancellations is bound to impact his learning in that course and any subsequent courses that rely on knowing that information.","human_ref_B":"Prof in ON: 8 classes is absurdly, inappropriately high. I try never to plan to cancel more than 3\/36hrs per semester (as much as I aim for zero, sometimes it's just not possible with conferences, field work, etc), and replace those with optional workshops so students don't lose out on classroom time.  That said, most institutions don't have strict rules on this... for tenured professors. They do tend to have rules for adjunct\/contract faculty.  The easiest recourse here is to express it on the class evaluation. You'll stay 100% anonymous, it will go on their record as a professor, and it's low effort. But, a single evaluation also doesn't have much in the way of odds of changing this.  Another option would be to email your department or program chair. The email should be polite, short, 100% accurate (facts, not feelings\/reactions), and to-the-point (e.g., Prof. X canceled 8 classes this semester. They simply no-showed for 2. While I understand things happen, I feel like this interfered with learning goal X and Y. Sorry for having to email you about this, but wanted to let you know.). There's a little more risk here (e.g., you could be 'outed' as the one who did this) so you might choose to do this after the course is over. You could also consider doing this through an anonymous email account if you were concerned about your identity being exposed. Again, though: professional, accurate, and concise.  Finally, you could see what university-wide options exist in terms of an Ombudsman or student advocate. Your student government could help you figure out who to contact. This might allow for an anonymous option.  I'm sorry. That's a really shitty situation and it's not fair of the professor\/department. I appreciate your desire to share this so that it's handled appropriately.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5334.0,"score_ratio":1.7692307692}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7kyhak","c_root_id_B":"f7kzmra","created_at_utc_A":1573829185,"created_at_utc_B":1573829850,"score_A":10,"score_B":91,"human_ref_A":"When I read a paper I have a word doc open and I type to paraphrase or C+P what is helpful into this document and turn it into a hyperlink to the original paper.(I don't download papers, I just access through websites). At the end of the document I create my reference list as I go and am able to see them all visually and go back to them whenever I need.   Whenever I am looking for more info I just ctrl+F and find the parts in the doc that are most relevant and can explore them again if need be.","human_ref_B":"Use zotero and set up collections and sub collections to categorize the papers you are reading. This helps in keeping stuff organized instead of being just one huge pile.  Then when you take notes while reading papers, you can add an \"attachment\" to the zotero parent entry to store your notes. If you're taking handwritten notes, scan and make a pdf and then add it to the zotero parent item. Sometimes, I take notes in lyx or word. In that case, I simply attach the file to the parent item.  Finally, set up zotero to store its database in your dropbox folder if you can **or** just back the folder up every once in a while to whatever service your prefer.  Mucking around with folders and renaming them and organizing them is a fools errand and I have realized that too late. Just let zotero handle all that low level nonsense.  Zotero is like itunes when it was at its peak design. It helps you organize everything.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":665.0,"score_ratio":9.1}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lhte8","c_root_id_B":"f7lwrcv","created_at_utc_A":1573840757,"created_at_utc_B":1573849514,"score_A":20,"score_B":42,"human_ref_A":"Don't use Mendeley: they are owned by Elsevier, and so are now evil. Didn't use to be evil, but now they are.  Many people use Zotero (open-source).  I used to collect all stuff I read in one giant super-review, like a review of everything I know. But as my interests shifted and spread out, it became impossible.  For a while I had an Excel-like table (Google Sheets) with a paragraph written about every paper, and a list of papers I want too read. But now it became so huge that it takes 2 minutes to load, and I hate it. It's still kind of useful, as I use keywords as internal tags, but I stopped adding stuff to it.  I also tried to run a personal wiki (aka \"Knowledge base\"). There are some great free wikis out there: Zim is great, then there's also Tomboy (aka Gnome), and Wiki that comes with any repo on GitHub. But it takes a bit of effort, and also I am kinda afraid to create a knowledge base with nooks and crannies, as I'm afraid to forget about some nooks and crannies. I want to be able to \"see everything\" every now and then, even if just to remind myself of what is out there.  Now for about 2 weeks I'm trying a new approach, where for every paper I read I start a markdown file (using Typora editor, which is one of the coolest pieces of software I ever encountered). All of these markdowns are in a git repo that I synchronize with Github, which means that I have access to them from everywere. I know some really cool people that use this approach, so I hope it will work, but I haven't yet quite figured out my personal feelings about it. The actual test will happen at the point when I'll need to write something (an intro, or a review), and so will have to find all relevant papers on a topic. We'll see how easy it would be.  My \"knowledge base of dreams\" would probably look more like a database, a collection of cards, where every card is filed with a bunch of tags. And then I want to be able to see a tag cloud, and easily get all records for any given tag. It's relatively easy to organize something like that with Tomboy, but it's not automatic. I guess I could have written my own piece of software for that, but for now I'm lazy. Maybe I'll do it in the future; that could be fun actually, especially if it's based on markdown files, and so would be compatible with my current approach.","human_ref_B":"piles on the floor  bonus to this method: you create your own micro-ecosystems for silverfish and other critters","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8757.0,"score_ratio":2.1}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7l118v","c_root_id_B":"f7lwrcv","created_at_utc_A":1573830643,"created_at_utc_B":1573849514,"score_A":19,"score_B":42,"human_ref_A":"I'm currently at the beginning of my PhD, but this is a system I've used since 2015. I use endnote and Word simultaneously:  **EndNote** (or any other reference manager): I find, index, tag with relevant keywords and sort references into folders based on topic. I also add the article PDF to the reference and mark out interesting sections. Unread articles are marked as \"unread\", and articles can be easily searched by looking through topic folders or searching for keywords.  **Word**: I have a \"literature document\" where I have headings that are similar to the folders in EndNote.  I copy the article reference from EndNote and format it as a sub-heading, and while reading and marking in Endnote, I make short notes in the Word document. Then the navigation pane works as an index of the topics and related articles. I also always add page numbers to interesting information, so it's easy to go back to the text.   I have a list in the beginning of the document of articles I want to read, but haven't yet downloaded, indexed in EndNote or made notes of.    I also sometimes have notes for articles that aren't yet indexed in Endnote, and they are easy to find because the reference isn't formatted the same as the indexed ones.   It's a system that takes a bit of time to implement and follow up, but when I manage to use it properly it works really well. Saved my ass a bunch of times when trying to finish my masters in too little time.","human_ref_B":"piles on the floor  bonus to this method: you create your own micro-ecosystems for silverfish and other critters","labels":0,"seconds_difference":18871.0,"score_ratio":2.2105263158}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7kyhak","c_root_id_B":"f7lwrcv","created_at_utc_A":1573829185,"created_at_utc_B":1573849514,"score_A":10,"score_B":42,"human_ref_A":"When I read a paper I have a word doc open and I type to paraphrase or C+P what is helpful into this document and turn it into a hyperlink to the original paper.(I don't download papers, I just access through websites). At the end of the document I create my reference list as I go and am able to see them all visually and go back to them whenever I need.   Whenever I am looking for more info I just ctrl+F and find the parts in the doc that are most relevant and can explore them again if need be.","human_ref_B":"piles on the floor  bonus to this method: you create your own micro-ecosystems for silverfish and other critters","labels":0,"seconds_difference":20329.0,"score_ratio":4.2}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lgh96","c_root_id_B":"f7lwrcv","created_at_utc_A":1573839938,"created_at_utc_B":1573849514,"score_A":9,"score_B":42,"human_ref_A":"Mendeley","human_ref_B":"piles on the floor  bonus to this method: you create your own micro-ecosystems for silverfish and other critters","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9576.0,"score_ratio":4.6666666667}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lgh5o","c_root_id_B":"f7lwrcv","created_at_utc_A":1573839936,"created_at_utc_B":1573849514,"score_A":8,"score_B":42,"human_ref_A":"I just heard this great strategy from a professor. You can keep an excel spreadsheet with columns detailing the articles, authors, and implications as well as a brief summary for each paper in a given row.  I've always just printed papers, annotated them, and filed physical copies, or kept them in folders on my desktop. I think a spreadsheet is a fantastic way to go forward, and I'll be trying this especially for lit reviews.","human_ref_B":"piles on the floor  bonus to this method: you create your own micro-ecosystems for silverfish and other critters","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9578.0,"score_ratio":5.25}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7libg3","c_root_id_B":"f7lwrcv","created_at_utc_A":1573841064,"created_at_utc_B":1573849514,"score_A":7,"score_B":42,"human_ref_A":"The docear system http:\/\/www.docear.org\/ was specificly developed for academic litterature   I can download my pdf, highlight the passages of interest and save the pdf in a specific folder. Then all my annotations can be found on the docear software, which is basically a mind mapping system.  You can directly organize and  modify all the highlighted textes and ideas in a mind map. For exemple i currently have a pathways: hepatocyte->cell function->proliferation->promitogenic->HGF->concentrations-> PHH  at which end and i can directly find the HGF concentrations used by different teams on PHH.    Bonus point for having the automatic reference of the paper by clicking on the node.   Extra bonus point for being able to export the mind map in .tex \/word\/libreoffice format. My thesis basically wrote itself.","human_ref_B":"piles on the floor  bonus to this method: you create your own micro-ecosystems for silverfish and other critters","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8450.0,"score_ratio":6.0}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lhgtz","c_root_id_B":"f7lwrcv","created_at_utc_A":1573840539,"created_at_utc_B":1573849514,"score_A":7,"score_B":42,"human_ref_A":"This is my secret: . . . . I don\u2019t :)   \/s.","human_ref_B":"piles on the floor  bonus to this method: you create your own micro-ecosystems for silverfish and other critters","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8975.0,"score_ratio":6.0}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lwrcv","c_root_id_B":"f7l3h2f","created_at_utc_A":1573849514,"created_at_utc_B":1573831979,"score_A":42,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"piles on the floor  bonus to this method: you create your own micro-ecosystems for silverfish and other critters","human_ref_B":"I always download papers. I copy paste the interesting\/usable parts to a text file with the same name as the original article. I organize the files into folders according to topics.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":17535.0,"score_ratio":14.0}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lwrcv","c_root_id_B":"f7l33yu","created_at_utc_A":1573849514,"created_at_utc_B":1573831785,"score_A":42,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"piles on the floor  bonus to this method: you create your own micro-ecosystems for silverfish and other critters","human_ref_B":"I have a folder on my computer with each paper and my reading notes. They're titled by the authors' last name and year, so I can easily find my notes for a paper if I've read it already.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":17729.0,"score_ratio":21.0}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lj5ur","c_root_id_B":"f7lwrcv","created_at_utc_A":1573841594,"created_at_utc_B":1573849514,"score_A":2,"score_B":42,"human_ref_A":"Zotero is fine and all. Those who use minimalist solutions like latex, vim\/emacs etc how do they track papers?","human_ref_B":"piles on the floor  bonus to this method: you create your own micro-ecosystems for silverfish and other critters","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7920.0,"score_ratio":21.0}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lwrcv","c_root_id_B":"f7lm9wx","created_at_utc_A":1573849514,"created_at_utc_B":1573843547,"score_A":42,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"piles on the floor  bonus to this method: you create your own micro-ecosystems for silverfish and other critters","human_ref_B":"End Note and One Note, Moving from One Note to Notion now.  I use One note mainly because of pen support which is helpful in classes and seminars to take notes quickly. If you dont need touch id recommend Notion.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5967.0,"score_ratio":21.0}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lpt9k","c_root_id_B":"f7lwrcv","created_at_utc_A":1573845746,"created_at_utc_B":1573849514,"score_A":2,"score_B":42,"human_ref_A":"I use Dropbox - I have a \"Papers\" folder divided into topics, and every paper I read \/ should read goes into the topic, named <authors>-<year>, since that's often how I (and many people I think)  categorize scientific results, as well as reference. I read these papers on tablet with a stylus and the app ezPDF Reader. So rough topical organization but nothing like keywords or anything.  I use Bibtex for referencing my written work, which is a single document with all the papers named with the same naming scheme (<authors>-<year>), so there's no searching around there - just look at the title of paper I'm reading to get the reference.  Actually, I just checked out Zotero from this discussion, and it looks interesting. Maybe something to check out for myself....","human_ref_B":"piles on the floor  bonus to this method: you create your own micro-ecosystems for silverfish and other critters","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3768.0,"score_ratio":21.0}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7l118v","c_root_id_B":"f7lhte8","created_at_utc_A":1573830643,"created_at_utc_B":1573840757,"score_A":19,"score_B":20,"human_ref_A":"I'm currently at the beginning of my PhD, but this is a system I've used since 2015. I use endnote and Word simultaneously:  **EndNote** (or any other reference manager): I find, index, tag with relevant keywords and sort references into folders based on topic. I also add the article PDF to the reference and mark out interesting sections. Unread articles are marked as \"unread\", and articles can be easily searched by looking through topic folders or searching for keywords.  **Word**: I have a \"literature document\" where I have headings that are similar to the folders in EndNote.  I copy the article reference from EndNote and format it as a sub-heading, and while reading and marking in Endnote, I make short notes in the Word document. Then the navigation pane works as an index of the topics and related articles. I also always add page numbers to interesting information, so it's easy to go back to the text.   I have a list in the beginning of the document of articles I want to read, but haven't yet downloaded, indexed in EndNote or made notes of.    I also sometimes have notes for articles that aren't yet indexed in Endnote, and they are easy to find because the reference isn't formatted the same as the indexed ones.   It's a system that takes a bit of time to implement and follow up, but when I manage to use it properly it works really well. Saved my ass a bunch of times when trying to finish my masters in too little time.","human_ref_B":"Don't use Mendeley: they are owned by Elsevier, and so are now evil. Didn't use to be evil, but now they are.  Many people use Zotero (open-source).  I used to collect all stuff I read in one giant super-review, like a review of everything I know. But as my interests shifted and spread out, it became impossible.  For a while I had an Excel-like table (Google Sheets) with a paragraph written about every paper, and a list of papers I want too read. But now it became so huge that it takes 2 minutes to load, and I hate it. It's still kind of useful, as I use keywords as internal tags, but I stopped adding stuff to it.  I also tried to run a personal wiki (aka \"Knowledge base\"). There are some great free wikis out there: Zim is great, then there's also Tomboy (aka Gnome), and Wiki that comes with any repo on GitHub. But it takes a bit of effort, and also I am kinda afraid to create a knowledge base with nooks and crannies, as I'm afraid to forget about some nooks and crannies. I want to be able to \"see everything\" every now and then, even if just to remind myself of what is out there.  Now for about 2 weeks I'm trying a new approach, where for every paper I read I start a markdown file (using Typora editor, which is one of the coolest pieces of software I ever encountered). All of these markdowns are in a git repo that I synchronize with Github, which means that I have access to them from everywere. I know some really cool people that use this approach, so I hope it will work, but I haven't yet quite figured out my personal feelings about it. The actual test will happen at the point when I'll need to write something (an intro, or a review), and so will have to find all relevant papers on a topic. We'll see how easy it would be.  My \"knowledge base of dreams\" would probably look more like a database, a collection of cards, where every card is filed with a bunch of tags. And then I want to be able to see a tag cloud, and easily get all records for any given tag. It's relatively easy to organize something like that with Tomboy, but it's not automatic. I guess I could have written my own piece of software for that, but for now I'm lazy. Maybe I'll do it in the future; that could be fun actually, especially if it's based on markdown files, and so would be compatible with my current approach.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10114.0,"score_ratio":1.0526315789}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lhte8","c_root_id_B":"f7kyhak","created_at_utc_A":1573840757,"created_at_utc_B":1573829185,"score_A":20,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"Don't use Mendeley: they are owned by Elsevier, and so are now evil. Didn't use to be evil, but now they are.  Many people use Zotero (open-source).  I used to collect all stuff I read in one giant super-review, like a review of everything I know. But as my interests shifted and spread out, it became impossible.  For a while I had an Excel-like table (Google Sheets) with a paragraph written about every paper, and a list of papers I want too read. But now it became so huge that it takes 2 minutes to load, and I hate it. It's still kind of useful, as I use keywords as internal tags, but I stopped adding stuff to it.  I also tried to run a personal wiki (aka \"Knowledge base\"). There are some great free wikis out there: Zim is great, then there's also Tomboy (aka Gnome), and Wiki that comes with any repo on GitHub. But it takes a bit of effort, and also I am kinda afraid to create a knowledge base with nooks and crannies, as I'm afraid to forget about some nooks and crannies. I want to be able to \"see everything\" every now and then, even if just to remind myself of what is out there.  Now for about 2 weeks I'm trying a new approach, where for every paper I read I start a markdown file (using Typora editor, which is one of the coolest pieces of software I ever encountered). All of these markdowns are in a git repo that I synchronize with Github, which means that I have access to them from everywere. I know some really cool people that use this approach, so I hope it will work, but I haven't yet quite figured out my personal feelings about it. The actual test will happen at the point when I'll need to write something (an intro, or a review), and so will have to find all relevant papers on a topic. We'll see how easy it would be.  My \"knowledge base of dreams\" would probably look more like a database, a collection of cards, where every card is filed with a bunch of tags. And then I want to be able to see a tag cloud, and easily get all records for any given tag. It's relatively easy to organize something like that with Tomboy, but it's not automatic. I guess I could have written my own piece of software for that, but for now I'm lazy. Maybe I'll do it in the future; that could be fun actually, especially if it's based on markdown files, and so would be compatible with my current approach.","human_ref_B":"When I read a paper I have a word doc open and I type to paraphrase or C+P what is helpful into this document and turn it into a hyperlink to the original paper.(I don't download papers, I just access through websites). At the end of the document I create my reference list as I go and am able to see them all visually and go back to them whenever I need.   Whenever I am looking for more info I just ctrl+F and find the parts in the doc that are most relevant and can explore them again if need be.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":11572.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lhte8","c_root_id_B":"f7lgh96","created_at_utc_A":1573840757,"created_at_utc_B":1573839938,"score_A":20,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Don't use Mendeley: they are owned by Elsevier, and so are now evil. Didn't use to be evil, but now they are.  Many people use Zotero (open-source).  I used to collect all stuff I read in one giant super-review, like a review of everything I know. But as my interests shifted and spread out, it became impossible.  For a while I had an Excel-like table (Google Sheets) with a paragraph written about every paper, and a list of papers I want too read. But now it became so huge that it takes 2 minutes to load, and I hate it. It's still kind of useful, as I use keywords as internal tags, but I stopped adding stuff to it.  I also tried to run a personal wiki (aka \"Knowledge base\"). There are some great free wikis out there: Zim is great, then there's also Tomboy (aka Gnome), and Wiki that comes with any repo on GitHub. But it takes a bit of effort, and also I am kinda afraid to create a knowledge base with nooks and crannies, as I'm afraid to forget about some nooks and crannies. I want to be able to \"see everything\" every now and then, even if just to remind myself of what is out there.  Now for about 2 weeks I'm trying a new approach, where for every paper I read I start a markdown file (using Typora editor, which is one of the coolest pieces of software I ever encountered). All of these markdowns are in a git repo that I synchronize with Github, which means that I have access to them from everywere. I know some really cool people that use this approach, so I hope it will work, but I haven't yet quite figured out my personal feelings about it. The actual test will happen at the point when I'll need to write something (an intro, or a review), and so will have to find all relevant papers on a topic. We'll see how easy it would be.  My \"knowledge base of dreams\" would probably look more like a database, a collection of cards, where every card is filed with a bunch of tags. And then I want to be able to see a tag cloud, and easily get all records for any given tag. It's relatively easy to organize something like that with Tomboy, but it's not automatic. I guess I could have written my own piece of software for that, but for now I'm lazy. Maybe I'll do it in the future; that could be fun actually, especially if it's based on markdown files, and so would be compatible with my current approach.","human_ref_B":"Mendeley","labels":1,"seconds_difference":819.0,"score_ratio":2.2222222222}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lgh5o","c_root_id_B":"f7lhte8","created_at_utc_A":1573839936,"created_at_utc_B":1573840757,"score_A":8,"score_B":20,"human_ref_A":"I just heard this great strategy from a professor. You can keep an excel spreadsheet with columns detailing the articles, authors, and implications as well as a brief summary for each paper in a given row.  I've always just printed papers, annotated them, and filed physical copies, or kept them in folders on my desktop. I think a spreadsheet is a fantastic way to go forward, and I'll be trying this especially for lit reviews.","human_ref_B":"Don't use Mendeley: they are owned by Elsevier, and so are now evil. Didn't use to be evil, but now they are.  Many people use Zotero (open-source).  I used to collect all stuff I read in one giant super-review, like a review of everything I know. But as my interests shifted and spread out, it became impossible.  For a while I had an Excel-like table (Google Sheets) with a paragraph written about every paper, and a list of papers I want too read. But now it became so huge that it takes 2 minutes to load, and I hate it. It's still kind of useful, as I use keywords as internal tags, but I stopped adding stuff to it.  I also tried to run a personal wiki (aka \"Knowledge base\"). There are some great free wikis out there: Zim is great, then there's also Tomboy (aka Gnome), and Wiki that comes with any repo on GitHub. But it takes a bit of effort, and also I am kinda afraid to create a knowledge base with nooks and crannies, as I'm afraid to forget about some nooks and crannies. I want to be able to \"see everything\" every now and then, even if just to remind myself of what is out there.  Now for about 2 weeks I'm trying a new approach, where for every paper I read I start a markdown file (using Typora editor, which is one of the coolest pieces of software I ever encountered). All of these markdowns are in a git repo that I synchronize with Github, which means that I have access to them from everywere. I know some really cool people that use this approach, so I hope it will work, but I haven't yet quite figured out my personal feelings about it. The actual test will happen at the point when I'll need to write something (an intro, or a review), and so will have to find all relevant papers on a topic. We'll see how easy it would be.  My \"knowledge base of dreams\" would probably look more like a database, a collection of cards, where every card is filed with a bunch of tags. And then I want to be able to see a tag cloud, and easily get all records for any given tag. It's relatively easy to organize something like that with Tomboy, but it's not automatic. I guess I could have written my own piece of software for that, but for now I'm lazy. Maybe I'll do it in the future; that could be fun actually, especially if it's based on markdown files, and so would be compatible with my current approach.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":821.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lhte8","c_root_id_B":"f7lhgtz","created_at_utc_A":1573840757,"created_at_utc_B":1573840539,"score_A":20,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Don't use Mendeley: they are owned by Elsevier, and so are now evil. Didn't use to be evil, but now they are.  Many people use Zotero (open-source).  I used to collect all stuff I read in one giant super-review, like a review of everything I know. But as my interests shifted and spread out, it became impossible.  For a while I had an Excel-like table (Google Sheets) with a paragraph written about every paper, and a list of papers I want too read. But now it became so huge that it takes 2 minutes to load, and I hate it. It's still kind of useful, as I use keywords as internal tags, but I stopped adding stuff to it.  I also tried to run a personal wiki (aka \"Knowledge base\"). There are some great free wikis out there: Zim is great, then there's also Tomboy (aka Gnome), and Wiki that comes with any repo on GitHub. But it takes a bit of effort, and also I am kinda afraid to create a knowledge base with nooks and crannies, as I'm afraid to forget about some nooks and crannies. I want to be able to \"see everything\" every now and then, even if just to remind myself of what is out there.  Now for about 2 weeks I'm trying a new approach, where for every paper I read I start a markdown file (using Typora editor, which is one of the coolest pieces of software I ever encountered). All of these markdowns are in a git repo that I synchronize with Github, which means that I have access to them from everywere. I know some really cool people that use this approach, so I hope it will work, but I haven't yet quite figured out my personal feelings about it. The actual test will happen at the point when I'll need to write something (an intro, or a review), and so will have to find all relevant papers on a topic. We'll see how easy it would be.  My \"knowledge base of dreams\" would probably look more like a database, a collection of cards, where every card is filed with a bunch of tags. And then I want to be able to see a tag cloud, and easily get all records for any given tag. It's relatively easy to organize something like that with Tomboy, but it's not automatic. I guess I could have written my own piece of software for that, but for now I'm lazy. Maybe I'll do it in the future; that could be fun actually, especially if it's based on markdown files, and so would be compatible with my current approach.","human_ref_B":"This is my secret: . . . . I don\u2019t :)   \/s.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":218.0,"score_ratio":2.8571428571}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lhte8","c_root_id_B":"f7l3h2f","created_at_utc_A":1573840757,"created_at_utc_B":1573831979,"score_A":20,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Don't use Mendeley: they are owned by Elsevier, and so are now evil. Didn't use to be evil, but now they are.  Many people use Zotero (open-source).  I used to collect all stuff I read in one giant super-review, like a review of everything I know. But as my interests shifted and spread out, it became impossible.  For a while I had an Excel-like table (Google Sheets) with a paragraph written about every paper, and a list of papers I want too read. But now it became so huge that it takes 2 minutes to load, and I hate it. It's still kind of useful, as I use keywords as internal tags, but I stopped adding stuff to it.  I also tried to run a personal wiki (aka \"Knowledge base\"). There are some great free wikis out there: Zim is great, then there's also Tomboy (aka Gnome), and Wiki that comes with any repo on GitHub. But it takes a bit of effort, and also I am kinda afraid to create a knowledge base with nooks and crannies, as I'm afraid to forget about some nooks and crannies. I want to be able to \"see everything\" every now and then, even if just to remind myself of what is out there.  Now for about 2 weeks I'm trying a new approach, where for every paper I read I start a markdown file (using Typora editor, which is one of the coolest pieces of software I ever encountered). All of these markdowns are in a git repo that I synchronize with Github, which means that I have access to them from everywere. I know some really cool people that use this approach, so I hope it will work, but I haven't yet quite figured out my personal feelings about it. The actual test will happen at the point when I'll need to write something (an intro, or a review), and so will have to find all relevant papers on a topic. We'll see how easy it would be.  My \"knowledge base of dreams\" would probably look more like a database, a collection of cards, where every card is filed with a bunch of tags. And then I want to be able to see a tag cloud, and easily get all records for any given tag. It's relatively easy to organize something like that with Tomboy, but it's not automatic. I guess I could have written my own piece of software for that, but for now I'm lazy. Maybe I'll do it in the future; that could be fun actually, especially if it's based on markdown files, and so would be compatible with my current approach.","human_ref_B":"I always download papers. I copy paste the interesting\/usable parts to a text file with the same name as the original article. I organize the files into folders according to topics.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8778.0,"score_ratio":6.6666666667}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lhte8","c_root_id_B":"f7l33yu","created_at_utc_A":1573840757,"created_at_utc_B":1573831785,"score_A":20,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Don't use Mendeley: they are owned by Elsevier, and so are now evil. Didn't use to be evil, but now they are.  Many people use Zotero (open-source).  I used to collect all stuff I read in one giant super-review, like a review of everything I know. But as my interests shifted and spread out, it became impossible.  For a while I had an Excel-like table (Google Sheets) with a paragraph written about every paper, and a list of papers I want too read. But now it became so huge that it takes 2 minutes to load, and I hate it. It's still kind of useful, as I use keywords as internal tags, but I stopped adding stuff to it.  I also tried to run a personal wiki (aka \"Knowledge base\"). There are some great free wikis out there: Zim is great, then there's also Tomboy (aka Gnome), and Wiki that comes with any repo on GitHub. But it takes a bit of effort, and also I am kinda afraid to create a knowledge base with nooks and crannies, as I'm afraid to forget about some nooks and crannies. I want to be able to \"see everything\" every now and then, even if just to remind myself of what is out there.  Now for about 2 weeks I'm trying a new approach, where for every paper I read I start a markdown file (using Typora editor, which is one of the coolest pieces of software I ever encountered). All of these markdowns are in a git repo that I synchronize with Github, which means that I have access to them from everywere. I know some really cool people that use this approach, so I hope it will work, but I haven't yet quite figured out my personal feelings about it. The actual test will happen at the point when I'll need to write something (an intro, or a review), and so will have to find all relevant papers on a topic. We'll see how easy it would be.  My \"knowledge base of dreams\" would probably look more like a database, a collection of cards, where every card is filed with a bunch of tags. And then I want to be able to see a tag cloud, and easily get all records for any given tag. It's relatively easy to organize something like that with Tomboy, but it's not automatic. I guess I could have written my own piece of software for that, but for now I'm lazy. Maybe I'll do it in the future; that could be fun actually, especially if it's based on markdown files, and so would be compatible with my current approach.","human_ref_B":"I have a folder on my computer with each paper and my reading notes. They're titled by the authors' last name and year, so I can easily find my notes for a paper if I've read it already.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8972.0,"score_ratio":10.0}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7l118v","c_root_id_B":"f7kyhak","created_at_utc_A":1573830643,"created_at_utc_B":1573829185,"score_A":19,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"I'm currently at the beginning of my PhD, but this is a system I've used since 2015. I use endnote and Word simultaneously:  **EndNote** (or any other reference manager): I find, index, tag with relevant keywords and sort references into folders based on topic. I also add the article PDF to the reference and mark out interesting sections. Unread articles are marked as \"unread\", and articles can be easily searched by looking through topic folders or searching for keywords.  **Word**: I have a \"literature document\" where I have headings that are similar to the folders in EndNote.  I copy the article reference from EndNote and format it as a sub-heading, and while reading and marking in Endnote, I make short notes in the Word document. Then the navigation pane works as an index of the topics and related articles. I also always add page numbers to interesting information, so it's easy to go back to the text.   I have a list in the beginning of the document of articles I want to read, but haven't yet downloaded, indexed in EndNote or made notes of.    I also sometimes have notes for articles that aren't yet indexed in Endnote, and they are easy to find because the reference isn't formatted the same as the indexed ones.   It's a system that takes a bit of time to implement and follow up, but when I manage to use it properly it works really well. Saved my ass a bunch of times when trying to finish my masters in too little time.","human_ref_B":"When I read a paper I have a word doc open and I type to paraphrase or C+P what is helpful into this document and turn it into a hyperlink to the original paper.(I don't download papers, I just access through websites). At the end of the document I create my reference list as I go and am able to see them all visually and go back to them whenever I need.   Whenever I am looking for more info I just ctrl+F and find the parts in the doc that are most relevant and can explore them again if need be.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1458.0,"score_ratio":1.9}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lgh96","c_root_id_B":"f7lgh5o","created_at_utc_A":1573839938,"created_at_utc_B":1573839936,"score_A":9,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Mendeley","human_ref_B":"I just heard this great strategy from a professor. You can keep an excel spreadsheet with columns detailing the articles, authors, and implications as well as a brief summary for each paper in a given row.  I've always just printed papers, annotated them, and filed physical copies, or kept them in folders on my desktop. I think a spreadsheet is a fantastic way to go forward, and I'll be trying this especially for lit reviews.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2.0,"score_ratio":1.125}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7l3h2f","c_root_id_B":"f7lgh96","created_at_utc_A":1573831979,"created_at_utc_B":1573839938,"score_A":3,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I always download papers. I copy paste the interesting\/usable parts to a text file with the same name as the original article. I organize the files into folders according to topics.","human_ref_B":"Mendeley","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7959.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7lgh96","c_root_id_B":"f7l33yu","created_at_utc_A":1573839938,"created_at_utc_B":1573831785,"score_A":9,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Mendeley","human_ref_B":"I have a folder on my computer with each paper and my reading notes. They're titled by the authors' last name and year, so I can easily find my notes for a paper if I've read it already.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8153.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7l3h2f","c_root_id_B":"f7lgh5o","created_at_utc_A":1573831979,"created_at_utc_B":1573839936,"score_A":3,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I always download papers. I copy paste the interesting\/usable parts to a text file with the same name as the original article. I organize the files into folders according to topics.","human_ref_B":"I just heard this great strategy from a professor. You can keep an excel spreadsheet with columns detailing the articles, authors, and implications as well as a brief summary for each paper in a given row.  I've always just printed papers, annotated them, and filed physical copies, or kept them in folders on my desktop. I think a spreadsheet is a fantastic way to go forward, and I'll be trying this especially for lit reviews.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7957.0,"score_ratio":2.6666666667}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7l33yu","c_root_id_B":"f7lgh5o","created_at_utc_A":1573831785,"created_at_utc_B":1573839936,"score_A":2,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I have a folder on my computer with each paper and my reading notes. They're titled by the authors' last name and year, so I can easily find my notes for a paper if I've read it already.","human_ref_B":"I just heard this great strategy from a professor. You can keep an excel spreadsheet with columns detailing the articles, authors, and implications as well as a brief summary for each paper in a given row.  I've always just printed papers, annotated them, and filed physical copies, or kept them in folders on my desktop. I think a spreadsheet is a fantastic way to go forward, and I'll be trying this especially for lit reviews.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8151.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7l3h2f","c_root_id_B":"f7libg3","created_at_utc_A":1573831979,"created_at_utc_B":1573841064,"score_A":3,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I always download papers. I copy paste the interesting\/usable parts to a text file with the same name as the original article. I organize the files into folders according to topics.","human_ref_B":"The docear system http:\/\/www.docear.org\/ was specificly developed for academic litterature   I can download my pdf, highlight the passages of interest and save the pdf in a specific folder. Then all my annotations can be found on the docear software, which is basically a mind mapping system.  You can directly organize and  modify all the highlighted textes and ideas in a mind map. For exemple i currently have a pathways: hepatocyte->cell function->proliferation->promitogenic->HGF->concentrations-> PHH  at which end and i can directly find the HGF concentrations used by different teams on PHH.    Bonus point for having the automatic reference of the paper by clicking on the node.   Extra bonus point for being able to export the mind map in .tex \/word\/libreoffice format. My thesis basically wrote itself.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9085.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7libg3","c_root_id_B":"f7l33yu","created_at_utc_A":1573841064,"created_at_utc_B":1573831785,"score_A":7,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"The docear system http:\/\/www.docear.org\/ was specificly developed for academic litterature   I can download my pdf, highlight the passages of interest and save the pdf in a specific folder. Then all my annotations can be found on the docear software, which is basically a mind mapping system.  You can directly organize and  modify all the highlighted textes and ideas in a mind map. For exemple i currently have a pathways: hepatocyte->cell function->proliferation->promitogenic->HGF->concentrations-> PHH  at which end and i can directly find the HGF concentrations used by different teams on PHH.    Bonus point for having the automatic reference of the paper by clicking on the node.   Extra bonus point for being able to export the mind map in .tex \/word\/libreoffice format. My thesis basically wrote itself.","human_ref_B":"I have a folder on my computer with each paper and my reading notes. They're titled by the authors' last name and year, so I can easily find my notes for a paper if I've read it already.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9279.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7l3h2f","c_root_id_B":"f7lhgtz","created_at_utc_A":1573831979,"created_at_utc_B":1573840539,"score_A":3,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I always download papers. I copy paste the interesting\/usable parts to a text file with the same name as the original article. I organize the files into folders according to topics.","human_ref_B":"This is my secret: . . . . I don\u2019t :)   \/s.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8560.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7l33yu","c_root_id_B":"f7lhgtz","created_at_utc_A":1573831785,"created_at_utc_B":1573840539,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I have a folder on my computer with each paper and my reading notes. They're titled by the authors' last name and year, so I can easily find my notes for a paper if I've read it already.","human_ref_B":"This is my secret: . . . . I don\u2019t :)   \/s.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8754.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"dwr9tv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you keep track of\/remember the papers you read? Hi,  what's your system? Do you take notes? Divide the papers into different folders and highlight the most interesting parts? I've been doing my Ph.D. for 4 years and now I just started my post-doc, the things I read are piling and I'm not sure I'm capable of remembering *everything*","c_root_id_A":"f7l33yu","c_root_id_B":"f7l3h2f","created_at_utc_A":1573831785,"created_at_utc_B":1573831979,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I have a folder on my computer with each paper and my reading notes. They're titled by the authors' last name and year, so I can easily find my notes for a paper if I've read it already.","human_ref_B":"I always download papers. I copy paste the interesting\/usable parts to a text file with the same name as the original article. I organize the files into folders according to topics.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":194.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyx665z","c_root_id_B":"gyx8jup","created_at_utc_A":1621584253,"created_at_utc_B":1621586329,"score_A":31,"score_B":46,"human_ref_A":"There is no substitution for reading and writing more. Do more of it. You can start by writing down your experiment plan as if it were a paper's Materials and Methods. Then to the Results and so on. Make your lit. Review into introductions and so on.","human_ref_B":"You need to write alongside a good writer -- edit and criticize manuscripts together.  Your mentor will tell you why your outline is trash because it does not flow logically; why each of your sentences make no sense and are ungrammatical; and why the words you choose are basic or invalid! You are trying to standardize it way too much -- writing is not a Science, you just have to write, then re-write, and have multiple audiences read your writing. Eventually you will have the audience's perspective in your mind and you will become a great writer!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2076.0,"score_ratio":1.4838709677}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxfsom","c_root_id_B":"gyxa1vt","created_at_utc_A":1621593170,"created_at_utc_B":1621587787,"score_A":20,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I disagree with those saying you only need to write and practice. Practice *is* important, but not without critically thinking about what works and what doesn't in your writing. It's difficult to evaluate your own text, but I found that reading other books helped me criticize (and therefore improve) my work.  These are the books I've read so far during my PhD. Pick and choose whichever you feel will help you most:  * On Writing Well (Zinsser): general help, not related to academia, to improve how you write * Oxford Guide to Plain English (Cutts): how to communicate your ideas clearly in simple language * Storytelling with Data (Nussbaumer Knaflic): how to use visualizations right * Stylish Academic Writing (Sword): how to write with style (personally I found this book overrated) * The Craft of Scientific Writing (Alley): general tips to scientific writing * The Elements of Style (Strunk Jr.): how to use words right, with a focus on grammar and basics (excellent book, albeit a heavy read at times) * They Say I Say (Graff and Birkenstein): how to set up an argument in scientific writing","human_ref_B":"The one thing not mentioned so far is feedback. It needs to be fairly brutal and ideally fairly immediate. It can be a little tough to find someone to give such feedback but it's worth its weight in gold.  To supplement the feedback, another thing you can do is go and find something you wrote a while ago, and rewrite it\/assess it as if it were someone else's work.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5383.0,"score_ratio":2.2222222222}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxfsom","c_root_id_B":"gyxa5j6","created_at_utc_A":1621593170,"created_at_utc_B":1621587886,"score_A":20,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I disagree with those saying you only need to write and practice. Practice *is* important, but not without critically thinking about what works and what doesn't in your writing. It's difficult to evaluate your own text, but I found that reading other books helped me criticize (and therefore improve) my work.  These are the books I've read so far during my PhD. Pick and choose whichever you feel will help you most:  * On Writing Well (Zinsser): general help, not related to academia, to improve how you write * Oxford Guide to Plain English (Cutts): how to communicate your ideas clearly in simple language * Storytelling with Data (Nussbaumer Knaflic): how to use visualizations right * Stylish Academic Writing (Sword): how to write with style (personally I found this book overrated) * The Craft of Scientific Writing (Alley): general tips to scientific writing * The Elements of Style (Strunk Jr.): how to use words right, with a focus on grammar and basics (excellent book, albeit a heavy read at times) * They Say I Say (Graff and Birkenstein): how to set up an argument in scientific writing","human_ref_B":"Could you please share link to the MOCC courses? Thank you in advance","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5284.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxfsom","c_root_id_B":"gyxbqnu","created_at_utc_A":1621593170,"created_at_utc_B":1621589418,"score_A":20,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I disagree with those saying you only need to write and practice. Practice *is* important, but not without critically thinking about what works and what doesn't in your writing. It's difficult to evaluate your own text, but I found that reading other books helped me criticize (and therefore improve) my work.  These are the books I've read so far during my PhD. Pick and choose whichever you feel will help you most:  * On Writing Well (Zinsser): general help, not related to academia, to improve how you write * Oxford Guide to Plain English (Cutts): how to communicate your ideas clearly in simple language * Storytelling with Data (Nussbaumer Knaflic): how to use visualizations right * Stylish Academic Writing (Sword): how to write with style (personally I found this book overrated) * The Craft of Scientific Writing (Alley): general tips to scientific writing * The Elements of Style (Strunk Jr.): how to use words right, with a focus on grammar and basics (excellent book, albeit a heavy read at times) * They Say I Say (Graff and Birkenstein): how to set up an argument in scientific writing","human_ref_B":"I'm a sociology undergrad and what I do to improve this skill is to read an old academic paper ( often on which many new theories are formulated) and write a summary from my perspective ensuring 0% plagiarism.  I've found this exercise to improve critical thinking and creative writing.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3752.0,"score_ratio":10.0}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxa1vt","c_root_id_B":"gyxlxz4","created_at_utc_A":1621587787,"created_at_utc_B":1621597869,"score_A":9,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"The one thing not mentioned so far is feedback. It needs to be fairly brutal and ideally fairly immediate. It can be a little tough to find someone to give such feedback but it's worth its weight in gold.  To supplement the feedback, another thing you can do is go and find something you wrote a while ago, and rewrite it\/assess it as if it were someone else's work.","human_ref_B":"I love Richard Lanham\u2019s Revising Prose. Biggest problem I see with upper-level and graduate students is a lack of clarity in their writing. Long, bulky, verbal-filled subjects for their sentences, with a weak verb, and long, bulky, verbal-filled objects. As a reader\/supervisor, I often have to work really hard to understand these sentences. Students will think, often, that I\u2019m trying to stifle their creativity, or I just don\u2019t get their complex ideas. But the problem is a total lack of clarity in their writing. If your ideas are strong, I should be thinking through and grappling with the concepts, not with the sentences.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10082.0,"score_ratio":1.2222222222}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxa5j6","c_root_id_B":"gyxlxz4","created_at_utc_A":1621587886,"created_at_utc_B":1621597869,"score_A":8,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"Could you please share link to the MOCC courses? Thank you in advance","human_ref_B":"I love Richard Lanham\u2019s Revising Prose. Biggest problem I see with upper-level and graduate students is a lack of clarity in their writing. Long, bulky, verbal-filled subjects for their sentences, with a weak verb, and long, bulky, verbal-filled objects. As a reader\/supervisor, I often have to work really hard to understand these sentences. Students will think, often, that I\u2019m trying to stifle their creativity, or I just don\u2019t get their complex ideas. But the problem is a total lack of clarity in their writing. If your ideas are strong, I should be thinking through and grappling with the concepts, not with the sentences.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9983.0,"score_ratio":1.375}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxlxz4","c_root_id_B":"gyxjcmq","created_at_utc_A":1621597869,"created_at_utc_B":1621596027,"score_A":11,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I love Richard Lanham\u2019s Revising Prose. Biggest problem I see with upper-level and graduate students is a lack of clarity in their writing. Long, bulky, verbal-filled subjects for their sentences, with a weak verb, and long, bulky, verbal-filled objects. As a reader\/supervisor, I often have to work really hard to understand these sentences. Students will think, often, that I\u2019m trying to stifle their creativity, or I just don\u2019t get their complex ideas. But the problem is a total lack of clarity in their writing. If your ideas are strong, I should be thinking through and grappling with the concepts, not with the sentences.","human_ref_B":"The most difficult part of academic writing is actually explaining to the reader why your text is the way it is, i.e. arguing for your particular way of presenting your sources and thoughts. Here's how I usually teach academic writing to undergrads:  First, decide on a *theme*, a type of theoretic categorization that allows you to set up the framework for your text. A tentative title might be useful for this.  Second, find sources that fit your theme. You might have to reconsider your theme after this step.  Third, make it painfully clear both in thinking and in writing why those sources fit your theme. This is the difficult part.  Fourth, turn this into a coherent text where you describe the theme, the contents of your sources and why it all fits together. Write your main part and conclusion.  Fifth, write a snappy and intelligent introduction.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1842.0,"score_ratio":2.75}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxbqnu","c_root_id_B":"gyxlxz4","created_at_utc_A":1621589418,"created_at_utc_B":1621597869,"score_A":2,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"I'm a sociology undergrad and what I do to improve this skill is to read an old academic paper ( often on which many new theories are formulated) and write a summary from my perspective ensuring 0% plagiarism.  I've found this exercise to improve critical thinking and creative writing.","human_ref_B":"I love Richard Lanham\u2019s Revising Prose. Biggest problem I see with upper-level and graduate students is a lack of clarity in their writing. Long, bulky, verbal-filled subjects for their sentences, with a weak verb, and long, bulky, verbal-filled objects. As a reader\/supervisor, I often have to work really hard to understand these sentences. Students will think, often, that I\u2019m trying to stifle their creativity, or I just don\u2019t get their complex ideas. But the problem is a total lack of clarity in their writing. If your ideas are strong, I should be thinking through and grappling with the concepts, not with the sentences.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8451.0,"score_ratio":5.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxlxz4","c_root_id_B":"gyxjapw","created_at_utc_A":1621597869,"created_at_utc_B":1621595988,"score_A":11,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I love Richard Lanham\u2019s Revising Prose. Biggest problem I see with upper-level and graduate students is a lack of clarity in their writing. Long, bulky, verbal-filled subjects for their sentences, with a weak verb, and long, bulky, verbal-filled objects. As a reader\/supervisor, I often have to work really hard to understand these sentences. Students will think, often, that I\u2019m trying to stifle their creativity, or I just don\u2019t get their complex ideas. But the problem is a total lack of clarity in their writing. If your ideas are strong, I should be thinking through and grappling with the concepts, not with the sentences.","human_ref_B":"Look for a mentor who will understand or goes with the same struggle as you before.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1881.0,"score_ratio":5.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxnb7r","c_root_id_B":"gyxjcmq","created_at_utc_A":1621598749,"created_at_utc_B":1621596027,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"> I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   These books are aimed at grad students and professors in my experience, so they assume you have some kind of ongoing project you are working on. I think for you what could be good is to take stuff you *have* written, for a class or whatever, and work on revising it.  What is tricky, I think, is that writing is all about context and expectations. Grad students and professors are ultimately writing toward publication, and should ultimately have specific venues in mind. They can study how to write well by looking at examples of good writing of the sort they want to write. If you are an undergrad, I am not sure what your writing goal would be other than to get good grades-- but I think having one would help.  I thought Paul Silvia's book was kind of dumb, fwiw. The key to writing a lot turns out to be, uh, writing a lot. Felt like an essay that was fluffed up to be short book.","human_ref_B":"The most difficult part of academic writing is actually explaining to the reader why your text is the way it is, i.e. arguing for your particular way of presenting your sources and thoughts. Here's how I usually teach academic writing to undergrads:  First, decide on a *theme*, a type of theoretic categorization that allows you to set up the framework for your text. A tentative title might be useful for this.  Second, find sources that fit your theme. You might have to reconsider your theme after this step.  Third, make it painfully clear both in thinking and in writing why those sources fit your theme. This is the difficult part.  Fourth, turn this into a coherent text where you describe the theme, the contents of your sources and why it all fits together. Write your main part and conclusion.  Fifth, write a snappy and intelligent introduction.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2722.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxnb7r","c_root_id_B":"gyxbqnu","created_at_utc_A":1621598749,"created_at_utc_B":1621589418,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"> I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   These books are aimed at grad students and professors in my experience, so they assume you have some kind of ongoing project you are working on. I think for you what could be good is to take stuff you *have* written, for a class or whatever, and work on revising it.  What is tricky, I think, is that writing is all about context and expectations. Grad students and professors are ultimately writing toward publication, and should ultimately have specific venues in mind. They can study how to write well by looking at examples of good writing of the sort they want to write. If you are an undergrad, I am not sure what your writing goal would be other than to get good grades-- but I think having one would help.  I thought Paul Silvia's book was kind of dumb, fwiw. The key to writing a lot turns out to be, uh, writing a lot. Felt like an essay that was fluffed up to be short book.","human_ref_B":"I'm a sociology undergrad and what I do to improve this skill is to read an old academic paper ( often on which many new theories are formulated) and write a summary from my perspective ensuring 0% plagiarism.  I've found this exercise to improve critical thinking and creative writing.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9331.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxjapw","c_root_id_B":"gyxnb7r","created_at_utc_A":1621595988,"created_at_utc_B":1621598749,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Look for a mentor who will understand or goes with the same struggle as you before.","human_ref_B":"> I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   These books are aimed at grad students and professors in my experience, so they assume you have some kind of ongoing project you are working on. I think for you what could be good is to take stuff you *have* written, for a class or whatever, and work on revising it.  What is tricky, I think, is that writing is all about context and expectations. Grad students and professors are ultimately writing toward publication, and should ultimately have specific venues in mind. They can study how to write well by looking at examples of good writing of the sort they want to write. If you are an undergrad, I am not sure what your writing goal would be other than to get good grades-- but I think having one would help.  I thought Paul Silvia's book was kind of dumb, fwiw. The key to writing a lot turns out to be, uh, writing a lot. Felt like an essay that was fluffed up to be short book.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2761.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxbqnu","c_root_id_B":"gyyju5i","created_at_utc_A":1621589418,"created_at_utc_B":1621614646,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I'm a sociology undergrad and what I do to improve this skill is to read an old academic paper ( often on which many new theories are formulated) and write a summary from my perspective ensuring 0% plagiarism.  I've found this exercise to improve critical thinking and creative writing.","human_ref_B":"Create a writing group.    One of the things I have found that helps me get over my procrastination is accountability.  So, at various stages in my academic career (grad school and early faculty), I found a group of people in a similar situation and we'd pick a 2-hour block that worked for all of us and we'd meet in a conference room or coffee shop and focus on writing, this creates the accountability.  Some groups have been more formal about allocating specific times for asking questions and setting goals for the day and others were literally show up and put headphones in.  But the key to both was showing up and writing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":25228.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxjapw","c_root_id_B":"gyyju5i","created_at_utc_A":1621595988,"created_at_utc_B":1621614646,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Look for a mentor who will understand or goes with the same struggle as you before.","human_ref_B":"Create a writing group.    One of the things I have found that helps me get over my procrastination is accountability.  So, at various stages in my academic career (grad school and early faculty), I found a group of people in a similar situation and we'd pick a 2-hour block that worked for all of us and we'd meet in a conference room or coffee shop and focus on writing, this creates the accountability.  Some groups have been more formal about allocating specific times for asking questions and setting goals for the day and others were literally show up and put headphones in.  But the key to both was showing up and writing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":18658.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxp5c0","c_root_id_B":"gyyju5i","created_at_utc_A":1621599892,"created_at_utc_B":1621614646,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"You can also check out this great course on coursera.   https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/sciwrite   Though the title says \"Writing in Sciences\" but this course will help researchers from any field.","human_ref_B":"Create a writing group.    One of the things I have found that helps me get over my procrastination is accountability.  So, at various stages in my academic career (grad school and early faculty), I found a group of people in a similar situation and we'd pick a 2-hour block that worked for all of us and we'd meet in a conference room or coffee shop and focus on writing, this creates the accountability.  Some groups have been more formal about allocating specific times for asking questions and setting goals for the day and others were literally show up and put headphones in.  But the key to both was showing up and writing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14754.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyyju5i","c_root_id_B":"gyy10a9","created_at_utc_A":1621614646,"created_at_utc_B":1621606171,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Create a writing group.    One of the things I have found that helps me get over my procrastination is accountability.  So, at various stages in my academic career (grad school and early faculty), I found a group of people in a similar situation and we'd pick a 2-hour block that worked for all of us and we'd meet in a conference room or coffee shop and focus on writing, this creates the accountability.  Some groups have been more formal about allocating specific times for asking questions and setting goals for the day and others were literally show up and put headphones in.  But the key to both was showing up and writing.","human_ref_B":"Read How to Write a Lot and The Craft of Research.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8475.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyyju5i","c_root_id_B":"gyya3gi","created_at_utc_A":1621614646,"created_at_utc_B":1621610289,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Create a writing group.    One of the things I have found that helps me get over my procrastination is accountability.  So, at various stages in my academic career (grad school and early faculty), I found a group of people in a similar situation and we'd pick a 2-hour block that worked for all of us and we'd meet in a conference room or coffee shop and focus on writing, this creates the accountability.  Some groups have been more formal about allocating specific times for asking questions and setting goals for the day and others were literally show up and put headphones in.  But the key to both was showing up and writing.","human_ref_B":"Also remember that reading and note taking is an important part of writing. Reading counts towards writing time.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4357.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyyju5i","c_root_id_B":"gyya8jd","created_at_utc_A":1621614646,"created_at_utc_B":1621610352,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Create a writing group.    One of the things I have found that helps me get over my procrastination is accountability.  So, at various stages in my academic career (grad school and early faculty), I found a group of people in a similar situation and we'd pick a 2-hour block that worked for all of us and we'd meet in a conference room or coffee shop and focus on writing, this creates the accountability.  Some groups have been more formal about allocating specific times for asking questions and setting goals for the day and others were literally show up and put headphones in.  But the key to both was showing up and writing.","human_ref_B":"As a humanities grad about to ta my first course ever, which is a writing course, I was recommended Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4294.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyydwrl","c_root_id_B":"gyyju5i","created_at_utc_A":1621611979,"created_at_utc_B":1621614646,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"In addition to all of the comments, one thing that really helped me is reviewing for journals in my field. While I could point to specific manuscripts and articles that I wanted to emulate, I also struggled to understand what I was not doing well, i.e. what to avoid. Reviewing manuscripts helped me with this considerably, because I could see in other\u2019s writing mistakes I made in my own.","human_ref_B":"Create a writing group.    One of the things I have found that helps me get over my procrastination is accountability.  So, at various stages in my academic career (grad school and early faculty), I found a group of people in a similar situation and we'd pick a 2-hour block that worked for all of us and we'd meet in a conference room or coffee shop and focus on writing, this creates the accountability.  Some groups have been more formal about allocating specific times for asking questions and setting goals for the day and others were literally show up and put headphones in.  But the key to both was showing up and writing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2667.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxbqnu","c_root_id_B":"gyxjcmq","created_at_utc_A":1621589418,"created_at_utc_B":1621596027,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I'm a sociology undergrad and what I do to improve this skill is to read an old academic paper ( often on which many new theories are formulated) and write a summary from my perspective ensuring 0% plagiarism.  I've found this exercise to improve critical thinking and creative writing.","human_ref_B":"The most difficult part of academic writing is actually explaining to the reader why your text is the way it is, i.e. arguing for your particular way of presenting your sources and thoughts. Here's how I usually teach academic writing to undergrads:  First, decide on a *theme*, a type of theoretic categorization that allows you to set up the framework for your text. A tentative title might be useful for this.  Second, find sources that fit your theme. You might have to reconsider your theme after this step.  Third, make it painfully clear both in thinking and in writing why those sources fit your theme. This is the difficult part.  Fourth, turn this into a coherent text where you describe the theme, the contents of your sources and why it all fits together. Write your main part and conclusion.  Fifth, write a snappy and intelligent introduction.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6609.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxjcmq","c_root_id_B":"gyxjapw","created_at_utc_A":1621596027,"created_at_utc_B":1621595988,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"The most difficult part of academic writing is actually explaining to the reader why your text is the way it is, i.e. arguing for your particular way of presenting your sources and thoughts. Here's how I usually teach academic writing to undergrads:  First, decide on a *theme*, a type of theoretic categorization that allows you to set up the framework for your text. A tentative title might be useful for this.  Second, find sources that fit your theme. You might have to reconsider your theme after this step.  Third, make it painfully clear both in thinking and in writing why those sources fit your theme. This is the difficult part.  Fourth, turn this into a coherent text where you describe the theme, the contents of your sources and why it all fits together. Write your main part and conclusion.  Fifth, write a snappy and intelligent introduction.","human_ref_B":"Look for a mentor who will understand or goes with the same struggle as you before.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":39.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxbqnu","c_root_id_B":"gyyy6xb","created_at_utc_A":1621589418,"created_at_utc_B":1621621052,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I'm a sociology undergrad and what I do to improve this skill is to read an old academic paper ( often on which many new theories are formulated) and write a summary from my perspective ensuring 0% plagiarism.  I've found this exercise to improve critical thinking and creative writing.","human_ref_B":"Best way to become a better writer is to read more of what you're trying to write","labels":0,"seconds_difference":31634.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxjapw","c_root_id_B":"gyyy6xb","created_at_utc_A":1621595988,"created_at_utc_B":1621621052,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Look for a mentor who will understand or goes with the same struggle as you before.","human_ref_B":"Best way to become a better writer is to read more of what you're trying to write","labels":0,"seconds_difference":25064.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxp5c0","c_root_id_B":"gyyy6xb","created_at_utc_A":1621599892,"created_at_utc_B":1621621052,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"You can also check out this great course on coursera.   https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/sciwrite   Though the title says \"Writing in Sciences\" but this course will help researchers from any field.","human_ref_B":"Best way to become a better writer is to read more of what you're trying to write","labels":0,"seconds_difference":21160.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyyy6xb","c_root_id_B":"gyy10a9","created_at_utc_A":1621621052,"created_at_utc_B":1621606171,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Best way to become a better writer is to read more of what you're trying to write","human_ref_B":"Read How to Write a Lot and The Craft of Research.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":14881.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyyy6xb","c_root_id_B":"gyya3gi","created_at_utc_A":1621621052,"created_at_utc_B":1621610289,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Best way to become a better writer is to read more of what you're trying to write","human_ref_B":"Also remember that reading and note taking is an important part of writing. Reading counts towards writing time.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10763.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyyy6xb","c_root_id_B":"gyya8jd","created_at_utc_A":1621621052,"created_at_utc_B":1621610352,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Best way to become a better writer is to read more of what you're trying to write","human_ref_B":"As a humanities grad about to ta my first course ever, which is a writing course, I was recommended Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10700.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyyy6xb","c_root_id_B":"gyydwrl","created_at_utc_A":1621621052,"created_at_utc_B":1621611979,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Best way to become a better writer is to read more of what you're trying to write","human_ref_B":"In addition to all of the comments, one thing that really helped me is reviewing for journals in my field. While I could point to specific manuscripts and articles that I wanted to emulate, I also struggled to understand what I was not doing well, i.e. what to avoid. Reviewing manuscripts helped me with this considerably, because I could see in other\u2019s writing mistakes I made in my own.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9073.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyyy6xb","c_root_id_B":"gyyoks9","created_at_utc_A":1621621052,"created_at_utc_B":1621616750,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Best way to become a better writer is to read more of what you're trying to write","human_ref_B":"Start a file of papers you enjoy reading because the writing draws you in, or just because you found them so easy to understand. Study them to figure out how the authors achieved that, and apply to your own writing.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4302.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxbqnu","c_root_id_B":"gz196hx","created_at_utc_A":1621589418,"created_at_utc_B":1621668859,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I'm a sociology undergrad and what I do to improve this skill is to read an old academic paper ( often on which many new theories are formulated) and write a summary from my perspective ensuring 0% plagiarism.  I've found this exercise to improve critical thinking and creative writing.","human_ref_B":"Your points are fine, but you should think of them in this order:  1.  Overcoming procrastination   2.  Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3.  Grammar\r   \r\r   If you do not overcome (1), (2) and (3) do not matter.  If you cannot sort out (2), the best grammar in the world will not help you.  One of the man flaws in academic writing is the use of redundant words.  The key is to edit, edit, edit - and then edit once more.  Ask yourself \"do I need this word\".  If you do not, cut it.  \rThe overarching principle in writing is to start by asking yourself \"What do I want to say?\", and finishing with \"have I said it?\".","labels":0,"seconds_difference":79441.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gz196hx","c_root_id_B":"gyxjapw","created_at_utc_A":1621668859,"created_at_utc_B":1621595988,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Your points are fine, but you should think of them in this order:  1.  Overcoming procrastination   2.  Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3.  Grammar\r   \r\r   If you do not overcome (1), (2) and (3) do not matter.  If you cannot sort out (2), the best grammar in the world will not help you.  One of the man flaws in academic writing is the use of redundant words.  The key is to edit, edit, edit - and then edit once more.  Ask yourself \"do I need this word\".  If you do not, cut it.  \rThe overarching principle in writing is to start by asking yourself \"What do I want to say?\", and finishing with \"have I said it?\".","human_ref_B":"Look for a mentor who will understand or goes with the same struggle as you before.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":72871.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyxp5c0","c_root_id_B":"gz196hx","created_at_utc_A":1621599892,"created_at_utc_B":1621668859,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"You can also check out this great course on coursera.   https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/sciwrite   Though the title says \"Writing in Sciences\" but this course will help researchers from any field.","human_ref_B":"Your points are fine, but you should think of them in this order:  1.  Overcoming procrastination   2.  Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3.  Grammar\r   \r\r   If you do not overcome (1), (2) and (3) do not matter.  If you cannot sort out (2), the best grammar in the world will not help you.  One of the man flaws in academic writing is the use of redundant words.  The key is to edit, edit, edit - and then edit once more.  Ask yourself \"do I need this word\".  If you do not, cut it.  \rThe overarching principle in writing is to start by asking yourself \"What do I want to say?\", and finishing with \"have I said it?\".","labels":0,"seconds_difference":68967.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gz196hx","c_root_id_B":"gyy10a9","created_at_utc_A":1621668859,"created_at_utc_B":1621606171,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Your points are fine, but you should think of them in this order:  1.  Overcoming procrastination   2.  Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3.  Grammar\r   \r\r   If you do not overcome (1), (2) and (3) do not matter.  If you cannot sort out (2), the best grammar in the world will not help you.  One of the man flaws in academic writing is the use of redundant words.  The key is to edit, edit, edit - and then edit once more.  Ask yourself \"do I need this word\".  If you do not, cut it.  \rThe overarching principle in writing is to start by asking yourself \"What do I want to say?\", and finishing with \"have I said it?\".","human_ref_B":"Read How to Write a Lot and The Craft of Research.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":62688.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gz196hx","c_root_id_B":"gyya3gi","created_at_utc_A":1621668859,"created_at_utc_B":1621610289,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Your points are fine, but you should think of them in this order:  1.  Overcoming procrastination   2.  Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3.  Grammar\r   \r\r   If you do not overcome (1), (2) and (3) do not matter.  If you cannot sort out (2), the best grammar in the world will not help you.  One of the man flaws in academic writing is the use of redundant words.  The key is to edit, edit, edit - and then edit once more.  Ask yourself \"do I need this word\".  If you do not, cut it.  \rThe overarching principle in writing is to start by asking yourself \"What do I want to say?\", and finishing with \"have I said it?\".","human_ref_B":"Also remember that reading and note taking is an important part of writing. Reading counts towards writing time.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":58570.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gz196hx","c_root_id_B":"gyya8jd","created_at_utc_A":1621668859,"created_at_utc_B":1621610352,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Your points are fine, but you should think of them in this order:  1.  Overcoming procrastination   2.  Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3.  Grammar\r   \r\r   If you do not overcome (1), (2) and (3) do not matter.  If you cannot sort out (2), the best grammar in the world will not help you.  One of the man flaws in academic writing is the use of redundant words.  The key is to edit, edit, edit - and then edit once more.  Ask yourself \"do I need this word\".  If you do not, cut it.  \rThe overarching principle in writing is to start by asking yourself \"What do I want to say?\", and finishing with \"have I said it?\".","human_ref_B":"As a humanities grad about to ta my first course ever, which is a writing course, I was recommended Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":58507.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyydwrl","c_root_id_B":"gz196hx","created_at_utc_A":1621611979,"created_at_utc_B":1621668859,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"In addition to all of the comments, one thing that really helped me is reviewing for journals in my field. While I could point to specific manuscripts and articles that I wanted to emulate, I also struggled to understand what I was not doing well, i.e. what to avoid. Reviewing manuscripts helped me with this considerably, because I could see in other\u2019s writing mistakes I made in my own.","human_ref_B":"Your points are fine, but you should think of them in this order:  1.  Overcoming procrastination   2.  Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3.  Grammar\r   \r\r   If you do not overcome (1), (2) and (3) do not matter.  If you cannot sort out (2), the best grammar in the world will not help you.  One of the man flaws in academic writing is the use of redundant words.  The key is to edit, edit, edit - and then edit once more.  Ask yourself \"do I need this word\".  If you do not, cut it.  \rThe overarching principle in writing is to start by asking yourself \"What do I want to say?\", and finishing with \"have I said it?\".","labels":0,"seconds_difference":56880.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gz196hx","c_root_id_B":"gyyoks9","created_at_utc_A":1621668859,"created_at_utc_B":1621616750,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Your points are fine, but you should think of them in this order:  1.  Overcoming procrastination   2.  Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3.  Grammar\r   \r\r   If you do not overcome (1), (2) and (3) do not matter.  If you cannot sort out (2), the best grammar in the world will not help you.  One of the man flaws in academic writing is the use of redundant words.  The key is to edit, edit, edit - and then edit once more.  Ask yourself \"do I need this word\".  If you do not, cut it.  \rThe overarching principle in writing is to start by asking yourself \"What do I want to say?\", and finishing with \"have I said it?\".","human_ref_B":"Start a file of papers you enjoy reading because the writing draws you in, or just because you found them so easy to understand. Study them to figure out how the authors achieved that, and apply to your own writing.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":52109.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gz196hx","c_root_id_B":"gyz442h","created_at_utc_A":1621668859,"created_at_utc_B":1621623760,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Your points are fine, but you should think of them in this order:  1.  Overcoming procrastination   2.  Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3.  Grammar\r   \r\r   If you do not overcome (1), (2) and (3) do not matter.  If you cannot sort out (2), the best grammar in the world will not help you.  One of the man flaws in academic writing is the use of redundant words.  The key is to edit, edit, edit - and then edit once more.  Ask yourself \"do I need this word\".  If you do not, cut it.  \rThe overarching principle in writing is to start by asking yourself \"What do I want to say?\", and finishing with \"have I said it?\".","human_ref_B":"> I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?  While you're getting some great advice from other posters, I wanted to stress here that _the act of writing anything, at all_, can be a good practice to get in the habit of doing regularly. There's a lot to be said for feeling comfortable sitting down and writing--for many just sitting at a keyboard can cause considerable anxiety.   > What other aspects of writing and practice should I focus on?  How much academic writing in your field are you regularly reading? What kinds of arguments are you being asked to develop in your writing? It can be a valuable practice to get more familiar with the genres you're expected to engage in. Think about what the authors of a given text are doing in their work: how do they make an argument? how is it supported? how is it structured\/organized? what kinds of discussion occurs re: included data, evidence, etc.? and so on. This awareness can help you approach writing your own documents that much more effectively, since you'll make better-informed decisions when you do so.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":45099.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gyzi06o","c_root_id_B":"gz196hx","created_at_utc_A":1621630388,"created_at_utc_B":1621668859,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"There are some very nice recommendation above. Here is my two cents:  1. The Elements of Style is a short and concise book on how to improve your writing. I believe it is considered a standard.  2. Daily exercises do improve your writing. I am assuming that you are actively involved in research as a M.Sc. student, in which case a personal research journal is a great excuse to write every day. Try to keep it as formal (but simple) as you can. It helps to imagine that you are writing an article. You want your writing to be clear but not casual. That way you will be forced to polish your arguments and conclusions, and tie any loose ends, on a daily basis. It will also help you digest your own research while the outcome will constitute prose that can be transferred directly to a publishable scientific paper.  I hope this helps.","human_ref_B":"Your points are fine, but you should think of them in this order:  1.  Overcoming procrastination   2.  Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3.  Grammar\r   \r\r   If you do not overcome (1), (2) and (3) do not matter.  If you cannot sort out (2), the best grammar in the world will not help you.  One of the man flaws in academic writing is the use of redundant words.  The key is to edit, edit, edit - and then edit once more.  Ask yourself \"do I need this word\".  If you do not, cut it.  \rThe overarching principle in writing is to start by asking yourself \"What do I want to say?\", and finishing with \"have I said it?\".","labels":0,"seconds_difference":38471.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gz028py","c_root_id_B":"gz196hx","created_at_utc_A":1621640603,"created_at_utc_B":1621668859,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I would be interested in the framer courses link if you don't mind!!!","human_ref_B":"Your points are fine, but you should think of them in this order:  1.  Overcoming procrastination   2.  Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3.  Grammar\r   \r\r   If you do not overcome (1), (2) and (3) do not matter.  If you cannot sort out (2), the best grammar in the world will not help you.  One of the man flaws in academic writing is the use of redundant words.  The key is to edit, edit, edit - and then edit once more.  Ask yourself \"do I need this word\".  If you do not, cut it.  \rThe overarching principle in writing is to start by asking yourself \"What do I want to say?\", and finishing with \"have I said it?\".","labels":0,"seconds_difference":28256.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nhmgvt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Advice on improving Academic Writing! I'm trying to form a habit to practice academic writing regularly. My experience so far has taught me that I need to focus on following things:  1. Grammar 2. Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3. Overcoming procrastination: because I'm absolutely terrified of writing.    I'm brushing up grammar and studying about critical thinking through MOOC courses. (I can link it up in the comments, if anyone is interested). However I've come to realization that I need to practice alongside learning all this. If not, this goal will easily take a backseat for me.   Presently I'm trying to follow Patricia Goodson's Becoming an Academic Writer. (I also intend on going though books by Paul Silivia and Helen Sword)   What I need help with:   1. I'm confused about what to tackle during these exercises (for example, setting aside time daily for writing). Should I work on some specific project or take on any random topic that comes to my mind?   2. What other aspects of writing and practice  should I focus on?    (About me: I'm a psychology undergraduate, looking forward to start MSc in Clinical Psychology. English is not my first language)","c_root_id_A":"gz196hx","c_root_id_B":"gz02dfr","created_at_utc_A":1621668859,"created_at_utc_B":1621640676,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Your points are fine, but you should think of them in this order:  1.  Overcoming procrastination   2.  Critical Thinking:to form sound arguments and synthesize material  3.  Grammar\r   \r\r   If you do not overcome (1), (2) and (3) do not matter.  If you cannot sort out (2), the best grammar in the world will not help you.  One of the man flaws in academic writing is the use of redundant words.  The key is to edit, edit, edit - and then edit once more.  Ask yourself \"do I need this word\".  If you do not, cut it.  \rThe overarching principle in writing is to start by asking yourself \"What do I want to say?\", and finishing with \"have I said it?\".","human_ref_B":"I recommend this webinar: https:\/\/digitalhealthcrc.com\/writing\/ (some more info here: https:\/\/bmartin.cc\/classes\/hop\/hop-plan.pdf\u2026)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":28183.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgfia7","c_root_id_B":"emgcwnj","created_at_utc_A":1556934182,"created_at_utc_B":1556931935,"score_A":179,"score_B":16,"human_ref_A":"I just caught a cheater also.  I sit down with them, tell them what is going to happen, what the consequences are and what they can do to make sure they don't ruin their lives.  If they are responsive to a the remediation and punishment, they will learn from the mistake.  If they aren't, I tried.  Edit. Also, Even if  I have some evidence, I think they deserve a chance to defend themselves against a serious accusation .","human_ref_B":"What do you want to gain by notifying the student? I can see literally no benefit for you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2247.0,"score_ratio":11.1875}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgfia7","c_root_id_B":"emgcwy1","created_at_utc_A":1556934182,"created_at_utc_B":1556931942,"score_A":179,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I just caught a cheater also.  I sit down with them, tell them what is going to happen, what the consequences are and what they can do to make sure they don't ruin their lives.  If they are responsive to a the remediation and punishment, they will learn from the mistake.  If they aren't, I tried.  Edit. Also, Even if  I have some evidence, I think they deserve a chance to defend themselves against a serious accusation .","human_ref_B":"If you\u2019re going to go through with it you definitely should not inform them. Also once you report it you should not approach the student or try to follow up, the university will be the one investigating and you will be removed from the process unless they need you to simply provide supporting testimony.   Edit: OP has reached an informed decision on this and I retract my opinion in case it might be misunderstood as trying to make them change their mind.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2240.0,"score_ratio":89.5}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgj6t4","c_root_id_B":"emgjldn","created_at_utc_A":1556937353,"created_at_utc_B":1556937715,"score_A":39,"score_B":68,"human_ref_A":"I would be wary of some of this advice. Your university, like many others, may require you to notify the student within a set period of days (e.g., 5 or 7). Look at your faculty code.","human_ref_B":"You need to consult your faculty handbook. Sometimes you do have to meet with them beforehand. You can always ask the Dean of Faculty or Students for assistance.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":362.0,"score_ratio":1.7435897436}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgcwnj","c_root_id_B":"emgjldn","created_at_utc_A":1556931935,"created_at_utc_B":1556937715,"score_A":16,"score_B":68,"human_ref_A":"What do you want to gain by notifying the student? I can see literally no benefit for you.","human_ref_B":"You need to consult your faculty handbook. Sometimes you do have to meet with them beforehand. You can always ask the Dean of Faculty or Students for assistance.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5780.0,"score_ratio":4.25}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgjldn","c_root_id_B":"emgcwy1","created_at_utc_A":1556937715,"created_at_utc_B":1556931942,"score_A":68,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"You need to consult your faculty handbook. Sometimes you do have to meet with them beforehand. You can always ask the Dean of Faculty or Students for assistance.","human_ref_B":"If you\u2019re going to go through with it you definitely should not inform them. Also once you report it you should not approach the student or try to follow up, the university will be the one investigating and you will be removed from the process unless they need you to simply provide supporting testimony.   Edit: OP has reached an informed decision on this and I retract my opinion in case it might be misunderstood as trying to make them change their mind.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5773.0,"score_ratio":34.0}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgj6t4","c_root_id_B":"emgcwnj","created_at_utc_A":1556937353,"created_at_utc_B":1556931935,"score_A":39,"score_B":16,"human_ref_A":"I would be wary of some of this advice. Your university, like many others, may require you to notify the student within a set period of days (e.g., 5 or 7). Look at your faculty code.","human_ref_B":"What do you want to gain by notifying the student? I can see literally no benefit for you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5418.0,"score_ratio":2.4375}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgj6t4","c_root_id_B":"emgcwy1","created_at_utc_A":1556937353,"created_at_utc_B":1556931942,"score_A":39,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I would be wary of some of this advice. Your university, like many others, may require you to notify the student within a set period of days (e.g., 5 or 7). Look at your faculty code.","human_ref_B":"If you\u2019re going to go through with it you definitely should not inform them. Also once you report it you should not approach the student or try to follow up, the university will be the one investigating and you will be removed from the process unless they need you to simply provide supporting testimony.   Edit: OP has reached an informed decision on this and I retract my opinion in case it might be misunderstood as trying to make them change their mind.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5411.0,"score_ratio":19.5}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgcwy1","c_root_id_B":"emgst7n","created_at_utc_A":1556931942,"created_at_utc_B":1556947191,"score_A":2,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"If you\u2019re going to go through with it you definitely should not inform them. Also once you report it you should not approach the student or try to follow up, the university will be the one investigating and you will be removed from the process unless they need you to simply provide supporting testimony.   Edit: OP has reached an informed decision on this and I retract my opinion in case it might be misunderstood as trying to make them change their mind.","human_ref_B":"It's a judgement call. Is this student just a lazy, selfish layabout who is unwilling to do any work for himself? Is he a foreign exchange student who hasn't quite grasped the severity of ethics violations in the US? Is he a busy student, swamped with school\/work\/life responsibilities, who made a poor decision out of desperation?  It's up to you. In my (undergrad student) experience, most ethics violations have not been perpetrated by \"bad students\" in any aspect, but it's a case-by-case situation. There's not much we can do to help you here, you've gotta make the call.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":15249.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgst7n","c_root_id_B":"emgpk8x","created_at_utc_A":1556947191,"created_at_utc_B":1556943473,"score_A":8,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"It's a judgement call. Is this student just a lazy, selfish layabout who is unwilling to do any work for himself? Is he a foreign exchange student who hasn't quite grasped the severity of ethics violations in the US? Is he a busy student, swamped with school\/work\/life responsibilities, who made a poor decision out of desperation?  It's up to you. In my (undergrad student) experience, most ethics violations have not been perpetrated by \"bad students\" in any aspect, but it's a case-by-case situation. There's not much we can do to help you here, you've gotta make the call.","human_ref_B":"Check your regulations first. A friend who teaches at a different institution to me ended up in hot water because their regulations stipulated that no discussion was allowed.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3718.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgcwy1","c_root_id_B":"emh5e9l","created_at_utc_A":1556931942,"created_at_utc_B":1556967097,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"If you\u2019re going to go through with it you definitely should not inform them. Also once you report it you should not approach the student or try to follow up, the university will be the one investigating and you will be removed from the process unless they need you to simply provide supporting testimony.   Edit: OP has reached an informed decision on this and I retract my opinion in case it might be misunderstood as trying to make them change their mind.","human_ref_B":"We warn them by policy: any student caught in a violation is required to meet with the professor, who writes up a formal statement of the \"charges\" and evidence. The professor, the student, and a witness (usually the department chair) sign a form that says they have all reviewed the charges. The student can either agree that yes. they did it, or they can appeal-- but they have to sign the form acknowledging the charges and the penalty, which can range from failing the assignment to failing the entire course. The form and evidence then go to the dean's office. If it happens twice in their college career they risk expulsion.  As a department chair I like the system because it 1) ensures the student does indeed know they have been caught and face consequences, and 2) eliminates any questions about the charges. Parents can't call and say \"My  Johnny would never cheat!\" and students can't claim \"I didn't know \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ was a violation!\" because it is all documented. I'd say 9\/10 students almost immediately admit their wrongdoing when we meet to do the paperwork; the few that do not usually end their appeal when they meet with the dean, who will always back up the faculty\/chair in academic dishonesty cases that are documented. Tears are not uncommon at this stage (from the students), though 4\/5 of the accused tend to be male on our campus. Most of them claim they were too busy or overwhelmed, so took \"short cuts\" that resulted in plagiarism...in 20+ years at my current school my department has never had a case of cheating that \\*wasn't\\* some form of plagiarism (no exam cheats or anything like that).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":35155.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgpk8x","c_root_id_B":"emh5e9l","created_at_utc_A":1556943473,"created_at_utc_B":1556967097,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Check your regulations first. A friend who teaches at a different institution to me ended up in hot water because their regulations stipulated that no discussion was allowed.","human_ref_B":"We warn them by policy: any student caught in a violation is required to meet with the professor, who writes up a formal statement of the \"charges\" and evidence. The professor, the student, and a witness (usually the department chair) sign a form that says they have all reviewed the charges. The student can either agree that yes. they did it, or they can appeal-- but they have to sign the form acknowledging the charges and the penalty, which can range from failing the assignment to failing the entire course. The form and evidence then go to the dean's office. If it happens twice in their college career they risk expulsion.  As a department chair I like the system because it 1) ensures the student does indeed know they have been caught and face consequences, and 2) eliminates any questions about the charges. Parents can't call and say \"My  Johnny would never cheat!\" and students can't claim \"I didn't know \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ was a violation!\" because it is all documented. I'd say 9\/10 students almost immediately admit their wrongdoing when we meet to do the paperwork; the few that do not usually end their appeal when they meet with the dean, who will always back up the faculty\/chair in academic dishonesty cases that are documented. Tears are not uncommon at this stage (from the students), though 4\/5 of the accused tend to be male on our campus. Most of them claim they were too busy or overwhelmed, so took \"short cuts\" that resulted in plagiarism...in 20+ years at my current school my department has never had a case of cheating that \\*wasn't\\* some form of plagiarism (no exam cheats or anything like that).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":23624.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgydl7","c_root_id_B":"emh5e9l","created_at_utc_A":1556954621,"created_at_utc_B":1556967097,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Meeting with the student really only promotes deviation from the school policies.  The best and safest way to do it to ensure all policy is followed and protect yourself is to report the violation as soon as you notice it and let the proper people handle it.  When people confront students they are more likely to bend the rules for particular students, and enforcement becomes uneven, and biased towards particular groups.  Everyone believes they will not be biased in their decisions but the end result does not change, and moving directly to an integrity board is best as it cuts out at least one layer that can be influenced.  Know some will think this is callous, but as an ed policy person who did research on cheating, this really is for the best.","human_ref_B":"We warn them by policy: any student caught in a violation is required to meet with the professor, who writes up a formal statement of the \"charges\" and evidence. The professor, the student, and a witness (usually the department chair) sign a form that says they have all reviewed the charges. The student can either agree that yes. they did it, or they can appeal-- but they have to sign the form acknowledging the charges and the penalty, which can range from failing the assignment to failing the entire course. The form and evidence then go to the dean's office. If it happens twice in their college career they risk expulsion.  As a department chair I like the system because it 1) ensures the student does indeed know they have been caught and face consequences, and 2) eliminates any questions about the charges. Parents can't call and say \"My  Johnny would never cheat!\" and students can't claim \"I didn't know \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ was a violation!\" because it is all documented. I'd say 9\/10 students almost immediately admit their wrongdoing when we meet to do the paperwork; the few that do not usually end their appeal when they meet with the dean, who will always back up the faculty\/chair in academic dishonesty cases that are documented. Tears are not uncommon at this stage (from the students), though 4\/5 of the accused tend to be male on our campus. Most of them claim they were too busy or overwhelmed, so took \"short cuts\" that resulted in plagiarism...in 20+ years at my current school my department has never had a case of cheating that \\*wasn't\\* some form of plagiarism (no exam cheats or anything like that).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12476.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgcwy1","c_root_id_B":"emh5k1l","created_at_utc_A":1556931942,"created_at_utc_B":1556967366,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"If you\u2019re going to go through with it you definitely should not inform them. Also once you report it you should not approach the student or try to follow up, the university will be the one investigating and you will be removed from the process unless they need you to simply provide supporting testimony.   Edit: OP has reached an informed decision on this and I retract my opinion in case it might be misunderstood as trying to make them change their mind.","human_ref_B":"I'll join \/u\/SnowblindAlbino \\- when I was in the teaching staff, notifying students caught in plagiarism was mandatory, because it not only gives the offending person the clear cause of their violation, but also prevents any subsequent complaints from the said student about being unfairly reprimanded. Everything regarding disciplinary measures - whether positive, or negative, should be as transparent as it's feasible to avoid any ethical issues and accusations of unethical behavior towards the teaching corps as well.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":35424.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emh5k1l","c_root_id_B":"emgpk8x","created_at_utc_A":1556967366,"created_at_utc_B":1556943473,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I'll join \/u\/SnowblindAlbino \\- when I was in the teaching staff, notifying students caught in plagiarism was mandatory, because it not only gives the offending person the clear cause of their violation, but also prevents any subsequent complaints from the said student about being unfairly reprimanded. Everything regarding disciplinary measures - whether positive, or negative, should be as transparent as it's feasible to avoid any ethical issues and accusations of unethical behavior towards the teaching corps as well.","human_ref_B":"Check your regulations first. A friend who teaches at a different institution to me ended up in hot water because their regulations stipulated that no discussion was allowed.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":23893.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgydl7","c_root_id_B":"emh5k1l","created_at_utc_A":1556954621,"created_at_utc_B":1556967366,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Meeting with the student really only promotes deviation from the school policies.  The best and safest way to do it to ensure all policy is followed and protect yourself is to report the violation as soon as you notice it and let the proper people handle it.  When people confront students they are more likely to bend the rules for particular students, and enforcement becomes uneven, and biased towards particular groups.  Everyone believes they will not be biased in their decisions but the end result does not change, and moving directly to an integrity board is best as it cuts out at least one layer that can be influenced.  Know some will think this is callous, but as an ed policy person who did research on cheating, this really is for the best.","human_ref_B":"I'll join \/u\/SnowblindAlbino \\- when I was in the teaching staff, notifying students caught in plagiarism was mandatory, because it not only gives the offending person the clear cause of their violation, but also prevents any subsequent complaints from the said student about being unfairly reprimanded. Everything regarding disciplinary measures - whether positive, or negative, should be as transparent as it's feasible to avoid any ethical issues and accusations of unethical behavior towards the teaching corps as well.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12745.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgcwy1","c_root_id_B":"emhp4o1","created_at_utc_A":1556931942,"created_at_utc_B":1556983613,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"If you\u2019re going to go through with it you definitely should not inform them. Also once you report it you should not approach the student or try to follow up, the university will be the one investigating and you will be removed from the process unless they need you to simply provide supporting testimony.   Edit: OP has reached an informed decision on this and I retract my opinion in case it might be misunderstood as trying to make them change their mind.","human_ref_B":"Have you talked to your dept. chair? There are rules on the books, and then there is university\/dept. culture. My personal preference is to tell the student what I'm about to do, then make the report. It's really easy otherwise for students to get an undeserved clean slate otherwise at the start of every new semester.  I also make a point of bringing up the honor code at the start of class, including showing students the list of things that would break that code. That's their warning - they need to think through what they're about to do before they do it.  In addition, all incoming students are informed of the code, but for the most part they don't even remember it later because it's done during orientation.  I really want to take students at their word, but my attitude is now, \"trust, but verify.\" Show me proof you actually started that paper prior to the deadline, for example, if you want me to believe that it didn't get uploaded correctly.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":51671.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgpk8x","c_root_id_B":"emhp4o1","created_at_utc_A":1556943473,"created_at_utc_B":1556983613,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Check your regulations first. A friend who teaches at a different institution to me ended up in hot water because their regulations stipulated that no discussion was allowed.","human_ref_B":"Have you talked to your dept. chair? There are rules on the books, and then there is university\/dept. culture. My personal preference is to tell the student what I'm about to do, then make the report. It's really easy otherwise for students to get an undeserved clean slate otherwise at the start of every new semester.  I also make a point of bringing up the honor code at the start of class, including showing students the list of things that would break that code. That's their warning - they need to think through what they're about to do before they do it.  In addition, all incoming students are informed of the code, but for the most part they don't even remember it later because it's done during orientation.  I really want to take students at their word, but my attitude is now, \"trust, but verify.\" Show me proof you actually started that paper prior to the deadline, for example, if you want me to believe that it didn't get uploaded correctly.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":40140.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"bkfmve","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Do I warn student I'm about to report them for honor code violation?  Today a student cheated on the final and I was notified by the student that sat next to him. I have additional supporting evidence. They also plagiarized parts of their final paper. I have prepared all my documents to submit to academic integrity. Do I give the students a heads up? Or do I just submit the report and wash my hands of the situation?","c_root_id_A":"emgydl7","c_root_id_B":"emhp4o1","created_at_utc_A":1556954621,"created_at_utc_B":1556983613,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Meeting with the student really only promotes deviation from the school policies.  The best and safest way to do it to ensure all policy is followed and protect yourself is to report the violation as soon as you notice it and let the proper people handle it.  When people confront students they are more likely to bend the rules for particular students, and enforcement becomes uneven, and biased towards particular groups.  Everyone believes they will not be biased in their decisions but the end result does not change, and moving directly to an integrity board is best as it cuts out at least one layer that can be influenced.  Know some will think this is callous, but as an ed policy person who did research on cheating, this really is for the best.","human_ref_B":"Have you talked to your dept. chair? There are rules on the books, and then there is university\/dept. culture. My personal preference is to tell the student what I'm about to do, then make the report. It's really easy otherwise for students to get an undeserved clean slate otherwise at the start of every new semester.  I also make a point of bringing up the honor code at the start of class, including showing students the list of things that would break that code. That's their warning - they need to think through what they're about to do before they do it.  In addition, all incoming students are informed of the code, but for the most part they don't even remember it later because it's done during orientation.  I really want to take students at their word, but my attitude is now, \"trust, but verify.\" Show me proof you actually started that paper prior to the deadline, for example, if you want me to believe that it didn't get uploaded correctly.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":28992.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j20z4l4","c_root_id_B":"j20lrh7","created_at_utc_A":1672263470,"created_at_utc_B":1672258179,"score_A":153,"score_B":125,"human_ref_A":"I'm not sure why you're disappointed - a communication is just a slightly shorter article. As long as it still contains all of the information and data you want to share, there is really no difference. Communications are not viewed as inferior to full papers, so I really wouldn't worry about it. If you are concerned or confused, just ask your advisor what caused their change of mind.","human_ref_B":"Where he\/she aiming to publish it?  If its a communication in Nature\/Science etc. then that's much better [for you and your career] than a full paper elsewhere.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5291.0,"score_ratio":1.224}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j20z4l4","c_root_id_B":"j20jjeu","created_at_utc_A":1672263470,"created_at_utc_B":1672257306,"score_A":153,"score_B":77,"human_ref_A":"I'm not sure why you're disappointed - a communication is just a slightly shorter article. As long as it still contains all of the information and data you want to share, there is really no difference. Communications are not viewed as inferior to full papers, so I really wouldn't worry about it. If you are concerned or confused, just ask your advisor what caused their change of mind.","human_ref_B":"Hmm- depends on the field.  Typically communications get published faster and get a little more visibility.   Also you can usually follow it up with a longer paper later if you get more data or a new analysis.    If you\u2019re worried about needing those figures for context - you can include them in supplemental materials.    Unless you have some other reasons to worry about them, I would say trust your advisor","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6164.0,"score_ratio":1.987012987}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j20z4l4","c_root_id_B":"j20pyim","created_at_utc_A":1672263470,"created_at_utc_B":1672259837,"score_A":153,"score_B":32,"human_ref_A":"I'm not sure why you're disappointed - a communication is just a slightly shorter article. As long as it still contains all of the information and data you want to share, there is really no difference. Communications are not viewed as inferior to full papers, so I really wouldn't worry about it. If you are concerned or confused, just ask your advisor what caused their change of mind.","human_ref_B":"I can\u2019t see an issue with this. At least in my field, most novel work from a group gets published first as a communication, then followed up with a full paper.   The communication gets more press, is published faster so there\u2019s less chance of being scooped, and then the full paper gets more eyes because people have been waiting for it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3633.0,"score_ratio":4.78125}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j20jfl4","c_root_id_B":"j20z4l4","created_at_utc_A":1672257265,"created_at_utc_B":1672263470,"score_A":2,"score_B":153,"human_ref_A":"What field is this? I don\u2019t know what a communication is. Is it like a brief report? Still peer reviewed?","human_ref_B":"I'm not sure why you're disappointed - a communication is just a slightly shorter article. As long as it still contains all of the information and data you want to share, there is really no difference. Communications are not viewed as inferior to full papers, so I really wouldn't worry about it. If you are concerned or confused, just ask your advisor what caused their change of mind.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6205.0,"score_ratio":76.5}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j20jjeu","c_root_id_B":"j20lrh7","created_at_utc_A":1672257306,"created_at_utc_B":1672258179,"score_A":77,"score_B":125,"human_ref_A":"Hmm- depends on the field.  Typically communications get published faster and get a little more visibility.   Also you can usually follow it up with a longer paper later if you get more data or a new analysis.    If you\u2019re worried about needing those figures for context - you can include them in supplemental materials.    Unless you have some other reasons to worry about them, I would say trust your advisor","human_ref_B":"Where he\/she aiming to publish it?  If its a communication in Nature\/Science etc. then that's much better [for you and your career] than a full paper elsewhere.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":873.0,"score_ratio":1.6233766234}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j20lrh7","c_root_id_B":"j20jfl4","created_at_utc_A":1672258179,"created_at_utc_B":1672257265,"score_A":125,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Where he\/she aiming to publish it?  If its a communication in Nature\/Science etc. then that's much better [for you and your career] than a full paper elsewhere.","human_ref_B":"What field is this? I don\u2019t know what a communication is. Is it like a brief report? Still peer reviewed?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":914.0,"score_ratio":62.5}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j20jjeu","c_root_id_B":"j20jfl4","created_at_utc_A":1672257306,"created_at_utc_B":1672257265,"score_A":77,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Hmm- depends on the field.  Typically communications get published faster and get a little more visibility.   Also you can usually follow it up with a longer paper later if you get more data or a new analysis.    If you\u2019re worried about needing those figures for context - you can include them in supplemental materials.    Unless you have some other reasons to worry about them, I would say trust your advisor","human_ref_B":"What field is this? I don\u2019t know what a communication is. Is it like a brief report? Still peer reviewed?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":41.0,"score_ratio":38.5}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j20pyim","c_root_id_B":"j20jfl4","created_at_utc_A":1672259837,"created_at_utc_B":1672257265,"score_A":32,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I can\u2019t see an issue with this. At least in my field, most novel work from a group gets published first as a communication, then followed up with a full paper.   The communication gets more press, is published faster so there\u2019s less chance of being scooped, and then the full paper gets more eyes because people have been waiting for it.","human_ref_B":"What field is this? I don\u2019t know what a communication is. Is it like a brief report? Still peer reviewed?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2572.0,"score_ratio":16.0}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j20jfl4","c_root_id_B":"j219ip1","created_at_utc_A":1672257265,"created_at_utc_B":1672267776,"score_A":2,"score_B":17,"human_ref_A":"What field is this? I don\u2019t know what a communication is. Is it like a brief report? Still peer reviewed?","human_ref_B":"His rationale is that the bar is lower so you can get into a higher impact journal while looking the same on your CV.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10511.0,"score_ratio":8.5}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j21x8jm","c_root_id_B":"j219naz","created_at_utc_A":1672277987,"created_at_utc_B":1672267830,"score_A":11,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"As long as you feel that making it shorter won\u2019t force you to cut out important information, you\u2019re probably better off with a communication. It makes no difference on your CV\u2014a pub is a pub, the bar for getting a communication published is lower typically (and that\u2019s not a bad thing\u2014a lot of higher tier journals reject 90% of submissions right off the bat), and shorter papers are generally more highly cited because it\u2019s less for people to read. There may be some field dependent differences here (I\u2019m a psych researcher), but in my experience this typically has more pros than cons!!  TL;DR: communications looks the same on a CV, is more likely to get an R&R, & will be more highly cited","human_ref_B":"I think this should be fine overall, trust the advisor","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10157.0,"score_ratio":3.6666666667}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j21x8jm","c_root_id_B":"j20jfl4","created_at_utc_A":1672277987,"created_at_utc_B":1672257265,"score_A":11,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"As long as you feel that making it shorter won\u2019t force you to cut out important information, you\u2019re probably better off with a communication. It makes no difference on your CV\u2014a pub is a pub, the bar for getting a communication published is lower typically (and that\u2019s not a bad thing\u2014a lot of higher tier journals reject 90% of submissions right off the bat), and shorter papers are generally more highly cited because it\u2019s less for people to read. There may be some field dependent differences here (I\u2019m a psych researcher), but in my experience this typically has more pros than cons!!  TL;DR: communications looks the same on a CV, is more likely to get an R&R, & will be more highly cited","human_ref_B":"What field is this? I don\u2019t know what a communication is. Is it like a brief report? Still peer reviewed?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":20722.0,"score_ratio":5.5}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j21x8jm","c_root_id_B":"j21coc9","created_at_utc_A":1672277987,"created_at_utc_B":1672269090,"score_A":11,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"As long as you feel that making it shorter won\u2019t force you to cut out important information, you\u2019re probably better off with a communication. It makes no difference on your CV\u2014a pub is a pub, the bar for getting a communication published is lower typically (and that\u2019s not a bad thing\u2014a lot of higher tier journals reject 90% of submissions right off the bat), and shorter papers are generally more highly cited because it\u2019s less for people to read. There may be some field dependent differences here (I\u2019m a psych researcher), but in my experience this typically has more pros than cons!!  TL;DR: communications looks the same on a CV, is more likely to get an R&R, & will be more highly cited","human_ref_B":"Also, don't discount the strong possibility that submitting a full article to a really high impact factor journal will be rejected.  Preparing multiple (re)submissions only to get a rejection, as most high IF submissions end up, is not a good use of time. Some of my PhD friends and their advisors have gone for high IF submissions. It usually ends in 6-12 months of sunk costs, unless it is an objectively awesome and novel paper.  Also, I haven't noticed substantial differences in credit between submitting a short report vs. a full article. In some fields, a full article needs a hell of a lot more work for a very low return-on-investment.  If you get a Nature, Science, Cell, or NEJM article, then great. Otherwise, there are the top-, mid-, and low-tier journals below them.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8897.0,"score_ratio":3.6666666667}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j219naz","c_root_id_B":"j21zhl5","created_at_utc_A":1672267830,"created_at_utc_B":1672278983,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I think this should be fine overall, trust the advisor","human_ref_B":"In my field of engineering, communications are usually slightly more prestigious than long articles.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11153.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j21zhl5","c_root_id_B":"j20jfl4","created_at_utc_A":1672278983,"created_at_utc_B":1672257265,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"In my field of engineering, communications are usually slightly more prestigious than long articles.","human_ref_B":"What field is this? I don\u2019t know what a communication is. Is it like a brief report? Still peer reviewed?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":21718.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j21zhl5","c_root_id_B":"j21coc9","created_at_utc_A":1672278983,"created_at_utc_B":1672269090,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"In my field of engineering, communications are usually slightly more prestigious than long articles.","human_ref_B":"Also, don't discount the strong possibility that submitting a full article to a really high impact factor journal will be rejected.  Preparing multiple (re)submissions only to get a rejection, as most high IF submissions end up, is not a good use of time. Some of my PhD friends and their advisors have gone for high IF submissions. It usually ends in 6-12 months of sunk costs, unless it is an objectively awesome and novel paper.  Also, I haven't noticed substantial differences in credit between submitting a short report vs. a full article. In some fields, a full article needs a hell of a lot more work for a very low return-on-investment.  If you get a Nature, Science, Cell, or NEJM article, then great. Otherwise, there are the top-, mid-, and low-tier journals below them.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9893.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j21z3bf","c_root_id_B":"j219naz","created_at_utc_A":1672278809,"created_at_utc_B":1672267830,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I think it\u2019s important to consider what your experience in having papers accepted is and also what their track record with communications\/letters are. As such, I would recommend students have several letter style papers as it looks the same on a CV while probably being (relatively) easier to present on account of length while also benefiting the scientific community without publishing yet excessively verbose paper (a bane of science).  As someone above said; if you really want to dig further, then ask your advisor. Learning to understand someone else and then making your case is always a good quality\/ability to develop. But do not argue for the sake of argument. :-)","human_ref_B":"I think this should be fine overall, trust the advisor","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10979.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j21z3bf","c_root_id_B":"j20jfl4","created_at_utc_A":1672278809,"created_at_utc_B":1672257265,"score_A":6,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I think it\u2019s important to consider what your experience in having papers accepted is and also what their track record with communications\/letters are. As such, I would recommend students have several letter style papers as it looks the same on a CV while probably being (relatively) easier to present on account of length while also benefiting the scientific community without publishing yet excessively verbose paper (a bane of science).  As someone above said; if you really want to dig further, then ask your advisor. Learning to understand someone else and then making your case is always a good quality\/ability to develop. But do not argue for the sake of argument. :-)","human_ref_B":"What field is this? I don\u2019t know what a communication is. Is it like a brief report? Still peer reviewed?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":21544.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j21z3bf","c_root_id_B":"j21coc9","created_at_utc_A":1672278809,"created_at_utc_B":1672269090,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I think it\u2019s important to consider what your experience in having papers accepted is and also what their track record with communications\/letters are. As such, I would recommend students have several letter style papers as it looks the same on a CV while probably being (relatively) easier to present on account of length while also benefiting the scientific community without publishing yet excessively verbose paper (a bane of science).  As someone above said; if you really want to dig further, then ask your advisor. Learning to understand someone else and then making your case is always a good quality\/ability to develop. But do not argue for the sake of argument. :-)","human_ref_B":"Also, don't discount the strong possibility that submitting a full article to a really high impact factor journal will be rejected.  Preparing multiple (re)submissions only to get a rejection, as most high IF submissions end up, is not a good use of time. Some of my PhD friends and their advisors have gone for high IF submissions. It usually ends in 6-12 months of sunk costs, unless it is an objectively awesome and novel paper.  Also, I haven't noticed substantial differences in credit between submitting a short report vs. a full article. In some fields, a full article needs a hell of a lot more work for a very low return-on-investment.  If you get a Nature, Science, Cell, or NEJM article, then great. Otherwise, there are the top-, mid-, and low-tier journals below them.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9719.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j219naz","c_root_id_B":"j20jfl4","created_at_utc_A":1672267830,"created_at_utc_B":1672257265,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I think this should be fine overall, trust the advisor","human_ref_B":"What field is this? I don\u2019t know what a communication is. Is it like a brief report? Still peer reviewed?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10565.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"zxipmw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Advise: My PhD advisor wants to publish my work to a Communication instead of a Full Paper I need a little advise. My PhD advisor has decided that my work should be a communication instead of a full paper very last minute. The work is definitely enough for a full paper (5-7 figures, work is novel, multiple experiments), so I don\u2019t really understand his rationale. This is my first, first-author manuscript and I\u2019m just a little disappointed. Can anyone share their perspective on a decision like this? Will a communication look worse on my CV?","c_root_id_A":"j20jfl4","c_root_id_B":"j21coc9","created_at_utc_A":1672257265,"created_at_utc_B":1672269090,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"What field is this? I don\u2019t know what a communication is. Is it like a brief report? Still peer reviewed?","human_ref_B":"Also, don't discount the strong possibility that submitting a full article to a really high impact factor journal will be rejected.  Preparing multiple (re)submissions only to get a rejection, as most high IF submissions end up, is not a good use of time. Some of my PhD friends and their advisors have gone for high IF submissions. It usually ends in 6-12 months of sunk costs, unless it is an objectively awesome and novel paper.  Also, I haven't noticed substantial differences in credit between submitting a short report vs. a full article. In some fields, a full article needs a hell of a lot more work for a very low return-on-investment.  If you get a Nature, Science, Cell, or NEJM article, then great. Otherwise, there are the top-, mid-, and low-tier journals below them.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11825.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"2yef7c","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Is there any non-spamy way to send emails to research PI's asking if you can work in their lab? Is this a waste of time? Do professors even read these emails? I graduated with my B.A. in neuroscience and biochemistry about a year ago. I didn't have many research experiences aside from a year long self-designed project senior year and some in-class lab techniques. I desperately want to be working in a lab doing research in the biological sciences in Illinois (I don't have the finances to move), but have been unsuccessful applying to listed \"research assistant\" positions online. I've decided that my best bet is to email labs and try and convey my passion for research that way.   On paper I don't think I look like a promising hire, but in person you can easily tell I'm excited about the work, and my advisers on previous projects have spoken highly of my dedication and hard work. Basically I feel stuck and need advice getting bites. Help?","c_root_id_A":"cp8xk1q","c_root_id_B":"cp8s4mi","created_at_utc_A":1425885949,"created_at_utc_B":1425871009,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Hell yeah.  They will love to hear that someone's interested in their work.","human_ref_B":"I'm under the impression that most of the labs at the U of I (I'm making assumptions) in particular are always trying to hire students to do bench work. The easiest thing is indeed to \"cold call\" i.e. write the PIs and see. This is around the time of year when they will know whether their own students are leaving for graduate work.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":14940.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"2yef7c","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Is there any non-spamy way to send emails to research PI's asking if you can work in their lab? Is this a waste of time? Do professors even read these emails? I graduated with my B.A. in neuroscience and biochemistry about a year ago. I didn't have many research experiences aside from a year long self-designed project senior year and some in-class lab techniques. I desperately want to be working in a lab doing research in the biological sciences in Illinois (I don't have the finances to move), but have been unsuccessful applying to listed \"research assistant\" positions online. I've decided that my best bet is to email labs and try and convey my passion for research that way.   On paper I don't think I look like a promising hire, but in person you can easily tell I'm excited about the work, and my advisers on previous projects have spoken highly of my dedication and hard work. Basically I feel stuck and need advice getting bites. Help?","c_root_id_A":"cp8xk1q","c_root_id_B":"cp8u9nu","created_at_utc_A":1425885949,"created_at_utc_B":1425875854,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Hell yeah.  They will love to hear that someone's interested in their work.","human_ref_B":"Target labs that you are interested in and have relevant lab experience in. Send an email referencing 2 or 3 current publications and mention your interest in working in the lab to gain experience. Briefly list a couple of relevant experiences of yours and let the P.I. know you will be on campus and would like to set up a time to talk with him\/her and any available current lab members.   Bring your resume and references.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10095.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"uma380","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Young academics, do you read? If so, what do you read (e.g., books, articles, blogs)? If not, what other media do you turn to for information\/data? I'm an academic. I'm considering publishing a few scholarly books. I also work with college students. Many of them don't read books. I don't think professors or older academics are aware of this. So, I'm wondering: Is this just my sample population, or are future academics not reading books in general? My decision to publish kind of hinges on this. Thanks","c_root_id_A":"i80s22r","c_root_id_B":"i80k4te","created_at_utc_A":1652164380,"created_at_utc_B":1652158845,"score_A":75,"score_B":67,"human_ref_A":"No need for anecdotal evidence. There is plenty of research on this topic. (TL\/DR: Students read way less than their professors can comprehend. It's not that they don't read the syllabus. It's that they don't do what it says (i.e. read the literature).)  Gorzycki, M., Desa, G., Howard, P.J., & Allen, D.D. (2020). \u201cReading Is Important,\u201d but \u201cI Don't Read\u201d: Undergraduates\u2019 experiences with academic reading. *Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 63*(5), 499\u2013508. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jaal.1020  Huang, S., Capps, M., Blacklock, J., & Garza, M. (2014). Reading habits of college students in the United States. *Reading Psychology, 35*(5), 437\u2013467. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02702711.2012.739593  Mokhtari, K., & Reichard, C. (2002). Assessing students' metacognitive awareness of reading strategies. *Journal of Educational Psychology, 94*(2), 249\u2013259. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/0022-0663.94.2.249  St Clair-Thompson, H., Graham, A., & Marsham, S. (2018). Exploring the reading practices of undergraduate students. *Education Inquiry, 9*(3), 284\u2013298. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/20004508.2017.1380487","human_ref_B":"I don\u2019t read scholarly books, just scholarly articles (and fiction books). -Econ PhD student","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5535.0,"score_ratio":1.1194029851}
{"post_id":"uma380","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Young academics, do you read? If so, what do you read (e.g., books, articles, blogs)? If not, what other media do you turn to for information\/data? I'm an academic. I'm considering publishing a few scholarly books. I also work with college students. Many of them don't read books. I don't think professors or older academics are aware of this. So, I'm wondering: Is this just my sample population, or are future academics not reading books in general? My decision to publish kind of hinges on this. Thanks","c_root_id_A":"i80s22r","c_root_id_B":"i80lzs1","created_at_utc_A":1652164380,"created_at_utc_B":1652160051,"score_A":75,"score_B":52,"human_ref_A":"No need for anecdotal evidence. There is plenty of research on this topic. (TL\/DR: Students read way less than their professors can comprehend. It's not that they don't read the syllabus. It's that they don't do what it says (i.e. read the literature).)  Gorzycki, M., Desa, G., Howard, P.J., & Allen, D.D. (2020). \u201cReading Is Important,\u201d but \u201cI Don't Read\u201d: Undergraduates\u2019 experiences with academic reading. *Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 63*(5), 499\u2013508. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jaal.1020  Huang, S., Capps, M., Blacklock, J., & Garza, M. (2014). Reading habits of college students in the United States. *Reading Psychology, 35*(5), 437\u2013467. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02702711.2012.739593  Mokhtari, K., & Reichard, C. (2002). Assessing students' metacognitive awareness of reading strategies. *Journal of Educational Psychology, 94*(2), 249\u2013259. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/0022-0663.94.2.249  St Clair-Thompson, H., Graham, A., & Marsham, S. (2018). Exploring the reading practices of undergraduate students. *Education Inquiry, 9*(3), 284\u2013298. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/20004508.2017.1380487","human_ref_B":"I\u2019m not that young of an academic but I rarely if ever read academic books outside of what I\u2019m using to teach. A lot of articles, and a lot of fiction.  I find most academic books and a lot of non-fiction takes 400 pages to say what a series of well written, concise articles could say in 100 pages or less.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4329.0,"score_ratio":1.4423076923}
{"post_id":"uma380","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Young academics, do you read? If so, what do you read (e.g., books, articles, blogs)? If not, what other media do you turn to for information\/data? I'm an academic. I'm considering publishing a few scholarly books. I also work with college students. Many of them don't read books. I don't think professors or older academics are aware of this. So, I'm wondering: Is this just my sample population, or are future academics not reading books in general? My decision to publish kind of hinges on this. Thanks","c_root_id_A":"i80rsby","c_root_id_B":"i80s22r","created_at_utc_A":1652164177,"created_at_utc_B":1652164380,"score_A":38,"score_B":75,"human_ref_A":"I don't read, and this is causing me massive issues  I never learned how to read textbooks during undergrad, and the extent to which I read papers has usually been for assignments, and so the typical abstracts and conclusions method of reading. I'm about to start my Master's thesis, and it's demonstrated to me how screwed I am lol  Moral is: if the answer anyone has to this question is 'no, I don't read', start now, and learn to do it well","human_ref_B":"No need for anecdotal evidence. There is plenty of research on this topic. (TL\/DR: Students read way less than their professors can comprehend. It's not that they don't read the syllabus. It's that they don't do what it says (i.e. read the literature).)  Gorzycki, M., Desa, G., Howard, P.J., & Allen, D.D. (2020). \u201cReading Is Important,\u201d but \u201cI Don't Read\u201d: Undergraduates\u2019 experiences with academic reading. *Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 63*(5), 499\u2013508. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jaal.1020  Huang, S., Capps, M., Blacklock, J., & Garza, M. (2014). Reading habits of college students in the United States. *Reading Psychology, 35*(5), 437\u2013467. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02702711.2012.739593  Mokhtari, K., & Reichard, C. (2002). Assessing students' metacognitive awareness of reading strategies. *Journal of Educational Psychology, 94*(2), 249\u2013259. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/0022-0663.94.2.249  St Clair-Thompson, H., Graham, A., & Marsham, S. (2018). Exploring the reading practices of undergraduate students. *Education Inquiry, 9*(3), 284\u2013298. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/20004508.2017.1380487","labels":0,"seconds_difference":203.0,"score_ratio":1.9736842105}
{"post_id":"uma380","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Young academics, do you read? If so, what do you read (e.g., books, articles, blogs)? If not, what other media do you turn to for information\/data? I'm an academic. I'm considering publishing a few scholarly books. I also work with college students. Many of them don't read books. I don't think professors or older academics are aware of this. So, I'm wondering: Is this just my sample population, or are future academics not reading books in general? My decision to publish kind of hinges on this. Thanks","c_root_id_A":"i80s22r","c_root_id_B":"i80iznv","created_at_utc_A":1652164380,"created_at_utc_B":1652158131,"score_A":75,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"No need for anecdotal evidence. There is plenty of research on this topic. (TL\/DR: Students read way less than their professors can comprehend. It's not that they don't read the syllabus. It's that they don't do what it says (i.e. read the literature).)  Gorzycki, M., Desa, G., Howard, P.J., & Allen, D.D. (2020). \u201cReading Is Important,\u201d but \u201cI Don't Read\u201d: Undergraduates\u2019 experiences with academic reading. *Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 63*(5), 499\u2013508. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jaal.1020  Huang, S., Capps, M., Blacklock, J., & Garza, M. (2014). Reading habits of college students in the United States. *Reading Psychology, 35*(5), 437\u2013467. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02702711.2012.739593  Mokhtari, K., & Reichard, C. (2002). Assessing students' metacognitive awareness of reading strategies. *Journal of Educational Psychology, 94*(2), 249\u2013259. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/0022-0663.94.2.249  St Clair-Thompson, H., Graham, A., & Marsham, S. (2018). Exploring the reading practices of undergraduate students. *Education Inquiry, 9*(3), 284\u2013298. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/20004508.2017.1380487","human_ref_B":"I'm in Comp Lit, books are here to stay.   Also, if by college students you mean undergraduates, IME they don't read much (I know I didn't in undergrad). If you mean grad students, it could be your field\/department.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6249.0,"score_ratio":3.4090909091}
{"post_id":"uma380","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Young academics, do you read? If so, what do you read (e.g., books, articles, blogs)? If not, what other media do you turn to for information\/data? I'm an academic. I'm considering publishing a few scholarly books. I also work with college students. Many of them don't read books. I don't think professors or older academics are aware of this. So, I'm wondering: Is this just my sample population, or are future academics not reading books in general? My decision to publish kind of hinges on this. Thanks","c_root_id_A":"i80relr","c_root_id_B":"i80s22r","created_at_utc_A":1652163888,"created_at_utc_B":1652164380,"score_A":5,"score_B":75,"human_ref_A":"Basically, I\u2019ll pick up a book if it\u2019s written by someone I know personally. Maybe buy if it\u2019s halfway related to my research or interesting, library if it\u2019s someone I like but the subject is outside my wheelhouse.","human_ref_B":"No need for anecdotal evidence. There is plenty of research on this topic. (TL\/DR: Students read way less than their professors can comprehend. It's not that they don't read the syllabus. It's that they don't do what it says (i.e. read the literature).)  Gorzycki, M., Desa, G., Howard, P.J., & Allen, D.D. (2020). \u201cReading Is Important,\u201d but \u201cI Don't Read\u201d: Undergraduates\u2019 experiences with academic reading. *Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 63*(5), 499\u2013508. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jaal.1020  Huang, S., Capps, M., Blacklock, J., & Garza, M. (2014). Reading habits of college students in the United States. *Reading Psychology, 35*(5), 437\u2013467. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02702711.2012.739593  Mokhtari, K., & Reichard, C. (2002). Assessing students' metacognitive awareness of reading strategies. *Journal of Educational Psychology, 94*(2), 249\u2013259. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/0022-0663.94.2.249  St Clair-Thompson, H., Graham, A., & Marsham, S. (2018). Exploring the reading practices of undergraduate students. *Education Inquiry, 9*(3), 284\u2013298. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/20004508.2017.1380487","labels":0,"seconds_difference":492.0,"score_ratio":15.0}
{"post_id":"uma380","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Young academics, do you read? If so, what do you read (e.g., books, articles, blogs)? If not, what other media do you turn to for information\/data? I'm an academic. I'm considering publishing a few scholarly books. I also work with college students. Many of them don't read books. I don't think professors or older academics are aware of this. So, I'm wondering: Is this just my sample population, or are future academics not reading books in general? My decision to publish kind of hinges on this. Thanks","c_root_id_A":"i80iznv","c_root_id_B":"i80k4te","created_at_utc_A":1652158131,"created_at_utc_B":1652158845,"score_A":22,"score_B":67,"human_ref_A":"I'm in Comp Lit, books are here to stay.   Also, if by college students you mean undergraduates, IME they don't read much (I know I didn't in undergrad). If you mean grad students, it could be your field\/department.","human_ref_B":"I don\u2019t read scholarly books, just scholarly articles (and fiction books). -Econ PhD student","labels":0,"seconds_difference":714.0,"score_ratio":3.0454545455}
{"post_id":"uma380","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Young academics, do you read? If so, what do you read (e.g., books, articles, blogs)? If not, what other media do you turn to for information\/data? I'm an academic. I'm considering publishing a few scholarly books. I also work with college students. Many of them don't read books. I don't think professors or older academics are aware of this. So, I'm wondering: Is this just my sample population, or are future academics not reading books in general? My decision to publish kind of hinges on this. Thanks","c_root_id_A":"i80iznv","c_root_id_B":"i80lzs1","created_at_utc_A":1652158131,"created_at_utc_B":1652160051,"score_A":22,"score_B":52,"human_ref_A":"I'm in Comp Lit, books are here to stay.   Also, if by college students you mean undergraduates, IME they don't read much (I know I didn't in undergrad). If you mean grad students, it could be your field\/department.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019m not that young of an academic but I rarely if ever read academic books outside of what I\u2019m using to teach. A lot of articles, and a lot of fiction.  I find most academic books and a lot of non-fiction takes 400 pages to say what a series of well written, concise articles could say in 100 pages or less.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1920.0,"score_ratio":2.3636363636}
{"post_id":"uma380","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Young academics, do you read? If so, what do you read (e.g., books, articles, blogs)? If not, what other media do you turn to for information\/data? I'm an academic. I'm considering publishing a few scholarly books. I also work with college students. Many of them don't read books. I don't think professors or older academics are aware of this. So, I'm wondering: Is this just my sample population, or are future academics not reading books in general? My decision to publish kind of hinges on this. Thanks","c_root_id_A":"i80rsby","c_root_id_B":"i80iznv","created_at_utc_A":1652164177,"created_at_utc_B":1652158131,"score_A":38,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"I don't read, and this is causing me massive issues  I never learned how to read textbooks during undergrad, and the extent to which I read papers has usually been for assignments, and so the typical abstracts and conclusions method of reading. I'm about to start my Master's thesis, and it's demonstrated to me how screwed I am lol  Moral is: if the answer anyone has to this question is 'no, I don't read', start now, and learn to do it well","human_ref_B":"I'm in Comp Lit, books are here to stay.   Also, if by college students you mean undergraduates, IME they don't read much (I know I didn't in undergrad). If you mean grad students, it could be your field\/department.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6046.0,"score_ratio":1.7272727273}
{"post_id":"uma380","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Young academics, do you read? If so, what do you read (e.g., books, articles, blogs)? If not, what other media do you turn to for information\/data? I'm an academic. I'm considering publishing a few scholarly books. I also work with college students. Many of them don't read books. I don't think professors or older academics are aware of this. So, I'm wondering: Is this just my sample population, or are future academics not reading books in general? My decision to publish kind of hinges on this. Thanks","c_root_id_A":"i80relr","c_root_id_B":"i80rsby","created_at_utc_A":1652163888,"created_at_utc_B":1652164177,"score_A":5,"score_B":38,"human_ref_A":"Basically, I\u2019ll pick up a book if it\u2019s written by someone I know personally. Maybe buy if it\u2019s halfway related to my research or interesting, library if it\u2019s someone I like but the subject is outside my wheelhouse.","human_ref_B":"I don't read, and this is causing me massive issues  I never learned how to read textbooks during undergrad, and the extent to which I read papers has usually been for assignments, and so the typical abstracts and conclusions method of reading. I'm about to start my Master's thesis, and it's demonstrated to me how screwed I am lol  Moral is: if the answer anyone has to this question is 'no, I don't read', start now, and learn to do it well","labels":0,"seconds_difference":289.0,"score_ratio":7.6}
{"post_id":"uma380","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Young academics, do you read? If so, what do you read (e.g., books, articles, blogs)? If not, what other media do you turn to for information\/data? I'm an academic. I'm considering publishing a few scholarly books. I also work with college students. Many of them don't read books. I don't think professors or older academics are aware of this. So, I'm wondering: Is this just my sample population, or are future academics not reading books in general? My decision to publish kind of hinges on this. Thanks","c_root_id_A":"i80yshi","c_root_id_B":"i80sitv","created_at_utc_A":1652169994,"created_at_utc_B":1652164742,"score_A":15,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"> Many of them don't read books. I don't think professors or older academics are aware of this.  Oh we\u2019re aware.","human_ref_B":"It depends on the field. In CS\/AI, where I am based, people tend to read pop-sci books and use scholarly books as references in courses or for their own research (but not read cover-to-cover). In philosophy, books are the norm.  I personally don't have time to read scholarly books (unless when doing a paid review), but I still purchase and refer to them by cherry-picking which chapters to read out of them.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5252.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"uma380","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Young academics, do you read? If so, what do you read (e.g., books, articles, blogs)? If not, what other media do you turn to for information\/data? I'm an academic. I'm considering publishing a few scholarly books. I also work with college students. Many of them don't read books. I don't think professors or older academics are aware of this. So, I'm wondering: Is this just my sample population, or are future academics not reading books in general? My decision to publish kind of hinges on this. Thanks","c_root_id_A":"i80yshi","c_root_id_B":"i80relr","created_at_utc_A":1652169994,"created_at_utc_B":1652163888,"score_A":15,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"> Many of them don't read books. I don't think professors or older academics are aware of this.  Oh we\u2019re aware.","human_ref_B":"Basically, I\u2019ll pick up a book if it\u2019s written by someone I know personally. Maybe buy if it\u2019s halfway related to my research or interesting, library if it\u2019s someone I like but the subject is outside my wheelhouse.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6106.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"uma380","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Young academics, do you read? If so, what do you read (e.g., books, articles, blogs)? If not, what other media do you turn to for information\/data? I'm an academic. I'm considering publishing a few scholarly books. I also work with college students. Many of them don't read books. I don't think professors or older academics are aware of this. So, I'm wondering: Is this just my sample population, or are future academics not reading books in general? My decision to publish kind of hinges on this. Thanks","c_root_id_A":"i80relr","c_root_id_B":"i80sitv","created_at_utc_A":1652163888,"created_at_utc_B":1652164742,"score_A":5,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Basically, I\u2019ll pick up a book if it\u2019s written by someone I know personally. Maybe buy if it\u2019s halfway related to my research or interesting, library if it\u2019s someone I like but the subject is outside my wheelhouse.","human_ref_B":"It depends on the field. In CS\/AI, where I am based, people tend to read pop-sci books and use scholarly books as references in courses or for their own research (but not read cover-to-cover). In philosophy, books are the norm.  I personally don't have time to read scholarly books (unless when doing a paid review), but I still purchase and refer to them by cherry-picking which chapters to read out of them.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":854.0,"score_ratio":2.4}
{"post_id":"uma380","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Young academics, do you read? If so, what do you read (e.g., books, articles, blogs)? If not, what other media do you turn to for information\/data? I'm an academic. I'm considering publishing a few scholarly books. I also work with college students. Many of them don't read books. I don't think professors or older academics are aware of this. So, I'm wondering: Is this just my sample population, or are future academics not reading books in general? My decision to publish kind of hinges on this. Thanks","c_root_id_A":"i81fpl5","c_root_id_B":"i81npxi","created_at_utc_A":1652183356,"created_at_utc_B":1652187740,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I am reading A Brief History of Time.","human_ref_B":"Psych grad student here. I spend a LOT of time listening to audiobooks, so any academic source that is written well enough and engaging enough to be read as an audiobook gets put in the queue for when I have a free Audible credit. I listen to podcasts, especially Opening Arguments, which is a podcast that functions as a bi-weekly researched and loosely cited Law Review article, which is essentially a kind of literature review. Another source I rely on pretty heavily is LeftTube, or the leftist segment of YouTube, not for ideological talking points but for critical analysis and a good mix of cross-disciplinary thought pieces that are usually cited fairly well.  The real problem in my field of psychology is that the insular nature of the research and the pressure to publish means that most of the articles out there are kind of shit. They either exist in a discourse that is so insular it might as well be useless, or are so hopelessly broad and presented with so little context that even though significant results exist they don\u2019t ACTUALLY prove anything.  Personally I\u2019ve found that until I\u2019ve developed a critically informed take on specific psychological topics reading articles of any kind about the topic has been useless.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4384.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"ty28at","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"Are there any people on here who had to leave academia because of a chronic illness that affects their memory\/energy? Towards the end of grad school, the stress of writing my dissertation caused me to develop a very debilitating chronic illness.  Since then, I have struggled to find employment.  I can use my mind for anything difficult for maybe 2-4 hours a day.  It has been almost three years and I have yet to find a treatment that makes my illness manageable for full time work. I'm struggling very much financially and need something better than the crappy hourly work I have now.  I've been trying to get a post doc because it would give me a flexible schedule to focus on my health (I'm an anthropologist and am able to have a flexible schedule). The problem is, I'm just not well enough to work on publications so I'm not an attractive candidate for any decent paying fellowships. I've thought about consulting, but my big concern is not having decent health insurance.  I'm worried that any increase in income from consulting would be wiped out by medical bills.  Has anybody been in my shoes and figured out a solution to getting part time work (or full time work that can be done part time by someone highly qualified) that offers insurance and good pay.  I cannot work on my feet for long periods of time.  Any recommendations would be welcome.","c_root_id_A":"i3q01yr","c_root_id_B":"i3puvkm","created_at_utc_A":1649304593,"created_at_utc_B":1649301777,"score_A":23,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I don't have practical advice because my condition was resolvable, but I wanted to let you know you're not alone in this.  I thought I had garden variety burnout when I finished my PhD - and I did - but it turned out it was also Graves' disease, a pretty serious if untreated thyroid condition that didn't get diagnosed until five years later.  It screwed my mental health, my energy, and my focus, and possibly had been doing so for most of my life.  What worked for me, both while I was being crushed under it and while I was getting diagnosed and treated, was taking a government administration job. Fixed pay scales, flexible hours, good union, excellent sick pay, and although most of the work was very boring it was usually not very difficult or stressful. I'm not from the US but some of these things are transferable to most city\/state\/federal civil\/public service positions. They're stable, they're boring, and they attract people who need stability more than challenge or opportunity.  I wasn't very happy in it, and I'm planning to leave, but it's what kept me financially solvent, independent, and with a respectable resume for five years. Maybe look into open recruitment for those positions where you are? In many cases just having a degree is enough to be considered.","human_ref_B":"Your story is similar to mine, but different with respect to your overall physical and\/or mental health. I would be willing to talk about this with you further, my health issues stemmed from a lack of support and absolute unprofessionalism that essentially made me want to quit. I should\u2019ve received my PhD over a year ago, But the lack of emotional and mental support - The absolute lies and deplorable unprofessional environment, creates this feeling of hostility, and led to a series of physical and mental illnesses that followed for me as well.  I certainly have  panic attacks writing manuscripts lost on how to finish my dissertation, because I don\u2019t trust the person who tossed me out of the way; this mentor essentially published a paper that I wrote without acknowledging me. Departmental academics and absolute gaslighting and selfishness of this mentor has done more damage that I can see myself coping with.  So, while I\u2019m so close to finishing, I\u2019m actually considering quitting the PhD. It\u2019s shattered my mental health my physical health and I\u2019ve sacrificed everything in my life, Because I thought it would \u201cget better\u201d.  I don\u2019t have support, academically, their family, a few friends I do\u2026 But if you have a network that you can speak with, reach out to, and figure out the best way that you can succeed\u2026 Or even develop coping plan with what you are experiencing right now, your health is the most important thing. Some people might make you feel guilty for that, but you are more important. I know my story isn\u2019t aligned with yours, But I feel like I can relate to your pain. I want to start speaking with the trusted people within your department and college and health services if possible, and those you trust To let them know what is going on with you. You are your advocate here. You plenty of people that support you, and I wish you the best of luck!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2816.0,"score_ratio":3.8333333333}
{"post_id":"bkz9b8","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.74,"history":"Is it possible for a student in high school to write an original research paper? If yes, can someone help me to guide me? I am interested in Theoretical physics and astrophysics. Sorry if my question is out-of-context or inappropriate. I am just new in this subreddit.","c_root_id_A":"emkmrns","c_root_id_B":"emkoig8","created_at_utc_A":1557077650,"created_at_utc_B":1557078909,"score_A":14,"score_B":16,"human_ref_A":"If this is your goal, ask a professor to help you find a **really** obscure topic.  Papers come either from one hard earned inch of progress in a mainstream topic, or from studying a topic nobody cares about. The barrier to entry for the latter is lower.","human_ref_B":"I'm not gonna say it's impossible, but it is probably not the right attitude to take. I remember a time when I wanted to contribute to a paper in the 'earlier than usual' academic phase (like during a summer project, for example). Though I didn't publish my first paper until 8 months into my PhD. It was my second project that I began to discover where I fit in the field of theoretical physics and published 2 more the next year.  But at such an early stage, papers aren't the most important thing (ironically they are much more important later on in your academic career unfortunately). It is much more important to find where your heart lies in the field of theoretical physics, since it is a very broad discipline. Research becomes a whole lot easier when you are playing to your strengths.  Your best friend right now is arXiv.org \\- I would very closely follow hep-ph, hep-th and astro-ph. It is also a great way to find out what particular field in theoretical physics interests you. Read as many as you can and get into a habit of it, arXiv is an indispensable tool for high-energy physicists.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1259.0,"score_ratio":1.1428571429}
{"post_id":"bkz9b8","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.74,"history":"Is it possible for a student in high school to write an original research paper? If yes, can someone help me to guide me? I am interested in Theoretical physics and astrophysics. Sorry if my question is out-of-context or inappropriate. I am just new in this subreddit.","c_root_id_A":"emkoig8","c_root_id_B":"emkmio2","created_at_utc_A":1557078909,"created_at_utc_B":1557077471,"score_A":16,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I'm not gonna say it's impossible, but it is probably not the right attitude to take. I remember a time when I wanted to contribute to a paper in the 'earlier than usual' academic phase (like during a summer project, for example). Though I didn't publish my first paper until 8 months into my PhD. It was my second project that I began to discover where I fit in the field of theoretical physics and published 2 more the next year.  But at such an early stage, papers aren't the most important thing (ironically they are much more important later on in your academic career unfortunately). It is much more important to find where your heart lies in the field of theoretical physics, since it is a very broad discipline. Research becomes a whole lot easier when you are playing to your strengths.  Your best friend right now is arXiv.org \\- I would very closely follow hep-ph, hep-th and astro-ph. It is also a great way to find out what particular field in theoretical physics interests you. Read as many as you can and get into a habit of it, arXiv is an indispensable tool for high-energy physicists.","human_ref_B":"The better and more realistic path forward is to start reading up and studying the subject. Take some AP science courses and free community college courses if possible. Find your closest   university and start going to free lectures and events there, particularly if it\u2019s an R1. Make as many connections as you can and look for ways to offset costs to pursue an undergraduate degree in physics or whatever. I am working on a masters (non thesis) and I have a decade of experience in a very niche field. I\u2019ve tried to self publish (what I think is fairly good, very niche research) to journals on that field that have readerships of less than 1,000 usually. I\u2019ve been rejected over and over.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1438.0,"score_ratio":2.6666666667}
{"post_id":"bkz9b8","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.74,"history":"Is it possible for a student in high school to write an original research paper? If yes, can someone help me to guide me? I am interested in Theoretical physics and astrophysics. Sorry if my question is out-of-context or inappropriate. I am just new in this subreddit.","c_root_id_A":"emkmio2","c_root_id_B":"emkmrns","created_at_utc_A":1557077471,"created_at_utc_B":1557077650,"score_A":6,"score_B":14,"human_ref_A":"The better and more realistic path forward is to start reading up and studying the subject. Take some AP science courses and free community college courses if possible. Find your closest   university and start going to free lectures and events there, particularly if it\u2019s an R1. Make as many connections as you can and look for ways to offset costs to pursue an undergraduate degree in physics or whatever. I am working on a masters (non thesis) and I have a decade of experience in a very niche field. I\u2019ve tried to self publish (what I think is fairly good, very niche research) to journals on that field that have readerships of less than 1,000 usually. I\u2019ve been rejected over and over.","human_ref_B":"If this is your goal, ask a professor to help you find a **really** obscure topic.  Papers come either from one hard earned inch of progress in a mainstream topic, or from studying a topic nobody cares about. The barrier to entry for the latter is lower.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":179.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"8lpdg7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Former PhD supervisor presented a poster at a major conference based on my dissertation without telling me and put himself as first author - Is this unethical and how should I respond? Some Background:   I graduated recently with my PhD and I have been trying to turn my dissertation chapters into published articles. My supervisor has been sitting on these manuscripts for months \\(one since November \\-\\-\\- 5 months ago\\) saying he hasn't found the time to read them and send feedback. This is despite the fact that I stressed to him several times how critical these publications were to me getting a job and building a career \\(I do not yet have any publications from my PhD time\\). I was lucky enough to secure a post\\-doc anyways, despite my publication record \\(although  I lost out on 3 before that specifically for that reason\\), on the premise that these publications were forthcoming.  The Current Issue:  I was not able to attend a major conference this year, but a colleague contacted me to tell me they saw \"my poster,\" which I didn't know I had.  It turns out my former supervisor had made a conference poster based on a chapter from my dissertation without telling me. In fact, the graphs are copy and pasted from the chapter\/manuscript that he \"hasn't had time to read\" since November. Moreover, he listed himself as the first author and as far as I can tell didn't even cite my dissertation \\(My friend sent me a blurry picture of the poster\\). He did list me as the second author.  So, I could use some advice.  1.\\) Is this unethical behavior? My instinct is that it's at least borderline unethical, but I don't want to blow this out of proportion. The fact that he did not tell me bothers me for several reasons including not knowing to add the poster to my CV \\(which I need since he hasn't let me publish\\) and the fact that I feel like he gave himself more credit for this work than he deserves \\(Yes, it's his lab's research but I did a significant proportion of the work involved\\).  2.\\) Should I say something? If this is unethical behavior, I do not think I should let it slide as that will only encourage him to do stuff like this to future students, nor do I want to set a precedent of being a push\\-over \\(for myself and to others\\). Also, he has been delaying publications for months and months and yet had the time to make a poster based on the work that he claims he hasn't had the time to get to.   3.\\) If I am going to say something, do you have any advice on what I should say or how I should frame the issue?   I am worried about how this will play out in the future. I no longer need a letter of recommendation from this person for jobs \\(which is why I held my tongue in regards to previous issues I had with him\\), but I do need to finish several publications with him which I really need for my career and to show my current job I wasn't BS'ing about having forthcoming publications.   Thank you for any advice or suggestions!","c_root_id_A":"dzhf3rq","c_root_id_B":"dzhfr3w","created_at_utc_A":1527131390,"created_at_utc_B":1527132089,"score_A":19,"score_B":77,"human_ref_A":"It should be fine. Sometimes people just put the presenter as first.   I wouldn\u2019t say anything. Also putting in some of your figures doesn\u2019t mean he has edited\/read your whole dissertation. Also posters are more minor so he probably didn\u2019t even thing to tell you. Mine has done the same. Once you have a couple in your CV adding another isn\u2019t going to make or break you.   So to wrap up: not unethical, pretty common, don\u2019t confront.   Another note: PIs sitting on manuscripts for a long time is insanely common. Mines been on my PIs desk since Nov as well. And making a poster is nowhere near as much of a time suck as editing a manuscript. Also it\u2019s not like he can put off the conference, that has a hard deadline whereas your manuscript doesn\u2019t.","human_ref_B":"Authors of anything \u2014 meeting abstracts, manuscripts \u2014 are expected to notify and get the endorsement of anyone whose name is included on that work. He should have told you, at the very least.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":699.0,"score_ratio":4.0526315789}
{"post_id":"8lpdg7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Former PhD supervisor presented a poster at a major conference based on my dissertation without telling me and put himself as first author - Is this unethical and how should I respond? Some Background:   I graduated recently with my PhD and I have been trying to turn my dissertation chapters into published articles. My supervisor has been sitting on these manuscripts for months \\(one since November \\-\\-\\- 5 months ago\\) saying he hasn't found the time to read them and send feedback. This is despite the fact that I stressed to him several times how critical these publications were to me getting a job and building a career \\(I do not yet have any publications from my PhD time\\). I was lucky enough to secure a post\\-doc anyways, despite my publication record \\(although  I lost out on 3 before that specifically for that reason\\), on the premise that these publications were forthcoming.  The Current Issue:  I was not able to attend a major conference this year, but a colleague contacted me to tell me they saw \"my poster,\" which I didn't know I had.  It turns out my former supervisor had made a conference poster based on a chapter from my dissertation without telling me. In fact, the graphs are copy and pasted from the chapter\/manuscript that he \"hasn't had time to read\" since November. Moreover, he listed himself as the first author and as far as I can tell didn't even cite my dissertation \\(My friend sent me a blurry picture of the poster\\). He did list me as the second author.  So, I could use some advice.  1.\\) Is this unethical behavior? My instinct is that it's at least borderline unethical, but I don't want to blow this out of proportion. The fact that he did not tell me bothers me for several reasons including not knowing to add the poster to my CV \\(which I need since he hasn't let me publish\\) and the fact that I feel like he gave himself more credit for this work than he deserves \\(Yes, it's his lab's research but I did a significant proportion of the work involved\\).  2.\\) Should I say something? If this is unethical behavior, I do not think I should let it slide as that will only encourage him to do stuff like this to future students, nor do I want to set a precedent of being a push\\-over \\(for myself and to others\\). Also, he has been delaying publications for months and months and yet had the time to make a poster based on the work that he claims he hasn't had the time to get to.   3.\\) If I am going to say something, do you have any advice on what I should say or how I should frame the issue?   I am worried about how this will play out in the future. I no longer need a letter of recommendation from this person for jobs \\(which is why I held my tongue in regards to previous issues I had with him\\), but I do need to finish several publications with him which I really need for my career and to show my current job I wasn't BS'ing about having forthcoming publications.   Thank you for any advice or suggestions!","c_root_id_A":"dzhf3rq","c_root_id_B":"dzhg4cb","created_at_utc_A":1527131390,"created_at_utc_B":1527132497,"score_A":19,"score_B":34,"human_ref_A":"It should be fine. Sometimes people just put the presenter as first.   I wouldn\u2019t say anything. Also putting in some of your figures doesn\u2019t mean he has edited\/read your whole dissertation. Also posters are more minor so he probably didn\u2019t even thing to tell you. Mine has done the same. Once you have a couple in your CV adding another isn\u2019t going to make or break you.   So to wrap up: not unethical, pretty common, don\u2019t confront.   Another note: PIs sitting on manuscripts for a long time is insanely common. Mines been on my PIs desk since Nov as well. And making a poster is nowhere near as much of a time suck as editing a manuscript. Also it\u2019s not like he can put off the conference, that has a hard deadline whereas your manuscript doesn\u2019t.","human_ref_B":"Yeah in most cases presenters are just listed first. It's a little weird that your PI didn't tell you, but nothing more than that.   I wouldn't make a big deal about it, your ability to do the things you want from your dissertation do not appear to be compromised because of this poster.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1107.0,"score_ratio":1.7894736842}
{"post_id":"8lpdg7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Former PhD supervisor presented a poster at a major conference based on my dissertation without telling me and put himself as first author - Is this unethical and how should I respond? Some Background:   I graduated recently with my PhD and I have been trying to turn my dissertation chapters into published articles. My supervisor has been sitting on these manuscripts for months \\(one since November \\-\\-\\- 5 months ago\\) saying he hasn't found the time to read them and send feedback. This is despite the fact that I stressed to him several times how critical these publications were to me getting a job and building a career \\(I do not yet have any publications from my PhD time\\). I was lucky enough to secure a post\\-doc anyways, despite my publication record \\(although  I lost out on 3 before that specifically for that reason\\), on the premise that these publications were forthcoming.  The Current Issue:  I was not able to attend a major conference this year, but a colleague contacted me to tell me they saw \"my poster,\" which I didn't know I had.  It turns out my former supervisor had made a conference poster based on a chapter from my dissertation without telling me. In fact, the graphs are copy and pasted from the chapter\/manuscript that he \"hasn't had time to read\" since November. Moreover, he listed himself as the first author and as far as I can tell didn't even cite my dissertation \\(My friend sent me a blurry picture of the poster\\). He did list me as the second author.  So, I could use some advice.  1.\\) Is this unethical behavior? My instinct is that it's at least borderline unethical, but I don't want to blow this out of proportion. The fact that he did not tell me bothers me for several reasons including not knowing to add the poster to my CV \\(which I need since he hasn't let me publish\\) and the fact that I feel like he gave himself more credit for this work than he deserves \\(Yes, it's his lab's research but I did a significant proportion of the work involved\\).  2.\\) Should I say something? If this is unethical behavior, I do not think I should let it slide as that will only encourage him to do stuff like this to future students, nor do I want to set a precedent of being a push\\-over \\(for myself and to others\\). Also, he has been delaying publications for months and months and yet had the time to make a poster based on the work that he claims he hasn't had the time to get to.   3.\\) If I am going to say something, do you have any advice on what I should say or how I should frame the issue?   I am worried about how this will play out in the future. I no longer need a letter of recommendation from this person for jobs \\(which is why I held my tongue in regards to previous issues I had with him\\), but I do need to finish several publications with him which I really need for my career and to show my current job I wasn't BS'ing about having forthcoming publications.   Thank you for any advice or suggestions!","c_root_id_A":"dzhihem","c_root_id_B":"dzhify4","created_at_utc_A":1527135411,"created_at_utc_B":1527135357,"score_A":15,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"It's most definitely unethical to do something like this without checking with you first. However, I'd hold off on confronting your former supervisor about this until you're finished with the joint publications.","human_ref_B":"Anything can be presented, you can still submit your portion of the work for publication. In fact, you could present the same data yourself as long as you\u2019re framing it from your perspective.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":54.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"8lpdg7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Former PhD supervisor presented a poster at a major conference based on my dissertation without telling me and put himself as first author - Is this unethical and how should I respond? Some Background:   I graduated recently with my PhD and I have been trying to turn my dissertation chapters into published articles. My supervisor has been sitting on these manuscripts for months \\(one since November \\-\\-\\- 5 months ago\\) saying he hasn't found the time to read them and send feedback. This is despite the fact that I stressed to him several times how critical these publications were to me getting a job and building a career \\(I do not yet have any publications from my PhD time\\). I was lucky enough to secure a post\\-doc anyways, despite my publication record \\(although  I lost out on 3 before that specifically for that reason\\), on the premise that these publications were forthcoming.  The Current Issue:  I was not able to attend a major conference this year, but a colleague contacted me to tell me they saw \"my poster,\" which I didn't know I had.  It turns out my former supervisor had made a conference poster based on a chapter from my dissertation without telling me. In fact, the graphs are copy and pasted from the chapter\/manuscript that he \"hasn't had time to read\" since November. Moreover, he listed himself as the first author and as far as I can tell didn't even cite my dissertation \\(My friend sent me a blurry picture of the poster\\). He did list me as the second author.  So, I could use some advice.  1.\\) Is this unethical behavior? My instinct is that it's at least borderline unethical, but I don't want to blow this out of proportion. The fact that he did not tell me bothers me for several reasons including not knowing to add the poster to my CV \\(which I need since he hasn't let me publish\\) and the fact that I feel like he gave himself more credit for this work than he deserves \\(Yes, it's his lab's research but I did a significant proportion of the work involved\\).  2.\\) Should I say something? If this is unethical behavior, I do not think I should let it slide as that will only encourage him to do stuff like this to future students, nor do I want to set a precedent of being a push\\-over \\(for myself and to others\\). Also, he has been delaying publications for months and months and yet had the time to make a poster based on the work that he claims he hasn't had the time to get to.   3.\\) If I am going to say something, do you have any advice on what I should say or how I should frame the issue?   I am worried about how this will play out in the future. I no longer need a letter of recommendation from this person for jobs \\(which is why I held my tongue in regards to previous issues I had with him\\), but I do need to finish several publications with him which I really need for my career and to show my current job I wasn't BS'ing about having forthcoming publications.   Thank you for any advice or suggestions!","c_root_id_A":"dzidsc3","c_root_id_B":"dzhtm2q","created_at_utc_A":1527179988,"created_at_utc_B":1527156699,"score_A":13,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I want to throw out a point here. You do a good job of asking this in two parts, because I feel like this sub has been white\\-washing unethical behavior a bit, or acting as if it's inevitable.     It's definitely NOT APPROPRIATE to present someone else's work without them knowing. Who cares if it happens all the time? If you had not heard about it, you wouldn't even know that others were aware of your work. In fact, you can include this presentation on your CV, as long as you are clear about authorship. It's your work. It's also unethical. It's also stupid, since he should be looking out for his academic progeny.  A subtext here is that he may be blockading your pubs. You probably don't have proof of this, but this is incredibly unethical and inappropriate and you may be fucked. I have a colleague \\(boyfriend of a grad at my Ph. D. institution\\) who's professor was having some serious personal problems \\(alcoholism\\) and was also an awful person academcially and who I'm not sure ever cleared his pubs. At the least, a few pubs were stalled until such point that someone scooped them and they became unpublishable. This is also NOT OKAY. It may happen, but it's incredible unethical and inappropriate. And just because it may happen a lot to others doesn't make it cool or something to emulate. You should have at least a few pubs under your belt when you graduate and start looking for something \"next\", and a Ph. D. advisor who doesn't help you make that happen is a problem. And to clarify, whether this is an intentional blockade or just \"not a priority\" it's bad mentorship and bad advising.     IN answer to 2, you should say \"Hey, can you send me the details on that poster so I can include it on my CV? Thanks! I'm so glad you were able to present my work at Conference XYZ!! I'm going to send in the associated manuscript since you approve of this work and get it published!\" How can he say no?","human_ref_B":"PIs will use work you did after to left.  As long as you are listed as an author it's fine.  I was listed as co-author on papers published years after I graduated.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":23289.0,"score_ratio":1.4444444444}
{"post_id":"8lpdg7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Former PhD supervisor presented a poster at a major conference based on my dissertation without telling me and put himself as first author - Is this unethical and how should I respond? Some Background:   I graduated recently with my PhD and I have been trying to turn my dissertation chapters into published articles. My supervisor has been sitting on these manuscripts for months \\(one since November \\-\\-\\- 5 months ago\\) saying he hasn't found the time to read them and send feedback. This is despite the fact that I stressed to him several times how critical these publications were to me getting a job and building a career \\(I do not yet have any publications from my PhD time\\). I was lucky enough to secure a post\\-doc anyways, despite my publication record \\(although  I lost out on 3 before that specifically for that reason\\), on the premise that these publications were forthcoming.  The Current Issue:  I was not able to attend a major conference this year, but a colleague contacted me to tell me they saw \"my poster,\" which I didn't know I had.  It turns out my former supervisor had made a conference poster based on a chapter from my dissertation without telling me. In fact, the graphs are copy and pasted from the chapter\/manuscript that he \"hasn't had time to read\" since November. Moreover, he listed himself as the first author and as far as I can tell didn't even cite my dissertation \\(My friend sent me a blurry picture of the poster\\). He did list me as the second author.  So, I could use some advice.  1.\\) Is this unethical behavior? My instinct is that it's at least borderline unethical, but I don't want to blow this out of proportion. The fact that he did not tell me bothers me for several reasons including not knowing to add the poster to my CV \\(which I need since he hasn't let me publish\\) and the fact that I feel like he gave himself more credit for this work than he deserves \\(Yes, it's his lab's research but I did a significant proportion of the work involved\\).  2.\\) Should I say something? If this is unethical behavior, I do not think I should let it slide as that will only encourage him to do stuff like this to future students, nor do I want to set a precedent of being a push\\-over \\(for myself and to others\\). Also, he has been delaying publications for months and months and yet had the time to make a poster based on the work that he claims he hasn't had the time to get to.   3.\\) If I am going to say something, do you have any advice on what I should say or how I should frame the issue?   I am worried about how this will play out in the future. I no longer need a letter of recommendation from this person for jobs \\(which is why I held my tongue in regards to previous issues I had with him\\), but I do need to finish several publications with him which I really need for my career and to show my current job I wasn't BS'ing about having forthcoming publications.   Thank you for any advice or suggestions!","c_root_id_A":"dzidsc3","c_root_id_B":"dzhify4","created_at_utc_A":1527179988,"created_at_utc_B":1527135357,"score_A":13,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I want to throw out a point here. You do a good job of asking this in two parts, because I feel like this sub has been white\\-washing unethical behavior a bit, or acting as if it's inevitable.     It's definitely NOT APPROPRIATE to present someone else's work without them knowing. Who cares if it happens all the time? If you had not heard about it, you wouldn't even know that others were aware of your work. In fact, you can include this presentation on your CV, as long as you are clear about authorship. It's your work. It's also unethical. It's also stupid, since he should be looking out for his academic progeny.  A subtext here is that he may be blockading your pubs. You probably don't have proof of this, but this is incredibly unethical and inappropriate and you may be fucked. I have a colleague \\(boyfriend of a grad at my Ph. D. institution\\) who's professor was having some serious personal problems \\(alcoholism\\) and was also an awful person academcially and who I'm not sure ever cleared his pubs. At the least, a few pubs were stalled until such point that someone scooped them and they became unpublishable. This is also NOT OKAY. It may happen, but it's incredible unethical and inappropriate. And just because it may happen a lot to others doesn't make it cool or something to emulate. You should have at least a few pubs under your belt when you graduate and start looking for something \"next\", and a Ph. D. advisor who doesn't help you make that happen is a problem. And to clarify, whether this is an intentional blockade or just \"not a priority\" it's bad mentorship and bad advising.     IN answer to 2, you should say \"Hey, can you send me the details on that poster so I can include it on my CV? Thanks! I'm so glad you were able to present my work at Conference XYZ!! I'm going to send in the associated manuscript since you approve of this work and get it published!\" How can he say no?","human_ref_B":"Anything can be presented, you can still submit your portion of the work for publication. In fact, you could present the same data yourself as long as you\u2019re framing it from your perspective.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":44631.0,"score_ratio":2.6}
{"post_id":"8lpdg7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Former PhD supervisor presented a poster at a major conference based on my dissertation without telling me and put himself as first author - Is this unethical and how should I respond? Some Background:   I graduated recently with my PhD and I have been trying to turn my dissertation chapters into published articles. My supervisor has been sitting on these manuscripts for months \\(one since November \\-\\-\\- 5 months ago\\) saying he hasn't found the time to read them and send feedback. This is despite the fact that I stressed to him several times how critical these publications were to me getting a job and building a career \\(I do not yet have any publications from my PhD time\\). I was lucky enough to secure a post\\-doc anyways, despite my publication record \\(although  I lost out on 3 before that specifically for that reason\\), on the premise that these publications were forthcoming.  The Current Issue:  I was not able to attend a major conference this year, but a colleague contacted me to tell me they saw \"my poster,\" which I didn't know I had.  It turns out my former supervisor had made a conference poster based on a chapter from my dissertation without telling me. In fact, the graphs are copy and pasted from the chapter\/manuscript that he \"hasn't had time to read\" since November. Moreover, he listed himself as the first author and as far as I can tell didn't even cite my dissertation \\(My friend sent me a blurry picture of the poster\\). He did list me as the second author.  So, I could use some advice.  1.\\) Is this unethical behavior? My instinct is that it's at least borderline unethical, but I don't want to blow this out of proportion. The fact that he did not tell me bothers me for several reasons including not knowing to add the poster to my CV \\(which I need since he hasn't let me publish\\) and the fact that I feel like he gave himself more credit for this work than he deserves \\(Yes, it's his lab's research but I did a significant proportion of the work involved\\).  2.\\) Should I say something? If this is unethical behavior, I do not think I should let it slide as that will only encourage him to do stuff like this to future students, nor do I want to set a precedent of being a push\\-over \\(for myself and to others\\). Also, he has been delaying publications for months and months and yet had the time to make a poster based on the work that he claims he hasn't had the time to get to.   3.\\) If I am going to say something, do you have any advice on what I should say or how I should frame the issue?   I am worried about how this will play out in the future. I no longer need a letter of recommendation from this person for jobs \\(which is why I held my tongue in regards to previous issues I had with him\\), but I do need to finish several publications with him which I really need for my career and to show my current job I wasn't BS'ing about having forthcoming publications.   Thank you for any advice or suggestions!","c_root_id_A":"dzi24z8","c_root_id_B":"dzidsc3","created_at_utc_A":1527169135,"created_at_utc_B":1527179988,"score_A":3,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"My advisor would put my preliminary data in conference presentations without my knowledge when I was still a grad student, and I'm sure she will continue to use my data now, especially since the NSF grant I produced with her to expand my project is still active and has a new grad student working under it. She has even suggested giving one of my data sets to the new grad student to use because I have left academia and have no intention of publishing it outside of my dissertation.    I would still be a co\\-author on anything that comes from this project, so it is fine with me if I can get that credit without doing any more work. I insisted on publishing most of my dissertation chapters as I finished them rather than waiting until the NSF grant was finished, so that I could be first author on all of the high impact work, which I planned and conducted before the grant. I'm not expecting that much more to come out of the project at this point since the ongoing work is just a continuation of what I already did, but in another location\/study system. My only concern is that my advisor may ask me to help analyze the data from the second study system if she and the new grad student aren't able to run my models.   Yes, it annoys me at times that my advisor takes credit for my project because she is the PI of the NSF grant, even though the grant is based on duplicating work I already did myself with my own fellowship\/grant funding. For example, my last paper was published last week in a high impact journal.  I came up with the idea, secured my own funding, designed the protocol, did all the data collection and analyses, and wrote the paper. My advisor edited the manuscript for minor text fixes. And yet when the paper came out, I was forwarded\/cc'd on multiple emails congratulating my advisor. The press release for the paper contains multiple quotes from my advisor and refers to the study as \"\\<advisor\\>'s work.\" But in the end I am still first author on the paper itself, which is all that matters.   So if I were you would let the presentation go. Being first vs co\\-author on a presentation is much less important than it is for a paper. I would just send your advisor an email requesting that you be kept in the loop on presentations so that you can add them to your CV.  Your advisor sitting on your manuscripts is a separate issue, and that is the one I think you should address.","human_ref_B":"I want to throw out a point here. You do a good job of asking this in two parts, because I feel like this sub has been white\\-washing unethical behavior a bit, or acting as if it's inevitable.     It's definitely NOT APPROPRIATE to present someone else's work without them knowing. Who cares if it happens all the time? If you had not heard about it, you wouldn't even know that others were aware of your work. In fact, you can include this presentation on your CV, as long as you are clear about authorship. It's your work. It's also unethical. It's also stupid, since he should be looking out for his academic progeny.  A subtext here is that he may be blockading your pubs. You probably don't have proof of this, but this is incredibly unethical and inappropriate and you may be fucked. I have a colleague \\(boyfriend of a grad at my Ph. D. institution\\) who's professor was having some serious personal problems \\(alcoholism\\) and was also an awful person academcially and who I'm not sure ever cleared his pubs. At the least, a few pubs were stalled until such point that someone scooped them and they became unpublishable. This is also NOT OKAY. It may happen, but it's incredible unethical and inappropriate. And just because it may happen a lot to others doesn't make it cool or something to emulate. You should have at least a few pubs under your belt when you graduate and start looking for something \"next\", and a Ph. D. advisor who doesn't help you make that happen is a problem. And to clarify, whether this is an intentional blockade or just \"not a priority\" it's bad mentorship and bad advising.     IN answer to 2, you should say \"Hey, can you send me the details on that poster so I can include it on my CV? Thanks! I'm so glad you were able to present my work at Conference XYZ!! I'm going to send in the associated manuscript since you approve of this work and get it published!\" How can he say no?","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10853.0,"score_ratio":4.3333333333}
{"post_id":"8lpdg7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Former PhD supervisor presented a poster at a major conference based on my dissertation without telling me and put himself as first author - Is this unethical and how should I respond? Some Background:   I graduated recently with my PhD and I have been trying to turn my dissertation chapters into published articles. My supervisor has been sitting on these manuscripts for months \\(one since November \\-\\-\\- 5 months ago\\) saying he hasn't found the time to read them and send feedback. This is despite the fact that I stressed to him several times how critical these publications were to me getting a job and building a career \\(I do not yet have any publications from my PhD time\\). I was lucky enough to secure a post\\-doc anyways, despite my publication record \\(although  I lost out on 3 before that specifically for that reason\\), on the premise that these publications were forthcoming.  The Current Issue:  I was not able to attend a major conference this year, but a colleague contacted me to tell me they saw \"my poster,\" which I didn't know I had.  It turns out my former supervisor had made a conference poster based on a chapter from my dissertation without telling me. In fact, the graphs are copy and pasted from the chapter\/manuscript that he \"hasn't had time to read\" since November. Moreover, he listed himself as the first author and as far as I can tell didn't even cite my dissertation \\(My friend sent me a blurry picture of the poster\\). He did list me as the second author.  So, I could use some advice.  1.\\) Is this unethical behavior? My instinct is that it's at least borderline unethical, but I don't want to blow this out of proportion. The fact that he did not tell me bothers me for several reasons including not knowing to add the poster to my CV \\(which I need since he hasn't let me publish\\) and the fact that I feel like he gave himself more credit for this work than he deserves \\(Yes, it's his lab's research but I did a significant proportion of the work involved\\).  2.\\) Should I say something? If this is unethical behavior, I do not think I should let it slide as that will only encourage him to do stuff like this to future students, nor do I want to set a precedent of being a push\\-over \\(for myself and to others\\). Also, he has been delaying publications for months and months and yet had the time to make a poster based on the work that he claims he hasn't had the time to get to.   3.\\) If I am going to say something, do you have any advice on what I should say or how I should frame the issue?   I am worried about how this will play out in the future. I no longer need a letter of recommendation from this person for jobs \\(which is why I held my tongue in regards to previous issues I had with him\\), but I do need to finish several publications with him which I really need for my career and to show my current job I wasn't BS'ing about having forthcoming publications.   Thank you for any advice or suggestions!","c_root_id_A":"dzidsc3","c_root_id_B":"dzhmqa6","created_at_utc_A":1527179988,"created_at_utc_B":1527141830,"score_A":13,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I want to throw out a point here. You do a good job of asking this in two parts, because I feel like this sub has been white\\-washing unethical behavior a bit, or acting as if it's inevitable.     It's definitely NOT APPROPRIATE to present someone else's work without them knowing. Who cares if it happens all the time? If you had not heard about it, you wouldn't even know that others were aware of your work. In fact, you can include this presentation on your CV, as long as you are clear about authorship. It's your work. It's also unethical. It's also stupid, since he should be looking out for his academic progeny.  A subtext here is that he may be blockading your pubs. You probably don't have proof of this, but this is incredibly unethical and inappropriate and you may be fucked. I have a colleague \\(boyfriend of a grad at my Ph. D. institution\\) who's professor was having some serious personal problems \\(alcoholism\\) and was also an awful person academcially and who I'm not sure ever cleared his pubs. At the least, a few pubs were stalled until such point that someone scooped them and they became unpublishable. This is also NOT OKAY. It may happen, but it's incredible unethical and inappropriate. And just because it may happen a lot to others doesn't make it cool or something to emulate. You should have at least a few pubs under your belt when you graduate and start looking for something \"next\", and a Ph. D. advisor who doesn't help you make that happen is a problem. And to clarify, whether this is an intentional blockade or just \"not a priority\" it's bad mentorship and bad advising.     IN answer to 2, you should say \"Hey, can you send me the details on that poster so I can include it on my CV? Thanks! I'm so glad you were able to present my work at Conference XYZ!! I'm going to send in the associated manuscript since you approve of this work and get it published!\" How can he say no?","human_ref_B":"From your account it seems like the prof decided to take a paid holiday using your work. In my field posters in presentations are where projects go to die after multiple rejections from various journals. Curious what field this is that posters have value to be put in a CV.  Re: pubs, I've heard advice that the way to deal with lethargic supervisors is to force their hand. Work on it yourself until it's ready for submission. Send it to him saying please comment within X period, or you'll assume his silence as consent to submit.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":38158.0,"score_ratio":4.3333333333}
{"post_id":"8lpdg7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Former PhD supervisor presented a poster at a major conference based on my dissertation without telling me and put himself as first author - Is this unethical and how should I respond? Some Background:   I graduated recently with my PhD and I have been trying to turn my dissertation chapters into published articles. My supervisor has been sitting on these manuscripts for months \\(one since November \\-\\-\\- 5 months ago\\) saying he hasn't found the time to read them and send feedback. This is despite the fact that I stressed to him several times how critical these publications were to me getting a job and building a career \\(I do not yet have any publications from my PhD time\\). I was lucky enough to secure a post\\-doc anyways, despite my publication record \\(although  I lost out on 3 before that specifically for that reason\\), on the premise that these publications were forthcoming.  The Current Issue:  I was not able to attend a major conference this year, but a colleague contacted me to tell me they saw \"my poster,\" which I didn't know I had.  It turns out my former supervisor had made a conference poster based on a chapter from my dissertation without telling me. In fact, the graphs are copy and pasted from the chapter\/manuscript that he \"hasn't had time to read\" since November. Moreover, he listed himself as the first author and as far as I can tell didn't even cite my dissertation \\(My friend sent me a blurry picture of the poster\\). He did list me as the second author.  So, I could use some advice.  1.\\) Is this unethical behavior? My instinct is that it's at least borderline unethical, but I don't want to blow this out of proportion. The fact that he did not tell me bothers me for several reasons including not knowing to add the poster to my CV \\(which I need since he hasn't let me publish\\) and the fact that I feel like he gave himself more credit for this work than he deserves \\(Yes, it's his lab's research but I did a significant proportion of the work involved\\).  2.\\) Should I say something? If this is unethical behavior, I do not think I should let it slide as that will only encourage him to do stuff like this to future students, nor do I want to set a precedent of being a push\\-over \\(for myself and to others\\). Also, he has been delaying publications for months and months and yet had the time to make a poster based on the work that he claims he hasn't had the time to get to.   3.\\) If I am going to say something, do you have any advice on what I should say or how I should frame the issue?   I am worried about how this will play out in the future. I no longer need a letter of recommendation from this person for jobs \\(which is why I held my tongue in regards to previous issues I had with him\\), but I do need to finish several publications with him which I really need for my career and to show my current job I wasn't BS'ing about having forthcoming publications.   Thank you for any advice or suggestions!","c_root_id_A":"dzhtm2q","c_root_id_B":"dzhify4","created_at_utc_A":1527156699,"created_at_utc_B":1527135357,"score_A":9,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"PIs will use work you did after to left.  As long as you are listed as an author it's fine.  I was listed as co-author on papers published years after I graduated.","human_ref_B":"Anything can be presented, you can still submit your portion of the work for publication. In fact, you could present the same data yourself as long as you\u2019re framing it from your perspective.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":21342.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"8lpdg7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Former PhD supervisor presented a poster at a major conference based on my dissertation without telling me and put himself as first author - Is this unethical and how should I respond? Some Background:   I graduated recently with my PhD and I have been trying to turn my dissertation chapters into published articles. My supervisor has been sitting on these manuscripts for months \\(one since November \\-\\-\\- 5 months ago\\) saying he hasn't found the time to read them and send feedback. This is despite the fact that I stressed to him several times how critical these publications were to me getting a job and building a career \\(I do not yet have any publications from my PhD time\\). I was lucky enough to secure a post\\-doc anyways, despite my publication record \\(although  I lost out on 3 before that specifically for that reason\\), on the premise that these publications were forthcoming.  The Current Issue:  I was not able to attend a major conference this year, but a colleague contacted me to tell me they saw \"my poster,\" which I didn't know I had.  It turns out my former supervisor had made a conference poster based on a chapter from my dissertation without telling me. In fact, the graphs are copy and pasted from the chapter\/manuscript that he \"hasn't had time to read\" since November. Moreover, he listed himself as the first author and as far as I can tell didn't even cite my dissertation \\(My friend sent me a blurry picture of the poster\\). He did list me as the second author.  So, I could use some advice.  1.\\) Is this unethical behavior? My instinct is that it's at least borderline unethical, but I don't want to blow this out of proportion. The fact that he did not tell me bothers me for several reasons including not knowing to add the poster to my CV \\(which I need since he hasn't let me publish\\) and the fact that I feel like he gave himself more credit for this work than he deserves \\(Yes, it's his lab's research but I did a significant proportion of the work involved\\).  2.\\) Should I say something? If this is unethical behavior, I do not think I should let it slide as that will only encourage him to do stuff like this to future students, nor do I want to set a precedent of being a push\\-over \\(for myself and to others\\). Also, he has been delaying publications for months and months and yet had the time to make a poster based on the work that he claims he hasn't had the time to get to.   3.\\) If I am going to say something, do you have any advice on what I should say or how I should frame the issue?   I am worried about how this will play out in the future. I no longer need a letter of recommendation from this person for jobs \\(which is why I held my tongue in regards to previous issues I had with him\\), but I do need to finish several publications with him which I really need for my career and to show my current job I wasn't BS'ing about having forthcoming publications.   Thank you for any advice or suggestions!","c_root_id_A":"dzhtm2q","c_root_id_B":"dzhmqa6","created_at_utc_A":1527156699,"created_at_utc_B":1527141830,"score_A":9,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"PIs will use work you did after to left.  As long as you are listed as an author it's fine.  I was listed as co-author on papers published years after I graduated.","human_ref_B":"From your account it seems like the prof decided to take a paid holiday using your work. In my field posters in presentations are where projects go to die after multiple rejections from various journals. Curious what field this is that posters have value to be put in a CV.  Re: pubs, I've heard advice that the way to deal with lethargic supervisors is to force their hand. Work on it yourself until it's ready for submission. Send it to him saying please comment within X period, or you'll assume his silence as consent to submit.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":14869.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"bvemx1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"I am student in a lab, another student is constantly asking me for help and I don't know how I should deal with it I am currently one of a small number of students in a lab doing a research project. Our projects are independent but are very similar with a lot of overlap between them. We are quite a close group and therefore often arrange to go into the lab at similar times and we all help each other out e.g. if someone is going to get reagents they will get enough for all of us, etc. However, there is one student in the group who is constantly asking me for help. I did not mind at first but I have now become this person's default person to ask for help. However the help is not the occasional question such as asking for my general opinion or checking their working out for a calculation but constant questions about nitty gritty details of their experiment to the point where they want me to basically outline what they should do that day.  &#x200B;  To put it kindly, and I know I may get flamed for saying this, this student is clueless. They have very poor English which means they cannot follow what is being discussed in lab meetings with our supervisor and they cannot comprehend what our supervisor wants us to do. They do not seem to understand much, from the general overarching theory behind the projects, to how to perform calculations (which are the same calculations we have been using for weeks now), to how to use a computer (let alone the complex software we need to use to analyze our results). I know this sounds horrible and unkind and I know they cannot help having a language barrier but I am burnt out from all of the extra help I have been giving them. For example, I spend time explaining how to get data off of the computer software and put it onto a USB drive, something that is simple to do, and I mean I really broke it down into baby steps which they wrote down, this week they still had me show them three more times and then when I was out of the lab they asked our other lab mate to save the files to their USB for them... It is just so hopeless. I spend three hours showing them how to use the software which we had been taught a couple of days before by our supervisor but because the supervisor speaks too quickly for them to understand so once again I really broke it down, but the questions they ask just show me that they have no comprehension or understanding of the software or the reasons why we are doing certain steps.   &#x200B;  I am at the point where I need to step back for the sake of my mental health and academic integrity. I know that without my help they would be completely lost but I am at the point where I do not care, they are not earning their degree this way. They do not deserve the degree. However, it is all well me saying that I do not want to help them anymore but they are quite manipulating. We are both, obviously, adults but this student is significantly older than me and I find it hard to say no to them. When they ask me questions I try and deflect and say they should ask our supervisor for help and they say \"no I want to ask you as you are good at this\" or some variation of that. They always want to come in the lab the same time as me so the past few days I have been purposely misleading them saying vague things like \"I might come in the morning\" and then not showing up until noon. However, I did this the other day and they sat at the lab bench from 9am to 11:30am waiting for me. Two and a half hours they sat there and did no work, just waiting for me because they had no clue what they were supposed to be doing. Even at the weekend and evenings they are messaging me and phoning me with questions.   &#x200B;  Our supervisor knows this student struggles with their English and they struggle academically, they know I help this student a lot and am patient with them. I don't feel like I can go to an academic and basically say to her \"hey your student is not fit to be in the lab\". It is just not my place.   &#x200B;  I would really appreciate any advice or suggestions you have on this situation. It is a difficult situation. I know on the surface it seems like I am moaning about helping a fellow student out but it is the magnitude of the amount of help they require and the lack of efficacy of the hours of explaining and extra help I am giving them is having which is the problem.","c_root_id_A":"epp9aw8","c_root_id_B":"eppr95t","created_at_utc_A":1559369490,"created_at_utc_B":1559389392,"score_A":7,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"I third approaching your professor about this.  But I'd also like to suggest a helpful skill which is called greyrock-ing. It's a method of keeping family\/exs etc. from latching onto you again by keeping the information you give them at a minimum and making what answers you do give as boring and bland as possible. This method can be used in exactly this situation as well.   When they ask you how to do something, summarize it in one succinct sentence. When they ask for more elaboration, look at them puzzled as to why but repeat that sentence. Do this one more time, then stare at them blankly until they leave or you get bored and go back to your work. Never engage more than you have to.  If it's something you haven't demonstrated knowledge in before simply say, \"I don't know.\" or \"I'm not familiar enough with it to explain.\" Shrug and move on.   They want your notes? Your handwriting is impossible to read. You write in shorthand. You're not comfortable with sharing them. They're not written in English. They're private. - Have a one sentence response ready for them and stick with just repeating that until they go away.   This actually happens to me a lot with non-English speaking students who want my notes\/writing samples. I take, at most, five minutes out of my day to send them something they ask for providing I feel comfortable sharing it. When I don't, I go to one of the above excuses. It does work, you just have to train yourself not to fall into responding the way most people were socialized to do.","human_ref_B":"Definitely you need to talk to your supervisor\u2014 from your post,  it\u2019s unclear whether helping this person is a lab expectation or whether you\u2019re just being a martyr and having trouble saying no (which is totally understandable).  If you talk to your supervisor and they say \u201cyes, it\u2019s your job to help this student,\u201d then you have a bigger problem to deal with.  If your supervisor says, \u201cyeah, I know they\u2019re struggling, but this isn\u2019t your problem and you should say no\u201d.... well, then it\u2019s just about facing a tough situation, but one that you probably do need to handle on your own as an adult.  In that case, however hard it may be to do it, it\u2019s probably as simple as telling this student that you aren\u2019t always available to help them and the time you\u2019re taking to explain things to them is detracting from your own work.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":19902.0,"score_ratio":1.8571428571}
{"post_id":"bvemx1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"I am student in a lab, another student is constantly asking me for help and I don't know how I should deal with it I am currently one of a small number of students in a lab doing a research project. Our projects are independent but are very similar with a lot of overlap between them. We are quite a close group and therefore often arrange to go into the lab at similar times and we all help each other out e.g. if someone is going to get reagents they will get enough for all of us, etc. However, there is one student in the group who is constantly asking me for help. I did not mind at first but I have now become this person's default person to ask for help. However the help is not the occasional question such as asking for my general opinion or checking their working out for a calculation but constant questions about nitty gritty details of their experiment to the point where they want me to basically outline what they should do that day.  &#x200B;  To put it kindly, and I know I may get flamed for saying this, this student is clueless. They have very poor English which means they cannot follow what is being discussed in lab meetings with our supervisor and they cannot comprehend what our supervisor wants us to do. They do not seem to understand much, from the general overarching theory behind the projects, to how to perform calculations (which are the same calculations we have been using for weeks now), to how to use a computer (let alone the complex software we need to use to analyze our results). I know this sounds horrible and unkind and I know they cannot help having a language barrier but I am burnt out from all of the extra help I have been giving them. For example, I spend time explaining how to get data off of the computer software and put it onto a USB drive, something that is simple to do, and I mean I really broke it down into baby steps which they wrote down, this week they still had me show them three more times and then when I was out of the lab they asked our other lab mate to save the files to their USB for them... It is just so hopeless. I spend three hours showing them how to use the software which we had been taught a couple of days before by our supervisor but because the supervisor speaks too quickly for them to understand so once again I really broke it down, but the questions they ask just show me that they have no comprehension or understanding of the software or the reasons why we are doing certain steps.   &#x200B;  I am at the point where I need to step back for the sake of my mental health and academic integrity. I know that without my help they would be completely lost but I am at the point where I do not care, they are not earning their degree this way. They do not deserve the degree. However, it is all well me saying that I do not want to help them anymore but they are quite manipulating. We are both, obviously, adults but this student is significantly older than me and I find it hard to say no to them. When they ask me questions I try and deflect and say they should ask our supervisor for help and they say \"no I want to ask you as you are good at this\" or some variation of that. They always want to come in the lab the same time as me so the past few days I have been purposely misleading them saying vague things like \"I might come in the morning\" and then not showing up until noon. However, I did this the other day and they sat at the lab bench from 9am to 11:30am waiting for me. Two and a half hours they sat there and did no work, just waiting for me because they had no clue what they were supposed to be doing. Even at the weekend and evenings they are messaging me and phoning me with questions.   &#x200B;  Our supervisor knows this student struggles with their English and they struggle academically, they know I help this student a lot and am patient with them. I don't feel like I can go to an academic and basically say to her \"hey your student is not fit to be in the lab\". It is just not my place.   &#x200B;  I would really appreciate any advice or suggestions you have on this situation. It is a difficult situation. I know on the surface it seems like I am moaning about helping a fellow student out but it is the magnitude of the amount of help they require and the lack of efficacy of the hours of explaining and extra help I am giving them is having which is the problem.","c_root_id_A":"epp9aw8","c_root_id_B":"epps1po","created_at_utc_A":1559369490,"created_at_utc_B":1559390109,"score_A":7,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"I third approaching your professor about this.  But I'd also like to suggest a helpful skill which is called greyrock-ing. It's a method of keeping family\/exs etc. from latching onto you again by keeping the information you give them at a minimum and making what answers you do give as boring and bland as possible. This method can be used in exactly this situation as well.   When they ask you how to do something, summarize it in one succinct sentence. When they ask for more elaboration, look at them puzzled as to why but repeat that sentence. Do this one more time, then stare at them blankly until they leave or you get bored and go back to your work. Never engage more than you have to.  If it's something you haven't demonstrated knowledge in before simply say, \"I don't know.\" or \"I'm not familiar enough with it to explain.\" Shrug and move on.   They want your notes? Your handwriting is impossible to read. You write in shorthand. You're not comfortable with sharing them. They're not written in English. They're private. - Have a one sentence response ready for them and stick with just repeating that until they go away.   This actually happens to me a lot with non-English speaking students who want my notes\/writing samples. I take, at most, five minutes out of my day to send them something they ask for providing I feel comfortable sharing it. When I don't, I go to one of the above excuses. It does work, you just have to train yourself not to fall into responding the way most people were socialized to do.","human_ref_B":"Oh god this sounds like I situation I would get myself into. It\u2019s so easy to think to yourself that saying NO should be sufficient but it\u2019s a lot harder to do with someone who is both in need and struggling and also being a leech like in your case.   What I have found works is telling your supervisor about it will help, but not in an accusatory way, more in a neutral manner like some of the other comments above.  Have a honest chat with this group member and tell them you\u2019re burnt out and can\u2019t help at this level anymore. Tell them to seek classes or professional courses or tutoring idk whatever kind of help they need and tell them \u201cI can\u2019t help continuously, occasionally for a quick 5 minute check yes, more than that, I\u2019m sorry no, please don\u2019t ask me anymore because then I can\u2019t do my own work and I will suffer for it\u201d. Block them if you feel comfortable doing that. On the phone block their number, unfriend them. Whatever is necessary for your wellbeing and have your supervisor talk to them too about how much help is appropriate to ask from others.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":20619.0,"score_ratio":1.5714285714}
{"post_id":"bvemx1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"I am student in a lab, another student is constantly asking me for help and I don't know how I should deal with it I am currently one of a small number of students in a lab doing a research project. Our projects are independent but are very similar with a lot of overlap between them. We are quite a close group and therefore often arrange to go into the lab at similar times and we all help each other out e.g. if someone is going to get reagents they will get enough for all of us, etc. However, there is one student in the group who is constantly asking me for help. I did not mind at first but I have now become this person's default person to ask for help. However the help is not the occasional question such as asking for my general opinion or checking their working out for a calculation but constant questions about nitty gritty details of their experiment to the point where they want me to basically outline what they should do that day.  &#x200B;  To put it kindly, and I know I may get flamed for saying this, this student is clueless. They have very poor English which means they cannot follow what is being discussed in lab meetings with our supervisor and they cannot comprehend what our supervisor wants us to do. They do not seem to understand much, from the general overarching theory behind the projects, to how to perform calculations (which are the same calculations we have been using for weeks now), to how to use a computer (let alone the complex software we need to use to analyze our results). I know this sounds horrible and unkind and I know they cannot help having a language barrier but I am burnt out from all of the extra help I have been giving them. For example, I spend time explaining how to get data off of the computer software and put it onto a USB drive, something that is simple to do, and I mean I really broke it down into baby steps which they wrote down, this week they still had me show them three more times and then when I was out of the lab they asked our other lab mate to save the files to their USB for them... It is just so hopeless. I spend three hours showing them how to use the software which we had been taught a couple of days before by our supervisor but because the supervisor speaks too quickly for them to understand so once again I really broke it down, but the questions they ask just show me that they have no comprehension or understanding of the software or the reasons why we are doing certain steps.   &#x200B;  I am at the point where I need to step back for the sake of my mental health and academic integrity. I know that without my help they would be completely lost but I am at the point where I do not care, they are not earning their degree this way. They do not deserve the degree. However, it is all well me saying that I do not want to help them anymore but they are quite manipulating. We are both, obviously, adults but this student is significantly older than me and I find it hard to say no to them. When they ask me questions I try and deflect and say they should ask our supervisor for help and they say \"no I want to ask you as you are good at this\" or some variation of that. They always want to come in the lab the same time as me so the past few days I have been purposely misleading them saying vague things like \"I might come in the morning\" and then not showing up until noon. However, I did this the other day and they sat at the lab bench from 9am to 11:30am waiting for me. Two and a half hours they sat there and did no work, just waiting for me because they had no clue what they were supposed to be doing. Even at the weekend and evenings they are messaging me and phoning me with questions.   &#x200B;  Our supervisor knows this student struggles with their English and they struggle academically, they know I help this student a lot and am patient with them. I don't feel like I can go to an academic and basically say to her \"hey your student is not fit to be in the lab\". It is just not my place.   &#x200B;  I would really appreciate any advice or suggestions you have on this situation. It is a difficult situation. I know on the surface it seems like I am moaning about helping a fellow student out but it is the magnitude of the amount of help they require and the lack of efficacy of the hours of explaining and extra help I am giving them is having which is the problem.","c_root_id_A":"eppub3a","c_root_id_B":"epp9aw8","created_at_utc_A":1559391948,"created_at_utc_B":1559369490,"score_A":8,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Yes, your advisor would most likely think that you saying \"hey your student is not fit to be in the lab\" is out of the line. However, your advisor will almost certainly appreciate you factually describing how much time and in which ways you have been helping and getting asked to help this student. And will then almost certainly tell you to prioritize your own experiments and all the work that benefits your own PhD, publications and career, and help the student only as much as doesn't get in the way of that. And if they are a competent advisor, they will at least attempt to inform the student - most likely by email, so that there is evidence and the student can put it through Google Translate if needed - about what is and isn't appropriate amount and form of asking for help.  If there are no other people with the same native language who are more able and willing to help, and the student doesn't somehow notably improve, this almost certainly will result in the student getting terminated at the next evaluation point, such as end of semester or year. And rightfully so. It is the school's\/advisor's mistake of admitting someone who doesn't have the minimum language (and likely other) prerequisites.  There was a student in my school whose English was too poor even to understand classes and homework, and who expected more senior students of the same native language to help him all the time. They refused, and informed the professors. The student was given a semester to improve his English, and when he didn't manage to improve it enough, was expelled (or at least suddenly disappeared - I didn't get to actually talk to him, I only talked with one of these more senior students).  There was also a student whose English was just barely enough, and who came from such a poor background that he really didn't know how to use a computer - never had an opportunity to use e.g. MS Office before. The group had a few postdocs of the same native language as that student, and mostly one of them patiently worked with the student to teach him computers, labwork, how to read a paper, etc. But that student was hard-working, intelligent and a quick learner, didn't need such things explained more than twice, and several years later is writing a 1st-author paper and on track to graduate. I think the main differences are initial competences (\"not enough\" vs. \"just about barely enough\"), level of paying attention, taking notes and trying to learn also alone, and sense of entitlement vs. humble gratitude.","human_ref_B":"I third approaching your professor about this.  But I'd also like to suggest a helpful skill which is called greyrock-ing. It's a method of keeping family\/exs etc. from latching onto you again by keeping the information you give them at a minimum and making what answers you do give as boring and bland as possible. This method can be used in exactly this situation as well.   When they ask you how to do something, summarize it in one succinct sentence. When they ask for more elaboration, look at them puzzled as to why but repeat that sentence. Do this one more time, then stare at them blankly until they leave or you get bored and go back to your work. Never engage more than you have to.  If it's something you haven't demonstrated knowledge in before simply say, \"I don't know.\" or \"I'm not familiar enough with it to explain.\" Shrug and move on.   They want your notes? Your handwriting is impossible to read. You write in shorthand. You're not comfortable with sharing them. They're not written in English. They're private. - Have a one sentence response ready for them and stick with just repeating that until they go away.   This actually happens to me a lot with non-English speaking students who want my notes\/writing samples. I take, at most, five minutes out of my day to send them something they ask for providing I feel comfortable sharing it. When I don't, I go to one of the above excuses. It does work, you just have to train yourself not to fall into responding the way most people were socialized to do.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":22458.0,"score_ratio":1.1428571429}
{"post_id":"610wwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What are the legal implications of posting a copy of a recent article or proceedings paper to websites such as Academia.edu or Researchgate? Also, what are your experiences with doing this in the past?","c_root_id_A":"dfaya8s","c_root_id_B":"dfb7i9a","created_at_utc_A":1490273601,"created_at_utc_B":1490285035,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Probably the worst that would happen is a DMCA takedown notice to Academia.","human_ref_B":"Everyone seems terrified of the implications of this, and maybe this is a silly decision, but I post my articles to these places without fear and have never had a problem. I also do think it helps people to find my work, so in spite of problems with Academia.edu I have chosen to leave my stuff up there.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11434.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"610wwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What are the legal implications of posting a copy of a recent article or proceedings paper to websites such as Academia.edu or Researchgate? Also, what are your experiences with doing this in the past?","c_root_id_A":"dfax4tq","c_root_id_B":"dfb7i9a","created_at_utc_A":1490271613,"created_at_utc_B":1490285035,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Different journals have different rules. I believe research gate has some info on which journals allow you to archive in such a manner, as do similar websites.","human_ref_B":"Everyone seems terrified of the implications of this, and maybe this is a silly decision, but I post my articles to these places without fear and have never had a problem. I also do think it helps people to find my work, so in spite of problems with Academia.edu I have chosen to leave my stuff up there.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":13422.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"610wwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What are the legal implications of posting a copy of a recent article or proceedings paper to websites such as Academia.edu or Researchgate? Also, what are your experiences with doing this in the past?","c_root_id_A":"dfaya8s","c_root_id_B":"dfax4tq","created_at_utc_A":1490273601,"created_at_utc_B":1490271613,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Probably the worst that would happen is a DMCA takedown notice to Academia.","human_ref_B":"Different journals have different rules. I believe research gate has some info on which journals allow you to archive in such a manner, as do similar websites.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1988.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"2dyf7i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"How do you go about getting letters of recommendation for a job application when you don't want your current department to know you're considering leaving? A lot of the job postings I'm seeing are asking for 3 letters of recommendation.  Do I go back to mentors and committee members from the department that gave me my degree, even though they don't have much experience with me as a full-time faculty member?","c_root_id_A":"cjuhvtf","c_root_id_B":"cjud3f9","created_at_utc_A":1408453183,"created_at_utc_B":1408431545,"score_A":14,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I'd reach out to the search chair directly and explain that although you're looking, you'd still like to keep the process discreet for the time being. It's possible that they will evaluate your materials in the absence of letters with the expectation that if you make it far enough in the process, you could produce them.","human_ref_B":"From what I understand, you're going to strike a balance. Hit up the folks that know you best from all the institutions you've been employed in.   I would assume you have a good reason for taking a look around at other prospects. Most people do, so that shouldn't be an issue. I've known several people who are doing exactly the same thing, and, as long as you keep it professional, you shouldn't have a problem. You'll want to have a meeting with those people, of course, so that you can sit down and explain the rationale.   Letters are always tertiary, anyway. Focus most of your effort on the stuff you can control.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":21638.0,"score_ratio":4.6666666667}
{"post_id":"qw0kp4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"When did you first start getting peer review requests and how did the frequency progress over the course of your career? For some reason, no one really ever discusses peer review, at least not in my immediate academic circles, so I'm just curious to hear others' experiences.  I got my first peer review requests last year, around the time of my PhD defense. In the first year of my postdoc, I was getting requests maybe once a month on average. Just starting my second year, and I've been getting almost one a week now.","c_root_id_A":"hkzsofy","c_root_id_B":"hkzt88m","created_at_utc_A":1637161262,"created_at_utc_B":1637161503,"score_A":20,"score_B":27,"human_ref_A":"It probably depends on your field. In mine, I did not get my first official peer review request from a journal until my first year as a tenure-track PI. After 5 years I was getting 10\/year. After 10 years as a PI I was getting 20-25 per year. Now I get about 50-100 requests per year, but I only do 20-24. The general guideline is to do about 2-3 reviews for every manuscript you submit.","human_ref_B":"What I noticed that simply publishing didn't get me PR requests - it was once I started receiving regular citations that they started to come in. A trickle to begin, one or two a year perhaps. Then more. Then lots.  That being said, I'd suppose it depends on where one is within their field rather than arbitrary markers in specific departments. An editorial board neither really knows nor cares about things like comps or departmental progress, all they want to know is if the person has specific expertise and can comment with a high degree of mastery on a certain topic. For most people that starts after a PhD, for many it will be in their masters or early PhD. Perhaps a few people would make it into a postdoc without having being asked. All depends on the quality, significance, general reputation of what their important (ie: well-regarded publication in a well-regarded journal) contributions have been. And, as in all things in this world, it's very field dependant, so this is going to vary a bit.  The other thing is that there's a lot of publishing and not nearly enough qualified academics to do PR. This is actually a major crisis, and one of the many reasons why quality of publications have been really falling. Too many publications and not enough adjudicators. It also means the more junior folks are getting press ganged into service earlier. This is both a good and a bad thing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":241.0,"score_ratio":1.35}
{"post_id":"qw0kp4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"When did you first start getting peer review requests and how did the frequency progress over the course of your career? For some reason, no one really ever discusses peer review, at least not in my immediate academic circles, so I'm just curious to hear others' experiences.  I got my first peer review requests last year, around the time of my PhD defense. In the first year of my postdoc, I was getting requests maybe once a month on average. Just starting my second year, and I've been getting almost one a week now.","c_root_id_A":"hkzrpme","c_root_id_B":"hkzt88m","created_at_utc_A":1637160838,"created_at_utc_B":1637161503,"score_A":6,"score_B":27,"human_ref_A":"I started getting them after I published, from that journal specifically.","human_ref_B":"What I noticed that simply publishing didn't get me PR requests - it was once I started receiving regular citations that they started to come in. A trickle to begin, one or two a year perhaps. Then more. Then lots.  That being said, I'd suppose it depends on where one is within their field rather than arbitrary markers in specific departments. An editorial board neither really knows nor cares about things like comps or departmental progress, all they want to know is if the person has specific expertise and can comment with a high degree of mastery on a certain topic. For most people that starts after a PhD, for many it will be in their masters or early PhD. Perhaps a few people would make it into a postdoc without having being asked. All depends on the quality, significance, general reputation of what their important (ie: well-regarded publication in a well-regarded journal) contributions have been. And, as in all things in this world, it's very field dependant, so this is going to vary a bit.  The other thing is that there's a lot of publishing and not nearly enough qualified academics to do PR. This is actually a major crisis, and one of the many reasons why quality of publications have been really falling. Too many publications and not enough adjudicators. It also means the more junior folks are getting press ganged into service earlier. This is both a good and a bad thing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":665.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"qw0kp4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"When did you first start getting peer review requests and how did the frequency progress over the course of your career? For some reason, no one really ever discusses peer review, at least not in my immediate academic circles, so I'm just curious to hear others' experiences.  I got my first peer review requests last year, around the time of my PhD defense. In the first year of my postdoc, I was getting requests maybe once a month on average. Just starting my second year, and I've been getting almost one a week now.","c_root_id_A":"hkzrpme","c_root_id_B":"hkzsofy","created_at_utc_A":1637160838,"created_at_utc_B":1637161262,"score_A":6,"score_B":20,"human_ref_A":"I started getting them after I published, from that journal specifically.","human_ref_B":"It probably depends on your field. In mine, I did not get my first official peer review request from a journal until my first year as a tenure-track PI. After 5 years I was getting 10\/year. After 10 years as a PI I was getting 20-25 per year. Now I get about 50-100 requests per year, but I only do 20-24. The general guideline is to do about 2-3 reviews for every manuscript you submit.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":424.0,"score_ratio":3.3333333333}
{"post_id":"qw0kp4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"When did you first start getting peer review requests and how did the frequency progress over the course of your career? For some reason, no one really ever discusses peer review, at least not in my immediate academic circles, so I'm just curious to hear others' experiences.  I got my first peer review requests last year, around the time of my PhD defense. In the first year of my postdoc, I was getting requests maybe once a month on average. Just starting my second year, and I've been getting almost one a week now.","c_root_id_A":"hkzvycr","c_root_id_B":"hkzvpis","created_at_utc_A":1637162651,"created_at_utc_B":1637162549,"score_A":13,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"These requests increase dramatically when you publish and the more you publish the more requests you will get.","human_ref_B":"If you are still a student and you are getting too many, you should turn them down. One or two per month is manageable but any more than that may be too much especially if it gets in the way of getting what you want: a job.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":102.0,"score_ratio":1.1818181818}
{"post_id":"qw0kp4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"When did you first start getting peer review requests and how did the frequency progress over the course of your career? For some reason, no one really ever discusses peer review, at least not in my immediate academic circles, so I'm just curious to hear others' experiences.  I got my first peer review requests last year, around the time of my PhD defense. In the first year of my postdoc, I was getting requests maybe once a month on average. Just starting my second year, and I've been getting almost one a week now.","c_root_id_A":"hkzvycr","c_root_id_B":"hkzrpme","created_at_utc_A":1637162651,"created_at_utc_B":1637160838,"score_A":13,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"These requests increase dramatically when you publish and the more you publish the more requests you will get.","human_ref_B":"I started getting them after I published, from that journal specifically.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1813.0,"score_ratio":2.1666666667}
{"post_id":"qw0kp4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"When did you first start getting peer review requests and how did the frequency progress over the course of your career? For some reason, no one really ever discusses peer review, at least not in my immediate academic circles, so I'm just curious to hear others' experiences.  I got my first peer review requests last year, around the time of my PhD defense. In the first year of my postdoc, I was getting requests maybe once a month on average. Just starting my second year, and I've been getting almost one a week now.","c_root_id_A":"hkzrpme","c_root_id_B":"hkzvpis","created_at_utc_A":1637160838,"created_at_utc_B":1637162549,"score_A":6,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"I started getting them after I published, from that journal specifically.","human_ref_B":"If you are still a student and you are getting too many, you should turn them down. One or two per month is manageable but any more than that may be too much especially if it gets in the way of getting what you want: a job.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1711.0,"score_ratio":1.8333333333}
{"post_id":"qw0kp4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"When did you first start getting peer review requests and how did the frequency progress over the course of your career? For some reason, no one really ever discusses peer review, at least not in my immediate academic circles, so I'm just curious to hear others' experiences.  I got my first peer review requests last year, around the time of my PhD defense. In the first year of my postdoc, I was getting requests maybe once a month on average. Just starting my second year, and I've been getting almost one a week now.","c_root_id_A":"hkzrpme","c_root_id_B":"hl0crrm","created_at_utc_A":1637160838,"created_at_utc_B":1637169358,"score_A":6,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I started getting them after I published, from that journal specifically.","human_ref_B":"I did some co-reviewing with my Ph.D. supervisor early on in my Ph.D.; after that, he started occasionally suggesting me as a reviewer on requests he turned down. Was a trickle at first; now I'm in the second year of my postdoc and get 3-4 requests a month. Some of it has little to do with my expertise; I'd say only about a quarter or so really are exactly in my area.   I try to do about 1-2 reviews each month while prioritising reviewing for diamond open access journals (or other journals I find worth supporting) and submissions by researchers from the global south.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8520.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"qw0kp4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"When did you first start getting peer review requests and how did the frequency progress over the course of your career? For some reason, no one really ever discusses peer review, at least not in my immediate academic circles, so I'm just curious to hear others' experiences.  I got my first peer review requests last year, around the time of my PhD defense. In the first year of my postdoc, I was getting requests maybe once a month on average. Just starting my second year, and I've been getting almost one a week now.","c_root_id_A":"hl0crrm","c_root_id_B":"hl04plx","created_at_utc_A":1637169358,"created_at_utc_B":1637166190,"score_A":8,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I did some co-reviewing with my Ph.D. supervisor early on in my Ph.D.; after that, he started occasionally suggesting me as a reviewer on requests he turned down. Was a trickle at first; now I'm in the second year of my postdoc and get 3-4 requests a month. Some of it has little to do with my expertise; I'd say only about a quarter or so really are exactly in my area.   I try to do about 1-2 reviews each month while prioritising reviewing for diamond open access journals (or other journals I find worth supporting) and submissions by researchers from the global south.","human_ref_B":"I got my first one in my final PhD year.  I would get a few a year as a postdoc.  I still get about one every two months.  I don't reject a lot of them, I figure senior people like I am should try to pick up the slack so younger people can concentrate on other stuff.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3168.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"qw0kp4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"When did you first start getting peer review requests and how did the frequency progress over the course of your career? For some reason, no one really ever discusses peer review, at least not in my immediate academic circles, so I'm just curious to hear others' experiences.  I got my first peer review requests last year, around the time of my PhD defense. In the first year of my postdoc, I was getting requests maybe once a month on average. Just starting my second year, and I've been getting almost one a week now.","c_root_id_A":"hl16wiq","c_root_id_B":"hl0y058","created_at_utc_A":1637181202,"created_at_utc_B":1637177665,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"It depends on the field. In one of my fields, as long as you are in the submission system of a journal or conference, you are in the list of reviewers and it usually does not take long to get a review request. So, basically I started being a reviewer at the beginning of my PhD.   You do not have to accept every request. Sometimes I do because I am intrigued by the paper. but most of the time it is because I am interested. You learn a lot while reviewing. It is a pain at the beginning but it gets easier over time, like for writing papers. You learn new results before they get published (while you are not allowed to use them before that, you can still think about them), you learn to see how papers can be improved, and you develop a critical eye on results\/approaches\/theories. All of that is useful for your future research and for writing your next papers.  I used to review a lot for many different journals and conferences. Now, I am only accepting requests in journals where I am publishing in or where I am intending to publish in. The number of review requests have exploded over the recent years due to the proliferation of predatory journals. I do not have time for that and the quality of the papers is very often not worth the time I will spend of them.","human_ref_B":"I've never had requests with that frequency. I get a gentle trickle throughout the year, mainly from one journal where I know one of the sub-editors and he sends me anything vaguely connected to my field of expertise.  Last year I did the Elsevier peer review online course, which I found very useful. Just mentioning that because peer review was just something I fell into unprepared a few years ago, so having some sort of training was necessary.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3537.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"qw0kp4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"When did you first start getting peer review requests and how did the frequency progress over the course of your career? For some reason, no one really ever discusses peer review, at least not in my immediate academic circles, so I'm just curious to hear others' experiences.  I got my first peer review requests last year, around the time of my PhD defense. In the first year of my postdoc, I was getting requests maybe once a month on average. Just starting my second year, and I've been getting almost one a week now.","c_root_id_A":"hl1179x","c_root_id_B":"hl16wiq","created_at_utc_A":1637178929,"created_at_utc_B":1637181202,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019ve consistently gotten a few per year since publishing in a very specific field. I only have a formal Bachelor\u2019s, although I\u2019d like to pursue a PhD, in the very unlikely circumstance that external complicating factors resolve.","human_ref_B":"It depends on the field. In one of my fields, as long as you are in the submission system of a journal or conference, you are in the list of reviewers and it usually does not take long to get a review request. So, basically I started being a reviewer at the beginning of my PhD.   You do not have to accept every request. Sometimes I do because I am intrigued by the paper. but most of the time it is because I am interested. You learn a lot while reviewing. It is a pain at the beginning but it gets easier over time, like for writing papers. You learn new results before they get published (while you are not allowed to use them before that, you can still think about them), you learn to see how papers can be improved, and you develop a critical eye on results\/approaches\/theories. All of that is useful for your future research and for writing your next papers.  I used to review a lot for many different journals and conferences. Now, I am only accepting requests in journals where I am publishing in or where I am intending to publish in. The number of review requests have exploded over the recent years due to the proliferation of predatory journals. I do not have time for that and the quality of the papers is very often not worth the time I will spend of them.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2273.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"qw0kp4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"When did you first start getting peer review requests and how did the frequency progress over the course of your career? For some reason, no one really ever discusses peer review, at least not in my immediate academic circles, so I'm just curious to hear others' experiences.  I got my first peer review requests last year, around the time of my PhD defense. In the first year of my postdoc, I was getting requests maybe once a month on average. Just starting my second year, and I've been getting almost one a week now.","c_root_id_A":"hl16hgr","c_root_id_B":"hl16wiq","created_at_utc_A":1637181036,"created_at_utc_B":1637181202,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"2nd year of my phd! get a request every few months. fifth year currently.","human_ref_B":"It depends on the field. In one of my fields, as long as you are in the submission system of a journal or conference, you are in the list of reviewers and it usually does not take long to get a review request. So, basically I started being a reviewer at the beginning of my PhD.   You do not have to accept every request. Sometimes I do because I am intrigued by the paper. but most of the time it is because I am interested. You learn a lot while reviewing. It is a pain at the beginning but it gets easier over time, like for writing papers. You learn new results before they get published (while you are not allowed to use them before that, you can still think about them), you learn to see how papers can be improved, and you develop a critical eye on results\/approaches\/theories. All of that is useful for your future research and for writing your next papers.  I used to review a lot for many different journals and conferences. Now, I am only accepting requests in journals where I am publishing in or where I am intending to publish in. The number of review requests have exploded over the recent years due to the proliferation of predatory journals. I do not have time for that and the quality of the papers is very often not worth the time I will spend of them.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":166.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"ygu27z","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"[US][PhD][Stat]What to expect in academic job? Thanks for answering. I was asking this because I would be finishing my PhD soon and I am contemplating future career paths. I want to go in an academic position (My PhD is in theoretical Statistics) but there are some causes for concern and confusion.      I like     a. Thinking thoroughly about a problem.     b. Reading related literature.     c. Discussing the problem with knowledgeable people.     d. Finding interesting research problem and their effects in society.     e. Serving some administrative roles.     f. Collaboration with people from different disciplines     I am neutral towards     a. Teaching. I have extensive instructor experience. I don\u2019t particularly like teaching. I don\u2019t hate it.     b. Mentoring. I like collaborating more. My mentoring experience is arguably limited.     c. Making money. More doesn\u2019t hurt, but I am not dying for it.     d. Not doing research. I want to do research, but most people don\u2019t do research and make good money. I am perfectly content with a traditional job.     I hate     a. Publication pressure. Good research takes time and effort. I don\u2019t work well under pressure.     b. Grant demands. It is not as bad in statistics, but I want to be researcher for working on interesting problems. Grant writing shouldn\u2019t be my main focus.     c. Unpaid labour. If I am not paid in summer, I am not working for the uni in summer. No meetings, no administrative roles, not a single thing. My students can go do internships, I don\u2019t care.     d. Research trends. I am against towards jumping for any hot buzzword. Pivoting research fields to something else takes years. Research is not fast fashion     e. Deceit. Selling something for what it is not to garner interest\/citation\/research funds has become all too common in recent years. I understand why people do it, but I don\u2019t like it.  TL;DR.  I want to do research, preferably \u201cmyself\u201d (not primarily via mentoring). If an academic job does not grant that, and expects me to teach\/mentor\/write grants\/fill administrative duties, with time for research being something I am fighting for constantly, I don\u2019t want it.  Considering all of this, what do you recommend for me? Should I go to academics? Is it not for me?","c_root_id_A":"iuamlu1","c_root_id_B":"iuahuy3","created_at_utc_A":1667078578,"created_at_utc_B":1667076533,"score_A":53,"score_B":40,"human_ref_A":"You've done a PhD. You've been around academics, including your supervisor(s). Has a single one had a job that reflects your wants and misses your hates? Your own experience should tell you this is wildly unrealistic, and that the academic career path is not for you.","human_ref_B":"IMO, the things you hate are going to make your life miserable in academia. There's really no avoiding most of them.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2045.0,"score_ratio":1.325}
{"post_id":"ygu27z","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"[US][PhD][Stat]What to expect in academic job? Thanks for answering. I was asking this because I would be finishing my PhD soon and I am contemplating future career paths. I want to go in an academic position (My PhD is in theoretical Statistics) but there are some causes for concern and confusion.      I like     a. Thinking thoroughly about a problem.     b. Reading related literature.     c. Discussing the problem with knowledgeable people.     d. Finding interesting research problem and their effects in society.     e. Serving some administrative roles.     f. Collaboration with people from different disciplines     I am neutral towards     a. Teaching. I have extensive instructor experience. I don\u2019t particularly like teaching. I don\u2019t hate it.     b. Mentoring. I like collaborating more. My mentoring experience is arguably limited.     c. Making money. More doesn\u2019t hurt, but I am not dying for it.     d. Not doing research. I want to do research, but most people don\u2019t do research and make good money. I am perfectly content with a traditional job.     I hate     a. Publication pressure. Good research takes time and effort. I don\u2019t work well under pressure.     b. Grant demands. It is not as bad in statistics, but I want to be researcher for working on interesting problems. Grant writing shouldn\u2019t be my main focus.     c. Unpaid labour. If I am not paid in summer, I am not working for the uni in summer. No meetings, no administrative roles, not a single thing. My students can go do internships, I don\u2019t care.     d. Research trends. I am against towards jumping for any hot buzzword. Pivoting research fields to something else takes years. Research is not fast fashion     e. Deceit. Selling something for what it is not to garner interest\/citation\/research funds has become all too common in recent years. I understand why people do it, but I don\u2019t like it.  TL;DR.  I want to do research, preferably \u201cmyself\u201d (not primarily via mentoring). If an academic job does not grant that, and expects me to teach\/mentor\/write grants\/fill administrative duties, with time for research being something I am fighting for constantly, I don\u2019t want it.  Considering all of this, what do you recommend for me? Should I go to academics? Is it not for me?","c_root_id_A":"iuaiwbu","c_root_id_B":"iuamlu1","created_at_utc_A":1667076968,"created_at_utc_B":1667078578,"score_A":17,"score_B":53,"human_ref_A":"You should run as far away from academia as you can.  Select literally the furthest thing you can conceptualize from academia, and pursue that instead, with vigor.","human_ref_B":"You've done a PhD. You've been around academics, including your supervisor(s). Has a single one had a job that reflects your wants and misses your hates? Your own experience should tell you this is wildly unrealistic, and that the academic career path is not for you.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1610.0,"score_ratio":3.1176470588}
{"post_id":"ygu27z","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"[US][PhD][Stat]What to expect in academic job? Thanks for answering. I was asking this because I would be finishing my PhD soon and I am contemplating future career paths. I want to go in an academic position (My PhD is in theoretical Statistics) but there are some causes for concern and confusion.      I like     a. Thinking thoroughly about a problem.     b. Reading related literature.     c. Discussing the problem with knowledgeable people.     d. Finding interesting research problem and their effects in society.     e. Serving some administrative roles.     f. Collaboration with people from different disciplines     I am neutral towards     a. Teaching. I have extensive instructor experience. I don\u2019t particularly like teaching. I don\u2019t hate it.     b. Mentoring. I like collaborating more. My mentoring experience is arguably limited.     c. Making money. More doesn\u2019t hurt, but I am not dying for it.     d. Not doing research. I want to do research, but most people don\u2019t do research and make good money. I am perfectly content with a traditional job.     I hate     a. Publication pressure. Good research takes time and effort. I don\u2019t work well under pressure.     b. Grant demands. It is not as bad in statistics, but I want to be researcher for working on interesting problems. Grant writing shouldn\u2019t be my main focus.     c. Unpaid labour. If I am not paid in summer, I am not working for the uni in summer. No meetings, no administrative roles, not a single thing. My students can go do internships, I don\u2019t care.     d. Research trends. I am against towards jumping for any hot buzzword. Pivoting research fields to something else takes years. Research is not fast fashion     e. Deceit. Selling something for what it is not to garner interest\/citation\/research funds has become all too common in recent years. I understand why people do it, but I don\u2019t like it.  TL;DR.  I want to do research, preferably \u201cmyself\u201d (not primarily via mentoring). If an academic job does not grant that, and expects me to teach\/mentor\/write grants\/fill administrative duties, with time for research being something I am fighting for constantly, I don\u2019t want it.  Considering all of this, what do you recommend for me? Should I go to academics? Is it not for me?","c_root_id_A":"iuaiwbu","c_root_id_B":"iuarpzl","created_at_utc_A":1667076968,"created_at_utc_B":1667080889,"score_A":17,"score_B":35,"human_ref_A":"You should run as far away from academia as you can.  Select literally the furthest thing you can conceptualize from academia, and pursue that instead, with vigor.","human_ref_B":"Just out of curiosity, have you talked to your chair or advisor about this?  It sounds like you are interested in being a research scientist and not a faculty member.   If you are willing to pivot to applied statistics, there are a ton of research centers you could look at. I work in the social sciences and we employ statisticians.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3921.0,"score_ratio":2.0588235294}
{"post_id":"ygu27z","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"[US][PhD][Stat]What to expect in academic job? Thanks for answering. I was asking this because I would be finishing my PhD soon and I am contemplating future career paths. I want to go in an academic position (My PhD is in theoretical Statistics) but there are some causes for concern and confusion.      I like     a. Thinking thoroughly about a problem.     b. Reading related literature.     c. Discussing the problem with knowledgeable people.     d. Finding interesting research problem and their effects in society.     e. Serving some administrative roles.     f. Collaboration with people from different disciplines     I am neutral towards     a. Teaching. I have extensive instructor experience. I don\u2019t particularly like teaching. I don\u2019t hate it.     b. Mentoring. I like collaborating more. My mentoring experience is arguably limited.     c. Making money. More doesn\u2019t hurt, but I am not dying for it.     d. Not doing research. I want to do research, but most people don\u2019t do research and make good money. I am perfectly content with a traditional job.     I hate     a. Publication pressure. Good research takes time and effort. I don\u2019t work well under pressure.     b. Grant demands. It is not as bad in statistics, but I want to be researcher for working on interesting problems. Grant writing shouldn\u2019t be my main focus.     c. Unpaid labour. If I am not paid in summer, I am not working for the uni in summer. No meetings, no administrative roles, not a single thing. My students can go do internships, I don\u2019t care.     d. Research trends. I am against towards jumping for any hot buzzword. Pivoting research fields to something else takes years. Research is not fast fashion     e. Deceit. Selling something for what it is not to garner interest\/citation\/research funds has become all too common in recent years. I understand why people do it, but I don\u2019t like it.  TL;DR.  I want to do research, preferably \u201cmyself\u201d (not primarily via mentoring). If an academic job does not grant that, and expects me to teach\/mentor\/write grants\/fill administrative duties, with time for research being something I am fighting for constantly, I don\u2019t want it.  Considering all of this, what do you recommend for me? Should I go to academics? Is it not for me?","c_root_id_A":"iub1wtv","c_root_id_B":"iubuwtv","created_at_utc_A":1667085657,"created_at_utc_B":1667100182,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Have you considered more applied statistics? Things like the Institute of Disease Modelling might appeal: they're a research institute (of sorts), with opportunity to publish but less demand to do so than in a standard academic job. There is still time pressure, though - realistically any research job is going to require you to produce outputs to deadlines, academic or otherwise.","human_ref_B":"You should probably admit to yourself that academia is not a good path for you. You can have some of what you want in industry but if you're going to dismiss teaching, mentoring, publishing, and grant writing literally no one is going to want you on faculty and if somehow you DO manage to land an assistant professor job your current work ethic will guarantee that you do not receive tenure and you'll be asked to move on. You might make it in academic but it won't be at a well known or well regarded research institution. Since you are uninterested in grant writing, though, you will always be at the mercy of having to work on problems others manage to get money for. You won't get to work on the problems \\*you \\* think are interesting unless it's a coincidence","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14525.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"tktnb9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you handle the perishability of your institutions email address on academic publications? So surely not a new issue, but what do you do about the fact that, after you've left your current post, the email address indicated on any and all publication you worked on becomes interwebs garbage leading enquiries to the great void of lost bits and bytes? Do you use a permanent, private address or the professional one to be left as is?","c_root_id_A":"i1sm50i","c_root_id_B":"i1sm4ce","created_at_utc_A":1648043457,"created_at_utc_B":1648043450,"score_A":149,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"You don't, people know that they shouldn't rely on old papers for current contact information.","human_ref_B":"My emails are eternal. Did IT tell you it would be deleted? My undergrad and grad school emails are hosted thru Gmail may make a difference","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7.0,"score_ratio":13.5454545455}
{"post_id":"tktnb9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you handle the perishability of your institutions email address on academic publications? So surely not a new issue, but what do you do about the fact that, after you've left your current post, the email address indicated on any and all publication you worked on becomes interwebs garbage leading enquiries to the great void of lost bits and bytes? Do you use a permanent, private address or the professional one to be left as is?","c_root_id_A":"i1sntc8","c_root_id_B":"i1soxu0","created_at_utc_A":1648044171,"created_at_utc_B":1648044646,"score_A":53,"score_B":77,"human_ref_A":"There are some institutions that allow their alumni to keep on using their email address.  The best way to solve is to get a personal domain with a professional email address. I am so lucky to own surname.com, so my professional email is [given\\_name@surname.com](mailto:given_name@surname.com). My supervisor has a very common surname, so his domain name relates to his research field.  Also, use Orcid if possible. The service is literally made to track people through name and institution changes.","human_ref_B":"I just assume people will google me and find my new email address.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":475.0,"score_ratio":1.4528301887}
{"post_id":"tktnb9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you handle the perishability of your institutions email address on academic publications? So surely not a new issue, but what do you do about the fact that, after you've left your current post, the email address indicated on any and all publication you worked on becomes interwebs garbage leading enquiries to the great void of lost bits and bytes? Do you use a permanent, private address or the professional one to be left as is?","c_root_id_A":"i1sm4ce","c_root_id_B":"i1soxu0","created_at_utc_A":1648043450,"created_at_utc_B":1648044646,"score_A":11,"score_B":77,"human_ref_A":"My emails are eternal. Did IT tell you it would be deleted? My undergrad and grad school emails are hosted thru Gmail may make a difference","human_ref_B":"I just assume people will google me and find my new email address.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1196.0,"score_ratio":7.0}
{"post_id":"tktnb9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you handle the perishability of your institutions email address on academic publications? So surely not a new issue, but what do you do about the fact that, after you've left your current post, the email address indicated on any and all publication you worked on becomes interwebs garbage leading enquiries to the great void of lost bits and bytes? Do you use a permanent, private address or the professional one to be left as is?","c_root_id_A":"i1soxu0","c_root_id_B":"i1sntv3","created_at_utc_A":1648044646,"created_at_utc_B":1648044177,"score_A":77,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I just assume people will google me and find my new email address.","human_ref_B":"I use a gmail address rather than my institutional address for this reason. Never had any trouble from doing so.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":469.0,"score_ratio":19.25}
{"post_id":"tktnb9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you handle the perishability of your institutions email address on academic publications? So surely not a new issue, but what do you do about the fact that, after you've left your current post, the email address indicated on any and all publication you worked on becomes interwebs garbage leading enquiries to the great void of lost bits and bytes? Do you use a permanent, private address or the professional one to be left as is?","c_root_id_A":"i1sntc8","c_root_id_B":"i1sm4ce","created_at_utc_A":1648044171,"created_at_utc_B":1648043450,"score_A":53,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"There are some institutions that allow their alumni to keep on using their email address.  The best way to solve is to get a personal domain with a professional email address. I am so lucky to own surname.com, so my professional email is [given\\_name@surname.com](mailto:given_name@surname.com). My supervisor has a very common surname, so his domain name relates to his research field.  Also, use Orcid if possible. The service is literally made to track people through name and institution changes.","human_ref_B":"My emails are eternal. Did IT tell you it would be deleted? My undergrad and grad school emails are hosted thru Gmail may make a difference","labels":1,"seconds_difference":721.0,"score_ratio":4.8181818182}
{"post_id":"tktnb9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you handle the perishability of your institutions email address on academic publications? So surely not a new issue, but what do you do about the fact that, after you've left your current post, the email address indicated on any and all publication you worked on becomes interwebs garbage leading enquiries to the great void of lost bits and bytes? Do you use a permanent, private address or the professional one to be left as is?","c_root_id_A":"i1tccq8","c_root_id_B":"i1t1fpb","created_at_utc_A":1648053673,"created_at_utc_B":1648049574,"score_A":37,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"You should be using ORCID. ORCID gives you an ID that spans institutions and name-changes.  Should either change, people can use your ORCID to find your most up-to-date information and contact you.","human_ref_B":"I have contacted many researchers over LinkedIn, so keeping your socials up to date would be one option.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4099.0,"score_ratio":3.3636363636}
{"post_id":"tktnb9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you handle the perishability of your institutions email address on academic publications? So surely not a new issue, but what do you do about the fact that, after you've left your current post, the email address indicated on any and all publication you worked on becomes interwebs garbage leading enquiries to the great void of lost bits and bytes? Do you use a permanent, private address or the professional one to be left as is?","c_root_id_A":"i1tccq8","c_root_id_B":"i1sm4ce","created_at_utc_A":1648053673,"created_at_utc_B":1648043450,"score_A":37,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"You should be using ORCID. ORCID gives you an ID that spans institutions and name-changes.  Should either change, people can use your ORCID to find your most up-to-date information and contact you.","human_ref_B":"My emails are eternal. Did IT tell you it would be deleted? My undergrad and grad school emails are hosted thru Gmail may make a difference","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10223.0,"score_ratio":3.3636363636}
{"post_id":"tktnb9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you handle the perishability of your institutions email address on academic publications? So surely not a new issue, but what do you do about the fact that, after you've left your current post, the email address indicated on any and all publication you worked on becomes interwebs garbage leading enquiries to the great void of lost bits and bytes? Do you use a permanent, private address or the professional one to be left as is?","c_root_id_A":"i1t6hsr","c_root_id_B":"i1tccq8","created_at_utc_A":1648051498,"created_at_utc_B":1648053673,"score_A":8,"score_B":37,"human_ref_A":"I setup a professional\/personal gmail that I use for all papers & publications to avoid this issue.      This is in part because my institution uses outlook, which I hate with a fiery passion... so I don't even really use my institution email.","human_ref_B":"You should be using ORCID. ORCID gives you an ID that spans institutions and name-changes.  Should either change, people can use your ORCID to find your most up-to-date information and contact you.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2175.0,"score_ratio":4.625}
{"post_id":"tktnb9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you handle the perishability of your institutions email address on academic publications? So surely not a new issue, but what do you do about the fact that, after you've left your current post, the email address indicated on any and all publication you worked on becomes interwebs garbage leading enquiries to the great void of lost bits and bytes? Do you use a permanent, private address or the professional one to be left as is?","c_root_id_A":"i1t4kxa","c_root_id_B":"i1tccq8","created_at_utc_A":1648050774,"created_at_utc_B":1648053673,"score_A":7,"score_B":37,"human_ref_A":"I still have my undergrad email (gmail) from 2013 from my alma mater in India. I think things are changing and people are starting to recognize that even student email addresses are extremely important no matter how long it has been since the student graduated.  Orcid is the only other dependable option.","human_ref_B":"You should be using ORCID. ORCID gives you an ID that spans institutions and name-changes.  Should either change, people can use your ORCID to find your most up-to-date information and contact you.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2899.0,"score_ratio":5.2857142857}
{"post_id":"tktnb9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you handle the perishability of your institutions email address on academic publications? So surely not a new issue, but what do you do about the fact that, after you've left your current post, the email address indicated on any and all publication you worked on becomes interwebs garbage leading enquiries to the great void of lost bits and bytes? Do you use a permanent, private address or the professional one to be left as is?","c_root_id_A":"i1sntv3","c_root_id_B":"i1tccq8","created_at_utc_A":1648044177,"created_at_utc_B":1648053673,"score_A":4,"score_B":37,"human_ref_A":"I use a gmail address rather than my institutional address for this reason. Never had any trouble from doing so.","human_ref_B":"You should be using ORCID. ORCID gives you an ID that spans institutions and name-changes.  Should either change, people can use your ORCID to find your most up-to-date information and contact you.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9496.0,"score_ratio":9.25}
{"post_id":"tktnb9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you handle the perishability of your institutions email address on academic publications? So surely not a new issue, but what do you do about the fact that, after you've left your current post, the email address indicated on any and all publication you worked on becomes interwebs garbage leading enquiries to the great void of lost bits and bytes? Do you use a permanent, private address or the professional one to be left as is?","c_root_id_A":"i1tccq8","c_root_id_B":"i1t6yrx","created_at_utc_A":1648053673,"created_at_utc_B":1648051675,"score_A":37,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"You should be using ORCID. ORCID gives you an ID that spans institutions and name-changes.  Should either change, people can use your ORCID to find your most up-to-date information and contact you.","human_ref_B":"I use a personal (professional looking) email.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1998.0,"score_ratio":18.5}
{"post_id":"tktnb9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you handle the perishability of your institutions email address on academic publications? So surely not a new issue, but what do you do about the fact that, after you've left your current post, the email address indicated on any and all publication you worked on becomes interwebs garbage leading enquiries to the great void of lost bits and bytes? Do you use a permanent, private address or the professional one to be left as is?","c_root_id_A":"i1sntv3","c_root_id_B":"i1t1fpb","created_at_utc_A":1648044177,"created_at_utc_B":1648049574,"score_A":4,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"I use a gmail address rather than my institutional address for this reason. Never had any trouble from doing so.","human_ref_B":"I have contacted many researchers over LinkedIn, so keeping your socials up to date would be one option.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5397.0,"score_ratio":2.75}
{"post_id":"tktnb9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you handle the perishability of your institutions email address on academic publications? So surely not a new issue, but what do you do about the fact that, after you've left your current post, the email address indicated on any and all publication you worked on becomes interwebs garbage leading enquiries to the great void of lost bits and bytes? Do you use a permanent, private address or the professional one to be left as is?","c_root_id_A":"i1t6hsr","c_root_id_B":"i1t4kxa","created_at_utc_A":1648051498,"created_at_utc_B":1648050774,"score_A":8,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I setup a professional\/personal gmail that I use for all papers & publications to avoid this issue.      This is in part because my institution uses outlook, which I hate with a fiery passion... so I don't even really use my institution email.","human_ref_B":"I still have my undergrad email (gmail) from 2013 from my alma mater in India. I think things are changing and people are starting to recognize that even student email addresses are extremely important no matter how long it has been since the student graduated.  Orcid is the only other dependable option.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":724.0,"score_ratio":1.1428571429}
{"post_id":"tktnb9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you handle the perishability of your institutions email address on academic publications? So surely not a new issue, but what do you do about the fact that, after you've left your current post, the email address indicated on any and all publication you worked on becomes interwebs garbage leading enquiries to the great void of lost bits and bytes? Do you use a permanent, private address or the professional one to be left as is?","c_root_id_A":"i1sntv3","c_root_id_B":"i1t6hsr","created_at_utc_A":1648044177,"created_at_utc_B":1648051498,"score_A":4,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I use a gmail address rather than my institutional address for this reason. Never had any trouble from doing so.","human_ref_B":"I setup a professional\/personal gmail that I use for all papers & publications to avoid this issue.      This is in part because my institution uses outlook, which I hate with a fiery passion... so I don't even really use my institution email.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7321.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"tktnb9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How do you handle the perishability of your institutions email address on academic publications? So surely not a new issue, but what do you do about the fact that, after you've left your current post, the email address indicated on any and all publication you worked on becomes interwebs garbage leading enquiries to the great void of lost bits and bytes? Do you use a permanent, private address or the professional one to be left as is?","c_root_id_A":"i1sntv3","c_root_id_B":"i1t4kxa","created_at_utc_A":1648044177,"created_at_utc_B":1648050774,"score_A":4,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I use a gmail address rather than my institutional address for this reason. Never had any trouble from doing so.","human_ref_B":"I still have my undergrad email (gmail) from 2013 from my alma mater in India. I think things are changing and people are starting to recognize that even student email addresses are extremely important no matter how long it has been since the student graduated.  Orcid is the only other dependable option.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6597.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"zo87m3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"future in academia This is my very first reddit post, and I don't fully know what I am expecting out of this. Hopefully this is the right place. Overall, I'm in a position where I am conflicted, and torn on how to proceed in academia. I think mostly, I am looking for some advise from other academics who have had similar experiences, or who have any insight in what I can do.    I have been at the same institution for almost 10 years now. I was an undergrad student, research assistant, grad student, adjunct, substitute lecturer, instructor, assistant professor, director of a lab, and director of the undergraduate program for 2 years. I was able to do all this within a 6 year time frame. Recently, I have been out on parental leave. I have worked extremely hard to climb the academic ladder, and I feel pretty content with how successful I have been.   Here is where the real fun comes in. My chair, has to be one of the most toxic individuals one could meet. To give context with my leave alone, I told her 5 months in advance I was going to use my parental leave (contractual right). Her response \"You are a father you should not be taking leave\", \"your wife isn't working, so she can take care of the baby\", \"this is unfair to the program and you should not be asking for leave\". To top things off, my wife was a high risk pregnancy (2 prior miscarriages) and my mom had stage 4 lung cancer. My mom ended up passing on Aug 14th of this year. From diagnosis to her passing, it was 5 months. To say this took a toll on me is an understatement. Meanwhile, the chair knew everything I was going through, and her response to my mom passing was \"time to get back to real life\". My leave officially started in October, and I received emails that were full of things that should not be said to anyone let alone someone already struggling with other life experiences. I've been in contact with the dean and she just says \"I dont know why she treats you like this\". The chair says \"hes like a son to me\" as if its some excuse to justify the abuse. She threatens that there are consequences, and told me I am shooting myself in the foot for now doing what she says. This was sent to the dean, union, and legal counsel. They told her to leave me alone during leave, but it will, without a doubt continue. After forwarding the harassing emails, the dean went MIA and hasn't said a word in months. I got in contact with my union, legal counsel and HR and they basically told her to leave me alone. From October until this past week, she left me alone. Now the emails start again. Nothing toxic, but right back to as if things are normal and what she did is just acceptable. This experience is only the recent one, I have recordings, and emails from the past 10 years of things similar and perhaps worse. She is short tempered, and respects no one. She, and other say its just her culture (shes turkish). Its still mind boggling to me that if this were any other job, she would have been fired. There are recordings others have sent the union of her being racist. Yet, she still continues as if nothing has happened.   The overall response from the dean was \"I need her as chair\". The chair is tenured, and intends to retire in 3 years. I don't want to see, hear or have anything to do with this woman. Just the thought of speaking with her gives me extreme anxiety. I wish this was an exaggeration, but every single interaction I have had with her has been abusing, toxic. Sadly, I am not alone in this. There has been at least 6 people who have left because of her, and the union said they aren't sure why she is still here. yet nothing is done, and the dean and other just say \"that is just how she is\". I fully intend to leave, and my last semester will be Spring 2024. I don't know what to do til then. I wish I could just quit, but i am the sole provider for my family. The pay isn't great, but I am a city employee, so the healthcare is extremely important.   I would sincerely appreciate any suggestions, words of wisdom or any guidance on what to do. No need to sugar coat anything, because I need to hear what needs to be said. I have justified the abuse, and have been convinced by others that I just have to deal with her behavior.   TLDR: Toxic chair who harnesses me. I can't deal with it for much longer, and I intend to leave Spring 2024. It has taken a toll on my mental health, and nothing has been done. What can I do until I leave to keep myself sane.","c_root_id_A":"j0lj2pw","c_root_id_B":"j0lzhtm","created_at_utc_A":1671293094,"created_at_utc_B":1671300051,"score_A":10,"score_B":25,"human_ref_A":"Nothing is forever in higher ed. I have had toxic chairs and supervisors, and most of them do eventually move on into either different roles at the same institution, they change institutions, or they retire. This chair has a definitive retirement date, you have an exit date, and I think that in the interim focus on what little parts of your job you still enjoy. If the union and other people have your back here and your actual job is not in danger, engage with her as little as humanly possible, be even clearer about your boundaries, and go to campus as infrequently as you absolutely must. I don't even have a toxic relationship with my chair, but I only see them a few days a week and even then not usually to speak to; most of our interaction is via email. If you are stuck being too physically near her for your emotional health, find out if you can move your office to a different building. See if you can join faculty meetings online even if they're in person. If you must provide her with an answer to something via email, ignore the parts of her message that are toxic and merely answer her questions. Find out if you can report to an assistant chair or program director instead. If she is leveling racism at you, you need to document everything and keep pushing until these interactions are neutral. If there are protections about this where you live, you might even have a lawsuit. But I also think the sanest thing would be to focus on what you absolutely have to do between now and your departure and try desperately to ignore her.","human_ref_B":"Get a lawyer.  The institution is protecting this person, dare I say, supporting their actions.  They\u2019re all culpable.  If your union doesn\u2019t want to get a lawyer then get one on your own and let all of your fellow union members know the union is doing nothing more than lip service to stand up for you.  Sounds like the university and the union need a changing of the guard.  Furthermore, these entities only understand\/react to one thing: money.  That\u2019s where the lawyer comes in.    I bet if you spoke to that person the way they speak to you you would have been fired.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6957.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"zo87m3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"future in academia This is my very first reddit post, and I don't fully know what I am expecting out of this. Hopefully this is the right place. Overall, I'm in a position where I am conflicted, and torn on how to proceed in academia. I think mostly, I am looking for some advise from other academics who have had similar experiences, or who have any insight in what I can do.    I have been at the same institution for almost 10 years now. I was an undergrad student, research assistant, grad student, adjunct, substitute lecturer, instructor, assistant professor, director of a lab, and director of the undergraduate program for 2 years. I was able to do all this within a 6 year time frame. Recently, I have been out on parental leave. I have worked extremely hard to climb the academic ladder, and I feel pretty content with how successful I have been.   Here is where the real fun comes in. My chair, has to be one of the most toxic individuals one could meet. To give context with my leave alone, I told her 5 months in advance I was going to use my parental leave (contractual right). Her response \"You are a father you should not be taking leave\", \"your wife isn't working, so she can take care of the baby\", \"this is unfair to the program and you should not be asking for leave\". To top things off, my wife was a high risk pregnancy (2 prior miscarriages) and my mom had stage 4 lung cancer. My mom ended up passing on Aug 14th of this year. From diagnosis to her passing, it was 5 months. To say this took a toll on me is an understatement. Meanwhile, the chair knew everything I was going through, and her response to my mom passing was \"time to get back to real life\". My leave officially started in October, and I received emails that were full of things that should not be said to anyone let alone someone already struggling with other life experiences. I've been in contact with the dean and she just says \"I dont know why she treats you like this\". The chair says \"hes like a son to me\" as if its some excuse to justify the abuse. She threatens that there are consequences, and told me I am shooting myself in the foot for now doing what she says. This was sent to the dean, union, and legal counsel. They told her to leave me alone during leave, but it will, without a doubt continue. After forwarding the harassing emails, the dean went MIA and hasn't said a word in months. I got in contact with my union, legal counsel and HR and they basically told her to leave me alone. From October until this past week, she left me alone. Now the emails start again. Nothing toxic, but right back to as if things are normal and what she did is just acceptable. This experience is only the recent one, I have recordings, and emails from the past 10 years of things similar and perhaps worse. She is short tempered, and respects no one. She, and other say its just her culture (shes turkish). Its still mind boggling to me that if this were any other job, she would have been fired. There are recordings others have sent the union of her being racist. Yet, she still continues as if nothing has happened.   The overall response from the dean was \"I need her as chair\". The chair is tenured, and intends to retire in 3 years. I don't want to see, hear or have anything to do with this woman. Just the thought of speaking with her gives me extreme anxiety. I wish this was an exaggeration, but every single interaction I have had with her has been abusing, toxic. Sadly, I am not alone in this. There has been at least 6 people who have left because of her, and the union said they aren't sure why she is still here. yet nothing is done, and the dean and other just say \"that is just how she is\". I fully intend to leave, and my last semester will be Spring 2024. I don't know what to do til then. I wish I could just quit, but i am the sole provider for my family. The pay isn't great, but I am a city employee, so the healthcare is extremely important.   I would sincerely appreciate any suggestions, words of wisdom or any guidance on what to do. No need to sugar coat anything, because I need to hear what needs to be said. I have justified the abuse, and have been convinced by others that I just have to deal with her behavior.   TLDR: Toxic chair who harnesses me. I can't deal with it for much longer, and I intend to leave Spring 2024. It has taken a toll on my mental health, and nothing has been done. What can I do until I leave to keep myself sane.","c_root_id_A":"j0m9av1","c_root_id_B":"j0lj2pw","created_at_utc_A":1671304071,"created_at_utc_B":1671293094,"score_A":13,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"This seems like a great opportunity to take a sabbatical, go on leave as a VAP, or do a job search.  Don't wait until 2024.","human_ref_B":"Nothing is forever in higher ed. I have had toxic chairs and supervisors, and most of them do eventually move on into either different roles at the same institution, they change institutions, or they retire. This chair has a definitive retirement date, you have an exit date, and I think that in the interim focus on what little parts of your job you still enjoy. If the union and other people have your back here and your actual job is not in danger, engage with her as little as humanly possible, be even clearer about your boundaries, and go to campus as infrequently as you absolutely must. I don't even have a toxic relationship with my chair, but I only see them a few days a week and even then not usually to speak to; most of our interaction is via email. If you are stuck being too physically near her for your emotional health, find out if you can move your office to a different building. See if you can join faculty meetings online even if they're in person. If you must provide her with an answer to something via email, ignore the parts of her message that are toxic and merely answer her questions. Find out if you can report to an assistant chair or program director instead. If she is leveling racism at you, you need to document everything and keep pushing until these interactions are neutral. If there are protections about this where you live, you might even have a lawsuit. But I also think the sanest thing would be to focus on what you absolutely have to do between now and your departure and try desperately to ignore her.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10977.0,"score_ratio":1.3}
{"post_id":"ec5rbx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Discovered a blatant case of a colleague plagiarizing my work. What do I do? I agreed to peer review an opinion\/review paper for a journal. No authors or institutions were listed as the journal wanted to blind us. As I was reading it, I increasingly felt like huge chunks of the the text were oddly familiar.   Turns out the author copied paragraphs of text verbatim from a separate project that I\u2019m involved with and wrote the background for. Same text, same references, everything. The project details are not publicly available yet, so only the project team has had access to this document along with select reviewers. Additionally I found text copied from email correspondences that I had with a few team members in the manuscript and were portrayed as this individual\u2019s commentary, so I\u2019m pretty confident I know who this person is now.  To make things even more absurd, I previously reviewed a paper where the suspected individual was the lead author (was not blinded for that one) and noticed the background section was copied from another online resource. I let the editor know about this issue at the time and advised that the section be revised and cite back to the online resource. At the time I tried to give this person the benefit of the doubt so left it at that.  I now have two occurrences over a short time frame where this person has plagiarized text and I\u2019ve caught them. This second time they plagiarized me for about 50% of the manuscript and I\u2019m really mad. This person is at a different institution, but I\u2019m going to have to interact with this person frequently through this project and our field generally. I guarantee this is an ongoing pattern\/behavior and will continue until someone steps in. This individual has also completed more than enough training and published several times to know how wrong all of this is. I\u2019m now also concerned they\u2019ve likely used material from me and others for other grants\/projects they\u2019ve been working on as well.  We are going to notify the journal about what happened, but what other steps should be taken? This is just so egregious. I can\u2019t just let this die with the journal and pave the way for it to happen again with a different journal, review panel, etc. This person is young and I don\u2019t want to end their career, but they need a serious intervention and some sort of consequences for their actions...ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fb9bpkb","c_root_id_B":"fb9cv6v","created_at_utc_A":1576634455,"created_at_utc_B":1576635306,"score_A":16,"score_B":51,"human_ref_A":"When you are in contact with the journal, the editor may be a good first contact on how to further handle this. They may not want you to do anything yourself as it could impact the double blind aspect of reviews. If they wish to pursue it, they could possibly get in contact with the author\u2019s coauthors or institution.","human_ref_B":">We are going to notify the journal about what happened, but what other steps should be taken?  Document the heck out of it. Back-ups, archives, screenshots, you name it. Both original documents, relevant correspondence, etc.  Treat this like you're going into a divorce (with perhaps shared custody of the children, since you're continuing to collaborate on a project together). Hope for the best, but assume the worst. Do what it takes to protect anything of yours that there's a remote chance this person could get their hands on. Back up, archive, separate your digital self from this person (for instance, in your collaboration, were you using a shared drive, sharing data, etc.?). I know this is paranoid, but an ounce of prevention. . . because you never know if this person will be graciously humbled or wildly outraged and will lash out, or somewhere in between.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":851.0,"score_ratio":3.1875}
{"post_id":"ec5rbx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Discovered a blatant case of a colleague plagiarizing my work. What do I do? I agreed to peer review an opinion\/review paper for a journal. No authors or institutions were listed as the journal wanted to blind us. As I was reading it, I increasingly felt like huge chunks of the the text were oddly familiar.   Turns out the author copied paragraphs of text verbatim from a separate project that I\u2019m involved with and wrote the background for. Same text, same references, everything. The project details are not publicly available yet, so only the project team has had access to this document along with select reviewers. Additionally I found text copied from email correspondences that I had with a few team members in the manuscript and were portrayed as this individual\u2019s commentary, so I\u2019m pretty confident I know who this person is now.  To make things even more absurd, I previously reviewed a paper where the suspected individual was the lead author (was not blinded for that one) and noticed the background section was copied from another online resource. I let the editor know about this issue at the time and advised that the section be revised and cite back to the online resource. At the time I tried to give this person the benefit of the doubt so left it at that.  I now have two occurrences over a short time frame where this person has plagiarized text and I\u2019ve caught them. This second time they plagiarized me for about 50% of the manuscript and I\u2019m really mad. This person is at a different institution, but I\u2019m going to have to interact with this person frequently through this project and our field generally. I guarantee this is an ongoing pattern\/behavior and will continue until someone steps in. This individual has also completed more than enough training and published several times to know how wrong all of this is. I\u2019m now also concerned they\u2019ve likely used material from me and others for other grants\/projects they\u2019ve been working on as well.  We are going to notify the journal about what happened, but what other steps should be taken? This is just so egregious. I can\u2019t just let this die with the journal and pave the way for it to happen again with a different journal, review panel, etc. This person is young and I don\u2019t want to end their career, but they need a serious intervention and some sort of consequences for their actions...ugh.","c_root_id_A":"fb9pa78","c_root_id_B":"fb9bpkb","created_at_utc_A":1576645107,"created_at_utc_B":1576634455,"score_A":21,"score_B":16,"human_ref_A":"Your institution will have an office of research integrity - contact them. They will know what to do.","human_ref_B":"When you are in contact with the journal, the editor may be a good first contact on how to further handle this. They may not want you to do anything yourself as it could impact the double blind aspect of reviews. If they wish to pursue it, they could possibly get in contact with the author\u2019s coauthors or institution.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10652.0,"score_ratio":1.3125}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqygwpi","c_root_id_B":"iqxvlyr","created_at_utc_A":1664844322,"created_at_utc_B":1664834558,"score_A":45,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"I think for many academics, myself included, this is a very normal sentiment to feel. Except for #2, I generally agree with your rules, even though it may not be healthy - I can't really help it.   The way I deal with it is, I tell myself (and it's true) that science is not a zero sum game. Meaning, others' gain is not your loss. This is especially the case if they're your labmates' successes. Your labmates publishing a high-profile paper means that your lab and the PI gain fame and notoriety, leading to more money for the lab, more meaningful letter of rec from the now-famous PI, etc, all of which help you out indirectly.","human_ref_B":"Hi OP,  I am sorry to hear about your struggles. I would suggest talking to a therapist about this because it sounds like this inability to celebrate success might extend beyond academia and publications. However, it is a great first step that you are able to admit that your views on publications and academic productivity are having a negative impact on yourself.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9764.0,"score_ratio":3.4615384615}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqygvnh","c_root_id_B":"iqygwpi","created_at_utc_A":1664844308,"created_at_utc_B":1664844322,"score_A":4,"score_B":45,"human_ref_A":"Man, I feel the same way. But at least you\u2019re self aware. I think a lot of people feel this way and don\u2019t admit it. I remember being in undergrad and telling people good news and them showing genuine joy for my success. Now I struggle telling anyone anything because I can tell by their face that they dgaf. It\u2019s the culture that you have to work to fight against. And I fight it by going against my instincts. If I feel envy towards someone I tell them how great they are, how special their work is, and how proud they should be. Probably because those are things that I wish someone would tell me.","human_ref_B":"I think for many academics, myself included, this is a very normal sentiment to feel. Except for #2, I generally agree with your rules, even though it may not be healthy - I can't really help it.   The way I deal with it is, I tell myself (and it's true) that science is not a zero sum game. Meaning, others' gain is not your loss. This is especially the case if they're your labmates' successes. Your labmates publishing a high-profile paper means that your lab and the PI gain fame and notoriety, leading to more money for the lab, more meaningful letter of rec from the now-famous PI, etc, all of which help you out indirectly.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14.0,"score_ratio":11.25}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqygwpi","c_root_id_B":"iqyd5wo","created_at_utc_A":1664844322,"created_at_utc_B":1664842582,"score_A":45,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I think for many academics, myself included, this is a very normal sentiment to feel. Except for #2, I generally agree with your rules, even though it may not be healthy - I can't really help it.   The way I deal with it is, I tell myself (and it's true) that science is not a zero sum game. Meaning, others' gain is not your loss. This is especially the case if they're your labmates' successes. Your labmates publishing a high-profile paper means that your lab and the PI gain fame and notoriety, leading to more money for the lab, more meaningful letter of rec from the now-famous PI, etc, all of which help you out indirectly.","human_ref_B":"I think benign envy is normal, natural, and often even helpful! Being envious of the best works other produce in a way that constructively pushes you to achieve more is a good thing.   Invidious envy that makes you angry, resentful, and unable to be happy for another person is not so great. It's bad for you, and it's bad for anyone around you. It's destructive and will hold you back from achievement.  It sounds like you're stuck in an invidious place right now. I agree with the others that some form of therapy to get you back to a more useful and positive headspace would be good for you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1740.0,"score_ratio":22.5}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqyzsxd","c_root_id_B":"iqxvlyr","created_at_utc_A":1664852998,"created_at_utc_B":1664834558,"score_A":14,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"All I can say you need to get therapy. There are certain levels where good envy is good, you are happy for others and yet wish you will have something better, that is healthy.  Your posts sounds very horrible honestly especially devaluing people based on citations, papers, I used to do this and this very stupid thing only academia do. Fuck papers and citations.  Success is there also failure, but remember when you are unique and different you don\u2019t have to compare your success to others. STOP comparison, everyone path is different and you are also.  Remember that life is temporary, yes you may get this and this, but all these things arenot permanent, do things because you are passionate.  I truly can understand you because academia cultivate this comparison and amplify ego, I started to not look for others now and just focus on my own thing until I be in a better place.   Human are animals who compete for status, spouse, money, power and I think this life illusion will not last forever.","human_ref_B":"Hi OP,  I am sorry to hear about your struggles. I would suggest talking to a therapist about this because it sounds like this inability to celebrate success might extend beyond academia and publications. However, it is a great first step that you are able to admit that your views on publications and academic productivity are having a negative impact on yourself.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":18440.0,"score_ratio":1.0769230769}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqyzsxd","c_root_id_B":"iqygvnh","created_at_utc_A":1664852998,"created_at_utc_B":1664844308,"score_A":14,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"All I can say you need to get therapy. There are certain levels where good envy is good, you are happy for others and yet wish you will have something better, that is healthy.  Your posts sounds very horrible honestly especially devaluing people based on citations, papers, I used to do this and this very stupid thing only academia do. Fuck papers and citations.  Success is there also failure, but remember when you are unique and different you don\u2019t have to compare your success to others. STOP comparison, everyone path is different and you are also.  Remember that life is temporary, yes you may get this and this, but all these things arenot permanent, do things because you are passionate.  I truly can understand you because academia cultivate this comparison and amplify ego, I started to not look for others now and just focus on my own thing until I be in a better place.   Human are animals who compete for status, spouse, money, power and I think this life illusion will not last forever.","human_ref_B":"Man, I feel the same way. But at least you\u2019re self aware. I think a lot of people feel this way and don\u2019t admit it. I remember being in undergrad and telling people good news and them showing genuine joy for my success. Now I struggle telling anyone anything because I can tell by their face that they dgaf. It\u2019s the culture that you have to work to fight against. And I fight it by going against my instincts. If I feel envy towards someone I tell them how great they are, how special their work is, and how proud they should be. Probably because those are things that I wish someone would tell me.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8690.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqyzsxd","c_root_id_B":"iqyd5wo","created_at_utc_A":1664852998,"created_at_utc_B":1664842582,"score_A":14,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"All I can say you need to get therapy. There are certain levels where good envy is good, you are happy for others and yet wish you will have something better, that is healthy.  Your posts sounds very horrible honestly especially devaluing people based on citations, papers, I used to do this and this very stupid thing only academia do. Fuck papers and citations.  Success is there also failure, but remember when you are unique and different you don\u2019t have to compare your success to others. STOP comparison, everyone path is different and you are also.  Remember that life is temporary, yes you may get this and this, but all these things arenot permanent, do things because you are passionate.  I truly can understand you because academia cultivate this comparison and amplify ego, I started to not look for others now and just focus on my own thing until I be in a better place.   Human are animals who compete for status, spouse, money, power and I think this life illusion will not last forever.","human_ref_B":"I think benign envy is normal, natural, and often even helpful! Being envious of the best works other produce in a way that constructively pushes you to achieve more is a good thing.   Invidious envy that makes you angry, resentful, and unable to be happy for another person is not so great. It's bad for you, and it's bad for anyone around you. It's destructive and will hold you back from achievement.  It sounds like you're stuck in an invidious place right now. I agree with the others that some form of therapy to get you back to a more useful and positive headspace would be good for you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10416.0,"score_ratio":7.0}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqyzsxd","c_root_id_B":"iqyvlt7","created_at_utc_A":1664852998,"created_at_utc_B":1664850978,"score_A":14,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"All I can say you need to get therapy. There are certain levels where good envy is good, you are happy for others and yet wish you will have something better, that is healthy.  Your posts sounds very horrible honestly especially devaluing people based on citations, papers, I used to do this and this very stupid thing only academia do. Fuck papers and citations.  Success is there also failure, but remember when you are unique and different you don\u2019t have to compare your success to others. STOP comparison, everyone path is different and you are also.  Remember that life is temporary, yes you may get this and this, but all these things arenot permanent, do things because you are passionate.  I truly can understand you because academia cultivate this comparison and amplify ego, I started to not look for others now and just focus on my own thing until I be in a better place.   Human are animals who compete for status, spouse, money, power and I think this life illusion will not last forever.","human_ref_B":"Hi there,  This is a thing that I struggle with as well. But, I have found two ways to cope with the feelings of jealousy.  Am I directly affected by a person's success or downfall? If it doesn't directly affect my life or work, then I move on.  I believe that there is enough room at top. I feel in academia, we are forced to compete with our colleagues and with ourselves because there are fewer options of academic jobs after PhD or post-doc. The mentality of scarcity runs in our daily lives.   My Phd supervisor loves to play this game all the time. Like how I should be working hard all the time to outcompete other colleagues or collaborators. However, I feel this is overhyped just to extract labor from me and it benefits my supervisor more than myself.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2020.0,"score_ratio":7.0}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqygvnh","c_root_id_B":"iqzvnpg","created_at_utc_A":1664844308,"created_at_utc_B":1664876374,"score_A":4,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Man, I feel the same way. But at least you\u2019re self aware. I think a lot of people feel this way and don\u2019t admit it. I remember being in undergrad and telling people good news and them showing genuine joy for my success. Now I struggle telling anyone anything because I can tell by their face that they dgaf. It\u2019s the culture that you have to work to fight against. And I fight it by going against my instincts. If I feel envy towards someone I tell them how great they are, how special their work is, and how proud they should be. Probably because those are things that I wish someone would tell me.","human_ref_B":"Props to OP for vocalizing these feelings which I think are more common than people might admit. During my PhD, I had two advisors - 1 who was an assistant professor, and 1 who was a dept chair.  It was shocking to me to see the speed and \"ease\" by which many in the dept chair's lab were able to publish in high impact journals as compared to trainees and post-docs in the assistant professor's lab. Many studies which I thought were mediocre received strong reviewer response upon first submission, and it seemed the editors would often pick reviewers that the dept chair requested.  After I published several papers with each PI (corresponding author varied for each publication) - it became apparent that the network of the PI and relationship with the editor \/ reviewers was probably the most determining factor for success.  These days I dont really focus on the perceived quality of published works including my own, because data quality is only 1 factor of many that determines where works are published. The most important thing imo is to go to conferences, go to study sections, and build a strong network bc at the end of the day - it's your colleagues (reviewers) and the journal editors that  determine where studies are published. Some PIs are able to publish high quality work based on the merits of their data alone without benefitting from network, but I think these are more rare cases than many PIs would admit.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":32066.0,"score_ratio":2.25}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqyd5wo","c_root_id_B":"iqzvnpg","created_at_utc_A":1664842582,"created_at_utc_B":1664876374,"score_A":2,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I think benign envy is normal, natural, and often even helpful! Being envious of the best works other produce in a way that constructively pushes you to achieve more is a good thing.   Invidious envy that makes you angry, resentful, and unable to be happy for another person is not so great. It's bad for you, and it's bad for anyone around you. It's destructive and will hold you back from achievement.  It sounds like you're stuck in an invidious place right now. I agree with the others that some form of therapy to get you back to a more useful and positive headspace would be good for you.","human_ref_B":"Props to OP for vocalizing these feelings which I think are more common than people might admit. During my PhD, I had two advisors - 1 who was an assistant professor, and 1 who was a dept chair.  It was shocking to me to see the speed and \"ease\" by which many in the dept chair's lab were able to publish in high impact journals as compared to trainees and post-docs in the assistant professor's lab. Many studies which I thought were mediocre received strong reviewer response upon first submission, and it seemed the editors would often pick reviewers that the dept chair requested.  After I published several papers with each PI (corresponding author varied for each publication) - it became apparent that the network of the PI and relationship with the editor \/ reviewers was probably the most determining factor for success.  These days I dont really focus on the perceived quality of published works including my own, because data quality is only 1 factor of many that determines where works are published. The most important thing imo is to go to conferences, go to study sections, and build a strong network bc at the end of the day - it's your colleagues (reviewers) and the journal editors that  determine where studies are published. Some PIs are able to publish high quality work based on the merits of their data alone without benefitting from network, but I think these are more rare cases than many PIs would admit.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":33792.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqzvnpg","c_root_id_B":"iqyvlt7","created_at_utc_A":1664876374,"created_at_utc_B":1664850978,"score_A":9,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Props to OP for vocalizing these feelings which I think are more common than people might admit. During my PhD, I had two advisors - 1 who was an assistant professor, and 1 who was a dept chair.  It was shocking to me to see the speed and \"ease\" by which many in the dept chair's lab were able to publish in high impact journals as compared to trainees and post-docs in the assistant professor's lab. Many studies which I thought were mediocre received strong reviewer response upon first submission, and it seemed the editors would often pick reviewers that the dept chair requested.  After I published several papers with each PI (corresponding author varied for each publication) - it became apparent that the network of the PI and relationship with the editor \/ reviewers was probably the most determining factor for success.  These days I dont really focus on the perceived quality of published works including my own, because data quality is only 1 factor of many that determines where works are published. The most important thing imo is to go to conferences, go to study sections, and build a strong network bc at the end of the day - it's your colleagues (reviewers) and the journal editors that  determine where studies are published. Some PIs are able to publish high quality work based on the merits of their data alone without benefitting from network, but I think these are more rare cases than many PIs would admit.","human_ref_B":"Hi there,  This is a thing that I struggle with as well. But, I have found two ways to cope with the feelings of jealousy.  Am I directly affected by a person's success or downfall? If it doesn't directly affect my life or work, then I move on.  I believe that there is enough room at top. I feel in academia, we are forced to compete with our colleagues and with ourselves because there are fewer options of academic jobs after PhD or post-doc. The mentality of scarcity runs in our daily lives.   My Phd supervisor loves to play this game all the time. Like how I should be working hard all the time to outcompete other colleagues or collaborators. However, I feel this is overhyped just to extract labor from me and it benefits my supervisor more than myself.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":25396.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"ir06r56","c_root_id_B":"iqygvnh","created_at_utc_A":1664884324,"created_at_utc_B":1664844308,"score_A":7,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Yikes dude. It\u2019s just a job.","human_ref_B":"Man, I feel the same way. But at least you\u2019re self aware. I think a lot of people feel this way and don\u2019t admit it. I remember being in undergrad and telling people good news and them showing genuine joy for my success. Now I struggle telling anyone anything because I can tell by their face that they dgaf. It\u2019s the culture that you have to work to fight against. And I fight it by going against my instincts. If I feel envy towards someone I tell them how great they are, how special their work is, and how proud they should be. Probably because those are things that I wish someone would tell me.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":40016.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqyd5wo","c_root_id_B":"ir06r56","created_at_utc_A":1664842582,"created_at_utc_B":1664884324,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I think benign envy is normal, natural, and often even helpful! Being envious of the best works other produce in a way that constructively pushes you to achieve more is a good thing.   Invidious envy that makes you angry, resentful, and unable to be happy for another person is not so great. It's bad for you, and it's bad for anyone around you. It's destructive and will hold you back from achievement.  It sounds like you're stuck in an invidious place right now. I agree with the others that some form of therapy to get you back to a more useful and positive headspace would be good for you.","human_ref_B":"Yikes dude. It\u2019s just a job.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":41742.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqyvlt7","c_root_id_B":"ir06r56","created_at_utc_A":1664850978,"created_at_utc_B":1664884324,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Hi there,  This is a thing that I struggle with as well. But, I have found two ways to cope with the feelings of jealousy.  Am I directly affected by a person's success or downfall? If it doesn't directly affect my life or work, then I move on.  I believe that there is enough room at top. I feel in academia, we are forced to compete with our colleagues and with ourselves because there are fewer options of academic jobs after PhD or post-doc. The mentality of scarcity runs in our daily lives.   My Phd supervisor loves to play this game all the time. Like how I should be working hard all the time to outcompete other colleagues or collaborators. However, I feel this is overhyped just to extract labor from me and it benefits my supervisor more than myself.","human_ref_B":"Yikes dude. It\u2019s just a job.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":33346.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqygvnh","c_root_id_B":"ir0xavz","created_at_utc_A":1664844308,"created_at_utc_B":1664896553,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Man, I feel the same way. But at least you\u2019re self aware. I think a lot of people feel this way and don\u2019t admit it. I remember being in undergrad and telling people good news and them showing genuine joy for my success. Now I struggle telling anyone anything because I can tell by their face that they dgaf. It\u2019s the culture that you have to work to fight against. And I fight it by going against my instincts. If I feel envy towards someone I tell them how great they are, how special their work is, and how proud they should be. Probably because those are things that I wish someone would tell me.","human_ref_B":"Definitely, DEFINITELY start going to therapy. As someone who was stuck in this mindset it will do nothing but hurt you. I suspect that you learned these \u201crules\u201d from you parents way before they were reinforced by your advisor. A lot of folks who succeed in academic circles tie their self-worth to their work because as kids we learned that academic success would get us praise from our parents. You\u2019re a full fledged person not a list of citations. You say that you get on with your lab mates and enjoy their company so I think the resentment might be related to feeling like you don\u2019t get as much attention as they do when you have success. Is it possible that when you do succeed you don\u2019t allow yourself to enjoy the win ? Also if you can try to take a little time off. You probably are getting burned out and that\u2019s fueling your resentment.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":52245.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"ir0xavz","c_root_id_B":"iqyd5wo","created_at_utc_A":1664896553,"created_at_utc_B":1664842582,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Definitely, DEFINITELY start going to therapy. As someone who was stuck in this mindset it will do nothing but hurt you. I suspect that you learned these \u201crules\u201d from you parents way before they were reinforced by your advisor. A lot of folks who succeed in academic circles tie their self-worth to their work because as kids we learned that academic success would get us praise from our parents. You\u2019re a full fledged person not a list of citations. You say that you get on with your lab mates and enjoy their company so I think the resentment might be related to feeling like you don\u2019t get as much attention as they do when you have success. Is it possible that when you do succeed you don\u2019t allow yourself to enjoy the win ? Also if you can try to take a little time off. You probably are getting burned out and that\u2019s fueling your resentment.","human_ref_B":"I think benign envy is normal, natural, and often even helpful! Being envious of the best works other produce in a way that constructively pushes you to achieve more is a good thing.   Invidious envy that makes you angry, resentful, and unable to be happy for another person is not so great. It's bad for you, and it's bad for anyone around you. It's destructive and will hold you back from achievement.  It sounds like you're stuck in an invidious place right now. I agree with the others that some form of therapy to get you back to a more useful and positive headspace would be good for you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":53971.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqyvlt7","c_root_id_B":"ir0xavz","created_at_utc_A":1664850978,"created_at_utc_B":1664896553,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Hi there,  This is a thing that I struggle with as well. But, I have found two ways to cope with the feelings of jealousy.  Am I directly affected by a person's success or downfall? If it doesn't directly affect my life or work, then I move on.  I believe that there is enough room at top. I feel in academia, we are forced to compete with our colleagues and with ourselves because there are fewer options of academic jobs after PhD or post-doc. The mentality of scarcity runs in our daily lives.   My Phd supervisor loves to play this game all the time. Like how I should be working hard all the time to outcompete other colleagues or collaborators. However, I feel this is overhyped just to extract labor from me and it benefits my supervisor more than myself.","human_ref_B":"Definitely, DEFINITELY start going to therapy. As someone who was stuck in this mindset it will do nothing but hurt you. I suspect that you learned these \u201crules\u201d from you parents way before they were reinforced by your advisor. A lot of folks who succeed in academic circles tie their self-worth to their work because as kids we learned that academic success would get us praise from our parents. You\u2019re a full fledged person not a list of citations. You say that you get on with your lab mates and enjoy their company so I think the resentment might be related to feeling like you don\u2019t get as much attention as they do when you have success. Is it possible that when you do succeed you don\u2019t allow yourself to enjoy the win ? Also if you can try to take a little time off. You probably are getting burned out and that\u2019s fueling your resentment.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":45575.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"ir0xavz","c_root_id_B":"ir0ibqc","created_at_utc_A":1664896553,"created_at_utc_B":1664890287,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Definitely, DEFINITELY start going to therapy. As someone who was stuck in this mindset it will do nothing but hurt you. I suspect that you learned these \u201crules\u201d from you parents way before they were reinforced by your advisor. A lot of folks who succeed in academic circles tie their self-worth to their work because as kids we learned that academic success would get us praise from our parents. You\u2019re a full fledged person not a list of citations. You say that you get on with your lab mates and enjoy their company so I think the resentment might be related to feeling like you don\u2019t get as much attention as they do when you have success. Is it possible that when you do succeed you don\u2019t allow yourself to enjoy the win ? Also if you can try to take a little time off. You probably are getting burned out and that\u2019s fueling your resentment.","human_ref_B":"No advice, but as someone who had a similarly \u201cambitious\u201d PhD-PI, I give you kudos for recognizing how your perspective has been shaped and why it may be beneficial to revisit!   Best of luck to you, be kind to yourself!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6266.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqyd5wo","c_root_id_B":"iqygvnh","created_at_utc_A":1664842582,"created_at_utc_B":1664844308,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I think benign envy is normal, natural, and often even helpful! Being envious of the best works other produce in a way that constructively pushes you to achieve more is a good thing.   Invidious envy that makes you angry, resentful, and unable to be happy for another person is not so great. It's bad for you, and it's bad for anyone around you. It's destructive and will hold you back from achievement.  It sounds like you're stuck in an invidious place right now. I agree with the others that some form of therapy to get you back to a more useful and positive headspace would be good for you.","human_ref_B":"Man, I feel the same way. But at least you\u2019re self aware. I think a lot of people feel this way and don\u2019t admit it. I remember being in undergrad and telling people good news and them showing genuine joy for my success. Now I struggle telling anyone anything because I can tell by their face that they dgaf. It\u2019s the culture that you have to work to fight against. And I fight it by going against my instincts. If I feel envy towards someone I tell them how great they are, how special their work is, and how proud they should be. Probably because those are things that I wish someone would tell me.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1726.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"ir14s7f","c_root_id_B":"iqyd5wo","created_at_utc_A":1664899430,"created_at_utc_B":1664842582,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Maybe you can look for information about the \"inner critic\" and the \"outer critic\"? Workaholism and need for external validation come usually from these two parts of the psyche. The problem with external validation is that nothing will ever be enough. There is always more to do and there is always someone better\/smarter\/more successful\/beautiful etc etc. You have lack of inner worth, your parents didn't instill in you that you were enough as you were, you needed to do something and  be someone to be loved. You were not loved unconditionally. So now, as an adult, you are working hard to be accepted and loved by proofing you are worth it. In the end, this acceptance and love can only come from yourself to be meaningful. Everyone's else's victories and successes will make yours smaller, you are always valuing yourself in the light of someone else. You will not be freed from your own imposed non-success until you can see that academia is an ivory tower full of self-important people, find your own worth.","human_ref_B":"I think benign envy is normal, natural, and often even helpful! Being envious of the best works other produce in a way that constructively pushes you to achieve more is a good thing.   Invidious envy that makes you angry, resentful, and unable to be happy for another person is not so great. It's bad for you, and it's bad for anyone around you. It's destructive and will hold you back from achievement.  It sounds like you're stuck in an invidious place right now. I agree with the others that some form of therapy to get you back to a more useful and positive headspace would be good for you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":56848.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"iqyvlt7","c_root_id_B":"ir14s7f","created_at_utc_A":1664850978,"created_at_utc_B":1664899430,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Hi there,  This is a thing that I struggle with as well. But, I have found two ways to cope with the feelings of jealousy.  Am I directly affected by a person's success or downfall? If it doesn't directly affect my life or work, then I move on.  I believe that there is enough room at top. I feel in academia, we are forced to compete with our colleagues and with ourselves because there are fewer options of academic jobs after PhD or post-doc. The mentality of scarcity runs in our daily lives.   My Phd supervisor loves to play this game all the time. Like how I should be working hard all the time to outcompete other colleagues or collaborators. However, I feel this is overhyped just to extract labor from me and it benefits my supervisor more than myself.","human_ref_B":"Maybe you can look for information about the \"inner critic\" and the \"outer critic\"? Workaholism and need for external validation come usually from these two parts of the psyche. The problem with external validation is that nothing will ever be enough. There is always more to do and there is always someone better\/smarter\/more successful\/beautiful etc etc. You have lack of inner worth, your parents didn't instill in you that you were enough as you were, you needed to do something and  be someone to be loved. You were not loved unconditionally. So now, as an adult, you are working hard to be accepted and loved by proofing you are worth it. In the end, this acceptance and love can only come from yourself to be meaningful. Everyone's else's victories and successes will make yours smaller, you are always valuing yourself in the light of someone else. You will not be freed from your own imposed non-success until you can see that academia is an ivory tower full of self-important people, find your own worth.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":48452.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xuv8az","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Jealousy in academia and how to deal with it Dear people of Reddit,  It\u2019s time for me to get a reality check and hopefully some good advice from the hivemind. Throwaway for obvious reasons. I am currently working Post-PhD and have a good number of papers out (h-index >20).  I am struggling with irrational feelings when it comes to the work of others, and I want to work on that. Some of this I potentially can attribute to some experiences during my Ph.D. that I will detail later.  At its core, I am getting jealous of my co-workers for their success. If someone submits a paper and gets good reviews, I have a hard time feeling happy for them. On this note, I also have issues celebrating my own success. Whenever there is work that I think is subpar, I feel that they had it easy. This is particularly the case when I see people making quick studies, e.g., when the project and publication process runs smoothly. Whenever I see that a co-worker does solid work, I get envious and think why I didn\u2019t do this. I then have the feeling that they have found their niche, and I am sad that I don\u2019t have mine - although I probably, objectively have one.   The absurd thing is that this is even the case when I am a co-author of a study - so even when I would benefit from my colleagues\u2019 success.  From my Ph.D. I instilled some unhealthy \u201crules\u201d from a very ambitious PI. Some of them are obviously very questionable, but those are some of the first thoughts that come up in my mind and might help to rationalize what I am feeling:  1. You need to be the first or corresponding author of a study so that it has value. >> I guess this is why I don\u2019t value being \u201cjust\u201d a co-author on a paper. 2. The value of a paper is dependent on the journal. >> Before I see myself asking what the study is about, I rather think about the journal. 3. My Ph.D.-PI had very high standards and would become very nit-picky. >> e.g., when I find a typo, I devalue work disproportionally and assume the findings won\u2019t hold up. I get angry when I see published work that has questionable data quality 4. Once you finish a paper, directly move on to the next one. >> I have a hard time reflecting and celebrating success - or rather acknowledging success. I often talk my work down. I recently published a paper with very good reviews and then had nagging thoughts that others published in higher-impact journals.  This often leads to the feeling that I am glad that it is over and not that I achieved something, as there is always something \"better\".  5. Metrics are everything. >> I check out people\u2019s track records on Google Scholar and compare myself and devalue people with fewer papers \/ lower citations. I get upset when they are further along the line.   I am happy that I can share this here and would be looking forward to hearing perspectives or maybe strategies on how to work on this \u2014 or even telling me this is normal.  Thanks a lot.","c_root_id_A":"ir0ibqc","c_root_id_B":"ir14s7f","created_at_utc_A":1664890287,"created_at_utc_B":1664899430,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"No advice, but as someone who had a similarly \u201cambitious\u201d PhD-PI, I give you kudos for recognizing how your perspective has been shaped and why it may be beneficial to revisit!   Best of luck to you, be kind to yourself!","human_ref_B":"Maybe you can look for information about the \"inner critic\" and the \"outer critic\"? Workaholism and need for external validation come usually from these two parts of the psyche. The problem with external validation is that nothing will ever be enough. There is always more to do and there is always someone better\/smarter\/more successful\/beautiful etc etc. You have lack of inner worth, your parents didn't instill in you that you were enough as you were, you needed to do something and  be someone to be loved. You were not loved unconditionally. So now, as an adult, you are working hard to be accepted and loved by proofing you are worth it. In the end, this acceptance and love can only come from yourself to be meaningful. Everyone's else's victories and successes will make yours smaller, you are always valuing yourself in the light of someone else. You will not be freed from your own imposed non-success until you can see that academia is an ivory tower full of self-important people, find your own worth.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9143.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"ugu0r1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Is it possible to get research experience before grad school but after undergrad? Hi there, the title is pretty self-explanatory. I have already graduated from undergrad and am working a field position this summer. I would like to go to grad school but I didn't do any research during my time as an undergrad. Would it be possible for me to get experience working on any research, even though I'm no longer a student anywhere?","c_root_id_A":"i71x9m1","c_root_id_B":"i71t35t","created_at_utc_A":1651513166,"created_at_utc_B":1651511510,"score_A":25,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"Definitely. You can get paid doing it too if you get a position as a lab technician\/research assistant. It's common for people to work for a year or two in a research lab before applying for grad school.","human_ref_B":"This is typically called post-baccalaureate and yes, it is common for those who may not have known what they wanted in undergrad.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1656.0,"score_ratio":1.9230769231}
{"post_id":"ugu0r1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Is it possible to get research experience before grad school but after undergrad? Hi there, the title is pretty self-explanatory. I have already graduated from undergrad and am working a field position this summer. I would like to go to grad school but I didn't do any research during my time as an undergrad. Would it be possible for me to get experience working on any research, even though I'm no longer a student anywhere?","c_root_id_A":"i71x6f4","c_root_id_B":"i71x9m1","created_at_utc_A":1651513130,"created_at_utc_B":1651513166,"score_A":4,"score_B":25,"human_ref_A":"Yes. I worked as a researcher for a year before grad school.","human_ref_B":"Definitely. You can get paid doing it too if you get a position as a lab technician\/research assistant. It's common for people to work for a year or two in a research lab before applying for grad school.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":36.0,"score_ratio":6.25}
{"post_id":"ugu0r1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Is it possible to get research experience before grad school but after undergrad? Hi there, the title is pretty self-explanatory. I have already graduated from undergrad and am working a field position this summer. I would like to go to grad school but I didn't do any research during my time as an undergrad. Would it be possible for me to get experience working on any research, even though I'm no longer a student anywhere?","c_root_id_A":"i728bx3","c_root_id_B":"i71x6f4","created_at_utc_A":1651517585,"created_at_utc_B":1651513130,"score_A":7,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Absolutely, many businesses and their employees actively participate in research and publish papers at conferences and\/or in journals.  Without much experience you can be a research assistant, research intern, lab tech, lab assistant, etc.  The issue you'll run into is that you typically need to show some good promise to get in as despite paying under \\~30k\/yr for all of the above. There is a ton of competition for these roles as they are considered good resume builders.","human_ref_B":"Yes. I worked as a researcher for a year before grad school.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4455.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"ugu0r1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Is it possible to get research experience before grad school but after undergrad? Hi there, the title is pretty self-explanatory. I have already graduated from undergrad and am working a field position this summer. I would like to go to grad school but I didn't do any research during my time as an undergrad. Would it be possible for me to get experience working on any research, even though I'm no longer a student anywhere?","c_root_id_A":"i730hye","c_root_id_B":"i732rca","created_at_utc_A":1651529218,"created_at_utc_B":1651530229,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Yes!! Just ask a PI and say you\u2019re interested! They\u2019d love to have an assistant in the lab and to have someone who\u2019s interested join their lab.","human_ref_B":"Absolutely. As an undergrad, I worked with another research assistant in my lab who was in his 40s. He had a long-completed Bachelor\u2019s, and a very successful career, but was targeting a PhD. After two years, including a few publications, he was admitted.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1011.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"ugu0r1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Is it possible to get research experience before grad school but after undergrad? Hi there, the title is pretty self-explanatory. I have already graduated from undergrad and am working a field position this summer. I would like to go to grad school but I didn't do any research during my time as an undergrad. Would it be possible for me to get experience working on any research, even though I'm no longer a student anywhere?","c_root_id_A":"i72ufla","c_root_id_B":"i732rca","created_at_utc_A":1651526581,"created_at_utc_B":1651530229,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Just look up all of the\u00a0various\u00a0subsets of the US government\u00a0and find out which ones\u00a0offer post-baccalaureate research\u00a0positions (DOE, NIH, NASA, etc.).","human_ref_B":"Absolutely. As an undergrad, I worked with another research assistant in my lab who was in his 40s. He had a long-completed Bachelor\u2019s, and a very successful career, but was targeting a PhD. After two years, including a few publications, he was admitted.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3648.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"ugu0r1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Is it possible to get research experience before grad school but after undergrad? Hi there, the title is pretty self-explanatory. I have already graduated from undergrad and am working a field position this summer. I would like to go to grad school but I didn't do any research during my time as an undergrad. Would it be possible for me to get experience working on any research, even though I'm no longer a student anywhere?","c_root_id_A":"i72ufla","c_root_id_B":"i730hye","created_at_utc_A":1651526581,"created_at_utc_B":1651529218,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Just look up all of the\u00a0various\u00a0subsets of the US government\u00a0and find out which ones\u00a0offer post-baccalaureate research\u00a0positions (DOE, NIH, NASA, etc.).","human_ref_B":"Yes!! Just ask a PI and say you\u2019re interested! They\u2019d love to have an assistant in the lab and to have someone who\u2019s interested join their lab.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2637.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"s5fw9u","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Does anyone else feel pressured to fill their days? Seeing as I literally just finished my PhD annual review report my supervisors haven\u2019t assigned much work in order to give me space to write the documents. Now that it\u2019s out of the way I kind of feel like \u201cnow what?\u201d .  It\u2019s not like I haven\u2019t got things to  do it\u2019s just that  the work I\u2019m doing is mainly editing and running batches of code as well as some light theory\/literature reading.  Does anyone else feel like they\u2019re pressured to fill their days?","c_root_id_A":"hsxi84a","c_root_id_B":"hsx50fw","created_at_utc_A":1642357831,"created_at_utc_B":1642352797,"score_A":36,"score_B":14,"human_ref_A":"I think I understand what you're feeling. When I finished my PhD it took me \\*at least\\* 3 months to \"come down\" after the submission stress, working long hours, always feeling pressure to fill my days to ensure I had positive results (negative results were a big no-no) to show at weekly lab meetings. There's also pressure to finish the PhD in time so we can get on with our future (which is also uncertain). I think we work this way for so long (years for a PhD) that it becomes almost normal for us to function at this level of stress. Finding balance after it all has been a long, continuous journey that I still haven't quite mastered. I'm still an academic so I don't think I can fully recover from this pressure for productivity until I leave the ivory tower (a transition in progress). My advice is to take advantage of easier days, go out, get your life back. No one talks about the recovery needed after a PhD - give yourself time to adjust. This is \"normal\".","human_ref_B":"Worse, pressure to fill coupled with an inexorable sense of dread that the professional work I'm doing won't serve any purpose, most importantly, securing my academic career. The topics that propel my colleagues to illustrious heights I have no interest in. The topics of my own academic interest, I feel, perhaps unfairly, are frowned upon.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5034.0,"score_ratio":2.5714285714}
{"post_id":"s5fw9u","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Does anyone else feel pressured to fill their days? Seeing as I literally just finished my PhD annual review report my supervisors haven\u2019t assigned much work in order to give me space to write the documents. Now that it\u2019s out of the way I kind of feel like \u201cnow what?\u201d .  It\u2019s not like I haven\u2019t got things to  do it\u2019s just that  the work I\u2019m doing is mainly editing and running batches of code as well as some light theory\/literature reading.  Does anyone else feel like they\u2019re pressured to fill their days?","c_root_id_A":"hsxhqy9","c_root_id_B":"hsxi84a","created_at_utc_A":1642357648,"created_at_utc_B":1642357831,"score_A":10,"score_B":36,"human_ref_A":"I relate! But I try to embrace the periods where things are less hectic, a motor going constantly at high speed will burn itself out after all. Being busy is not morally better then having downtime. Take the time you have now so that when you need to amp up again you're coming from a solid foundation.   Personally I use low busy periods to restablish my exercise routine, do some cleaning and cooking so I'll have leftovers, reconnect with my relationships. That may help if you still want to feel productive. Put some love towards parts of yourself that don't get as much of your energy normally","human_ref_B":"I think I understand what you're feeling. When I finished my PhD it took me \\*at least\\* 3 months to \"come down\" after the submission stress, working long hours, always feeling pressure to fill my days to ensure I had positive results (negative results were a big no-no) to show at weekly lab meetings. There's also pressure to finish the PhD in time so we can get on with our future (which is also uncertain). I think we work this way for so long (years for a PhD) that it becomes almost normal for us to function at this level of stress. Finding balance after it all has been a long, continuous journey that I still haven't quite mastered. I'm still an academic so I don't think I can fully recover from this pressure for productivity until I leave the ivory tower (a transition in progress). My advice is to take advantage of easier days, go out, get your life back. No one talks about the recovery needed after a PhD - give yourself time to adjust. This is \"normal\".","labels":0,"seconds_difference":183.0,"score_ratio":3.6}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtd9tod","c_root_id_B":"dtc7pw5","created_at_utc_A":1517156371,"created_at_utc_B":1517092283,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Sit down with the attitude that you will write the shittiest shit ever to be shat, but you will start hitting keys and do it now. Zero expectations high word count. Edit later.","human_ref_B":"1) Just get something down on the page, it doesn't matter if it's rubbish. It's much easier to re-work a written paper than it is to write it for the first time.  2) To start off, you don't even need to write complete paragraphs. I like to just write a note at the top of each paragraph that's like the \"headline point\" that the paragraph will make. Then, I can write a little bit and leave it if I get stuck, and I still know what the paragraph is trying to do, and how it should link to the next paragraph. I do it by writing the headlines in square brackets at the top of each paragraph.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":64088.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtc7pw5","c_root_id_B":"dtdje6n","created_at_utc_A":1517092283,"created_at_utc_B":1517167484,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"1) Just get something down on the page, it doesn't matter if it's rubbish. It's much easier to re-work a written paper than it is to write it for the first time.  2) To start off, you don't even need to write complete paragraphs. I like to just write a note at the top of each paragraph that's like the \"headline point\" that the paragraph will make. Then, I can write a little bit and leave it if I get stuck, and I still know what the paragraph is trying to do, and how it should link to the next paragraph. I do it by writing the headlines in square brackets at the top of each paragraph.","human_ref_B":"Instead of \u2018writing\u2019 i find it helpful to just \u2018talk to the paper\u2019.   I do this by just writing the headings and first sentences of the paragraphs and say stuff like \u2018here i need to show that there is a lot of evidence for y\u2019s impact on z.\u2019   Quite often this results in me becoming a bit hyperfocused and I\u2019ll start filling in the blanks. So an unintened but wonderful side effect of me just trying to write a rough outline, is I end up with big chunks of new text.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":75201.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtcact0","c_root_id_B":"dtc7pw5","created_at_utc_A":1517095522,"created_at_utc_B":1517092283,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Reviews suck.  I've written 3 or 4.  My advice?   Write an outline.  Just bulleted list of topics and ideas you want to cover.  Then start fleshing out those topics with appropriate references.  After that, it's just fluff and connectors.","human_ref_B":"1) Just get something down on the page, it doesn't matter if it's rubbish. It's much easier to re-work a written paper than it is to write it for the first time.  2) To start off, you don't even need to write complete paragraphs. I like to just write a note at the top of each paragraph that's like the \"headline point\" that the paragraph will make. Then, I can write a little bit and leave it if I get stuck, and I still know what the paragraph is trying to do, and how it should link to the next paragraph. I do it by writing the headlines in square brackets at the top of each paragraph.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3239.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtc7pw5","c_root_id_B":"dtc5nxb","created_at_utc_A":1517092283,"created_at_utc_B":1517089828,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"1) Just get something down on the page, it doesn't matter if it's rubbish. It's much easier to re-work a written paper than it is to write it for the first time.  2) To start off, you don't even need to write complete paragraphs. I like to just write a note at the top of each paragraph that's like the \"headline point\" that the paragraph will make. Then, I can write a little bit and leave it if I get stuck, and I still know what the paragraph is trying to do, and how it should link to the next paragraph. I do it by writing the headlines in square brackets at the top of each paragraph.","human_ref_B":"For a review I'd say write down the take away message(s) of each of the papers you think should be cited in your review, then cluster those by broader topic (which would correspond to subsections), and in each cluster sort chronologically or otherwise logically, and then fix grammar and narrative.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2455.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtc842w","c_root_id_B":"dtd9tod","created_at_utc_A":1517092760,"created_at_utc_B":1517156371,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I have never had this issue and I think it comes down to the fact that I never judge my writing.  That is why you edit.  But writing should lack judgement.  A first draft should be embarrassing in retrospect and almost certainly lack brilliance.  But you will clarify your thoughts, clear out all the non-sense, and stumble upon brilliance along the way.  Here is what I would do;   1) Create an outline with the main points; \"A has been found to cause B, B has been found to cause C, therefore A causes C.\"  Sometimes it helps to draw these arguments as figures.  At least for me. 2) Then fill in the studies that justify these statements.   3) After that, literally describe the arguments in a stream-of-conscious style of writing.  You'll throw away 95% of what you wrote, but that is the point.   4) Edit for clarity and conciseness.  Re-write.  Edit again.  Re-write.  Edit again.  Etc, etc.    Good luck!","human_ref_B":"Sit down with the attitude that you will write the shittiest shit ever to be shat, but you will start hitting keys and do it now. Zero expectations high word count. Edit later.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":63611.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtd9tod","c_root_id_B":"dtc5nxb","created_at_utc_A":1517156371,"created_at_utc_B":1517089828,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Sit down with the attitude that you will write the shittiest shit ever to be shat, but you will start hitting keys and do it now. Zero expectations high word count. Edit later.","human_ref_B":"For a review I'd say write down the take away message(s) of each of the papers you think should be cited in your review, then cluster those by broader topic (which would correspond to subsections), and in each cluster sort chronologically or otherwise logically, and then fix grammar and narrative.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":66543.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtcbf4l","c_root_id_B":"dtd9tod","created_at_utc_A":1517096861,"created_at_utc_B":1517156371,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"When I get stuck, I shop around for papers written on a similar topic and see how they started. Then I \"try it on\" -- I adopt a similar approach to introducing the topic, and see how it \"feels\" to write from there. Eventually I get a sense of what feels right to me as a starting point and at that point I've found my voice.","human_ref_B":"Sit down with the attitude that you will write the shittiest shit ever to be shat, but you will start hitting keys and do it now. Zero expectations high word count. Edit later.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":59510.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtcdxz2","c_root_id_B":"dtd9tod","created_at_utc_A":1517099963,"created_at_utc_B":1517156371,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I agree with the outline bit which I like to do on paper at first. Then I can see the general flow of my argument. And I can draw boxes and arrows. Then I like to note which papers go into which section. Then you can, like someone else said, write a bit about each paper. Then rearrange into a full proper paragraph.   But I'm a big believer in the first draft is total garbage mindset. When I'm been really stuck I've sat there and hurriedly written the first garbled sentence that comes to me. Editing is easier so just get your crazy thought down first then slowly craft them into interesting words.   Or, distract yourself and type\/organize your references and properly paginate like type in the section headers in the right font.  Best of luck","human_ref_B":"Sit down with the attitude that you will write the shittiest shit ever to be shat, but you will start hitting keys and do it now. Zero expectations high word count. Edit later.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":56408.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtd9tod","c_root_id_B":"dtce52v","created_at_utc_A":1517156371,"created_at_utc_B":1517100213,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Sit down with the attitude that you will write the shittiest shit ever to be shat, but you will start hitting keys and do it now. Zero expectations high word count. Edit later.","human_ref_B":"I agree with start with an outline.  Once you have it, section it into smaller, manageable pieces. Write the pieces, then edit so you don't repeat, and so they make sense together.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":56158.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtc842w","c_root_id_B":"dtdje6n","created_at_utc_A":1517092760,"created_at_utc_B":1517167484,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I have never had this issue and I think it comes down to the fact that I never judge my writing.  That is why you edit.  But writing should lack judgement.  A first draft should be embarrassing in retrospect and almost certainly lack brilliance.  But you will clarify your thoughts, clear out all the non-sense, and stumble upon brilliance along the way.  Here is what I would do;   1) Create an outline with the main points; \"A has been found to cause B, B has been found to cause C, therefore A causes C.\"  Sometimes it helps to draw these arguments as figures.  At least for me. 2) Then fill in the studies that justify these statements.   3) After that, literally describe the arguments in a stream-of-conscious style of writing.  You'll throw away 95% of what you wrote, but that is the point.   4) Edit for clarity and conciseness.  Re-write.  Edit again.  Re-write.  Edit again.  Etc, etc.    Good luck!","human_ref_B":"Instead of \u2018writing\u2019 i find it helpful to just \u2018talk to the paper\u2019.   I do this by just writing the headings and first sentences of the paragraphs and say stuff like \u2018here i need to show that there is a lot of evidence for y\u2019s impact on z.\u2019   Quite often this results in me becoming a bit hyperfocused and I\u2019ll start filling in the blanks. So an unintened but wonderful side effect of me just trying to write a rough outline, is I end up with big chunks of new text.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":74724.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtdje6n","c_root_id_B":"dtc5nxb","created_at_utc_A":1517167484,"created_at_utc_B":1517089828,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Instead of \u2018writing\u2019 i find it helpful to just \u2018talk to the paper\u2019.   I do this by just writing the headings and first sentences of the paragraphs and say stuff like \u2018here i need to show that there is a lot of evidence for y\u2019s impact on z.\u2019   Quite often this results in me becoming a bit hyperfocused and I\u2019ll start filling in the blanks. So an unintened but wonderful side effect of me just trying to write a rough outline, is I end up with big chunks of new text.","human_ref_B":"For a review I'd say write down the take away message(s) of each of the papers you think should be cited in your review, then cluster those by broader topic (which would correspond to subsections), and in each cluster sort chronologically or otherwise logically, and then fix grammar and narrative.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":77656.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtdje6n","c_root_id_B":"dtcbf4l","created_at_utc_A":1517167484,"created_at_utc_B":1517096861,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Instead of \u2018writing\u2019 i find it helpful to just \u2018talk to the paper\u2019.   I do this by just writing the headings and first sentences of the paragraphs and say stuff like \u2018here i need to show that there is a lot of evidence for y\u2019s impact on z.\u2019   Quite often this results in me becoming a bit hyperfocused and I\u2019ll start filling in the blanks. So an unintened but wonderful side effect of me just trying to write a rough outline, is I end up with big chunks of new text.","human_ref_B":"When I get stuck, I shop around for papers written on a similar topic and see how they started. Then I \"try it on\" -- I adopt a similar approach to introducing the topic, and see how it \"feels\" to write from there. Eventually I get a sense of what feels right to me as a starting point and at that point I've found my voice.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":70623.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtcdxz2","c_root_id_B":"dtdje6n","created_at_utc_A":1517099963,"created_at_utc_B":1517167484,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I agree with the outline bit which I like to do on paper at first. Then I can see the general flow of my argument. And I can draw boxes and arrows. Then I like to note which papers go into which section. Then you can, like someone else said, write a bit about each paper. Then rearrange into a full proper paragraph.   But I'm a big believer in the first draft is total garbage mindset. When I'm been really stuck I've sat there and hurriedly written the first garbled sentence that comes to me. Editing is easier so just get your crazy thought down first then slowly craft them into interesting words.   Or, distract yourself and type\/organize your references and properly paginate like type in the section headers in the right font.  Best of luck","human_ref_B":"Instead of \u2018writing\u2019 i find it helpful to just \u2018talk to the paper\u2019.   I do this by just writing the headings and first sentences of the paragraphs and say stuff like \u2018here i need to show that there is a lot of evidence for y\u2019s impact on z.\u2019   Quite often this results in me becoming a bit hyperfocused and I\u2019ll start filling in the blanks. So an unintened but wonderful side effect of me just trying to write a rough outline, is I end up with big chunks of new text.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":67521.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtdje6n","c_root_id_B":"dtce52v","created_at_utc_A":1517167484,"created_at_utc_B":1517100213,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Instead of \u2018writing\u2019 i find it helpful to just \u2018talk to the paper\u2019.   I do this by just writing the headings and first sentences of the paragraphs and say stuff like \u2018here i need to show that there is a lot of evidence for y\u2019s impact on z.\u2019   Quite often this results in me becoming a bit hyperfocused and I\u2019ll start filling in the blanks. So an unintened but wonderful side effect of me just trying to write a rough outline, is I end up with big chunks of new text.","human_ref_B":"I agree with start with an outline.  Once you have it, section it into smaller, manageable pieces. Write the pieces, then edit so you don't repeat, and so they make sense together.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":67271.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtdc554","c_root_id_B":"dtdje6n","created_at_utc_A":1517159177,"created_at_utc_B":1517167484,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019d reflect on WHY you are writing this review. What is it you hope to achieve when it has been written? What lesson is it meant to convey? I think you start very simply by writing the reason for why this review is worth reading. Just make it as straight forward a task as possible. Then, build incrementally.","human_ref_B":"Instead of \u2018writing\u2019 i find it helpful to just \u2018talk to the paper\u2019.   I do this by just writing the headings and first sentences of the paragraphs and say stuff like \u2018here i need to show that there is a lot of evidence for y\u2019s impact on z.\u2019   Quite often this results in me becoming a bit hyperfocused and I\u2019ll start filling in the blanks. So an unintened but wonderful side effect of me just trying to write a rough outline, is I end up with big chunks of new text.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8307.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtcact0","c_root_id_B":"dtc842w","created_at_utc_A":1517095522,"created_at_utc_B":1517092760,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Reviews suck.  I've written 3 or 4.  My advice?   Write an outline.  Just bulleted list of topics and ideas you want to cover.  Then start fleshing out those topics with appropriate references.  After that, it's just fluff and connectors.","human_ref_B":"I have never had this issue and I think it comes down to the fact that I never judge my writing.  That is why you edit.  But writing should lack judgement.  A first draft should be embarrassing in retrospect and almost certainly lack brilliance.  But you will clarify your thoughts, clear out all the non-sense, and stumble upon brilliance along the way.  Here is what I would do;   1) Create an outline with the main points; \"A has been found to cause B, B has been found to cause C, therefore A causes C.\"  Sometimes it helps to draw these arguments as figures.  At least for me. 2) Then fill in the studies that justify these statements.   3) After that, literally describe the arguments in a stream-of-conscious style of writing.  You'll throw away 95% of what you wrote, but that is the point.   4) Edit for clarity and conciseness.  Re-write.  Edit again.  Re-write.  Edit again.  Etc, etc.    Good luck!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2762.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtc5nxb","c_root_id_B":"dtc842w","created_at_utc_A":1517089828,"created_at_utc_B":1517092760,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"For a review I'd say write down the take away message(s) of each of the papers you think should be cited in your review, then cluster those by broader topic (which would correspond to subsections), and in each cluster sort chronologically or otherwise logically, and then fix grammar and narrative.","human_ref_B":"I have never had this issue and I think it comes down to the fact that I never judge my writing.  That is why you edit.  But writing should lack judgement.  A first draft should be embarrassing in retrospect and almost certainly lack brilliance.  But you will clarify your thoughts, clear out all the non-sense, and stumble upon brilliance along the way.  Here is what I would do;   1) Create an outline with the main points; \"A has been found to cause B, B has been found to cause C, therefore A causes C.\"  Sometimes it helps to draw these arguments as figures.  At least for me. 2) Then fill in the studies that justify these statements.   3) After that, literally describe the arguments in a stream-of-conscious style of writing.  You'll throw away 95% of what you wrote, but that is the point.   4) Edit for clarity and conciseness.  Re-write.  Edit again.  Re-write.  Edit again.  Etc, etc.    Good luck!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2932.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtcact0","c_root_id_B":"dtc5nxb","created_at_utc_A":1517095522,"created_at_utc_B":1517089828,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Reviews suck.  I've written 3 or 4.  My advice?   Write an outline.  Just bulleted list of topics and ideas you want to cover.  Then start fleshing out those topics with appropriate references.  After that, it's just fluff and connectors.","human_ref_B":"For a review I'd say write down the take away message(s) of each of the papers you think should be cited in your review, then cluster those by broader topic (which would correspond to subsections), and in each cluster sort chronologically or otherwise logically, and then fix grammar and narrative.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5694.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"7tewou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. \ud83d\ude29 I\u2019m writing a scientific review paper and I can\u2019t get started with writing. I\u2019ve done the research but I can\u2019t get over a mental block to start writing. Any helpful hints out there?","c_root_id_A":"dtdzt7b","c_root_id_B":"dtdc554","created_at_utc_A":1517185831,"created_at_utc_B":1517159177,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I've had this argument a number of times (here and elsewhere) and it always seems to generate pushback, but here goes:  Graduate students probably shouldn't spend their time writing review papers. Yes, reviewing the literature is important\/necessary for a PhD. And yes, it is common to have a dissertation chapter that is essentially a review of your subfield. However, with few exceptions, graduate students generally do not have the experience to write substantive reviews.   Writing good reviews is extremely difficult, and is something that seasoned full professors frequently struggle with. It is *far* more than just searching Web of Science\/Google Scholar for a few weeks;  not only do you need to have read and be largely familiar with dozens if not hundreds of papers, you should have a good understanding of the history of the field, the history of the people involved in the field, what worked and what hasn't worked and why, what debates were had and resolved\/left unresolved, what related disciplines are doing, and what is being worked on\/getting funded *right now*. And that's before you even get started writing your novel synthesis.  More and more I see early career professors telling their 1st year graduate students to get started by writing a review of their field for publication. As if such a monumental task makes any sense to assign to someone just starting out. Sure, some students write decent reviews and yes, some of them even get these reviews published (though often on the backs of their supervisors). But I wish it would stop being the default advice given to early career scientists\/academics.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019d reflect on WHY you are writing this review. What is it you hope to achieve when it has been written? What lesson is it meant to convey? I think you start very simply by writing the reason for why this review is worth reading. Just make it as straight forward a task as possible. Then, build incrementally.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":26654.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"toa8ou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How far back do you go when referencing ? Shouldn't we always end up at the original source ? No one can give a clear answer. I am unclear on referencing and every year I aks no one can answer it , so I am hoping this year may bring about some clarity.  &#x200B;  I read article A and it has some useful info I need that they cited from article B.  I presume I am meant to go and read article B now....but then it looks like it has come from article C. This just goes on and on...what makes it harder I have found is no one can actually say how far you go back and or which one to cite. I can't help but wonder if it is easier just to cite A?","c_root_id_A":"i25q0ia","c_root_id_B":"i25h517","created_at_utc_A":1648270007,"created_at_utc_B":1648264819,"score_A":26,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"For references to original theories, I always say go back to the original source. Few things bother me more in journal articles than when I read an article that is explicitly about theory ABC which was introduced in, for example, 1980, but the article then proceeds to only cite articles from 2010 and on as their sources about the theory. Give credit to the people who made the theory, especially if the focus of your article is on said theory; you should know the original source(s) and use them!  For references to replicated research findings, I recommend going to the most reputable source. Including multiple citations is always an option as well (at least in my field) though that can eat up a lot of words in our already limited journal space.","human_ref_B":"Which papers did you actually have to pull up to write yours? Cite those.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5188.0,"score_ratio":2.3636363636}
{"post_id":"toa8ou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How far back do you go when referencing ? Shouldn't we always end up at the original source ? No one can give a clear answer. I am unclear on referencing and every year I aks no one can answer it , so I am hoping this year may bring about some clarity.  &#x200B;  I read article A and it has some useful info I need that they cited from article B.  I presume I am meant to go and read article B now....but then it looks like it has come from article C. This just goes on and on...what makes it harder I have found is no one can actually say how far you go back and or which one to cite. I can't help but wonder if it is easier just to cite A?","c_root_id_A":"i25jk6y","c_root_id_B":"i25q0ia","created_at_utc_A":1648266170,"created_at_utc_B":1648270007,"score_A":8,"score_B":26,"human_ref_A":"I doubt you'll get a golden rule because it likely is subject dependent.  My approach would be to cite the most recent relevant source and in my footnote\/endnote say something like:   see further ABC; BCD; and DEF.  If your search indicates one of those past sources is cited 27,000 times, it makes sense to try to ensure that is included in your reference list.  Do you go back to Socrates to discuss relationships? Do you go back to Taylor to discuss organisational design?  Probably not necessary... But your writing may demonstrate greater mastery if you do.","human_ref_B":"For references to original theories, I always say go back to the original source. Few things bother me more in journal articles than when I read an article that is explicitly about theory ABC which was introduced in, for example, 1980, but the article then proceeds to only cite articles from 2010 and on as their sources about the theory. Give credit to the people who made the theory, especially if the focus of your article is on said theory; you should know the original source(s) and use them!  For references to replicated research findings, I recommend going to the most reputable source. Including multiple citations is always an option as well (at least in my field) though that can eat up a lot of words in our already limited journal space.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3837.0,"score_ratio":3.25}
{"post_id":"toa8ou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How far back do you go when referencing ? Shouldn't we always end up at the original source ? No one can give a clear answer. I am unclear on referencing and every year I aks no one can answer it , so I am hoping this year may bring about some clarity.  &#x200B;  I read article A and it has some useful info I need that they cited from article B.  I presume I am meant to go and read article B now....but then it looks like it has come from article C. This just goes on and on...what makes it harder I have found is no one can actually say how far you go back and or which one to cite. I can't help but wonder if it is easier just to cite A?","c_root_id_A":"i25q0ia","c_root_id_B":"i258x0c","created_at_utc_A":1648270007,"created_at_utc_B":1648260493,"score_A":26,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"For references to original theories, I always say go back to the original source. Few things bother me more in journal articles than when I read an article that is explicitly about theory ABC which was introduced in, for example, 1980, but the article then proceeds to only cite articles from 2010 and on as their sources about the theory. Give credit to the people who made the theory, especially if the focus of your article is on said theory; you should know the original source(s) and use them!  For references to replicated research findings, I recommend going to the most reputable source. Including multiple citations is always an option as well (at least in my field) though that can eat up a lot of words in our already limited journal space.","human_ref_B":"For well replicated results that go down reference rabbit holes like this, often I\u2019ll choose to cite a recent review on the topic that details it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9514.0,"score_ratio":5.2}
{"post_id":"toa8ou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How far back do you go when referencing ? Shouldn't we always end up at the original source ? No one can give a clear answer. I am unclear on referencing and every year I aks no one can answer it , so I am hoping this year may bring about some clarity.  &#x200B;  I read article A and it has some useful info I need that they cited from article B.  I presume I am meant to go and read article B now....but then it looks like it has come from article C. This just goes on and on...what makes it harder I have found is no one can actually say how far you go back and or which one to cite. I can't help but wonder if it is easier just to cite A?","c_root_id_A":"i25q0ia","c_root_id_B":"i25jucc","created_at_utc_A":1648270007,"created_at_utc_B":1648266330,"score_A":26,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"For references to original theories, I always say go back to the original source. Few things bother me more in journal articles than when I read an article that is explicitly about theory ABC which was introduced in, for example, 1980, but the article then proceeds to only cite articles from 2010 and on as their sources about the theory. Give credit to the people who made the theory, especially if the focus of your article is on said theory; you should know the original source(s) and use them!  For references to replicated research findings, I recommend going to the most reputable source. Including multiple citations is always an option as well (at least in my field) though that can eat up a lot of words in our already limited journal space.","human_ref_B":"Use the most reputable source","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3677.0,"score_ratio":13.0}
{"post_id":"toa8ou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How far back do you go when referencing ? Shouldn't we always end up at the original source ? No one can give a clear answer. I am unclear on referencing and every year I aks no one can answer it , so I am hoping this year may bring about some clarity.  &#x200B;  I read article A and it has some useful info I need that they cited from article B.  I presume I am meant to go and read article B now....but then it looks like it has come from article C. This just goes on and on...what makes it harder I have found is no one can actually say how far you go back and or which one to cite. I can't help but wonder if it is easier just to cite A?","c_root_id_A":"i258x0c","c_root_id_B":"i25h517","created_at_utc_A":1648260493,"created_at_utc_B":1648264819,"score_A":5,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"For well replicated results that go down reference rabbit holes like this, often I\u2019ll choose to cite a recent review on the topic that details it.","human_ref_B":"Which papers did you actually have to pull up to write yours? Cite those.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4326.0,"score_ratio":2.2}
{"post_id":"toa8ou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How far back do you go when referencing ? Shouldn't we always end up at the original source ? No one can give a clear answer. I am unclear on referencing and every year I aks no one can answer it , so I am hoping this year may bring about some clarity.  &#x200B;  I read article A and it has some useful info I need that they cited from article B.  I presume I am meant to go and read article B now....but then it looks like it has come from article C. This just goes on and on...what makes it harder I have found is no one can actually say how far you go back and or which one to cite. I can't help but wonder if it is easier just to cite A?","c_root_id_A":"i25jk6y","c_root_id_B":"i258x0c","created_at_utc_A":1648266170,"created_at_utc_B":1648260493,"score_A":8,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I doubt you'll get a golden rule because it likely is subject dependent.  My approach would be to cite the most recent relevant source and in my footnote\/endnote say something like:   see further ABC; BCD; and DEF.  If your search indicates one of those past sources is cited 27,000 times, it makes sense to try to ensure that is included in your reference list.  Do you go back to Socrates to discuss relationships? Do you go back to Taylor to discuss organisational design?  Probably not necessary... But your writing may demonstrate greater mastery if you do.","human_ref_B":"For well replicated results that go down reference rabbit holes like this, often I\u2019ll choose to cite a recent review on the topic that details it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5677.0,"score_ratio":1.6}
{"post_id":"toa8ou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How far back do you go when referencing ? Shouldn't we always end up at the original source ? No one can give a clear answer. I am unclear on referencing and every year I aks no one can answer it , so I am hoping this year may bring about some clarity.  &#x200B;  I read article A and it has some useful info I need that they cited from article B.  I presume I am meant to go and read article B now....but then it looks like it has come from article C. This just goes on and on...what makes it harder I have found is no one can actually say how far you go back and or which one to cite. I can't help but wonder if it is easier just to cite A?","c_root_id_A":"i25rhor","c_root_id_B":"i25jucc","created_at_utc_A":1648270978,"created_at_utc_B":1648266330,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Well if you are citing FINDINGS, then, generally speaking, the more recent the better.   If you are developing a theoretical or conceptual framework, then it at least makes sense to signal the original work so you can show which interpretation\/strand of that theory you are working with.","human_ref_B":"Use the most reputable source","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4648.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"toa8ou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How far back do you go when referencing ? Shouldn't we always end up at the original source ? No one can give a clear answer. I am unclear on referencing and every year I aks no one can answer it , so I am hoping this year may bring about some clarity.  &#x200B;  I read article A and it has some useful info I need that they cited from article B.  I presume I am meant to go and read article B now....but then it looks like it has come from article C. This just goes on and on...what makes it harder I have found is no one can actually say how far you go back and or which one to cite. I can't help but wonder if it is easier just to cite A?","c_root_id_A":"i25sewg","c_root_id_B":"i26ggg7","created_at_utc_A":1648271624,"created_at_utc_B":1648291924,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"You should aim to cite the primary source(a) of your claim. If the claim your making is a well established concept and you\u2019re limited in the number of references to use, then you could then cite a well regarded and comprehensive review that includes and explains those primary sources and write it \u201cas reviewed by\u201d.   I\u2019m in the camp of merging both and typically cite the primary source(s) and a well regarded and comprehensive review. I do it as that\u2019s what I wish to find when consuming academic literature.","human_ref_B":"If you find a paper that contains the info you need then use it\u2026 some original source material is literally gone, citations lead to papers that were lost to time. Do not worry about going to the original source, cite the paper that provides the information you need.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":20300.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"toa8ou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How far back do you go when referencing ? Shouldn't we always end up at the original source ? No one can give a clear answer. I am unclear on referencing and every year I aks no one can answer it , so I am hoping this year may bring about some clarity.  &#x200B;  I read article A and it has some useful info I need that they cited from article B.  I presume I am meant to go and read article B now....but then it looks like it has come from article C. This just goes on and on...what makes it harder I have found is no one can actually say how far you go back and or which one to cite. I can't help but wonder if it is easier just to cite A?","c_root_id_A":"i25jucc","c_root_id_B":"i26ggg7","created_at_utc_A":1648266330,"created_at_utc_B":1648291924,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Use the most reputable source","human_ref_B":"If you find a paper that contains the info you need then use it\u2026 some original source material is literally gone, citations lead to papers that were lost to time. Do not worry about going to the original source, cite the paper that provides the information you need.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":25594.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"toa8ou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How far back do you go when referencing ? Shouldn't we always end up at the original source ? No one can give a clear answer. I am unclear on referencing and every year I aks no one can answer it , so I am hoping this year may bring about some clarity.  &#x200B;  I read article A and it has some useful info I need that they cited from article B.  I presume I am meant to go and read article B now....but then it looks like it has come from article C. This just goes on and on...what makes it harder I have found is no one can actually say how far you go back and or which one to cite. I can't help but wonder if it is easier just to cite A?","c_root_id_A":"i266ga6","c_root_id_B":"i26ggg7","created_at_utc_A":1648283183,"created_at_utc_B":1648291924,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Cite the source where YOU got this information from. If you only read article A, only cure article A. If you stumble upon sonething in article A but it doesn't have enough detail so you read article B, cite article B. If article A adds something important to what is said in Article B, you can always cite both.","human_ref_B":"If you find a paper that contains the info you need then use it\u2026 some original source material is literally gone, citations lead to papers that were lost to time. Do not worry about going to the original source, cite the paper that provides the information you need.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8741.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"toa8ou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How far back do you go when referencing ? Shouldn't we always end up at the original source ? No one can give a clear answer. I am unclear on referencing and every year I aks no one can answer it , so I am hoping this year may bring about some clarity.  &#x200B;  I read article A and it has some useful info I need that they cited from article B.  I presume I am meant to go and read article B now....but then it looks like it has come from article C. This just goes on and on...what makes it harder I have found is no one can actually say how far you go back and or which one to cite. I can't help but wonder if it is easier just to cite A?","c_root_id_A":"i25sewg","c_root_id_B":"i26soyf","created_at_utc_A":1648271624,"created_at_utc_B":1648300249,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"You should aim to cite the primary source(a) of your claim. If the claim your making is a well established concept and you\u2019re limited in the number of references to use, then you could then cite a well regarded and comprehensive review that includes and explains those primary sources and write it \u201cas reviewed by\u201d.   I\u2019m in the camp of merging both and typically cite the primary source(s) and a well regarded and comprehensive review. I do it as that\u2019s what I wish to find when consuming academic literature.","human_ref_B":"References are meant to support the statements in your paper. If your sentence is, \"A recent meta-analysis showed a link between hamburger consumption and elevated cortisol,\" and the meta-analysis was the first to establish this link, then you cite the meta-analysis even if it used previously published data. If the link had already been established prior to the meta-analysis then you rewrite your sentence to something like, \"Five independent studies showed a link between hamburger consumption and cortisol, with two also implicating shamrock shakes,\" and cite all five.  Think of it like this: if someone were to challenge your statement, e.g. by saying \"I'm pretty sure hamburgers actually lower cortisol levels,\" what paper(s) would you have them read to convince them you're right? Cite those.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":28625.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"toa8ou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How far back do you go when referencing ? Shouldn't we always end up at the original source ? No one can give a clear answer. I am unclear on referencing and every year I aks no one can answer it , so I am hoping this year may bring about some clarity.  &#x200B;  I read article A and it has some useful info I need that they cited from article B.  I presume I am meant to go and read article B now....but then it looks like it has come from article C. This just goes on and on...what makes it harder I have found is no one can actually say how far you go back and or which one to cite. I can't help but wonder if it is easier just to cite A?","c_root_id_A":"i26soyf","c_root_id_B":"i25jucc","created_at_utc_A":1648300249,"created_at_utc_B":1648266330,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"References are meant to support the statements in your paper. If your sentence is, \"A recent meta-analysis showed a link between hamburger consumption and elevated cortisol,\" and the meta-analysis was the first to establish this link, then you cite the meta-analysis even if it used previously published data. If the link had already been established prior to the meta-analysis then you rewrite your sentence to something like, \"Five independent studies showed a link between hamburger consumption and cortisol, with two also implicating shamrock shakes,\" and cite all five.  Think of it like this: if someone were to challenge your statement, e.g. by saying \"I'm pretty sure hamburgers actually lower cortisol levels,\" what paper(s) would you have them read to convince them you're right? Cite those.","human_ref_B":"Use the most reputable source","labels":1,"seconds_difference":33919.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"toa8ou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How far back do you go when referencing ? Shouldn't we always end up at the original source ? No one can give a clear answer. I am unclear on referencing and every year I aks no one can answer it , so I am hoping this year may bring about some clarity.  &#x200B;  I read article A and it has some useful info I need that they cited from article B.  I presume I am meant to go and read article B now....but then it looks like it has come from article C. This just goes on and on...what makes it harder I have found is no one can actually say how far you go back and or which one to cite. I can't help but wonder if it is easier just to cite A?","c_root_id_A":"i26soyf","c_root_id_B":"i266ga6","created_at_utc_A":1648300249,"created_at_utc_B":1648283183,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"References are meant to support the statements in your paper. If your sentence is, \"A recent meta-analysis showed a link between hamburger consumption and elevated cortisol,\" and the meta-analysis was the first to establish this link, then you cite the meta-analysis even if it used previously published data. If the link had already been established prior to the meta-analysis then you rewrite your sentence to something like, \"Five independent studies showed a link between hamburger consumption and cortisol, with two also implicating shamrock shakes,\" and cite all five.  Think of it like this: if someone were to challenge your statement, e.g. by saying \"I'm pretty sure hamburgers actually lower cortisol levels,\" what paper(s) would you have them read to convince them you're right? Cite those.","human_ref_B":"Cite the source where YOU got this information from. If you only read article A, only cure article A. If you stumble upon sonething in article A but it doesn't have enough detail so you read article B, cite article B. If article A adds something important to what is said in Article B, you can always cite both.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":17066.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"toa8ou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How far back do you go when referencing ? Shouldn't we always end up at the original source ? No one can give a clear answer. I am unclear on referencing and every year I aks no one can answer it , so I am hoping this year may bring about some clarity.  &#x200B;  I read article A and it has some useful info I need that they cited from article B.  I presume I am meant to go and read article B now....but then it looks like it has come from article C. This just goes on and on...what makes it harder I have found is no one can actually say how far you go back and or which one to cite. I can't help but wonder if it is easier just to cite A?","c_root_id_A":"i26soyf","c_root_id_B":"i26k0hb","created_at_utc_A":1648300249,"created_at_utc_B":1648294711,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"References are meant to support the statements in your paper. If your sentence is, \"A recent meta-analysis showed a link between hamburger consumption and elevated cortisol,\" and the meta-analysis was the first to establish this link, then you cite the meta-analysis even if it used previously published data. If the link had already been established prior to the meta-analysis then you rewrite your sentence to something like, \"Five independent studies showed a link between hamburger consumption and cortisol, with two also implicating shamrock shakes,\" and cite all five.  Think of it like this: if someone were to challenge your statement, e.g. by saying \"I'm pretty sure hamburgers actually lower cortisol levels,\" what paper(s) would you have them read to convince them you're right? Cite those.","human_ref_B":"Original source if you can find it.  I had a paper cite me for a very famous equation that came from Einstein and it's flatteringly ridiculous and lazy.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5538.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"toa8ou","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How far back do you go when referencing ? Shouldn't we always end up at the original source ? No one can give a clear answer. I am unclear on referencing and every year I aks no one can answer it , so I am hoping this year may bring about some clarity.  &#x200B;  I read article A and it has some useful info I need that they cited from article B.  I presume I am meant to go and read article B now....but then it looks like it has come from article C. This just goes on and on...what makes it harder I have found is no one can actually say how far you go back and or which one to cite. I can't help but wonder if it is easier just to cite A?","c_root_id_A":"i25jucc","c_root_id_B":"i25sewg","created_at_utc_A":1648266330,"created_at_utc_B":1648271624,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Use the most reputable source","human_ref_B":"You should aim to cite the primary source(a) of your claim. If the claim your making is a well established concept and you\u2019re limited in the number of references to use, then you could then cite a well regarded and comprehensive review that includes and explains those primary sources and write it \u201cas reviewed by\u201d.   I\u2019m in the camp of merging both and typically cite the primary source(s) and a well regarded and comprehensive review. I do it as that\u2019s what I wish to find when consuming academic literature.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5294.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"oonjbr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Taken a leave of absence (LOA) from my PhD and I think I\u2019ve made a mistake.. (Very Long post, sorry!) I\u2019ll start by saying I\u2019m from the UK, and this is in the UK.  Back in October 2020, I started a PhD in synthetic chemistry at one of the top universities in the UK, and pretty much from the get go, it\u2019s been turbulent. I joined during a pandemic, so I couldn\u2019t get out much, or meet anyone, so I already felt quite alone. In regards to the PhD, it became very apparent to me that my laboratory skills were lacking. I did achieve a first class honours MChem at my last university, but it was a rather rubbish department with an awful syllabus, so my practical skills were not up to the same standard as anyone else, so I had no confidence and I felt clueless. I would feel quite crappy every day when I got home, and this meant that I did no literature reading, or general theory reading outside of the lab. My supervisor is good, he\u2019s supportive and approachable, but there were times he would get a little exasperated if I didn\u2019t understand something\/had a list of failed reactions. In February 2021, I had to take two months off on sick for an unrelated  issue, and when I came back in April, everything has gotten worse. I\u2019m mentally better, but I am physically exhausted all day every day, despite not overworking myself at all. I barely did a 5 day week, and no amount of sleep or rest made me feel refreshed.. on top of this, i was falling behind with a big report I had to write for my progression meeting, and almost a year in, I still haven\u2019t read any relevant literature or general organic chemistry. So I decided to take a LOA for 6 months to figure out if there is something medically wrong with me, await my ADHD assessment (that\u2019s another whole big thing that may explain it all), and generally catch up. Although this sounds like a good plan, I\u2019m panicking now I\u2019ve done this because a) I have to move hundreds of miles home due to LOA stopping your finances, so I lose the room I\u2019m renting, b) with all the interruptions, I feel like my first year is an absolute dogs dinner, so if I return, how do I fix this? c) I\u2019m not entirely happy with the project or city I\u2019m in (think it\u2019s under stimulating and boring), but I really DO want a PhD and I would be a fool to drop out\/make a mess of this\u2026 I have no idea what to do, and maybe this LOA isn\u2019t a good idea.","c_root_id_A":"h60bcu7","c_root_id_B":"h606gdj","created_at_utc_A":1626878795,"created_at_utc_B":1626876614,"score_A":20,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Don't worry too much about not having results within one year. Most PhDs I know in chemistry (in the UK), generated good results\/papers during the 3rd and 4th year. Years 1 and 2 are mostly there to allow you to learn new techniques, see what works and what doesn't, etc.  Even if you spend 3\/4 years in the lab, there are still no guarantees that you will have any significant results. That is one of the realities of doing research. But even if that occurs, you will still be able to get your PhD, as long as you show in your thesis what you tried, what failed, etc (record everything!)  If you have ADHD things will be harder, but having a diagnosis & treatment will definitely help.","human_ref_B":"Hi. I think I can relate to what you're saying. I started my PhD in the US in the June of 2020. I'd just moved halfway across the world to an understimulating place (no social life of any sort) and no friends\/family. The last six months have possibly been the most challenging period of my life. I developed a pretty serious drinking problem (which I think is under control now) and I couldn't get out of bed almost everyday. I've recovered pretty quickly over the last few weeks though. Although there are remnants from that shitty last year, I think it'll be gone in another few weeks.   I still have trouble getting excited about my work. It's not what I hoped to be working on, but I'm trying to stay optimistic about it. My way of convincing myself that the work I'm doing now is relevant is to try and tie it to things that do excite me.   Your leave of absence hopefully has helped you. I considered leaving for a few weeks as well, but I decided not to for various reasons. The best thing for me was getting a roommate who is passionate about his work. So bouncing ideas off of each other makes me excited about my work again and this has played a vital role in improving my life.   I made a few penpals too and that has been amazing. Just to talk about stuff and decompress.   I hope you'll be doing better soon, OP. If you think you could use a penpal, I'd be happy to exchange emails.   Have a wonderful day :)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2181.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"oonjbr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Taken a leave of absence (LOA) from my PhD and I think I\u2019ve made a mistake.. (Very Long post, sorry!) I\u2019ll start by saying I\u2019m from the UK, and this is in the UK.  Back in October 2020, I started a PhD in synthetic chemistry at one of the top universities in the UK, and pretty much from the get go, it\u2019s been turbulent. I joined during a pandemic, so I couldn\u2019t get out much, or meet anyone, so I already felt quite alone. In regards to the PhD, it became very apparent to me that my laboratory skills were lacking. I did achieve a first class honours MChem at my last university, but it was a rather rubbish department with an awful syllabus, so my practical skills were not up to the same standard as anyone else, so I had no confidence and I felt clueless. I would feel quite crappy every day when I got home, and this meant that I did no literature reading, or general theory reading outside of the lab. My supervisor is good, he\u2019s supportive and approachable, but there were times he would get a little exasperated if I didn\u2019t understand something\/had a list of failed reactions. In February 2021, I had to take two months off on sick for an unrelated  issue, and when I came back in April, everything has gotten worse. I\u2019m mentally better, but I am physically exhausted all day every day, despite not overworking myself at all. I barely did a 5 day week, and no amount of sleep or rest made me feel refreshed.. on top of this, i was falling behind with a big report I had to write for my progression meeting, and almost a year in, I still haven\u2019t read any relevant literature or general organic chemistry. So I decided to take a LOA for 6 months to figure out if there is something medically wrong with me, await my ADHD assessment (that\u2019s another whole big thing that may explain it all), and generally catch up. Although this sounds like a good plan, I\u2019m panicking now I\u2019ve done this because a) I have to move hundreds of miles home due to LOA stopping your finances, so I lose the room I\u2019m renting, b) with all the interruptions, I feel like my first year is an absolute dogs dinner, so if I return, how do I fix this? c) I\u2019m not entirely happy with the project or city I\u2019m in (think it\u2019s under stimulating and boring), but I really DO want a PhD and I would be a fool to drop out\/make a mess of this\u2026 I have no idea what to do, and maybe this LOA isn\u2019t a good idea.","c_root_id_A":"h60fsp0","c_root_id_B":"h60r1i1","created_at_utc_A":1626880713,"created_at_utc_B":1626885425,"score_A":4,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I wonder if you could take a job at a lab that could increase your lab skills & confidence? That way, you could have the option of returning to your PhD in a better position than when you started. Maybe your supervisor could recommend some options.","human_ref_B":"OP, though there are ofcourse many intricacies about your situation that only you know, this slaps me in the face as a broad mental health issue. I too did a PhD in the UK (native and still work in academia here) and had similar big doubts in my first year, almost left myself. At the time, I was constantly debating what to do, whether to take a LOA, quit altogether, change topics, all that.   Since my PhD was the main thing in my life at that point (new city, few friends etc. Sound familiar?) I naturally assumed the reason why I felt shitty all the time was because the PhD wasn't right for me (I too felt physical symptoms, and thought I had an array of physical issues, which I did not). In hindsight, it was just deflection. My mental health was a pile of shit and I just couldn't deal with the new level of independence and relative solitude I found myself in.   The PhD was never the problem, my doing poorly at it was a symptom of my lacking a philosophy for life, an error which had caught up with me. I found myself bouncing back and forth between extremes and doubting everything.   In the end, I stayed on, didn't take a significant LOA (had the odd extra week off here or there, supervisor was understanding). As time went on I worked on myself, took up meditation and stoicism. It was a long road, it's been some 8 years and I'm still not obtained God like mental health, but I'm pretty fucking solid.   Point is, if I'd of left, permanently or a LOA, I don't believe I would of ever confronted the real issues and I'd still be stumbling through life being unassured and unsatisfied. I'm not saying this is right for you, but perhaps some of my story rings a bell.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4712.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"va94mu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. Any advice for a newbie? As the title says, I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. I won't be giving an oral presentation but posters I created will be shown.  It's unlikely that any colleagues will be coming with me so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for what to do\/ what not to do at the conference and any tips for networking and making the most of the trip.  All help is appreciated. Thank you all.","c_root_id_A":"ic28g45","c_root_id_B":"ic3m4p2","created_at_utc_A":1655015956,"created_at_utc_B":1655049943,"score_A":5,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"The comments here already are good. I would add 3 other\/similar suggestions. 1) Look at the schedule ahead of time to figure out what talks\/meetings you want to go to. Depending on the size of the conference, there can be so many things happening at the same time in different parts of the venue, it\u2019s easy to get lost in the sea of choices, so having a general game plan beforehand can be really helpful. 2) Be ready to be tired if you\u2019re going to be attending multiple days. The first day is exciting and cool. By the third, the day drags on and every talk begins to sound the same. Being mentally prepared for that ahead of time can helps soften the impact if it. 3) A lot of connections happen after the conference. People will often go out afterwards to drink\/talk and will be more relaxed. Great opportunity to try and (respectfully) make a connection. Sometimes the big vendors will host a party at a local restaurant\/bar (you might see these advertised at a vendor exhibition showroom if they have one). These can be a big hotspots for social activity. Since you dont have anyone you\u2019re going with, check ahead of time if there\u2019s anyone you know that has connections to ppl that will be at the conference.","human_ref_B":"The social and networking aspect is at least as important as the science and knowledge part. Do not neglect the first.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":33987.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"va94mu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. Any advice for a newbie? As the title says, I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. I won't be giving an oral presentation but posters I created will be shown.  It's unlikely that any colleagues will be coming with me so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for what to do\/ what not to do at the conference and any tips for networking and making the most of the trip.  All help is appreciated. Thank you all.","c_root_id_A":"ic3m4p2","c_root_id_B":"ic1kpl4","created_at_utc_A":1655049943,"created_at_utc_B":1655000683,"score_A":9,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"The social and networking aspect is at least as important as the science and knowledge part. Do not neglect the first.","human_ref_B":"Show up to present your poster. Go to other posters and interact with the presenters. Chat to people; geek out; start to find members of your tribe. Socialize, kvetch, share ideas","labels":1,"seconds_difference":49260.0,"score_ratio":2.25}
{"post_id":"va94mu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. Any advice for a newbie? As the title says, I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. I won't be giving an oral presentation but posters I created will be shown.  It's unlikely that any colleagues will be coming with me so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for what to do\/ what not to do at the conference and any tips for networking and making the most of the trip.  All help is appreciated. Thank you all.","c_root_id_A":"ic27x9p","c_root_id_B":"ic3m4p2","created_at_utc_A":1655015521,"created_at_utc_B":1655049943,"score_A":3,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Present your poster! It isn't about the work but more about meeting different people. Renowned researchers come by student posters looking for fresh ideas. You might even land a good collaboration with one later.","human_ref_B":"The social and networking aspect is at least as important as the science and knowledge part. Do not neglect the first.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":34422.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"va94mu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. Any advice for a newbie? As the title says, I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. I won't be giving an oral presentation but posters I created will be shown.  It's unlikely that any colleagues will be coming with me so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for what to do\/ what not to do at the conference and any tips for networking and making the most of the trip.  All help is appreciated. Thank you all.","c_root_id_A":"ic2b3rz","c_root_id_B":"ic3m4p2","created_at_utc_A":1655018211,"created_at_utc_B":1655049943,"score_A":3,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Most conferences have a fixed time for poster viewing.  When the time is for your presentation - be by your poster.  You never know who stop for a look.","human_ref_B":"The social and networking aspect is at least as important as the science and knowledge part. Do not neglect the first.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":31732.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"va94mu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. Any advice for a newbie? As the title says, I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. I won't be giving an oral presentation but posters I created will be shown.  It's unlikely that any colleagues will be coming with me so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for what to do\/ what not to do at the conference and any tips for networking and making the most of the trip.  All help is appreciated. Thank you all.","c_root_id_A":"ic3m4p2","c_root_id_B":"ic24fqi","created_at_utc_A":1655049943,"created_at_utc_B":1655012740,"score_A":9,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"The social and networking aspect is at least as important as the science and knowledge part. Do not neglect the first.","human_ref_B":"Talk to everyone. Follow up later with as many as you can","labels":1,"seconds_difference":37203.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"va94mu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. Any advice for a newbie? As the title says, I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. I won't be giving an oral presentation but posters I created will be shown.  It's unlikely that any colleagues will be coming with me so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for what to do\/ what not to do at the conference and any tips for networking and making the most of the trip.  All help is appreciated. Thank you all.","c_root_id_A":"ic3m4p2","c_root_id_B":"ic2pi6t","created_at_utc_A":1655049943,"created_at_utc_B":1655031291,"score_A":9,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"The social and networking aspect is at least as important as the science and knowledge part. Do not neglect the first.","human_ref_B":"If they do drink tickets, give some away to the vendors.  They generally don\u2019t get any or not enough to sit through a whole day of a conference at a display booth.  I did it at a conference and once word got out I was being invited to sit at tables with some of those companies at the evening dinners.  Not say you should do it to help you get a job, do it to be nice, but don\u2019t be surprised if they\u2019re a lot more personal with you afterwards.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":18652.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"va94mu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. Any advice for a newbie? As the title says, I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. I won't be giving an oral presentation but posters I created will be shown.  It's unlikely that any colleagues will be coming with me so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for what to do\/ what not to do at the conference and any tips for networking and making the most of the trip.  All help is appreciated. Thank you all.","c_root_id_A":"ic28g45","c_root_id_B":"ic1kpl4","created_at_utc_A":1655015956,"created_at_utc_B":1655000683,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"The comments here already are good. I would add 3 other\/similar suggestions. 1) Look at the schedule ahead of time to figure out what talks\/meetings you want to go to. Depending on the size of the conference, there can be so many things happening at the same time in different parts of the venue, it\u2019s easy to get lost in the sea of choices, so having a general game plan beforehand can be really helpful. 2) Be ready to be tired if you\u2019re going to be attending multiple days. The first day is exciting and cool. By the third, the day drags on and every talk begins to sound the same. Being mentally prepared for that ahead of time can helps soften the impact if it. 3) A lot of connections happen after the conference. People will often go out afterwards to drink\/talk and will be more relaxed. Great opportunity to try and (respectfully) make a connection. Sometimes the big vendors will host a party at a local restaurant\/bar (you might see these advertised at a vendor exhibition showroom if they have one). These can be a big hotspots for social activity. Since you dont have anyone you\u2019re going with, check ahead of time if there\u2019s anyone you know that has connections to ppl that will be at the conference.","human_ref_B":"Show up to present your poster. Go to other posters and interact with the presenters. Chat to people; geek out; start to find members of your tribe. Socialize, kvetch, share ideas","labels":1,"seconds_difference":15273.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"va94mu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. Any advice for a newbie? As the title says, I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. I won't be giving an oral presentation but posters I created will be shown.  It's unlikely that any colleagues will be coming with me so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for what to do\/ what not to do at the conference and any tips for networking and making the most of the trip.  All help is appreciated. Thank you all.","c_root_id_A":"ic27x9p","c_root_id_B":"ic28g45","created_at_utc_A":1655015521,"created_at_utc_B":1655015956,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Present your poster! It isn't about the work but more about meeting different people. Renowned researchers come by student posters looking for fresh ideas. You might even land a good collaboration with one later.","human_ref_B":"The comments here already are good. I would add 3 other\/similar suggestions. 1) Look at the schedule ahead of time to figure out what talks\/meetings you want to go to. Depending on the size of the conference, there can be so many things happening at the same time in different parts of the venue, it\u2019s easy to get lost in the sea of choices, so having a general game plan beforehand can be really helpful. 2) Be ready to be tired if you\u2019re going to be attending multiple days. The first day is exciting and cool. By the third, the day drags on and every talk begins to sound the same. Being mentally prepared for that ahead of time can helps soften the impact if it. 3) A lot of connections happen after the conference. People will often go out afterwards to drink\/talk and will be more relaxed. Great opportunity to try and (respectfully) make a connection. Sometimes the big vendors will host a party at a local restaurant\/bar (you might see these advertised at a vendor exhibition showroom if they have one). These can be a big hotspots for social activity. Since you dont have anyone you\u2019re going with, check ahead of time if there\u2019s anyone you know that has connections to ppl that will be at the conference.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":435.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"va94mu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. Any advice for a newbie? As the title says, I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. I won't be giving an oral presentation but posters I created will be shown.  It's unlikely that any colleagues will be coming with me so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for what to do\/ what not to do at the conference and any tips for networking and making the most of the trip.  All help is appreciated. Thank you all.","c_root_id_A":"ic28g45","c_root_id_B":"ic24fqi","created_at_utc_A":1655015956,"created_at_utc_B":1655012740,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"The comments here already are good. I would add 3 other\/similar suggestions. 1) Look at the schedule ahead of time to figure out what talks\/meetings you want to go to. Depending on the size of the conference, there can be so many things happening at the same time in different parts of the venue, it\u2019s easy to get lost in the sea of choices, so having a general game plan beforehand can be really helpful. 2) Be ready to be tired if you\u2019re going to be attending multiple days. The first day is exciting and cool. By the third, the day drags on and every talk begins to sound the same. Being mentally prepared for that ahead of time can helps soften the impact if it. 3) A lot of connections happen after the conference. People will often go out afterwards to drink\/talk and will be more relaxed. Great opportunity to try and (respectfully) make a connection. Sometimes the big vendors will host a party at a local restaurant\/bar (you might see these advertised at a vendor exhibition showroom if they have one). These can be a big hotspots for social activity. Since you dont have anyone you\u2019re going with, check ahead of time if there\u2019s anyone you know that has connections to ppl that will be at the conference.","human_ref_B":"Talk to everyone. Follow up later with as many as you can","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3216.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"va94mu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. Any advice for a newbie? As the title says, I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. I won't be giving an oral presentation but posters I created will be shown.  It's unlikely that any colleagues will be coming with me so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for what to do\/ what not to do at the conference and any tips for networking and making the most of the trip.  All help is appreciated. Thank you all.","c_root_id_A":"ic24fqi","c_root_id_B":"ic27x9p","created_at_utc_A":1655012740,"created_at_utc_B":1655015521,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Talk to everyone. Follow up later with as many as you can","human_ref_B":"Present your poster! It isn't about the work but more about meeting different people. Renowned researchers come by student posters looking for fresh ideas. You might even land a good collaboration with one later.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2781.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"va94mu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. Any advice for a newbie? As the title says, I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. I won't be giving an oral presentation but posters I created will be shown.  It's unlikely that any colleagues will be coming with me so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for what to do\/ what not to do at the conference and any tips for networking and making the most of the trip.  All help is appreciated. Thank you all.","c_root_id_A":"ic24fqi","c_root_id_B":"ic2b3rz","created_at_utc_A":1655012740,"created_at_utc_B":1655018211,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Talk to everyone. Follow up later with as many as you can","human_ref_B":"Most conferences have a fixed time for poster viewing.  When the time is for your presentation - be by your poster.  You never know who stop for a look.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5471.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"va94mu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. Any advice for a newbie? As the title says, I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. I won't be giving an oral presentation but posters I created will be shown.  It's unlikely that any colleagues will be coming with me so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for what to do\/ what not to do at the conference and any tips for networking and making the most of the trip.  All help is appreciated. Thank you all.","c_root_id_A":"ic46thg","c_root_id_B":"ic24fqi","created_at_utc_A":1655059485,"created_at_utc_B":1655012740,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I'm going to contradict a couple other suggestions you've received, but my advice as a mid-career researcher with lots of \"annual meetings\" behind me, is don't feel the need to talk to everyone, or even most people.  Unauthentic conversations are painful for you and also painful for whoever you've approached out of the blue!  Rather, go to receptions, publisher socials, happy hours etc and just observe, make small talk.  If there's a real aligning of research interests, by all means let the conversation flow naturally.  But don't force anything - being friendly and observant is actually going to take you far just by themselves.  Also, if you attend some talks or panels, and you genuinely find one interesting, approaching them after the talk or during the break is usually going to go well, even if it's just to thank them for the talk.","human_ref_B":"Talk to everyone. Follow up later with as many as you can","labels":1,"seconds_difference":46745.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"va94mu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. Any advice for a newbie? As the title says, I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. I won't be giving an oral presentation but posters I created will be shown.  It's unlikely that any colleagues will be coming with me so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for what to do\/ what not to do at the conference and any tips for networking and making the most of the trip.  All help is appreciated. Thank you all.","c_root_id_A":"ic46thg","c_root_id_B":"ic2pi6t","created_at_utc_A":1655059485,"created_at_utc_B":1655031291,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I'm going to contradict a couple other suggestions you've received, but my advice as a mid-career researcher with lots of \"annual meetings\" behind me, is don't feel the need to talk to everyone, or even most people.  Unauthentic conversations are painful for you and also painful for whoever you've approached out of the blue!  Rather, go to receptions, publisher socials, happy hours etc and just observe, make small talk.  If there's a real aligning of research interests, by all means let the conversation flow naturally.  But don't force anything - being friendly and observant is actually going to take you far just by themselves.  Also, if you attend some talks or panels, and you genuinely find one interesting, approaching them after the talk or during the break is usually going to go well, even if it's just to thank them for the talk.","human_ref_B":"If they do drink tickets, give some away to the vendors.  They generally don\u2019t get any or not enough to sit through a whole day of a conference at a display booth.  I did it at a conference and once word got out I was being invited to sit at tables with some of those companies at the evening dinners.  Not say you should do it to help you get a job, do it to be nice, but don\u2019t be surprised if they\u2019re a lot more personal with you afterwards.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":28194.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"va94mu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. Any advice for a newbie? As the title says, I'll be attending my first scientific conference soon. I won't be giving an oral presentation but posters I created will be shown.  It's unlikely that any colleagues will be coming with me so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for what to do\/ what not to do at the conference and any tips for networking and making the most of the trip.  All help is appreciated. Thank you all.","c_root_id_A":"ic40z8b","c_root_id_B":"ic46thg","created_at_utc_A":1655056804,"created_at_utc_B":1655059485,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Don't forget your glasses. Nothing as awkward as not being able to see the speakers properly and then not recognising them when they come to your poster. Not saying I did this...  Seriously though, enjoy yourself. Go to the posters, chat to people, but don't force yourself into networking if that's not the way you work, and don't pressure yourself. I personally hate conferences so a good for conference for me is some interesting talks and food that isn't a sandwich. You don't have to be a miserable arse like me but don't try and force yourself to do more than you're comfortable with. Pace yourself, take time out if you need it, go to the talks, and just relax. Enjoy the experience!","human_ref_B":"I'm going to contradict a couple other suggestions you've received, but my advice as a mid-career researcher with lots of \"annual meetings\" behind me, is don't feel the need to talk to everyone, or even most people.  Unauthentic conversations are painful for you and also painful for whoever you've approached out of the blue!  Rather, go to receptions, publisher socials, happy hours etc and just observe, make small talk.  If there's a real aligning of research interests, by all means let the conversation flow naturally.  But don't force anything - being friendly and observant is actually going to take you far just by themselves.  Also, if you attend some talks or panels, and you genuinely find one interesting, approaching them after the talk or during the break is usually going to go well, even if it's just to thank them for the talk.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2681.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"oaq9yw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Why does it happen that researchers are generally paid less than engineering graduates who code or work with softwares, even though the former have more academic experience? Research scholars or researchers put in more hours and accumulate greater experience. However, when it comes to wages, they are paid very low when compared to computer science graduates straight out of college. Can you explain this asymmetry?","c_root_id_A":"h3jfj9c","c_root_id_B":"h3jndu2","created_at_utc_A":1625041817,"created_at_utc_B":1625049096,"score_A":97,"score_B":222,"human_ref_A":"Its always been this way. I am reminded of this anecdote from 'American Prometheus', a biography of Oppenheimer:  > When the young physicist Harold Agnew challenged Oppenheimer to explain why a plumber could earn nearly three times the pay of a college graduate, Oppie replied that the plumbers had no idea of the laboratory's importance to the War effort, whereas the scientists did\u2014and that, explained Oppenheimer, justified the pay difference. The scientists, at least, were not working for the money.  It makes you laugh but also makes you sad.","human_ref_B":"Despite what people like to think, nobody is paid based on how smart they are or how much work they put in. They are paid based on 2 things:  - The amount of money they make for the person paying them  - The amount it costs to replace them (demand vs supply)  When academics produce very little that makes money, and are easily replaced due to the massive supply of other PhDs pining after the academic jobs with no self-respect, willing to be paid the bare minimum to survive, they will be paid very little.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7279.0,"score_ratio":2.2886597938}
{"post_id":"oaq9yw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Why does it happen that researchers are generally paid less than engineering graduates who code or work with softwares, even though the former have more academic experience? Research scholars or researchers put in more hours and accumulate greater experience. However, when it comes to wages, they are paid very low when compared to computer science graduates straight out of college. Can you explain this asymmetry?","c_root_id_A":"h3j2ajo","c_root_id_B":"h3jndu2","created_at_utc_A":1625030669,"created_at_utc_B":1625049096,"score_A":23,"score_B":222,"human_ref_A":"Likely no one specific reason. However, in my opinion, a big factor is that said graduates are working at a business which produces goods that people pay money for. That is not often the case for researchers. For example, the goods researchers produce are often free for others (e.g., open source software, so that uptake is greater), or aren't fundamentally made to turn a profit (e.g., a paper).","human_ref_B":"Despite what people like to think, nobody is paid based on how smart they are or how much work they put in. They are paid based on 2 things:  - The amount of money they make for the person paying them  - The amount it costs to replace them (demand vs supply)  When academics produce very little that makes money, and are easily replaced due to the massive supply of other PhDs pining after the academic jobs with no self-respect, willing to be paid the bare minimum to survive, they will be paid very little.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":18427.0,"score_ratio":9.652173913}
{"post_id":"oaq9yw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Why does it happen that researchers are generally paid less than engineering graduates who code or work with softwares, even though the former have more academic experience? Research scholars or researchers put in more hours and accumulate greater experience. However, when it comes to wages, they are paid very low when compared to computer science graduates straight out of college. Can you explain this asymmetry?","c_root_id_A":"h3j2ajo","c_root_id_B":"h3jfj9c","created_at_utc_A":1625030669,"created_at_utc_B":1625041817,"score_A":23,"score_B":97,"human_ref_A":"Likely no one specific reason. However, in my opinion, a big factor is that said graduates are working at a business which produces goods that people pay money for. That is not often the case for researchers. For example, the goods researchers produce are often free for others (e.g., open source software, so that uptake is greater), or aren't fundamentally made to turn a profit (e.g., a paper).","human_ref_B":"Its always been this way. I am reminded of this anecdote from 'American Prometheus', a biography of Oppenheimer:  > When the young physicist Harold Agnew challenged Oppenheimer to explain why a plumber could earn nearly three times the pay of a college graduate, Oppie replied that the plumbers had no idea of the laboratory's importance to the War effort, whereas the scientists did\u2014and that, explained Oppenheimer, justified the pay difference. The scientists, at least, were not working for the money.  It makes you laugh but also makes you sad.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11148.0,"score_ratio":4.2173913043}
{"post_id":"oaq9yw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Why does it happen that researchers are generally paid less than engineering graduates who code or work with softwares, even though the former have more academic experience? Research scholars or researchers put in more hours and accumulate greater experience. However, when it comes to wages, they are paid very low when compared to computer science graduates straight out of college. Can you explain this asymmetry?","c_root_id_A":"h3kxs0i","c_root_id_B":"h3lr0ba","created_at_utc_A":1625073157,"created_at_utc_B":1625085706,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Because there\u2019s way more need\/jobs for coders and engineers than people who\u2019ve become the leading expert in a specialist subject only 3 other people have heard of. No one\u2019s forcing anyone to spend 7+ years of their life getting a PhD, they could\u2019ve become engineers if they wanted to","human_ref_B":"My team just had this exact conversation with our Compensation folks as we've been reviewing the salaries and equity of our postdoctoral scholars. In particular why our associate computational folks make as much as 30-40% more straight out of undergrad than our postdocs (some 4-5 years postgraduate). Like others have mentioned, as an institute, we're competing with Big Tech to get these junior individuals to work for us, whereas we are not for postdocs. So market forces have created this wild inequity but at least we were able to leverage this to get our leadership to agree to a 10% increase for our postdocs. Win!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12549.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"oaq9yw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Why does it happen that researchers are generally paid less than engineering graduates who code or work with softwares, even though the former have more academic experience? Research scholars or researchers put in more hours and accumulate greater experience. However, when it comes to wages, they are paid very low when compared to computer science graduates straight out of college. Can you explain this asymmetry?","c_root_id_A":"h3kn638","c_root_id_B":"h3kxs0i","created_at_utc_A":1625068491,"created_at_utc_B":1625073157,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Not entirely true.  I'm finishing off my PhD and already started doing industrial \/ academic interviews. I'm currently paid just as much (if not, more) than an engineer in  a good position industry.   I'm also paid almost double (heard right) than what my friend with 3 years experience in the same field is paid. Infact, when I applied to work at their office and heard my current pay, they couldn't give me an offer.","human_ref_B":"Because there\u2019s way more need\/jobs for coders and engineers than people who\u2019ve become the leading expert in a specialist subject only 3 other people have heard of. No one\u2019s forcing anyone to spend 7+ years of their life getting a PhD, they could\u2019ve become engineers if they wanted to","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4666.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"oaq9yw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Why does it happen that researchers are generally paid less than engineering graduates who code or work with softwares, even though the former have more academic experience? Research scholars or researchers put in more hours and accumulate greater experience. However, when it comes to wages, they are paid very low when compared to computer science graduates straight out of college. Can you explain this asymmetry?","c_root_id_A":"h3lbitd","c_root_id_B":"h3lr0ba","created_at_utc_A":1625078999,"created_at_utc_B":1625085706,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Tell me how your extra education and research experience allows me to make more money off of your labor.  I'd rather pay someone who can code....to code what my advanced innovative ideas are.  I therefore, need one highly educated person who knows how to do excellent research and can come up with ideas....and 20 bachelor degreed people who are stellar at coding.   I don't need a group of people who do cutting edge thought and come up with hundreds of ideas that may or may not be profitable, but are still interesting research thoughts.   WHat I need is someone who can actually build a product that I can make money off of.","human_ref_B":"My team just had this exact conversation with our Compensation folks as we've been reviewing the salaries and equity of our postdoctoral scholars. In particular why our associate computational folks make as much as 30-40% more straight out of undergrad than our postdocs (some 4-5 years postgraduate). Like others have mentioned, as an institute, we're competing with Big Tech to get these junior individuals to work for us, whereas we are not for postdocs. So market forces have created this wild inequity but at least we were able to leverage this to get our leadership to agree to a 10% increase for our postdocs. Win!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6707.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"oaq9yw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Why does it happen that researchers are generally paid less than engineering graduates who code or work with softwares, even though the former have more academic experience? Research scholars or researchers put in more hours and accumulate greater experience. However, when it comes to wages, they are paid very low when compared to computer science graduates straight out of college. Can you explain this asymmetry?","c_root_id_A":"h3kn638","c_root_id_B":"h3lr0ba","created_at_utc_A":1625068491,"created_at_utc_B":1625085706,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Not entirely true.  I'm finishing off my PhD and already started doing industrial \/ academic interviews. I'm currently paid just as much (if not, more) than an engineer in  a good position industry.   I'm also paid almost double (heard right) than what my friend with 3 years experience in the same field is paid. Infact, when I applied to work at their office and heard my current pay, they couldn't give me an offer.","human_ref_B":"My team just had this exact conversation with our Compensation folks as we've been reviewing the salaries and equity of our postdoctoral scholars. In particular why our associate computational folks make as much as 30-40% more straight out of undergrad than our postdocs (some 4-5 years postgraduate). Like others have mentioned, as an institute, we're competing with Big Tech to get these junior individuals to work for us, whereas we are not for postdocs. So market forces have created this wild inequity but at least we were able to leverage this to get our leadership to agree to a 10% increase for our postdocs. Win!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":17215.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"lhhc0p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Do you get to do much\/any technical work as a tenured professor? Or is it all just project management, admin, and supervision? I recently got tenure (or the rough equivalent, as I am in Europe). It is a big relief to finally have a secure position, but I have been feeling less satisfied with my job lately and it seems like it is only going to get worse as I get more senior. I love research and also enjoy teaching, so it has always felt like academia is a good fit for me, but now I am seriously considering moving to industry instead.      The main reason for this is that I am doing less and less technical work myself: programming, building testbeds, running experiments, analysing data, writing papers. I am spending more and more time in meetings, supervising PhD students, applying for grants, writing project reports, and doing service work. I like supervising students, but don't want that to be all I do, and most of the rest of it I don't like doing. I can accept that it's a part of the job and needs to be, but if there is no more time for anything creative or technical I don't think I would enjoy my job overall anymore. I miss solving problems, the feeling of \"flow\", and the satisfaction of creating something myself.  For those of you who are tenured, especially more senior (e.g. full professor), do you get time for your own creative or technical work? How do you spend your time and do you feel like you have a good balance between the different parts of your job? Is it all email, spreadsheets, and meetings from here on out if I stay in academia?","c_root_id_A":"gmz5sua","c_root_id_B":"gmynivo","created_at_utc_A":1613073420,"created_at_utc_B":1613065787,"score_A":7,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"As a warning: This can also happen in industry. As you get promoted, you move into managing teams of researchers and having days filled with meetings, rather than the technical work which is often handled by junior researchers. (This may vary by field and company, however.)","human_ref_B":"I am still at the postdoc level,so I do not have direct experience. I have seen tenured staff handling their time quite differently. At my current institute, the tenured people are actually working on research projects. This was quite a surprise for me because that was pretty different from my PhD experience, where people were more teaching\/service oriented.     I think one of the challenges is time management, especially with regard to teaching and meetings. I have several days that are not completely filled up, but I have maybe an hour or so between meetings. This is usually not enough for me to really get into 'research mode'. So I spend those in between hours reading papers, or doing miscellaneous stuff.  I try to schedule all my meetings on the same day or I try to create continuous blocks of meetings\/service work. Is something like that possible for you? You could try to block off 1 day or a certain set of hours each week (e.g. Tuesday morning). I try to keep Wednesday free from anything other than research. Then you can use that time to scratch your research itch.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7633.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"lhhc0p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Do you get to do much\/any technical work as a tenured professor? Or is it all just project management, admin, and supervision? I recently got tenure (or the rough equivalent, as I am in Europe). It is a big relief to finally have a secure position, but I have been feeling less satisfied with my job lately and it seems like it is only going to get worse as I get more senior. I love research and also enjoy teaching, so it has always felt like academia is a good fit for me, but now I am seriously considering moving to industry instead.      The main reason for this is that I am doing less and less technical work myself: programming, building testbeds, running experiments, analysing data, writing papers. I am spending more and more time in meetings, supervising PhD students, applying for grants, writing project reports, and doing service work. I like supervising students, but don't want that to be all I do, and most of the rest of it I don't like doing. I can accept that it's a part of the job and needs to be, but if there is no more time for anything creative or technical I don't think I would enjoy my job overall anymore. I miss solving problems, the feeling of \"flow\", and the satisfaction of creating something myself.  For those of you who are tenured, especially more senior (e.g. full professor), do you get time for your own creative or technical work? How do you spend your time and do you feel like you have a good balance between the different parts of your job? Is it all email, spreadsheets, and meetings from here on out if I stay in academia?","c_root_id_A":"gmynivo","c_root_id_B":"gn1fvr8","created_at_utc_A":1613065787,"created_at_utc_B":1613118762,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I am still at the postdoc level,so I do not have direct experience. I have seen tenured staff handling their time quite differently. At my current institute, the tenured people are actually working on research projects. This was quite a surprise for me because that was pretty different from my PhD experience, where people were more teaching\/service oriented.     I think one of the challenges is time management, especially with regard to teaching and meetings. I have several days that are not completely filled up, but I have maybe an hour or so between meetings. This is usually not enough for me to really get into 'research mode'. So I spend those in between hours reading papers, or doing miscellaneous stuff.  I try to schedule all my meetings on the same day or I try to create continuous blocks of meetings\/service work. Is something like that possible for you? You could try to block off 1 day or a certain set of hours each week (e.g. Tuesday morning). I try to keep Wednesday free from anything other than research. Then you can use that time to scratch your research itch.","human_ref_B":"In the end, at least for me, it came down to cost effectiveness.  Where am I adding value to the lab?  Any decent student can do the experiments as well as I could (or honestly, often better!) so my time spent on the bench is not cost effective.  On the flip side that student cannot do grants\/reports\/papers as well as I can, which is where I am adding value to the lab.  The other way looking at it is that i can do one set of experiments, a lab full of students can do dozens of MY experiments.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":52975.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcv722","c_root_id_B":"gjcmmmd","created_at_utc_A":1610728171,"created_at_utc_B":1610724080,"score_A":14,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019ve heard this called \u201cacademic incest.\u201d As everyone\u2019s already pointed out, staying in one place means you\u2019re not getting much new information. Your, uh, academic tree won\u2019t have much branches, so to speak.","human_ref_B":"There is, especially at that last step -- if the department \"trained\" you, then ostensibly you're not brining as much fresh perspective and expertise to the table as would an external candidate.  The only exceptions I've seen have been at especially fancy institutions, e.g. Stanford profs who did ugrad -> PhD -> postdoc all at Stanford.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4091.0,"score_ratio":1.1666666667}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcv722","c_root_id_B":"gjcetla","created_at_utc_A":1610728171,"created_at_utc_B":1610720021,"score_A":14,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019ve heard this called \u201cacademic incest.\u201d As everyone\u2019s already pointed out, staying in one place means you\u2019re not getting much new information. Your, uh, academic tree won\u2019t have much branches, so to speak.","human_ref_B":"Do what makes financial sense. My sister is doing just that. She owns a house there. Why would she move? And she knows the job she wants. She\u2019s not a noob and universities are diverse so she does get exposure to differences. It may not be what others think you should do but it had worked out for her. I beebopped around the country and found out what I didn\u2019t want so that is certainly an advantage. But it also is a very lonely experience to move around the country for different programs. It would be very, very lonely during covid. You do what works for you but be smart about it. I think the financial aspect of university programs is often poo pooed \/ ignored in academia (we are so prestigious lol) but industry could give a flying F. In fact, they will find it impressive usually (in my experience- stem, Ag, tech) they just want solid experience and grit","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8150.0,"score_ratio":1.5555555556}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcv722","c_root_id_B":"gjcggof","created_at_utc_A":1610728171,"created_at_utc_B":1610720931,"score_A":14,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019ve heard this called \u201cacademic incest.\u201d As everyone\u2019s already pointed out, staying in one place means you\u2019re not getting much new information. Your, uh, academic tree won\u2019t have much branches, so to speak.","human_ref_B":"Staying in the same place gives advantage that you know people around. However, from my personal experience you learn more when you change university. Everyone has different working environment and focus on different things. You learn to be more flexible and do not get attach to the place.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7240.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcv722","c_root_id_B":"gjcq8gw","created_at_utc_A":1610728171,"created_at_utc_B":1610725841,"score_A":14,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019ve heard this called \u201cacademic incest.\u201d As everyone\u2019s already pointed out, staying in one place means you\u2019re not getting much new information. Your, uh, academic tree won\u2019t have much branches, so to speak.","human_ref_B":"There can be issues. Sometimes there's a concern that the student went to their alma mater because they couldn't get in elsewhere. Other times it's seen as a potential weakness b\/c that student wasn't exposed to new ideas. There can be concerns that it's a sign of falling into a rut.  No one single concern is a dealbreaker, but together they're eyebrow-raising. I'd say it's not a huge effect, but I've seen people (literally) raise an eyebrow over it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2330.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcowdu","c_root_id_B":"gjcv722","created_at_utc_A":1610725191,"created_at_utc_B":1610728171,"score_A":5,"score_B":14,"human_ref_A":"You won't be able to teach where you get your PhD. It's called poisoning the well: institutions don't take their own PhD students, as it makes the others look bad.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019ve heard this called \u201cacademic incest.\u201d As everyone\u2019s already pointed out, staying in one place means you\u2019re not getting much new information. Your, uh, academic tree won\u2019t have much branches, so to speak.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2980.0,"score_ratio":2.8}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcv722","c_root_id_B":"gjcf9g3","created_at_utc_A":1610728171,"created_at_utc_B":1610720270,"score_A":14,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019ve heard this called \u201cacademic incest.\u201d As everyone\u2019s already pointed out, staying in one place means you\u2019re not getting much new information. Your, uh, academic tree won\u2019t have much branches, so to speak.","human_ref_B":"I just finished my PhD in Engineering at the same institution I got my MS and BS. I had a great working relationship with my advisor, funding, and projects I loved. After graduation I went to industry for a year to stay in the area\/decompress from hardcore academia, and because of my professional success I've had no problem getting postdoc offers from other institutions. Even a couple assistant professorships.  Leverage the resources at an institution you know, be a superstar, and you can go anywhere. If you feel like there are more opportunities for professional development outside of your institution, consider going elsewhere that will help you become a superstar.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7901.0,"score_ratio":4.6666666667}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcetla","c_root_id_B":"gjcmmmd","created_at_utc_A":1610720021,"created_at_utc_B":1610724080,"score_A":9,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Do what makes financial sense. My sister is doing just that. She owns a house there. Why would she move? And she knows the job she wants. She\u2019s not a noob and universities are diverse so she does get exposure to differences. It may not be what others think you should do but it had worked out for her. I beebopped around the country and found out what I didn\u2019t want so that is certainly an advantage. But it also is a very lonely experience to move around the country for different programs. It would be very, very lonely during covid. You do what works for you but be smart about it. I think the financial aspect of university programs is often poo pooed \/ ignored in academia (we are so prestigious lol) but industry could give a flying F. In fact, they will find it impressive usually (in my experience- stem, Ag, tech) they just want solid experience and grit","human_ref_B":"There is, especially at that last step -- if the department \"trained\" you, then ostensibly you're not brining as much fresh perspective and expertise to the table as would an external candidate.  The only exceptions I've seen have been at especially fancy institutions, e.g. Stanford profs who did ugrad -> PhD -> postdoc all at Stanford.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4059.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcggof","c_root_id_B":"gjcmmmd","created_at_utc_A":1610720931,"created_at_utc_B":1610724080,"score_A":7,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Staying in the same place gives advantage that you know people around. However, from my personal experience you learn more when you change university. Everyone has different working environment and focus on different things. You learn to be more flexible and do not get attach to the place.","human_ref_B":"There is, especially at that last step -- if the department \"trained\" you, then ostensibly you're not brining as much fresh perspective and expertise to the table as would an external candidate.  The only exceptions I've seen have been at especially fancy institutions, e.g. Stanford profs who did ugrad -> PhD -> postdoc all at Stanford.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3149.0,"score_ratio":1.7142857143}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcmmmd","c_root_id_B":"gjcf9g3","created_at_utc_A":1610724080,"created_at_utc_B":1610720270,"score_A":12,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"There is, especially at that last step -- if the department \"trained\" you, then ostensibly you're not brining as much fresh perspective and expertise to the table as would an external candidate.  The only exceptions I've seen have been at especially fancy institutions, e.g. Stanford profs who did ugrad -> PhD -> postdoc all at Stanford.","human_ref_B":"I just finished my PhD in Engineering at the same institution I got my MS and BS. I had a great working relationship with my advisor, funding, and projects I loved. After graduation I went to industry for a year to stay in the area\/decompress from hardcore academia, and because of my professional success I've had no problem getting postdoc offers from other institutions. Even a couple assistant professorships.  Leverage the resources at an institution you know, be a superstar, and you can go anywhere. If you feel like there are more opportunities for professional development outside of your institution, consider going elsewhere that will help you become a superstar.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3810.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcf9g3","c_root_id_B":"gjcggof","created_at_utc_A":1610720270,"created_at_utc_B":1610720931,"score_A":3,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I just finished my PhD in Engineering at the same institution I got my MS and BS. I had a great working relationship with my advisor, funding, and projects I loved. After graduation I went to industry for a year to stay in the area\/decompress from hardcore academia, and because of my professional success I've had no problem getting postdoc offers from other institutions. Even a couple assistant professorships.  Leverage the resources at an institution you know, be a superstar, and you can go anywhere. If you feel like there are more opportunities for professional development outside of your institution, consider going elsewhere that will help you become a superstar.","human_ref_B":"Staying in the same place gives advantage that you know people around. However, from my personal experience you learn more when you change university. Everyone has different working environment and focus on different things. You learn to be more flexible and do not get attach to the place.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":661.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcq8gw","c_root_id_B":"gjdzoaz","created_at_utc_A":1610725841,"created_at_utc_B":1610747083,"score_A":6,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"There can be issues. Sometimes there's a concern that the student went to their alma mater because they couldn't get in elsewhere. Other times it's seen as a potential weakness b\/c that student wasn't exposed to new ideas. There can be concerns that it's a sign of falling into a rut.  No one single concern is a dealbreaker, but together they're eyebrow-raising. I'd say it's not a huge effect, but I've seen people (literally) raise an eyebrow over it.","human_ref_B":"Let's be honest, we're a bunch of people who never left school. If you never left *the same* school, that's an issue with lack of perspective and institutionalisation.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":21242.0,"score_ratio":1.1666666667}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcowdu","c_root_id_B":"gjdzoaz","created_at_utc_A":1610725191,"created_at_utc_B":1610747083,"score_A":5,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"You won't be able to teach where you get your PhD. It's called poisoning the well: institutions don't take their own PhD students, as it makes the others look bad.","human_ref_B":"Let's be honest, we're a bunch of people who never left school. If you never left *the same* school, that's an issue with lack of perspective and institutionalisation.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":21892.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjdzoaz","c_root_id_B":"gjcf9g3","created_at_utc_A":1610747083,"created_at_utc_B":1610720270,"score_A":7,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Let's be honest, we're a bunch of people who never left school. If you never left *the same* school, that's an issue with lack of perspective and institutionalisation.","human_ref_B":"I just finished my PhD in Engineering at the same institution I got my MS and BS. I had a great working relationship with my advisor, funding, and projects I loved. After graduation I went to industry for a year to stay in the area\/decompress from hardcore academia, and because of my professional success I've had no problem getting postdoc offers from other institutions. Even a couple assistant professorships.  Leverage the resources at an institution you know, be a superstar, and you can go anywhere. If you feel like there are more opportunities for professional development outside of your institution, consider going elsewhere that will help you become a superstar.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":26813.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcvujd","c_root_id_B":"gjdzoaz","created_at_utc_A":1610728471,"created_at_utc_B":1610747083,"score_A":3,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"My university (R1 in the US) loves to hire it\u2019s own former PhD students as professors. I got an email this semester welcoming 5 newly hired professors in the department, 4 of them did their PhDs in that same department. I\u2019ve seen some people give staying in the same place stigma but it also means you know the people in the university and how it works, you might know the people making the hiring decisions and they know you.","human_ref_B":"Let's be honest, we're a bunch of people who never left school. If you never left *the same* school, that's an issue with lack of perspective and institutionalisation.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":18612.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjdat1x","c_root_id_B":"gjdzoaz","created_at_utc_A":1610735287,"created_at_utc_B":1610747083,"score_A":4,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I'm currently doing so myself and this didn't even occur to me.  I'm autistic, and the change from taught to PhD was hard enough, didn't want to throw in a change of location as well.","human_ref_B":"Let's be honest, we're a bunch of people who never left school. If you never left *the same* school, that's an issue with lack of perspective and institutionalisation.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11796.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjdx7th","c_root_id_B":"gjdzoaz","created_at_utc_A":1610745875,"created_at_utc_B":1610747083,"score_A":3,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Responsible doctoral programs will never admit you if you haven't studied at another school for either a bachelor's or master's. You simply need a broader perspective than you can get at one school.  Anyone who speaks of a specific school as the one where they intend to teach immediately outs themselves as being absurdly naive. When it's time to apply for faculty positions, if you aren't applying in all 24 time zones, you aren't really trying.","human_ref_B":"Let's be honest, we're a bunch of people who never left school. If you never left *the same* school, that's an issue with lack of perspective and institutionalisation.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1208.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcwsgh","c_root_id_B":"gjdzoaz","created_at_utc_A":1610728903,"created_at_utc_B":1610747083,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Yes, it's not great, but in some situations it makes sense to. Like if you're offered full funding to stay at the same place for the duration of your education, that's hard to turn down. Just make sure to do a post doc or something elsewhere.","human_ref_B":"Let's be honest, we're a bunch of people who never left school. If you never left *the same* school, that's an issue with lack of perspective and institutionalisation.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":18180.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcowdu","c_root_id_B":"gjcq8gw","created_at_utc_A":1610725191,"created_at_utc_B":1610725841,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"You won't be able to teach where you get your PhD. It's called poisoning the well: institutions don't take their own PhD students, as it makes the others look bad.","human_ref_B":"There can be issues. Sometimes there's a concern that the student went to their alma mater because they couldn't get in elsewhere. Other times it's seen as a potential weakness b\/c that student wasn't exposed to new ideas. There can be concerns that it's a sign of falling into a rut.  No one single concern is a dealbreaker, but together they're eyebrow-raising. I'd say it's not a huge effect, but I've seen people (literally) raise an eyebrow over it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":650.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcq8gw","c_root_id_B":"gjcf9g3","created_at_utc_A":1610725841,"created_at_utc_B":1610720270,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"There can be issues. Sometimes there's a concern that the student went to their alma mater because they couldn't get in elsewhere. Other times it's seen as a potential weakness b\/c that student wasn't exposed to new ideas. There can be concerns that it's a sign of falling into a rut.  No one single concern is a dealbreaker, but together they're eyebrow-raising. I'd say it's not a huge effect, but I've seen people (literally) raise an eyebrow over it.","human_ref_B":"I just finished my PhD in Engineering at the same institution I got my MS and BS. I had a great working relationship with my advisor, funding, and projects I loved. After graduation I went to industry for a year to stay in the area\/decompress from hardcore academia, and because of my professional success I've had no problem getting postdoc offers from other institutions. Even a couple assistant professorships.  Leverage the resources at an institution you know, be a superstar, and you can go anywhere. If you feel like there are more opportunities for professional development outside of your institution, consider going elsewhere that will help you become a superstar.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5571.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcowdu","c_root_id_B":"gjcf9g3","created_at_utc_A":1610725191,"created_at_utc_B":1610720270,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"You won't be able to teach where you get your PhD. It's called poisoning the well: institutions don't take their own PhD students, as it makes the others look bad.","human_ref_B":"I just finished my PhD in Engineering at the same institution I got my MS and BS. I had a great working relationship with my advisor, funding, and projects I loved. After graduation I went to industry for a year to stay in the area\/decompress from hardcore academia, and because of my professional success I've had no problem getting postdoc offers from other institutions. Even a couple assistant professorships.  Leverage the resources at an institution you know, be a superstar, and you can go anywhere. If you feel like there are more opportunities for professional development outside of your institution, consider going elsewhere that will help you become a superstar.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4921.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjdat1x","c_root_id_B":"gjcf9g3","created_at_utc_A":1610735287,"created_at_utc_B":1610720270,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I'm currently doing so myself and this didn't even occur to me.  I'm autistic, and the change from taught to PhD was hard enough, didn't want to throw in a change of location as well.","human_ref_B":"I just finished my PhD in Engineering at the same institution I got my MS and BS. I had a great working relationship with my advisor, funding, and projects I loved. After graduation I went to industry for a year to stay in the area\/decompress from hardcore academia, and because of my professional success I've had no problem getting postdoc offers from other institutions. Even a couple assistant professorships.  Leverage the resources at an institution you know, be a superstar, and you can go anywhere. If you feel like there are more opportunities for professional development outside of your institution, consider going elsewhere that will help you become a superstar.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":15017.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjdat1x","c_root_id_B":"gjcvujd","created_at_utc_A":1610735287,"created_at_utc_B":1610728471,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I'm currently doing so myself and this didn't even occur to me.  I'm autistic, and the change from taught to PhD was hard enough, didn't want to throw in a change of location as well.","human_ref_B":"My university (R1 in the US) loves to hire it\u2019s own former PhD students as professors. I got an email this semester welcoming 5 newly hired professors in the department, 4 of them did their PhDs in that same department. I\u2019ve seen some people give staying in the same place stigma but it also means you know the people in the university and how it works, you might know the people making the hiring decisions and they know you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6816.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjdat1x","c_root_id_B":"gjcwsgh","created_at_utc_A":1610735287,"created_at_utc_B":1610728903,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I'm currently doing so myself and this didn't even occur to me.  I'm autistic, and the change from taught to PhD was hard enough, didn't want to throw in a change of location as well.","human_ref_B":"Yes, it's not great, but in some situations it makes sense to. Like if you're offered full funding to stay at the same place for the duration of your education, that's hard to turn down. Just make sure to do a post doc or something elsewhere.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6384.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"kxrr2i","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Is there a stigma on people who take their PhD in the same university they took their MA, undergraduate, and even where they plan to teach? I heard of a stigma existing, but it was from someone who wasn't in academia, so I wanted to ask the community what their opinion is on it.","c_root_id_A":"gjcwsgh","c_root_id_B":"gjdx7th","created_at_utc_A":1610728903,"created_at_utc_B":1610745875,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Yes, it's not great, but in some situations it makes sense to. Like if you're offered full funding to stay at the same place for the duration of your education, that's hard to turn down. Just make sure to do a post doc or something elsewhere.","human_ref_B":"Responsible doctoral programs will never admit you if you haven't studied at another school for either a bachelor's or master's. You simply need a broader perspective than you can get at one school.  Anyone who speaks of a specific school as the one where they intend to teach immediately outs themselves as being absurdly naive. When it's time to apply for faculty positions, if you aren't applying in all 24 time zones, you aren't really trying.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":16972.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"qiawsl","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Emailing author of journal article for access. Poor ettiquete? I recently became aware of a Doctor because they are working with a patient of mine.   We will likely have no professional contact through this patient although we do work within neighbouring health boards and have a crossover of colleagues.   A quick Google search showed they had written thirty articles but I am interested in reading three of them. They are relevant to my job as they specifically  discuss the demographic I work with.  Would it be appropriate to email them and ask if they could share these articles with me? It would be purely for my learning and to develop my practice.   I have tried to access them through alumni channels with no success.","c_root_id_A":"hiiez5y","c_root_id_B":"hiivdgx","created_at_utc_A":1635514781,"created_at_utc_B":1635521595,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"First try to access the paper through pubmed central all of the articles in that database are open access.  Then feel free to email the corresponding author.  Hell I usually randomly email several people a month asking questions about their research.  They either will be excited to talk about their work or ignore your email.","human_ref_B":"You can also just type the title into sci-hub.se and download it","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6814.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"33atvj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.82,"history":"Cambridge undergrad is 6 months of term time a year with bachelors in 3 years, leading US universities is 8 months of term time a year with bachelors in 4 years. Why is there such a big disparity - is the Cambridge course really that condensed or do you learn more in a US degree?","c_root_id_A":"cqjjksr","c_root_id_B":"cqjfls3","created_at_utc_A":1429618888,"created_at_utc_B":1429601777,"score_A":10,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Ok, so my undergraduate and masters were both from Cambridge and I did an exchange at MIT so I may be able to help out somewhat. In a word, yes, they are pretty comparable.   When you go to Cambridge you attend a college within the university. Each of these colleges competes to gain the highest number of 'good degrees' each year and as such most of the teaching is done by the college itself. These take the form of supervisions (supos) which are often one on one, or one on three perhaps, in which you talk about a specific topic then submit an essay or work sheet every week. This means that for some subjects you are literally writing around 4,000 words per week. On top of this you have lectures (which not everyone attends) laid on by the university. Coupled with extra curricular work, sports and the like you really have very little time to do anything while in term time. That said, terms are short at only 8 weeks.   It's quite a bit more work than MIT, but that said there is much more downtime outside of term, whereas at MIT there was time to have fun during the semester.   Something else which is fairly unique is the way the degree works, the tripos. For some subjects you actually don't have any exams that count for anything until your third year. So you basically have to revise everything you have learnt for finals. This doesn't apply to everything though, some courses take account of every year. Supposedly engineers only need a first in one of the years of their tripos to quality (apparently), although for the Tompkins table I am fairly certain only 3rd and 2nd year results are used.","human_ref_B":"8-week terms are so short that most students spend at least half of the \"month off\" you get at Christmas and Easter revising and consolidating what they were supposed to learn that term. It's a jam-packed 8 weeks. I'm not sure what the \"more time for reading before final exams\" is about, I don't think I ever had more than about ten days between lectures\/projects finishing and exams starting, at Cambridge. Not a lot of time to revise a year's worth of work.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":17111.0,"score_ratio":5.0}
{"post_id":"33atvj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.82,"history":"Cambridge undergrad is 6 months of term time a year with bachelors in 3 years, leading US universities is 8 months of term time a year with bachelors in 4 years. Why is there such a big disparity - is the Cambridge course really that condensed or do you learn more in a US degree?","c_root_id_A":"cqjjksr","c_root_id_B":"cqj9zmi","created_at_utc_A":1429618888,"created_at_utc_B":1429586451,"score_A":10,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Ok, so my undergraduate and masters were both from Cambridge and I did an exchange at MIT so I may be able to help out somewhat. In a word, yes, they are pretty comparable.   When you go to Cambridge you attend a college within the university. Each of these colleges competes to gain the highest number of 'good degrees' each year and as such most of the teaching is done by the college itself. These take the form of supervisions (supos) which are often one on one, or one on three perhaps, in which you talk about a specific topic then submit an essay or work sheet every week. This means that for some subjects you are literally writing around 4,000 words per week. On top of this you have lectures (which not everyone attends) laid on by the university. Coupled with extra curricular work, sports and the like you really have very little time to do anything while in term time. That said, terms are short at only 8 weeks.   It's quite a bit more work than MIT, but that said there is much more downtime outside of term, whereas at MIT there was time to have fun during the semester.   Something else which is fairly unique is the way the degree works, the tripos. For some subjects you actually don't have any exams that count for anything until your third year. So you basically have to revise everything you have learnt for finals. This doesn't apply to everything though, some courses take account of every year. Supposedly engineers only need a first in one of the years of their tripos to quality (apparently), although for the Tompkins table I am fairly certain only 3rd and 2nd year results are used.","human_ref_B":"The difference is probably in the 'general education' requirements. Technically, they are meant to broaden the students' horizons and teach them about fields outside of their own specialty. In reality, they're fucking GPA boosters for most students. Like many things in an old system, what used to be useful has outlived its purpose.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":32437.0,"score_ratio":3.3333333333}
{"post_id":"50l1su","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.82,"history":"Biology Professors and Students -- How long does it take to stop feeling like you are drowning in a new research subject? Since biology projects are so specialized and research at such a depth, joining a new project can feel really daunting. How long should it take a student to get to grips with the project\/lab research and begin to be able to formulate novel hypotheses and furthermore design a study to test it?","c_root_id_A":"d74x8iw","c_root_id_B":"d74zfb0","created_at_utc_A":1472698325,"created_at_utc_B":1472702034,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Well I've been one of the senior Co-I's on a project for about 4 years and it can still feel that way sometimes.....","human_ref_B":"I've been clueless about my project for 2 years and counting. Don't tell my PI.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3709.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"50l1su","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.82,"history":"Biology Professors and Students -- How long does it take to stop feeling like you are drowning in a new research subject? Since biology projects are so specialized and research at such a depth, joining a new project can feel really daunting. How long should it take a student to get to grips with the project\/lab research and begin to be able to formulate novel hypotheses and furthermore design a study to test it?","c_root_id_A":"d753z0r","c_root_id_B":"d74x8iw","created_at_utc_A":1472712716,"created_at_utc_B":1472698325,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Typically if someone starts a PhD they should have at least a base understanding. Normally I say go away and read for three months and we will really get into it.   My PhD, I didn't have much of a clue about the topic going in. We didn't really clearly say I was going to do x or y until the end of year one.   I now do loads of analysis for folk on the side without really knowing the phenotype at all! I'm 2nd author on a paper about genetics of rheumatoid arthritis and I know absolutely fuck all about it. You can wing some things!","human_ref_B":"Well I've been one of the senior Co-I's on a project for about 4 years and it can still feel that way sometimes.....","labels":1,"seconds_difference":14391.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"50l1su","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.82,"history":"Biology Professors and Students -- How long does it take to stop feeling like you are drowning in a new research subject? Since biology projects are so specialized and research at such a depth, joining a new project can feel really daunting. How long should it take a student to get to grips with the project\/lab research and begin to be able to formulate novel hypotheses and furthermore design a study to test it?","c_root_id_A":"d753z0r","c_root_id_B":"d750zyt","created_at_utc_A":1472712716,"created_at_utc_B":1472705098,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Typically if someone starts a PhD they should have at least a base understanding. Normally I say go away and read for three months and we will really get into it.   My PhD, I didn't have much of a clue about the topic going in. We didn't really clearly say I was going to do x or y until the end of year one.   I now do loads of analysis for folk on the side without really knowing the phenotype at all! I'm 2nd author on a paper about genetics of rheumatoid arthritis and I know absolutely fuck all about it. You can wing some things!","human_ref_B":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Impostor_syndrome","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7618.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"ytf1ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Colleague forcing their way onto my manuscript ... I think? Hi all,  I wrote a manuscript for the work I've done in the past year or so. I relied on some data generated by a previous student, so myself, him, and our PI are the only authors on the manuscript. My PI suggested that I send it to this 2nd author for review\/editing\/comments, and then a couple of other colleagues in the lab for internal review before the PI reads it himself.  The first round goes great and my 2nd author returns great comments after a week worth of 2 back and forth. I proceed to send it to the next person, who's a post-doc turned research associate - too long of a tenure as a post-doc, he had to switch to being an RA. I get my comments back from the RA and I see that he has added himself as an author on my paper. I looked through the document and the comments\/edits he's suggesting aren't any better\/more thorough than what my 2nd author did. Mostly grammar\/language and \"cite this please\" sort of commentary. I never discussed adding him as another author on my paper and I wasn't aware he was going to do it. From going through the document several times, I am also likely going to reject many of the edits as I don't think he fully grasped my paper and some of the comments are more confusing than helpful.  I haven't told my PI yet and I'm unsure if he has looked at the document. From my personal knowledge, this being my first first-author manuscript, a person has to provide data for a figure or provide some extensive technical skill (bioinformatics, surgery) to receive authorship ... though I know this is also journal-dependent. I've reviewed\/edited manuscripts from colleagues and other people on the floor before and never asked nor was offered to be an author. I am a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th author on several papers and for all of them I personally did work and provided data for a figure or several to guarantee authorship.  Is this normal to grant authorship to somebody because they reviewed\/edited a manuscript during internal review? Especially when this wasn't discussed before and the reviewer in question simply put their name on the manuscript without consent.","c_root_id_A":"iw3yfr2","c_root_id_B":"iw3r22p","created_at_utc_A":1668282715,"created_at_utc_B":1668279576,"score_A":56,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"Talk to your PI! Probably a miscommunication, which your PI can help smooth over and could take an opportunity to talk the RA and make sure their understanding of how authorship works is reasonable. If I was an author of every paper I provided comments on, I'd be tenured already.  In my experience this would not constitute authorship because they did not provide a substantial intellectual contribution. It also may literally not constitute authorship to whatever journal you are submitting to. Your PI should take care of this and\/or provide you advice.","human_ref_B":"Yeah no. This isn\u2019t amateur hour. Get this idiot off the author list ASAP, and inform the PI of the situation so it doesn\u2019t happen again.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3139.0,"score_ratio":3.1111111111}
{"post_id":"ytf1ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Colleague forcing their way onto my manuscript ... I think? Hi all,  I wrote a manuscript for the work I've done in the past year or so. I relied on some data generated by a previous student, so myself, him, and our PI are the only authors on the manuscript. My PI suggested that I send it to this 2nd author for review\/editing\/comments, and then a couple of other colleagues in the lab for internal review before the PI reads it himself.  The first round goes great and my 2nd author returns great comments after a week worth of 2 back and forth. I proceed to send it to the next person, who's a post-doc turned research associate - too long of a tenure as a post-doc, he had to switch to being an RA. I get my comments back from the RA and I see that he has added himself as an author on my paper. I looked through the document and the comments\/edits he's suggesting aren't any better\/more thorough than what my 2nd author did. Mostly grammar\/language and \"cite this please\" sort of commentary. I never discussed adding him as another author on my paper and I wasn't aware he was going to do it. From going through the document several times, I am also likely going to reject many of the edits as I don't think he fully grasped my paper and some of the comments are more confusing than helpful.  I haven't told my PI yet and I'm unsure if he has looked at the document. From my personal knowledge, this being my first first-author manuscript, a person has to provide data for a figure or provide some extensive technical skill (bioinformatics, surgery) to receive authorship ... though I know this is also journal-dependent. I've reviewed\/edited manuscripts from colleagues and other people on the floor before and never asked nor was offered to be an author. I am a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th author on several papers and for all of them I personally did work and provided data for a figure or several to guarantee authorship.  Is this normal to grant authorship to somebody because they reviewed\/edited a manuscript during internal review? Especially when this wasn't discussed before and the reviewer in question simply put their name on the manuscript without consent.","c_root_id_A":"iw3rlfd","c_root_id_B":"iw3r22p","created_at_utc_A":1668279807,"created_at_utc_B":1668279576,"score_A":58,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"Sounds like a miscommunication to me. When he received the manuscript he assumed it was because he was being included as an author, so he added his name and affiliation to be helpful.  Or he knows this wasn't the intention but is trying to be shady and sneak onto the paper. That's the more pessimistic view, I guess.  Either way, talk to your PI ASAP about how to have this conversation with the guy diplomatically.","human_ref_B":"Yeah no. This isn\u2019t amateur hour. Get this idiot off the author list ASAP, and inform the PI of the situation so it doesn\u2019t happen again.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":231.0,"score_ratio":3.2222222222}
{"post_id":"ytf1ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Colleague forcing their way onto my manuscript ... I think? Hi all,  I wrote a manuscript for the work I've done in the past year or so. I relied on some data generated by a previous student, so myself, him, and our PI are the only authors on the manuscript. My PI suggested that I send it to this 2nd author for review\/editing\/comments, and then a couple of other colleagues in the lab for internal review before the PI reads it himself.  The first round goes great and my 2nd author returns great comments after a week worth of 2 back and forth. I proceed to send it to the next person, who's a post-doc turned research associate - too long of a tenure as a post-doc, he had to switch to being an RA. I get my comments back from the RA and I see that he has added himself as an author on my paper. I looked through the document and the comments\/edits he's suggesting aren't any better\/more thorough than what my 2nd author did. Mostly grammar\/language and \"cite this please\" sort of commentary. I never discussed adding him as another author on my paper and I wasn't aware he was going to do it. From going through the document several times, I am also likely going to reject many of the edits as I don't think he fully grasped my paper and some of the comments are more confusing than helpful.  I haven't told my PI yet and I'm unsure if he has looked at the document. From my personal knowledge, this being my first first-author manuscript, a person has to provide data for a figure or provide some extensive technical skill (bioinformatics, surgery) to receive authorship ... though I know this is also journal-dependent. I've reviewed\/edited manuscripts from colleagues and other people on the floor before and never asked nor was offered to be an author. I am a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th author on several papers and for all of them I personally did work and provided data for a figure or several to guarantee authorship.  Is this normal to grant authorship to somebody because they reviewed\/edited a manuscript during internal review? Especially when this wasn't discussed before and the reviewer in question simply put their name on the manuscript without consent.","c_root_id_A":"iw8kc41","c_root_id_B":"iw7cg3d","created_at_utc_A":1668369351,"created_at_utc_B":1668351732,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I would tell the PI, it's their job to set this straight with the post-doc. For most journals this level of contribution would be against their rules for authorship.   &#x200B;  And now you know for the future - when you ask for internal review, just make very clear when asking that it would be a favour and not warrant authorship.","human_ref_B":"This is why labs need clear guidelines established by the PI as to what merits authorship. In some disciplines there are also published guidelines laying out explicitly which activities can or should result in being a named author on a paper.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":17619.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"ytf1ih","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Colleague forcing their way onto my manuscript ... I think? Hi all,  I wrote a manuscript for the work I've done in the past year or so. I relied on some data generated by a previous student, so myself, him, and our PI are the only authors on the manuscript. My PI suggested that I send it to this 2nd author for review\/editing\/comments, and then a couple of other colleagues in the lab for internal review before the PI reads it himself.  The first round goes great and my 2nd author returns great comments after a week worth of 2 back and forth. I proceed to send it to the next person, who's a post-doc turned research associate - too long of a tenure as a post-doc, he had to switch to being an RA. I get my comments back from the RA and I see that he has added himself as an author on my paper. I looked through the document and the comments\/edits he's suggesting aren't any better\/more thorough than what my 2nd author did. Mostly grammar\/language and \"cite this please\" sort of commentary. I never discussed adding him as another author on my paper and I wasn't aware he was going to do it. From going through the document several times, I am also likely going to reject many of the edits as I don't think he fully grasped my paper and some of the comments are more confusing than helpful.  I haven't told my PI yet and I'm unsure if he has looked at the document. From my personal knowledge, this being my first first-author manuscript, a person has to provide data for a figure or provide some extensive technical skill (bioinformatics, surgery) to receive authorship ... though I know this is also journal-dependent. I've reviewed\/edited manuscripts from colleagues and other people on the floor before and never asked nor was offered to be an author. I am a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th author on several papers and for all of them I personally did work and provided data for a figure or several to guarantee authorship.  Is this normal to grant authorship to somebody because they reviewed\/edited a manuscript during internal review? Especially when this wasn't discussed before and the reviewer in question simply put their name on the manuscript without consent.","c_root_id_A":"iw8kc41","c_root_id_B":"iw7ntmr","created_at_utc_A":1668369351,"created_at_utc_B":1668356641,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I would tell the PI, it's their job to set this straight with the post-doc. For most journals this level of contribution would be against their rules for authorship.   &#x200B;  And now you know for the future - when you ask for internal review, just make very clear when asking that it would be a favour and not warrant authorship.","human_ref_B":"couldn\u2019t you just remove his name as subtly as he added it?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":12710.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"a89krw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.82,"history":"If you take a break from academia and work on your own business or research startup, does that experience count when you return to academia? Does your previous experience count or do you need to start from scratch? Non-native English speaker here. This is probably a stupid question but I am curious.   Case 1: Suppose I am at an assistant professor and I am an academic for 5 years. Now I leave academia and work on my business which fails after 5 years. Now I apply to become an academic again and the position asks for 5 years of experience. Will I be able to join it showing my 5 years of assistant professor position.   Case 2: Same case but now, I want to apply to a position that is above assistant professor (say associate professor). It requires 8 years of experience. But I have 5 years of experience in academia and another 5 in a business. Will the business experience count?   Case 3: Same case as case 1 but instead of working on a business I was working on a research business of mine (say a research biotech firm). Will the 5 years in the research firm count towards associate professorship where 8 years of experience is required?","c_root_id_A":"ec9383k","c_root_id_B":"ec8xtwe","created_at_utc_A":1545403027,"created_at_utc_B":1545397768,"score_A":43,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"It is unlikely that you'd even get a tenure track job much less credit for your time outside academia unless you've kept up your publishing and\/or teaching.   Every year hundreds of people in your field likely graduate with a fresh PhD, and you would compete with them for jobs.  The time to do something like this is before graduate school or (on the side) after tenure.","human_ref_B":"Most of the time these positions will be referring to years of experience in academia.  You may get some credit for a distinguished career but not 1:1 usually","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5259.0,"score_ratio":3.9090909091}
{"post_id":"a89krw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.82,"history":"If you take a break from academia and work on your own business or research startup, does that experience count when you return to academia? Does your previous experience count or do you need to start from scratch? Non-native English speaker here. This is probably a stupid question but I am curious.   Case 1: Suppose I am at an assistant professor and I am an academic for 5 years. Now I leave academia and work on my business which fails after 5 years. Now I apply to become an academic again and the position asks for 5 years of experience. Will I be able to join it showing my 5 years of assistant professor position.   Case 2: Same case but now, I want to apply to a position that is above assistant professor (say associate professor). It requires 8 years of experience. But I have 5 years of experience in academia and another 5 in a business. Will the business experience count?   Case 3: Same case as case 1 but instead of working on a business I was working on a research business of mine (say a research biotech firm). Will the 5 years in the research firm count towards associate professorship where 8 years of experience is required?","c_root_id_A":"ec9383k","c_root_id_B":"ec8z57g","created_at_utc_A":1545403027,"created_at_utc_B":1545399290,"score_A":43,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"It is unlikely that you'd even get a tenure track job much less credit for your time outside academia unless you've kept up your publishing and\/or teaching.   Every year hundreds of people in your field likely graduate with a fresh PhD, and you would compete with them for jobs.  The time to do something like this is before graduate school or (on the side) after tenure.","human_ref_B":"Will you be publishing? When you attempt to return to academia, how long ago was your last publication?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3737.0,"score_ratio":5.375}
{"post_id":"a89krw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.82,"history":"If you take a break from academia and work on your own business or research startup, does that experience count when you return to academia? Does your previous experience count or do you need to start from scratch? Non-native English speaker here. This is probably a stupid question but I am curious.   Case 1: Suppose I am at an assistant professor and I am an academic for 5 years. Now I leave academia and work on my business which fails after 5 years. Now I apply to become an academic again and the position asks for 5 years of experience. Will I be able to join it showing my 5 years of assistant professor position.   Case 2: Same case but now, I want to apply to a position that is above assistant professor (say associate professor). It requires 8 years of experience. But I have 5 years of experience in academia and another 5 in a business. Will the business experience count?   Case 3: Same case as case 1 but instead of working on a business I was working on a research business of mine (say a research biotech firm). Will the 5 years in the research firm count towards associate professorship where 8 years of experience is required?","c_root_id_A":"ec985q1","c_root_id_B":"ec8xtwe","created_at_utc_A":1545406621,"created_at_utc_B":1545397768,"score_A":12,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"What field? Academia does not operate the same way in every field.","human_ref_B":"Most of the time these positions will be referring to years of experience in academia.  You may get some credit for a distinguished career but not 1:1 usually","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8853.0,"score_ratio":1.0909090909}
{"post_id":"a89krw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.82,"history":"If you take a break from academia and work on your own business or research startup, does that experience count when you return to academia? Does your previous experience count or do you need to start from scratch? Non-native English speaker here. This is probably a stupid question but I am curious.   Case 1: Suppose I am at an assistant professor and I am an academic for 5 years. Now I leave academia and work on my business which fails after 5 years. Now I apply to become an academic again and the position asks for 5 years of experience. Will I be able to join it showing my 5 years of assistant professor position.   Case 2: Same case but now, I want to apply to a position that is above assistant professor (say associate professor). It requires 8 years of experience. But I have 5 years of experience in academia and another 5 in a business. Will the business experience count?   Case 3: Same case as case 1 but instead of working on a business I was working on a research business of mine (say a research biotech firm). Will the 5 years in the research firm count towards associate professorship where 8 years of experience is required?","c_root_id_A":"ec8z57g","c_root_id_B":"ec985q1","created_at_utc_A":1545399290,"created_at_utc_B":1545406621,"score_A":8,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Will you be publishing? When you attempt to return to academia, how long ago was your last publication?","human_ref_B":"What field? Academia does not operate the same way in every field.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7331.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"a89krw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.82,"history":"If you take a break from academia and work on your own business or research startup, does that experience count when you return to academia? Does your previous experience count or do you need to start from scratch? Non-native English speaker here. This is probably a stupid question but I am curious.   Case 1: Suppose I am at an assistant professor and I am an academic for 5 years. Now I leave academia and work on my business which fails after 5 years. Now I apply to become an academic again and the position asks for 5 years of experience. Will I be able to join it showing my 5 years of assistant professor position.   Case 2: Same case but now, I want to apply to a position that is above assistant professor (say associate professor). It requires 8 years of experience. But I have 5 years of experience in academia and another 5 in a business. Will the business experience count?   Case 3: Same case as case 1 but instead of working on a business I was working on a research business of mine (say a research biotech firm). Will the 5 years in the research firm count towards associate professorship where 8 years of experience is required?","c_root_id_A":"ec94uzu","c_root_id_B":"ec985q1","created_at_utc_A":1545404296,"created_at_utc_B":1545406621,"score_A":9,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"This is very common in machine learning and computer vision. If it's actually a research position you go to (and you continue to publish), it's fine and going back and forth is common. If it's applied, and you don't publish it's not.   &#x200B;  The downside is that your teaching experience will be non-existent for that time period, but if you turn up with funding this will be forgiven.","human_ref_B":"What field? Academia does not operate the same way in every field.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2325.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"a89krw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.82,"history":"If you take a break from academia and work on your own business or research startup, does that experience count when you return to academia? Does your previous experience count or do you need to start from scratch? Non-native English speaker here. This is probably a stupid question but I am curious.   Case 1: Suppose I am at an assistant professor and I am an academic for 5 years. Now I leave academia and work on my business which fails after 5 years. Now I apply to become an academic again and the position asks for 5 years of experience. Will I be able to join it showing my 5 years of assistant professor position.   Case 2: Same case but now, I want to apply to a position that is above assistant professor (say associate professor). It requires 8 years of experience. But I have 5 years of experience in academia and another 5 in a business. Will the business experience count?   Case 3: Same case as case 1 but instead of working on a business I was working on a research business of mine (say a research biotech firm). Will the 5 years in the research firm count towards associate professorship where 8 years of experience is required?","c_root_id_A":"ec8z57g","c_root_id_B":"ec94uzu","created_at_utc_A":1545399290,"created_at_utc_B":1545404296,"score_A":8,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Will you be publishing? When you attempt to return to academia, how long ago was your last publication?","human_ref_B":"This is very common in machine learning and computer vision. If it's actually a research position you go to (and you continue to publish), it's fine and going back and forth is common. If it's applied, and you don't publish it's not.   &#x200B;  The downside is that your teaching experience will be non-existent for that time period, but if you turn up with funding this will be forgiven.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5006.0,"score_ratio":1.125}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d30avh7","c_root_id_B":"d308u6i","created_at_utc_A":1462907532,"created_at_utc_B":1462904943,"score_A":19,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"While not a professor, I have been teaching 2-3 classes per semester for the past 3.5 years.  I get these sorts of emails every semester, usually from <5% of my students.  One strategy that I've employed is to try to minimize the amount of time between when I enter their final grades online (where they can see them) and when I assign final grades in our schools online portal (where they are final).  Usually I'll enter final exam grades late one afternoon, sleep on it, look it over in the morning, and then submit my final grades to the university.  This gives them less time to haggle as they know (at least at my institution), that it's difficult to change once they've been officially submitted to the university.  The other strategy I've employed is emailing them as soon as final exam grades are entered, to a.) let me know grades are posted and b.) remind them that their grade is final and there is nothing they can do at this point to change their grade.  These things helped me go from getting these emails from 10% of my class to getting them from <5%.  Your mileage may vary.","human_ref_B":"I'm not a professor, but I think you're on the right track. The fact that your students don't try to haggle with you after your first response is the proof in the pudding.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2589.0,"score_ratio":3.8}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d30dvai","c_root_id_B":"d308u6i","created_at_utc_A":1462911218,"created_at_utc_B":1462904943,"score_A":11,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Rule 1 of extenuating circumstances; notify before the exam. Coming in after the fact is not going to work.  At least here in the UK this is also dealt with by the university centrally, not on a course by course basis.","human_ref_B":"I'm not a professor, but I think you're on the right track. The fact that your students don't try to haggle with you after your first response is the proof in the pudding.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6275.0,"score_ratio":2.2}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d30dvai","c_root_id_B":"d30dp4m","created_at_utc_A":1462911218,"created_at_utc_B":1462911013,"score_A":11,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Rule 1 of extenuating circumstances; notify before the exam. Coming in after the fact is not going to work.  At least here in the UK this is also dealt with by the university centrally, not on a course by course basis.","human_ref_B":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVvKnq5XT-g","labels":1,"seconds_difference":205.0,"score_ratio":1.5714285714}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d30epn7","c_root_id_B":"d308u6i","created_at_utc_A":1462912258,"created_at_utc_B":1462904943,"score_A":9,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"You could include something on your syllabus to describe your policy, but I think your approach is good. Emphasize how you don't change grades (aside from correcting errors) out of fairness for all students. Some students are bolder about asking for such consideration so it's not fair to those who are shy (or feel less entitled). Students, and people in general, typically respond favorably to arguments of fairness.","human_ref_B":"I'm not a professor, but I think you're on the right track. The fact that your students don't try to haggle with you after your first response is the proof in the pudding.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7315.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d30dp4m","c_root_id_B":"d30epn7","created_at_utc_A":1462911013,"created_at_utc_B":1462912258,"score_A":7,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVvKnq5XT-g","human_ref_B":"You could include something on your syllabus to describe your policy, but I think your approach is good. Emphasize how you don't change grades (aside from correcting errors) out of fairness for all students. Some students are bolder about asking for such consideration so it's not fair to those who are shy (or feel less entitled). Students, and people in general, typically respond favorably to arguments of fairness.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1245.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d308u6i","c_root_id_B":"d30j4zz","created_at_utc_A":1462904943,"created_at_utc_B":1462918081,"score_A":5,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I'm not a professor, but I think you're on the right track. The fact that your students don't try to haggle with you after your first response is the proof in the pudding.","human_ref_B":"This semester I got someone asking if I would \"Round up\" an 88.3 to an A-!  And this was for a stats class!  Clearly they did not deserve an A- if they thought that was the proper way to round.    Yeah haggling happens all the time.  I'm just like \"sorry, I have to follow the syllabus in order to be fair to all the students in the class, and I only round up if you got an 89.85 or higher\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":13138.0,"score_ratio":1.6}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d30j4zz","c_root_id_B":"d30dp4m","created_at_utc_A":1462918081,"created_at_utc_B":1462911013,"score_A":8,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"This semester I got someone asking if I would \"Round up\" an 88.3 to an A-!  And this was for a stats class!  Clearly they did not deserve an A- if they thought that was the proper way to round.    Yeah haggling happens all the time.  I'm just like \"sorry, I have to follow the syllabus in order to be fair to all the students in the class, and I only round up if you got an 89.85 or higher\"","human_ref_B":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVvKnq5XT-g","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7068.0,"score_ratio":1.1428571429}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d30fvj0","c_root_id_B":"d30j4zz","created_at_utc_A":1462913732,"created_at_utc_B":1462918081,"score_A":2,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I'm a prof...note that much of this comes from a student unhappy with their grade, they tell someone, and their friend says..hey why don't you contact your professor, it can't hurt. They are fishing w no bait for the most part. I do check over things..such as a possibility that I entered a grade wrong or such. But basically if they got a grade they are u happy with I explain the grading scale and answer any other questions they may have and say enjoy your summer. For a student with poor scores, missed assignments, or whatever, nagging can't make up for that. Make sure that it doesn't or you'll be dealing with this for years down the road. Be fair. That means that everyone with the same score gets the same grade. Every one is treated the same. Sometimes I consider what an A student would think...\"oh, I didn't need to hand that in on time?  I could just hand it in late and ask for full credit with some excuse?  Oh, I didn't need to study so much..I could have just asked to retake an exam ?\"","human_ref_B":"This semester I got someone asking if I would \"Round up\" an 88.3 to an A-!  And this was for a stats class!  Clearly they did not deserve an A- if they thought that was the proper way to round.    Yeah haggling happens all the time.  I'm just like \"sorry, I have to follow the syllabus in order to be fair to all the students in the class, and I only round up if you got an 89.85 or higher\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4349.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d30iaxr","c_root_id_B":"d30j4zz","created_at_utc_A":1462916882,"created_at_utc_B":1462918081,"score_A":3,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Overall, what you're doing is fine. Consider putting something in the syllabus in the future that describes your policy. It's really hard for anyone to say you're being capricious if you've been saying the same thing for four months. Also, I find that reminding students of their options often ends the conversation, (e.g., \"If you disagree with this decision or feel it was reached in error, you can feel free to contact Dean X's office.\") Chances are very very good that a) any administrator worth much will have an assistant with an automated response for this stuff that backs you and b) the student is really only doing this because sending an email is free and low-effort and they know they don't deserve anything higher.  I also know some people who answer with, \"I'm happy to revisit your scores at any time. However, it is entirely possible that my reassessment will result in a lower score than was originally assigned.\" I think there are problems with that, but it's a way to go.","human_ref_B":"This semester I got someone asking if I would \"Round up\" an 88.3 to an A-!  And this was for a stats class!  Clearly they did not deserve an A- if they thought that was the proper way to round.    Yeah haggling happens all the time.  I'm just like \"sorry, I have to follow the syllabus in order to be fair to all the students in the class, and I only round up if you got an 89.85 or higher\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1199.0,"score_ratio":2.6666666667}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d30fd5d","c_root_id_B":"d30j4zz","created_at_utc_A":1462913085,"created_at_utc_B":1462918081,"score_A":2,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"My strategy was to say something similar to what you have, and add that they should contact the Office of the University Ombudsman if they feel that they have been graded improperly or unfairly.","human_ref_B":"This semester I got someone asking if I would \"Round up\" an 88.3 to an A-!  And this was for a stats class!  Clearly they did not deserve an A- if they thought that was the proper way to round.    Yeah haggling happens all the time.  I'm just like \"sorry, I have to follow the syllabus in order to be fair to all the students in the class, and I only round up if you got an 89.85 or higher\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4996.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d308u6i","c_root_id_B":"d30ma5g","created_at_utc_A":1462904943,"created_at_utc_B":1462922939,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I'm not a professor, but I think you're on the right track. The fact that your students don't try to haggle with you after your first response is the proof in the pudding.","human_ref_B":"I think faculty reputation among students matters a lot. My first semester or two, I had the usual heavy flood of bullshit, begging, and crying in my office from undergrads and even a couple grad students. Apparently crying has had a high success rate over the years in my department (I always keep complimentary tissues always on hand!). But it died out pretty quick for me and now getting 1-2 \"please I need this grade because X\"'s per semester across classes is a lot. I didn't change any of my policies or the way I pitch grades in class--I just never fed the bears. Nobody's cried (well, over grades at least) in my office in a couple years.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":17996.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d30fvj0","c_root_id_B":"d30ma5g","created_at_utc_A":1462913732,"created_at_utc_B":1462922939,"score_A":2,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I'm a prof...note that much of this comes from a student unhappy with their grade, they tell someone, and their friend says..hey why don't you contact your professor, it can't hurt. They are fishing w no bait for the most part. I do check over things..such as a possibility that I entered a grade wrong or such. But basically if they got a grade they are u happy with I explain the grading scale and answer any other questions they may have and say enjoy your summer. For a student with poor scores, missed assignments, or whatever, nagging can't make up for that. Make sure that it doesn't or you'll be dealing with this for years down the road. Be fair. That means that everyone with the same score gets the same grade. Every one is treated the same. Sometimes I consider what an A student would think...\"oh, I didn't need to hand that in on time?  I could just hand it in late and ask for full credit with some excuse?  Oh, I didn't need to study so much..I could have just asked to retake an exam ?\"","human_ref_B":"I think faculty reputation among students matters a lot. My first semester or two, I had the usual heavy flood of bullshit, begging, and crying in my office from undergrads and even a couple grad students. Apparently crying has had a high success rate over the years in my department (I always keep complimentary tissues always on hand!). But it died out pretty quick for me and now getting 1-2 \"please I need this grade because X\"'s per semester across classes is a lot. I didn't change any of my policies or the way I pitch grades in class--I just never fed the bears. Nobody's cried (well, over grades at least) in my office in a couple years.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9207.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d30ma5g","c_root_id_B":"d30iaxr","created_at_utc_A":1462922939,"created_at_utc_B":1462916882,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I think faculty reputation among students matters a lot. My first semester or two, I had the usual heavy flood of bullshit, begging, and crying in my office from undergrads and even a couple grad students. Apparently crying has had a high success rate over the years in my department (I always keep complimentary tissues always on hand!). But it died out pretty quick for me and now getting 1-2 \"please I need this grade because X\"'s per semester across classes is a lot. I didn't change any of my policies or the way I pitch grades in class--I just never fed the bears. Nobody's cried (well, over grades at least) in my office in a couple years.","human_ref_B":"Overall, what you're doing is fine. Consider putting something in the syllabus in the future that describes your policy. It's really hard for anyone to say you're being capricious if you've been saying the same thing for four months. Also, I find that reminding students of their options often ends the conversation, (e.g., \"If you disagree with this decision or feel it was reached in error, you can feel free to contact Dean X's office.\") Chances are very very good that a) any administrator worth much will have an assistant with an automated response for this stuff that backs you and b) the student is really only doing this because sending an email is free and low-effort and they know they don't deserve anything higher.  I also know some people who answer with, \"I'm happy to revisit your scores at any time. However, it is entirely possible that my reassessment will result in a lower score than was originally assigned.\" I think there are problems with that, but it's a way to go.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6057.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d30fd5d","c_root_id_B":"d30ma5g","created_at_utc_A":1462913085,"created_at_utc_B":1462922939,"score_A":2,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"My strategy was to say something similar to what you have, and add that they should contact the Office of the University Ombudsman if they feel that they have been graded improperly or unfairly.","human_ref_B":"I think faculty reputation among students matters a lot. My first semester or two, I had the usual heavy flood of bullshit, begging, and crying in my office from undergrads and even a couple grad students. Apparently crying has had a high success rate over the years in my department (I always keep complimentary tissues always on hand!). But it died out pretty quick for me and now getting 1-2 \"please I need this grade because X\"'s per semester across classes is a lot. I didn't change any of my policies or the way I pitch grades in class--I just never fed the bears. Nobody's cried (well, over grades at least) in my office in a couple years.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9854.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d30dp4m","c_root_id_B":"d308u6i","created_at_utc_A":1462911013,"created_at_utc_B":1462904943,"score_A":7,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVvKnq5XT-g","human_ref_B":"I'm not a professor, but I think you're on the right track. The fact that your students don't try to haggle with you after your first response is the proof in the pudding.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6070.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d30fvj0","c_root_id_B":"d30iaxr","created_at_utc_A":1462913732,"created_at_utc_B":1462916882,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I'm a prof...note that much of this comes from a student unhappy with their grade, they tell someone, and their friend says..hey why don't you contact your professor, it can't hurt. They are fishing w no bait for the most part. I do check over things..such as a possibility that I entered a grade wrong or such. But basically if they got a grade they are u happy with I explain the grading scale and answer any other questions they may have and say enjoy your summer. For a student with poor scores, missed assignments, or whatever, nagging can't make up for that. Make sure that it doesn't or you'll be dealing with this for years down the road. Be fair. That means that everyone with the same score gets the same grade. Every one is treated the same. Sometimes I consider what an A student would think...\"oh, I didn't need to hand that in on time?  I could just hand it in late and ask for full credit with some excuse?  Oh, I didn't need to study so much..I could have just asked to retake an exam ?\"","human_ref_B":"Overall, what you're doing is fine. Consider putting something in the syllabus in the future that describes your policy. It's really hard for anyone to say you're being capricious if you've been saying the same thing for four months. Also, I find that reminding students of their options often ends the conversation, (e.g., \"If you disagree with this decision or feel it was reached in error, you can feel free to contact Dean X's office.\") Chances are very very good that a) any administrator worth much will have an assistant with an automated response for this stuff that backs you and b) the student is really only doing this because sending an email is free and low-effort and they know they don't deserve anything higher.  I also know some people who answer with, \"I'm happy to revisit your scores at any time. However, it is entirely possible that my reassessment will result in a lower score than was originally assigned.\" I think there are problems with that, but it's a way to go.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3150.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"4iqlxd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Dealing with student haggling for grades I'll admit, I'm relatively new to the profession (yay, pun, moving on), but I am increasingly (in a relatively short term) seeing emails from students after grades are posted hoping to bargain for an increased grade. They use lots of strategies, but the overall bent is always \"won't you reconsider my grade due to these special circumstances?\" My consistent response is that they have been subjected to the same grading criteria as all other students in the class, and I haven't had any blowback from that (although it is something that raises my general concern level, mainly the possibility of a substantial amount of unnecessary work on my part if a grade is disputed).  Those who've been in the game longer, do you notice a similar trend in increased requests to increase final grades? Any suggestions on preempting this wave of nagging?","c_root_id_A":"d30iaxr","c_root_id_B":"d30fd5d","created_at_utc_A":1462916882,"created_at_utc_B":1462913085,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Overall, what you're doing is fine. Consider putting something in the syllabus in the future that describes your policy. It's really hard for anyone to say you're being capricious if you've been saying the same thing for four months. Also, I find that reminding students of their options often ends the conversation, (e.g., \"If you disagree with this decision or feel it was reached in error, you can feel free to contact Dean X's office.\") Chances are very very good that a) any administrator worth much will have an assistant with an automated response for this stuff that backs you and b) the student is really only doing this because sending an email is free and low-effort and they know they don't deserve anything higher.  I also know some people who answer with, \"I'm happy to revisit your scores at any time. However, it is entirely possible that my reassessment will result in a lower score than was originally assigned.\" I think there are problems with that, but it's a way to go.","human_ref_B":"My strategy was to say something similar to what you have, and add that they should contact the Office of the University Ombudsman if they feel that they have been graded improperly or unfairly.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3797.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"wmwz27","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Former PI keeps asking me to do things\/finish publication...I have switched careers. How do I respond? tl;dr at bottom.  Hi everyone,   I started medical school (at a different school) while I was finishing up my MS. My PI was very nice about letting me defend my thesis remotely, BUT my grades in medical school suffered, I lost sleep, didn't spend as much time as I should've with family, and forget about friends.   The good news is that I successfully defended my MS thesis and received my diploma. The bad news? My former PI reached out to me a week after graduation asking me for help locating my old data\/project so a new student could expand upon it. I replied with instructions where to find my old data, to which she said \"Thank you! Can you put this in a PPT with all your graphs? Also, can you send the excel docs for this data (she must've not checked the file location which I stated in the email because all that info is readily available on the lab computers). She ends the email saying \"I will send you another email shortly about turning your thesis into a publication.\"  This part really put a nail in my coffin. I originally hoped to publish my work, which is finished, but life had other plans. Instead, I did my best and made it into a thesis, rather than graduating as a non-thesis student.   The problem is that she teaches in the town that I hope to return and practice medicine as a physician in. I don't want to burn bridges but I am so tired of remediating medical school courses and I don't have the time or energy to turn my thesis into a manuscript. How can I reply politely while making it known that I simply cannot afford to do any of this? Thank you!  &#x200B;  tl;dr: US Masters graduate being asked to continue work after graduating and switching careers. How to politely decline, so that I can focus on my grades and mental health, without burning bridges?","c_root_id_A":"ik43fuc","c_root_id_B":"ik37mxv","created_at_utc_A":1660387225,"created_at_utc_B":1660363591,"score_A":7,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Just honestly say that you don't have time to continue working on it. If your work is worth publishing it would be nice for the science community to make a publication from it definitely. You can give all the resources (source file, data, etc) and say that you're ok that another master or PhD student finishes the work and that you are \"only\" a coauthor. This situation is very common.","human_ref_B":"Just say you can't and you don't expect to ever be interested in publishing. Your PI can move forward with someone else as the lead author. It's field specific, but all my students are required to publish one manuscript before they can graduate and all data is owned by the lab (ie me or really,  the university).","labels":1,"seconds_difference":23634.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"wmwz27","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Former PI keeps asking me to do things\/finish publication...I have switched careers. How do I respond? tl;dr at bottom.  Hi everyone,   I started medical school (at a different school) while I was finishing up my MS. My PI was very nice about letting me defend my thesis remotely, BUT my grades in medical school suffered, I lost sleep, didn't spend as much time as I should've with family, and forget about friends.   The good news is that I successfully defended my MS thesis and received my diploma. The bad news? My former PI reached out to me a week after graduation asking me for help locating my old data\/project so a new student could expand upon it. I replied with instructions where to find my old data, to which she said \"Thank you! Can you put this in a PPT with all your graphs? Also, can you send the excel docs for this data (she must've not checked the file location which I stated in the email because all that info is readily available on the lab computers). She ends the email saying \"I will send you another email shortly about turning your thesis into a publication.\"  This part really put a nail in my coffin. I originally hoped to publish my work, which is finished, but life had other plans. Instead, I did my best and made it into a thesis, rather than graduating as a non-thesis student.   The problem is that she teaches in the town that I hope to return and practice medicine as a physician in. I don't want to burn bridges but I am so tired of remediating medical school courses and I don't have the time or energy to turn my thesis into a manuscript. How can I reply politely while making it known that I simply cannot afford to do any of this? Thank you!  &#x200B;  tl;dr: US Masters graduate being asked to continue work after graduating and switching careers. How to politely decline, so that I can focus on my grades and mental health, without burning bridges?","c_root_id_A":"ik49zvh","c_root_id_B":"ik4f0dv","created_at_utc_A":1660391892,"created_at_utc_B":1660394890,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"\"No, I am busy.\"","human_ref_B":"It is completely acceptable to say, \u201cI\u2019m sorry, but I just don\u2019t have the bandwidth to work on a publication now. Medical school is taking up every last bit of my time.\u201d  If the Pi doesn\u2019t understand this, then they are the one burning bridges!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2998.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"9r67fr","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Will a humanities PhD still ruin your life if you expect almost nothing from it? Salutations, academics! Question for you all.   I have a Bachelor\u2019s degree in English and History. Beginning about my sophomore year of uni, I intended to enter academia (the plan was an MA in English, a PhD in Philology), and so built up my CV accordingly. I researched, published, presented, taught, and studied everything I could get my hands on. (I had an academic scholarship, and milked it for all it was worth.)  Toward the end of my degree, I read several hundred blog posts and articles about the demise of academia, the dearth of tenure-track positions, and how grad school will ruin one\u2019s life and leave one penniless, friendless, and soulless. As such, when I finished my degree, I elected to apply for teaching jobs at Classical high schools instead of applying to graduate programs.  Well, I absolutely fell in love with teaching high school. (Teenagers are such a mess, and they\u2019re wonderful.) Now two years after I began, I can see myself happily continuing to teach English and Latin to grades 9-12 for my whole career.   However, I would still like to go back and continue to study. I know that graduate school promises to ruin my life if I\u2019m trying to pay off prior debts, take out loans to pay for it, and expect a tenure-track position when I\u2019m done. But what if I don\u2019t have debts, I don\u2019t go if I am not offered significant funding, and I expect little-to-no career change from it? Will it still be soul-crushing and life-ruining?  There are several PhDs who teach at the high school I\u2019m at, and I am in conversation with them on this topic as well. However, I enjoy perusing r\/AskAcademia, and figured there might be one or two of you from a wider data sample who\u2019ve got advice for this situation.  Thank you in advance for your response! Have a great day.","c_root_id_A":"e8esnnj","c_root_id_B":"e8ep00n","created_at_utc_A":1540445825,"created_at_utc_B":1540440861,"score_A":14,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"It won't be \"soul crushing and life-ruining,\" but there are big opportunity costs. While your non-academic colleagues build equity and save for retirement, you're plugging along with a $15-30,000\/yr stipend.   Also, just so you're aware, virtually every top-tier humanities PhD program has a built-in MA. It's not worth getting a terminal MA unless you have big preparatory gaps, like language skills or grades.","human_ref_B":"If you expect your PhD will be useless for your career, you may not keep enough motivation to do well in your PhD, or even finish it. (I am in a totally different field, but I am doing my PhD because I like doing my PhD - I have good funding and other conditions important to me - but I haven't found a realistic way for me to have a happy and productive career in my field, even in the broadest sense, afterwards, so I am not motivated enough to put in the extra work to publish and finish.)  Maybe getting a PhD or master's in education (probably of one of your fields) would be better suited for you and your career?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4964.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1t9pj","c_root_id_B":"ea1thgo","created_at_utc_A":1542653607,"created_at_utc_B":1542653770,"score_A":104,"score_B":144,"human_ref_A":"Being a father is much more challenging  Because if I screw this up, I mess up someone *else*","human_ref_B":"No, many things in my personal life have been more challenging.   It was also not the most challenging point of my professional career. Getting a job and the climb to tenure are, IMO, more challenging.   Also more soul crushing and stressful. Especially the job market.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":163.0,"score_ratio":1.3846153846}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1rpkv","c_root_id_B":"ea1thgo","created_at_utc_A":1542652469,"created_at_utc_B":1542653770,"score_A":27,"score_B":144,"human_ref_A":"I would have to say that getting the PhD wasn't particularly difficult, not much more difficult than the Master's degree, and easier than the Bachelor's and High School. It's a question of time. If you work long enough, you will succeed. There's also no hard deadline on your completing your project, whereas in high school and undergrad you can get overloaded with coursework and do poorly in classes, affecting your entire future career.  It was a lot more difficult to learn how to interview well, and hold out for the kind of job I wanted. That meant turning down sure things and facing financial uncertainty, risking unemployment, etc... That was much, much harder.","human_ref_B":"No, many things in my personal life have been more challenging.   It was also not the most challenging point of my professional career. Getting a job and the climb to tenure are, IMO, more challenging.   Also more soul crushing and stressful. Especially the job market.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1301.0,"score_ratio":5.3333333333}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1rg6p","c_root_id_B":"ea1thgo","created_at_utc_A":1542652279,"created_at_utc_B":1542653770,"score_A":22,"score_B":144,"human_ref_A":"Aside from awful life events such as deaths, yes PhD was the most challenging thing I've ever done.  Would do it again though.","human_ref_B":"No, many things in my personal life have been more challenging.   It was also not the most challenging point of my professional career. Getting a job and the climb to tenure are, IMO, more challenging.   Also more soul crushing and stressful. Especially the job market.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1491.0,"score_ratio":6.5454545455}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1sgme","c_root_id_B":"ea1thgo","created_at_utc_A":1542653006,"created_at_utc_B":1542653770,"score_A":15,"score_B":144,"human_ref_A":"One of the most challenging, yes. Difficulties in my personal life topped it.  In terms of work load and stress, I\u2019ve had jobs that were a lot worse.","human_ref_B":"No, many things in my personal life have been more challenging.   It was also not the most challenging point of my professional career. Getting a job and the climb to tenure are, IMO, more challenging.   Also more soul crushing and stressful. Especially the job market.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":764.0,"score_ratio":9.6}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1t8d8","c_root_id_B":"ea1thgo","created_at_utc_A":1542653578,"created_at_utc_B":1542653770,"score_A":9,"score_B":144,"human_ref_A":"facing yourself (your shadow), finding a spouse, and making a life are all exponentially more difficult","human_ref_B":"No, many things in my personal life have been more challenging.   It was also not the most challenging point of my professional career. Getting a job and the climb to tenure are, IMO, more challenging.   Also more soul crushing and stressful. Especially the job market.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":192.0,"score_ratio":16.0}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1rpkv","c_root_id_B":"ea1t9pj","created_at_utc_A":1542652469,"created_at_utc_B":1542653607,"score_A":27,"score_B":104,"human_ref_A":"I would have to say that getting the PhD wasn't particularly difficult, not much more difficult than the Master's degree, and easier than the Bachelor's and High School. It's a question of time. If you work long enough, you will succeed. There's also no hard deadline on your completing your project, whereas in high school and undergrad you can get overloaded with coursework and do poorly in classes, affecting your entire future career.  It was a lot more difficult to learn how to interview well, and hold out for the kind of job I wanted. That meant turning down sure things and facing financial uncertainty, risking unemployment, etc... That was much, much harder.","human_ref_B":"Being a father is much more challenging  Because if I screw this up, I mess up someone *else*","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1138.0,"score_ratio":3.8518518519}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1t9pj","c_root_id_B":"ea1rg6p","created_at_utc_A":1542653607,"created_at_utc_B":1542652279,"score_A":104,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"Being a father is much more challenging  Because if I screw this up, I mess up someone *else*","human_ref_B":"Aside from awful life events such as deaths, yes PhD was the most challenging thing I've ever done.  Would do it again though.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1328.0,"score_ratio":4.7272727273}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1t9pj","c_root_id_B":"ea1sgme","created_at_utc_A":1542653607,"created_at_utc_B":1542653006,"score_A":104,"score_B":15,"human_ref_A":"Being a father is much more challenging  Because if I screw this up, I mess up someone *else*","human_ref_B":"One of the most challenging, yes. Difficulties in my personal life topped it.  In terms of work load and stress, I\u2019ve had jobs that were a lot worse.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":601.0,"score_ratio":6.9333333333}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1t9pj","c_root_id_B":"ea1t8d8","created_at_utc_A":1542653607,"created_at_utc_B":1542653578,"score_A":104,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Being a father is much more challenging  Because if I screw this up, I mess up someone *else*","human_ref_B":"facing yourself (your shadow), finding a spouse, and making a life are all exponentially more difficult","labels":1,"seconds_difference":29.0,"score_ratio":11.5555555556}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1va20","c_root_id_B":"ea1u70u","created_at_utc_A":1542655185,"created_at_utc_B":1542654318,"score_A":90,"score_B":44,"human_ref_A":"I'm almost finished with the dissertation. (At least that's what I tell myself on a regular basis.)  Watching my girlfriend be diagnosed out of the blue with Stage 4 cancer and then watching her slowly die over the next year will likely always be in first place tied with watching my mom die from a truly, truly horrible disease called pulmonary fibrosis (basically you just slowly asphyxiate over the course of a couple years).  So, yeah...  The prolonged and horrible death of a loved one is way more stressful and I've sadly been through that more than the two times I just mentioned.","human_ref_B":"My PhD experience was generally very pleasant. There were rough patches, but overall it was a positive experience.  Far harder:  loss of my mother (happened one week after starting a tenure track job) and the diagnosis of my daughter with autism.  Parenting in general has been the most emotionally difficult thing I've ever done.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":867.0,"score_ratio":2.0454545455}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1va20","c_root_id_B":"ea1rpkv","created_at_utc_A":1542655185,"created_at_utc_B":1542652469,"score_A":90,"score_B":27,"human_ref_A":"I'm almost finished with the dissertation. (At least that's what I tell myself on a regular basis.)  Watching my girlfriend be diagnosed out of the blue with Stage 4 cancer and then watching her slowly die over the next year will likely always be in first place tied with watching my mom die from a truly, truly horrible disease called pulmonary fibrosis (basically you just slowly asphyxiate over the course of a couple years).  So, yeah...  The prolonged and horrible death of a loved one is way more stressful and I've sadly been through that more than the two times I just mentioned.","human_ref_B":"I would have to say that getting the PhD wasn't particularly difficult, not much more difficult than the Master's degree, and easier than the Bachelor's and High School. It's a question of time. If you work long enough, you will succeed. There's also no hard deadline on your completing your project, whereas in high school and undergrad you can get overloaded with coursework and do poorly in classes, affecting your entire future career.  It was a lot more difficult to learn how to interview well, and hold out for the kind of job I wanted. That meant turning down sure things and facing financial uncertainty, risking unemployment, etc... That was much, much harder.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2716.0,"score_ratio":3.3333333333}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1va20","c_root_id_B":"ea1rg6p","created_at_utc_A":1542655185,"created_at_utc_B":1542652279,"score_A":90,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"I'm almost finished with the dissertation. (At least that's what I tell myself on a regular basis.)  Watching my girlfriend be diagnosed out of the blue with Stage 4 cancer and then watching her slowly die over the next year will likely always be in first place tied with watching my mom die from a truly, truly horrible disease called pulmonary fibrosis (basically you just slowly asphyxiate over the course of a couple years).  So, yeah...  The prolonged and horrible death of a loved one is way more stressful and I've sadly been through that more than the two times I just mentioned.","human_ref_B":"Aside from awful life events such as deaths, yes PhD was the most challenging thing I've ever done.  Would do it again though.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2906.0,"score_ratio":4.0909090909}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1tj63","c_root_id_B":"ea1va20","created_at_utc_A":1542653806,"created_at_utc_B":1542655185,"score_A":17,"score_B":90,"human_ref_A":"On the scale of education, for me its been PhD = postdoc >>> undergrad >> high school.   PhD = postdoc: PhD is challenging because of the sheer magnitude of what it means, how much work it is, and how much you find out about yourself in the process. There are ups and downs, it's open-ended which can be tough for some people, and it's a massive commitment that sucks time and energy away from the other aspects of your life (social life, family etc.). Mine wasn't particularly technically challenging though. Postdoc is equally challenging because of the amount of work you need to balance, the added responsibilities, and the constant worry of being good enough and building up your CV for future jobs. It's also really nice not to have courses and the pressure of producing a giant document at the end though, so that helps.  Undergrad: The stress in undergrad comes from having to learn and remember things at an extraordinary rate. That happens in grad school and postdoc but it's more integrated and your whole day is built on a singular learning experience. Undergrad is a challenge in time management and sheer brain power. No existential crises for me, unlike grad school\/postdoc...  High school: At the time I thought I was going to die from all the work...until you get to university haha. The pressure of getting into university was tough though.","human_ref_B":"I'm almost finished with the dissertation. (At least that's what I tell myself on a regular basis.)  Watching my girlfriend be diagnosed out of the blue with Stage 4 cancer and then watching her slowly die over the next year will likely always be in first place tied with watching my mom die from a truly, truly horrible disease called pulmonary fibrosis (basically you just slowly asphyxiate over the course of a couple years).  So, yeah...  The prolonged and horrible death of a loved one is way more stressful and I've sadly been through that more than the two times I just mentioned.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1379.0,"score_ratio":5.2941176471}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1va20","c_root_id_B":"ea1tocj","created_at_utc_A":1542655185,"created_at_utc_B":1542653914,"score_A":90,"score_B":16,"human_ref_A":"I'm almost finished with the dissertation. (At least that's what I tell myself on a regular basis.)  Watching my girlfriend be diagnosed out of the blue with Stage 4 cancer and then watching her slowly die over the next year will likely always be in first place tied with watching my mom die from a truly, truly horrible disease called pulmonary fibrosis (basically you just slowly asphyxiate over the course of a couple years).  So, yeah...  The prolonged and horrible death of a loved one is way more stressful and I've sadly been through that more than the two times I just mentioned.","human_ref_B":"I'll stick with academically challenging events:  1. Writing a (peer reviewed) book 2. Landing a TT position","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1271.0,"score_ratio":5.625}
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{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1vqdi","c_root_id_B":"ea1t8d8","created_at_utc_A":1542655541,"created_at_utc_B":1542653578,"score_A":33,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"No way. Having small children and a wife struggling with mental health is 100 times harder.","human_ref_B":"facing yourself (your shadow), finding a spouse, and making a life are all exponentially more difficult","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1963.0,"score_ratio":3.6666666667}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1vqdi","c_root_id_B":"ea1uycb","created_at_utc_A":1542655541,"created_at_utc_B":1542654925,"score_A":33,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"No way. Having small children and a wife struggling with mental health is 100 times harder.","human_ref_B":"Not by a long shot.  It was actually one of the easier and most flexible jobs I've had.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":616.0,"score_ratio":5.5}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1rpkv","c_root_id_B":"ea1rg6p","created_at_utc_A":1542652469,"created_at_utc_B":1542652279,"score_A":27,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"I would have to say that getting the PhD wasn't particularly difficult, not much more difficult than the Master's degree, and easier than the Bachelor's and High School. It's a question of time. If you work long enough, you will succeed. There's also no hard deadline on your completing your project, whereas in high school and undergrad you can get overloaded with coursework and do poorly in classes, affecting your entire future career.  It was a lot more difficult to learn how to interview well, and hold out for the kind of job I wanted. That meant turning down sure things and facing financial uncertainty, risking unemployment, etc... That was much, much harder.","human_ref_B":"Aside from awful life events such as deaths, yes PhD was the most challenging thing I've ever done.  Would do it again though.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":190.0,"score_ratio":1.2272727273}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1sgme","c_root_id_B":"ea1tj63","created_at_utc_A":1542653006,"created_at_utc_B":1542653806,"score_A":15,"score_B":17,"human_ref_A":"One of the most challenging, yes. Difficulties in my personal life topped it.  In terms of work load and stress, I\u2019ve had jobs that were a lot worse.","human_ref_B":"On the scale of education, for me its been PhD = postdoc >>> undergrad >> high school.   PhD = postdoc: PhD is challenging because of the sheer magnitude of what it means, how much work it is, and how much you find out about yourself in the process. There are ups and downs, it's open-ended which can be tough for some people, and it's a massive commitment that sucks time and energy away from the other aspects of your life (social life, family etc.). Mine wasn't particularly technically challenging though. Postdoc is equally challenging because of the amount of work you need to balance, the added responsibilities, and the constant worry of being good enough and building up your CV for future jobs. It's also really nice not to have courses and the pressure of producing a giant document at the end though, so that helps.  Undergrad: The stress in undergrad comes from having to learn and remember things at an extraordinary rate. That happens in grad school and postdoc but it's more integrated and your whole day is built on a singular learning experience. Undergrad is a challenge in time management and sheer brain power. No existential crises for me, unlike grad school\/postdoc...  High school: At the time I thought I was going to die from all the work...until you get to university haha. The pressure of getting into university was tough though.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":800.0,"score_ratio":1.1333333333}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1tj63","c_root_id_B":"ea1t8d8","created_at_utc_A":1542653806,"created_at_utc_B":1542653578,"score_A":17,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"On the scale of education, for me its been PhD = postdoc >>> undergrad >> high school.   PhD = postdoc: PhD is challenging because of the sheer magnitude of what it means, how much work it is, and how much you find out about yourself in the process. There are ups and downs, it's open-ended which can be tough for some people, and it's a massive commitment that sucks time and energy away from the other aspects of your life (social life, family etc.). Mine wasn't particularly technically challenging though. Postdoc is equally challenging because of the amount of work you need to balance, the added responsibilities, and the constant worry of being good enough and building up your CV for future jobs. It's also really nice not to have courses and the pressure of producing a giant document at the end though, so that helps.  Undergrad: The stress in undergrad comes from having to learn and remember things at an extraordinary rate. That happens in grad school and postdoc but it's more integrated and your whole day is built on a singular learning experience. Undergrad is a challenge in time management and sheer brain power. No existential crises for me, unlike grad school\/postdoc...  High school: At the time I thought I was going to die from all the work...until you get to university haha. The pressure of getting into university was tough though.","human_ref_B":"facing yourself (your shadow), finding a spouse, and making a life are all exponentially more difficult","labels":1,"seconds_difference":228.0,"score_ratio":1.8888888889}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1tocj","c_root_id_B":"ea1sgme","created_at_utc_A":1542653914,"created_at_utc_B":1542653006,"score_A":16,"score_B":15,"human_ref_A":"I'll stick with academically challenging events:  1. Writing a (peer reviewed) book 2. Landing a TT position","human_ref_B":"One of the most challenging, yes. Difficulties in my personal life topped it.  In terms of work load and stress, I\u2019ve had jobs that were a lot worse.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":908.0,"score_ratio":1.0666666667}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1tocj","c_root_id_B":"ea1t8d8","created_at_utc_A":1542653914,"created_at_utc_B":1542653578,"score_A":16,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I'll stick with academically challenging events:  1. Writing a (peer reviewed) book 2. Landing a TT position","human_ref_B":"facing yourself (your shadow), finding a spouse, and making a life are all exponentially more difficult","labels":1,"seconds_difference":336.0,"score_ratio":1.7777777778}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1t8d8","c_root_id_B":"ea1wyf1","created_at_utc_A":1542653578,"created_at_utc_B":1542656518,"score_A":9,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"facing yourself (your shadow), finding a spouse, and making a life are all exponentially more difficult","human_ref_B":"Dealing with the egos of toxic professors was far more challenging than doing my PhD coursework","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2940.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1uycb","c_root_id_B":"ea1wyf1","created_at_utc_A":1542654925,"created_at_utc_B":1542656518,"score_A":6,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Not by a long shot.  It was actually one of the easier and most flexible jobs I've had.","human_ref_B":"Dealing with the egos of toxic professors was far more challenging than doing my PhD coursework","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1593.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1xmzv","c_root_id_B":"ea1x5ol","created_at_utc_A":1542657053,"created_at_utc_B":1542656677,"score_A":8,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I was a ballet dancer before I went to uni. I still think full time ballet school was harder than PhD, though that may be because I was younger, more naive and more vulnerable.","human_ref_B":"Getting my PhD got combined with a lot of stressful and bad things: my advisor leaving the university, family suicide, serious health crisis in friends, family member facing serious felonies. All of that happening at the same time made it the most challenging time of my life. It\u2019s all so intertwined that I can\u2019t separate it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":376.0,"score_ratio":1.1428571429}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1xmzv","c_root_id_B":"ea1uycb","created_at_utc_A":1542657053,"created_at_utc_B":1542654925,"score_A":8,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I was a ballet dancer before I went to uni. I still think full time ballet school was harder than PhD, though that may be because I was younger, more naive and more vulnerable.","human_ref_B":"Not by a long shot.  It was actually one of the easier and most flexible jobs I've had.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2128.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea1uycb","c_root_id_B":"ea1x5ol","created_at_utc_A":1542654925,"created_at_utc_B":1542656677,"score_A":6,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Not by a long shot.  It was actually one of the easier and most flexible jobs I've had.","human_ref_B":"Getting my PhD got combined with a lot of stressful and bad things: my advisor leaving the university, family suicide, serious health crisis in friends, family member facing serious felonies. All of that happening at the same time made it the most challenging time of my life. It\u2019s all so intertwined that I can\u2019t separate it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1752.0,"score_ratio":1.1666666667}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea27wrl","c_root_id_B":"ea25ae1","created_at_utc_A":1542664909,"created_at_utc_B":1542662927,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"No, making a career post-PhD was much more challenging although in very a different way.","human_ref_B":"Going to a competitive high school and taking AP courses while attending grueling swim team practices 20 hour per week -- nothing will ever top that.    As an undergrad, trying to get a good grade in a class that I didn't like was mostly more difficult than my Ph.D.  I suppose the payoff for the opportunity cost of getting a Ph.D. is that you get to work on something you love doing; time flies when you're having fun.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1982.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea23b0t","c_root_id_B":"ea27wrl","created_at_utc_A":1542661380,"created_at_utc_B":1542664909,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Taking out the personal life stuff (family drama, illness, etc), even my PhD advisor trying to screw me over: not even close. In terms of work load, teaching high school (science) was way more challenging and a much higher work load, especially in the beginning, than my PhD program ever was. Of course it wasn't as intellectually challenging, but juggling teaching three different subject matters a semester (including one I'd never taken myself), in a low income area with 120 students on a block schedule with insufficient resources... that was way harder. And it made me a much better researcher when I finally went for my PhD. I definitely approached grad school in a very different way than pretty much everyone in my cohort. Being a good 5-8 years older than the rest I'm sure also made a difference.","human_ref_B":"No, making a career post-PhD was much more challenging although in very a different way.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3529.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea27wrl","c_root_id_B":"ea256a5","created_at_utc_A":1542664909,"created_at_utc_B":1542662839,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"No, making a career post-PhD was much more challenging although in very a different way.","human_ref_B":"Nah, my undergrad and masters degrees were harder than my PhD was.  Obviously the PhD was at a higher level and offered challenges at a larger scale but I was much better prepared for it than for my previous degrees, and the style of work and supervision suited me much better than before.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2070.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea25ae1","c_root_id_B":"ea23b0t","created_at_utc_A":1542662927,"created_at_utc_B":1542661380,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Going to a competitive high school and taking AP courses while attending grueling swim team practices 20 hour per week -- nothing will ever top that.    As an undergrad, trying to get a good grade in a class that I didn't like was mostly more difficult than my Ph.D.  I suppose the payoff for the opportunity cost of getting a Ph.D. is that you get to work on something you love doing; time flies when you're having fun.","human_ref_B":"Taking out the personal life stuff (family drama, illness, etc), even my PhD advisor trying to screw me over: not even close. In terms of work load, teaching high school (science) was way more challenging and a much higher work load, especially in the beginning, than my PhD program ever was. Of course it wasn't as intellectually challenging, but juggling teaching three different subject matters a semester (including one I'd never taken myself), in a low income area with 120 students on a block schedule with insufficient resources... that was way harder. And it made me a much better researcher when I finally went for my PhD. I definitely approached grad school in a very different way than pretty much everyone in my cohort. Being a good 5-8 years older than the rest I'm sure also made a difference.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1547.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"9yjctj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"PhDs: Was getting your PhD the most challenging thing you have faced in your life so far? If not, what topped It? No need to go into detail if you don't want to","c_root_id_A":"ea25ae1","c_root_id_B":"ea256a5","created_at_utc_A":1542662927,"created_at_utc_B":1542662839,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Going to a competitive high school and taking AP courses while attending grueling swim team practices 20 hour per week -- nothing will ever top that.    As an undergrad, trying to get a good grade in a class that I didn't like was mostly more difficult than my Ph.D.  I suppose the payoff for the opportunity cost of getting a Ph.D. is that you get to work on something you love doing; time flies when you're having fun.","human_ref_B":"Nah, my undergrad and masters degrees were harder than my PhD was.  Obviously the PhD was at a higher level and offered challenges at a larger scale but I was much better prepared for it than for my previous degrees, and the style of work and supervision suited me much better than before.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":88.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"4o8ksj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.83,"history":"[Humanities] How deep down the rabbit hole before you can say you know what you're doing? Background: Did a BA in a terrible uni (did not learn anything there), ended up in an MA in Japan with little to no knowledge about anything. Spent the past 2 years dedicating my life to catching up (but impostor syndome is always strong...)   So It's about time I finish my dissertation, and I'm in a bit of a conundrum. Mainly, I'm not sure I'm qualified to be writing this.   Background about Japan: They read&publish *a lot*. Stephen king would be considered lazy in this country. It's the kind of country where people who say that they don't read still read hundreds of titles, where even minor issues have dozens of books written about it, and most major academics have 30+ books to their name, most of them in response to other 30-book academics in a manner in which you don't get it unless you've read all of them.   My dissertation is basically a Japanese author, Japanese subculture theory, and queer theory.  On a personal level, I think I'm pretty solid; I've read a lot about and by my author (though she's published 50 titles so by no means all), I think I get her, I can definitely see the patterns, etc. Been reading theory like mad these past 2 years, by now I'm pretty solid about understanding it, perhaps not so much in writing it. But delving into the Japanese part is giving me serious impostor syndrome.   Basically, all the papers about my author tend to revolve around the same things. They're pretty much intertwined, with very little contradictions; I agree with most interpretations and definitely feel them. But I feel inadequate in taking on the Japanese theory since, well, my life is too short to read all of it. I like reading the theory, I feel that I understand it quite well, but it references many thousand-page series, academic squabbles drawn out over dozens of books, and so on. I'm a fast reader, but the literary background would be a solid 10 years worth of reading, and that's not counting the things that are published in the meantime. then there's Japanese literary theory&history which is, again, a quagmire. Most of them have nothing to do with what I'm writing about, but I feel like an impostor for relying on it superficially. It's made worse by the fact that I often read foreigners writing superficially about Japan, and I definitely feel like I'm being judged for writing about Japanese lit when I'm not insanely well-read (nor Japanese).   TL;DR: as a rule of thumb, where is a point where you can stop and say 'ok, I've read enough to have a good grasp of things'? I think that most academic matters have a rabbit hole that you can go down in and grow old before you can see the end of it; at what point can you feel content?","c_root_id_A":"d4aqchq","c_root_id_B":"d4ass6y","created_at_utc_A":1466025120,"created_at_utc_B":1466028381,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"You're doing really good! Socrates said \"As for me, all I know is that I know nothing,\" and that's kind of the end goal.   Basically the world of knowledge is vast like an ocean, and we will never be more than a little fish who sees some small corner of it. I sometimes walk past the library and get sad looking at the big racks of books I will read none of.  And so the sign of a well read person is not how much they know, is how much they know exists that they have never read. A really well travelled explorer will tell you about all the roads they have never been down because they will always outnumber the roads travelled by 2-3 to one.  So yeah this feeling is actually going to get worse not better as you continue reading. When I finished my PhD (mathematics) I felt strongly that I knew less than when I started. Because when I started I had some solid grasp of some little things but after I had some slight grasp of a lot of big things, and if felt on balance like this was less.  Basically in the end confidence comes from feeling like \"I probably know more than anyone in this room right now so I guess I should be the one talking\", if you know less than someone else then let them talk.   So yeah don't think you feel this because you are doing badly, you are feeling this because you are doing well. It will only get worse so get used to it!  More books are written each year than you will read in a lifetime.","human_ref_B":"This is the grad school paradox. The more you read into something, the more you realise you don't know anything. It's a sort of intellectual vertigo. Don't worry too much about it.  Out of interest, are you doing your doctoral research in the English language? Interesting that Japan supports that sort of academic ecology.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3261.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"97swib","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"I submitted my thesis through turnitin and got a score of 27%, freaking out incase I fail because of it. I did a desk based piece of work which makes sense why some of the work is coming up highlighted. I also used one piece of work in particular to help guide my research but I referenced it. I used some of their sources in my work too and quoted both sources. If I used similar sources I always made sure to use additional ones. But most of the work is my own.  The most highlighted is 2%. I\u2019m just freaking out incase they think I\u2019ve stolen the work. I\u2019m pretty sure I didn\u2019t plagiarise it. I did use the work of others to help guide my research. But I provided references for everything. I\u2019ve never had so much highlighted before and it\u2019s just left me really worried. Sorry for the structure grammar, I\u2019m just freaking out.","c_root_id_A":"e4aovza","c_root_id_B":"e4anof9","created_at_utc_A":1534432832,"created_at_utc_B":1534431788,"score_A":34,"score_B":27,"human_ref_A":"Turnitin is just a tool. Actual evaluation should always be done manually.","human_ref_B":"If the Prof has the settings turned on include quoted material that's probably what's bringing up your percentage. Often times that's used to gauge how much of your document is research vs. your own writing.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1044.0,"score_ratio":1.2592592593}
{"post_id":"97swib","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"I submitted my thesis through turnitin and got a score of 27%, freaking out incase I fail because of it. I did a desk based piece of work which makes sense why some of the work is coming up highlighted. I also used one piece of work in particular to help guide my research but I referenced it. I used some of their sources in my work too and quoted both sources. If I used similar sources I always made sure to use additional ones. But most of the work is my own.  The most highlighted is 2%. I\u2019m just freaking out incase they think I\u2019ve stolen the work. I\u2019m pretty sure I didn\u2019t plagiarise it. I did use the work of others to help guide my research. But I provided references for everything. I\u2019ve never had so much highlighted before and it\u2019s just left me really worried. Sorry for the structure grammar, I\u2019m just freaking out.","c_root_id_A":"e4aovza","c_root_id_B":"e4aok4h","created_at_utc_A":1534432832,"created_at_utc_B":1534432550,"score_A":34,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Turnitin is just a tool. Actual evaluation should always be done manually.","human_ref_B":"In my field, anything under 35% is ok. Above gets sent to a committee which reviews it on a case-by-case basis.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":282.0,"score_ratio":4.25}
{"post_id":"97swib","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"I submitted my thesis through turnitin and got a score of 27%, freaking out incase I fail because of it. I did a desk based piece of work which makes sense why some of the work is coming up highlighted. I also used one piece of work in particular to help guide my research but I referenced it. I used some of their sources in my work too and quoted both sources. If I used similar sources I always made sure to use additional ones. But most of the work is my own.  The most highlighted is 2%. I\u2019m just freaking out incase they think I\u2019ve stolen the work. I\u2019m pretty sure I didn\u2019t plagiarise it. I did use the work of others to help guide my research. But I provided references for everything. I\u2019ve never had so much highlighted before and it\u2019s just left me really worried. Sorry for the structure grammar, I\u2019m just freaking out.","c_root_id_A":"e4anz29","c_root_id_B":"e4aovza","created_at_utc_A":1534432048,"created_at_utc_B":1534432832,"score_A":6,"score_B":34,"human_ref_A":"It rather depends on the rules of your institution. We allow 20% and begin to subtract marks once you go past that, but it also depends on what constitutes that 20%.  If it's correctly cited, then there's no problem, but if it's not referenced then it becomes a much more serious problem.  Turnitin allows you to break down the % to see what those parts are, so your 27% might actually be 19% of properly cited stuff, and 8% of things that might look like other things but actually isn't from them.","human_ref_B":"Turnitin is just a tool. Actual evaluation should always be done manually.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":784.0,"score_ratio":5.6666666667}
{"post_id":"97swib","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"I submitted my thesis through turnitin and got a score of 27%, freaking out incase I fail because of it. I did a desk based piece of work which makes sense why some of the work is coming up highlighted. I also used one piece of work in particular to help guide my research but I referenced it. I used some of their sources in my work too and quoted both sources. If I used similar sources I always made sure to use additional ones. But most of the work is my own.  The most highlighted is 2%. I\u2019m just freaking out incase they think I\u2019ve stolen the work. I\u2019m pretty sure I didn\u2019t plagiarise it. I did use the work of others to help guide my research. But I provided references for everything. I\u2019ve never had so much highlighted before and it\u2019s just left me really worried. Sorry for the structure grammar, I\u2019m just freaking out.","c_root_id_A":"e4aok4h","c_root_id_B":"e4anz29","created_at_utc_A":1534432550,"created_at_utc_B":1534432048,"score_A":8,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"In my field, anything under 35% is ok. Above gets sent to a committee which reviews it on a case-by-case basis.","human_ref_B":"It rather depends on the rules of your institution. We allow 20% and begin to subtract marks once you go past that, but it also depends on what constitutes that 20%.  If it's correctly cited, then there's no problem, but if it's not referenced then it becomes a much more serious problem.  Turnitin allows you to break down the % to see what those parts are, so your 27% might actually be 19% of properly cited stuff, and 8% of things that might look like other things but actually isn't from them.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":502.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"97swib","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"I submitted my thesis through turnitin and got a score of 27%, freaking out incase I fail because of it. I did a desk based piece of work which makes sense why some of the work is coming up highlighted. I also used one piece of work in particular to help guide my research but I referenced it. I used some of their sources in my work too and quoted both sources. If I used similar sources I always made sure to use additional ones. But most of the work is my own.  The most highlighted is 2%. I\u2019m just freaking out incase they think I\u2019ve stolen the work. I\u2019m pretty sure I didn\u2019t plagiarise it. I did use the work of others to help guide my research. But I provided references for everything. I\u2019ve never had so much highlighted before and it\u2019s just left me really worried. Sorry for the structure grammar, I\u2019m just freaking out.","c_root_id_A":"e4apul1","c_root_id_B":"e4anz29","created_at_utc_A":1534433654,"created_at_utc_B":1534432048,"score_A":8,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Turn it in can be a real bitch. I'm a literary studies student. Copying and pasting passages is my bread and butter. I get high \"plagiarism\" scores due to this. Worst (and unlikely) case scenario, your professor is a dick and would confide in this system; if he is not and has helped you throughout your process, and your referencing\/style is on point, you will be fine.","human_ref_B":"It rather depends on the rules of your institution. We allow 20% and begin to subtract marks once you go past that, but it also depends on what constitutes that 20%.  If it's correctly cited, then there's no problem, but if it's not referenced then it becomes a much more serious problem.  Turnitin allows you to break down the % to see what those parts are, so your 27% might actually be 19% of properly cited stuff, and 8% of things that might look like other things but actually isn't from them.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1606.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"97swib","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"I submitted my thesis through turnitin and got a score of 27%, freaking out incase I fail because of it. I did a desk based piece of work which makes sense why some of the work is coming up highlighted. I also used one piece of work in particular to help guide my research but I referenced it. I used some of their sources in my work too and quoted both sources. If I used similar sources I always made sure to use additional ones. But most of the work is my own.  The most highlighted is 2%. I\u2019m just freaking out incase they think I\u2019ve stolen the work. I\u2019m pretty sure I didn\u2019t plagiarise it. I did use the work of others to help guide my research. But I provided references for everything. I\u2019ve never had so much highlighted before and it\u2019s just left me really worried. Sorry for the structure grammar, I\u2019m just freaking out.","c_root_id_A":"e4b5kiq","c_root_id_B":"e4ax2o5","created_at_utc_A":1534446723,"created_at_utc_B":1534439651,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"We would start taking notice once we passed the 30% threshold, but would take into consideration what sections were being flagged and whether you were paraphrasing with citations or straight plagiarising.","human_ref_B":"That number does not specifically say that the work is plagiarized. Before you freak out, go through each highlighted section and figure out calmly why they  matched . Read the turn it in report carefully. I believe the ones highlighted in red are usually worrisome ( if I remember correctly). I am sure that it won\u2019t get flagged, at most your PI might ask you a few questions. If he \/she does, then calmly explain why. You need to first relax, if you panic then they\u2019ll automatically assume that you are  guilty.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7072.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"97swib","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"I submitted my thesis through turnitin and got a score of 27%, freaking out incase I fail because of it. I did a desk based piece of work which makes sense why some of the work is coming up highlighted. I also used one piece of work in particular to help guide my research but I referenced it. I used some of their sources in my work too and quoted both sources. If I used similar sources I always made sure to use additional ones. But most of the work is my own.  The most highlighted is 2%. I\u2019m just freaking out incase they think I\u2019ve stolen the work. I\u2019m pretty sure I didn\u2019t plagiarise it. I did use the work of others to help guide my research. But I provided references for everything. I\u2019ve never had so much highlighted before and it\u2019s just left me really worried. Sorry for the structure grammar, I\u2019m just freaking out.","c_root_id_A":"e4b5kiq","c_root_id_B":"e4ayc3a","created_at_utc_A":1534446723,"created_at_utc_B":1534440697,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"We would start taking notice once we passed the 30% threshold, but would take into consideration what sections were being flagged and whether you were paraphrasing with citations or straight plagiarising.","human_ref_B":"Programs like this are more accurately \u201csimilarity checkers\u201d than plagiarism checkers. We generally consider below 30% as normal. Granted, if you did genuinely plagiarize 30% of your document, it would be a huge problem, but the similar was generally comes from things like in text citations, field specific wording, and heading titles.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6026.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"2yo9kg","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Academics, what are your favorite news magazines? So I am a young adult who really wants to start learning and be aware of what is happening to the world around her. What are your favorite news magazines and why?  Also, which ones do you hate and why?","c_root_id_A":"cpbkkr2","c_root_id_B":"cpbd61x","created_at_utc_A":1426093062,"created_at_utc_B":1426080086,"score_A":7,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"It's not 'news' exactly, but I read the New Yorker -- it's a good mix of current events, investigative pieces and fiction and poetry. I also appreciate their editing and proof-reading policies, there's almost never mistakes and it reads very well.","human_ref_B":"What are your interests?  I think that the Economist and Foreign Policy magazines would be pretty good for someone in your position.  Maybe something like Business Insider and the Atlantic if you're so inclined.  (and it's not a magazine, but I'm partial to Foreign Affairs for the in-depth breadth of coverage that I'm interested in).  I would recommend finding a nearby academic library with a browsing selection of current hard copy periodicals like this. If there's one that you really don't want to put down, see if you can subscribe to it in whatever format you prefer.    Edit:  Can't think of anything in particular that I hate, although I will say that some of the Foreign Policy BLOG articles online can be snarkier than they need to be.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":12976.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"2yo9kg","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Academics, what are your favorite news magazines? So I am a young adult who really wants to start learning and be aware of what is happening to the world around her. What are your favorite news magazines and why?  Also, which ones do you hate and why?","c_root_id_A":"cpbdlia","c_root_id_B":"cpbkkr2","created_at_utc_A":1426081038,"created_at_utc_B":1426093062,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"The only two I subscribe to are the Economist and Foreign Affairs, the Economist covers a wide array of things and is broadly speaking fairly consistent in its coverage, Foreign Affairs is a good general interest publication on International relations\/affairs, also check out the Council on Foreign Relations (publishers of FA) youtube channel for some really interesting discussion panels.  Also for news (watch while eating breakfast) France 24 and Al Jazeera are the two to go for, both are in English and can be streamed from the web.","human_ref_B":"It's not 'news' exactly, but I read the New Yorker -- it's a good mix of current events, investigative pieces and fiction and poetry. I also appreciate their editing and proof-reading policies, there's almost never mistakes and it reads very well.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12024.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"2yo9kg","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Academics, what are your favorite news magazines? So I am a young adult who really wants to start learning and be aware of what is happening to the world around her. What are your favorite news magazines and why?  Also, which ones do you hate and why?","c_root_id_A":"cpbkkr2","c_root_id_B":"cpbed6j","created_at_utc_A":1426093062,"created_at_utc_B":1426082606,"score_A":7,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"It's not 'news' exactly, but I read the New Yorker -- it's a good mix of current events, investigative pieces and fiction and poetry. I also appreciate their editing and proof-reading policies, there's almost never mistakes and it reads very well.","human_ref_B":"When I'm traveling I typically pick up a copy of either Scientific American or Popular Science depending on what has interesting topics that month. It's a bit dumbed-down and hyped-up coming to it from a scientific research background, but generally still pretty decent for things far outside my area. The economist also tends to be pretty good.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10456.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"yydile","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Ethical to review the same paper for two different journals? Tldr; I have a BS and am working with an a doctor (MD) to build my CV before I apply for grad school + get more research experience. MD now wants me to peer review manuscripts under his name to put on my CV. We received invitations from two different journals asking us to review the same manuscript written by the same authors. Since it\u2019s a violation of ethics for authors to submit manuscripts concurrently to different journals for consideration, is it also a similar violation of ethics for reviewers to review the manuscript knowing they are submitting concurrently to different journals?  Couldn\u2019t find a clear answer online and MD is saying it\u2019s okay, but would like clarification + second opinion.","c_root_id_A":"iwtp5js","c_root_id_B":"iwtp6k5","created_at_utc_A":1668755664,"created_at_utc_B":1668755688,"score_A":14,"score_B":63,"human_ref_A":"I would tell the AEs that it\u2019s a double submission.","human_ref_B":">Since it\u2019s a violation of ethics for authors to submit manuscripts concurrently to different journals for consideration, is it also a similar violation of ethics for reviewers to review the manuscript knowing they are submitting concurrently to different journals?  I wouldn't review for either let alone both. I would reject it on the grounds that the authors submitted this same paper to [Other Journal] and you know this because you were requested to review for that journal.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":24.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"yydile","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Ethical to review the same paper for two different journals? Tldr; I have a BS and am working with an a doctor (MD) to build my CV before I apply for grad school + get more research experience. MD now wants me to peer review manuscripts under his name to put on my CV. We received invitations from two different journals asking us to review the same manuscript written by the same authors. Since it\u2019s a violation of ethics for authors to submit manuscripts concurrently to different journals for consideration, is it also a similar violation of ethics for reviewers to review the manuscript knowing they are submitting concurrently to different journals?  Couldn\u2019t find a clear answer online and MD is saying it\u2019s okay, but would like clarification + second opinion.","c_root_id_A":"iwue5li","c_root_id_B":"iwtujq9","created_at_utc_A":1668775632,"created_at_utc_B":1668760201,"score_A":35,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"\"MD now wants me to peer review manuscripts under his name to put on my CV\"  How are you possibly going to put that on your CV since you are reviewing under his name, without exposing everyone? (MD, authors, journals, and most importantly yourself)","human_ref_B":"Two things.  \"MD now wants me to peer review manuscripts under his name to put on my CV.\"  What does that mean? He was invited to review but asked you to do it in his name? If so, that is problematic on several levels imo. (If you merely assist him somehow, that is perfectly fine of course.)  To your question, expect it all to be found out. If it is published in one journal, the other journal's editors know that one of their possibly retracted manuscripts -- that they and their reviewers spend unpaid hours on -- was double-submitted. (Or more. It could have been submitted to ten journals for all we know.)  I would strongly advise against going along with this scheme. There are no real benefits and plenty of risks for you personally.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":15431.0,"score_ratio":1.5909090909}
{"post_id":"yydile","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Ethical to review the same paper for two different journals? Tldr; I have a BS and am working with an a doctor (MD) to build my CV before I apply for grad school + get more research experience. MD now wants me to peer review manuscripts under his name to put on my CV. We received invitations from two different journals asking us to review the same manuscript written by the same authors. Since it\u2019s a violation of ethics for authors to submit manuscripts concurrently to different journals for consideration, is it also a similar violation of ethics for reviewers to review the manuscript knowing they are submitting concurrently to different journals?  Couldn\u2019t find a clear answer online and MD is saying it\u2019s okay, but would like clarification + second opinion.","c_root_id_A":"iwue5li","c_root_id_B":"iwtp5js","created_at_utc_A":1668775632,"created_at_utc_B":1668755664,"score_A":35,"score_B":14,"human_ref_A":"\"MD now wants me to peer review manuscripts under his name to put on my CV\"  How are you possibly going to put that on your CV since you are reviewing under his name, without exposing everyone? (MD, authors, journals, and most importantly yourself)","human_ref_B":"I would tell the AEs that it\u2019s a double submission.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":19968.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"yydile","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Ethical to review the same paper for two different journals? Tldr; I have a BS and am working with an a doctor (MD) to build my CV before I apply for grad school + get more research experience. MD now wants me to peer review manuscripts under his name to put on my CV. We received invitations from two different journals asking us to review the same manuscript written by the same authors. Since it\u2019s a violation of ethics for authors to submit manuscripts concurrently to different journals for consideration, is it also a similar violation of ethics for reviewers to review the manuscript knowing they are submitting concurrently to different journals?  Couldn\u2019t find a clear answer online and MD is saying it\u2019s okay, but would like clarification + second opinion.","c_root_id_A":"iwtw04i","c_root_id_B":"iwue5li","created_at_utc_A":1668761489,"created_at_utc_B":1668775632,"score_A":6,"score_B":35,"human_ref_A":"Inform the editors of both journals.","human_ref_B":"\"MD now wants me to peer review manuscripts under his name to put on my CV\"  How are you possibly going to put that on your CV since you are reviewing under his name, without exposing everyone? (MD, authors, journals, and most importantly yourself)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14143.0,"score_ratio":5.8333333333}
{"post_id":"yydile","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Ethical to review the same paper for two different journals? Tldr; I have a BS and am working with an a doctor (MD) to build my CV before I apply for grad school + get more research experience. MD now wants me to peer review manuscripts under his name to put on my CV. We received invitations from two different journals asking us to review the same manuscript written by the same authors. Since it\u2019s a violation of ethics for authors to submit manuscripts concurrently to different journals for consideration, is it also a similar violation of ethics for reviewers to review the manuscript knowing they are submitting concurrently to different journals?  Couldn\u2019t find a clear answer online and MD is saying it\u2019s okay, but would like clarification + second opinion.","c_root_id_A":"iwtp5js","c_root_id_B":"iwtujq9","created_at_utc_A":1668755664,"created_at_utc_B":1668760201,"score_A":14,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"I would tell the AEs that it\u2019s a double submission.","human_ref_B":"Two things.  \"MD now wants me to peer review manuscripts under his name to put on my CV.\"  What does that mean? He was invited to review but asked you to do it in his name? If so, that is problematic on several levels imo. (If you merely assist him somehow, that is perfectly fine of course.)  To your question, expect it all to be found out. If it is published in one journal, the other journal's editors know that one of their possibly retracted manuscripts -- that they and their reviewers spend unpaid hours on -- was double-submitted. (Or more. It could have been submitted to ten journals for all we know.)  I would strongly advise against going along with this scheme. There are no real benefits and plenty of risks for you personally.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4537.0,"score_ratio":1.5714285714}
{"post_id":"yydile","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Ethical to review the same paper for two different journals? Tldr; I have a BS and am working with an a doctor (MD) to build my CV before I apply for grad school + get more research experience. MD now wants me to peer review manuscripts under his name to put on my CV. We received invitations from two different journals asking us to review the same manuscript written by the same authors. Since it\u2019s a violation of ethics for authors to submit manuscripts concurrently to different journals for consideration, is it also a similar violation of ethics for reviewers to review the manuscript knowing they are submitting concurrently to different journals?  Couldn\u2019t find a clear answer online and MD is saying it\u2019s okay, but would like clarification + second opinion.","c_root_id_A":"iwuq5y6","c_root_id_B":"iwupgel","created_at_utc_A":1668781800,"created_at_utc_B":1668781480,"score_A":12,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"Good lord\u2026 review under someone else\u2019s name! Wtf\u2026 y\u2019all the one\u2019s being unethical. And yes if duplicate submissions reject both and let AE know, pretty simple","human_ref_B":"It really should not go on your CV if the MD was asked to review. But also, don\u2019t review the same paper twice.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":320.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"yydile","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Ethical to review the same paper for two different journals? Tldr; I have a BS and am working with an a doctor (MD) to build my CV before I apply for grad school + get more research experience. MD now wants me to peer review manuscripts under his name to put on my CV. We received invitations from two different journals asking us to review the same manuscript written by the same authors. Since it\u2019s a violation of ethics for authors to submit manuscripts concurrently to different journals for consideration, is it also a similar violation of ethics for reviewers to review the manuscript knowing they are submitting concurrently to different journals?  Couldn\u2019t find a clear answer online and MD is saying it\u2019s okay, but would like clarification + second opinion.","c_root_id_A":"iwtw04i","c_root_id_B":"iwuq5y6","created_at_utc_A":1668761489,"created_at_utc_B":1668781800,"score_A":6,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Inform the editors of both journals.","human_ref_B":"Good lord\u2026 review under someone else\u2019s name! Wtf\u2026 y\u2019all the one\u2019s being unethical. And yes if duplicate submissions reject both and let AE know, pretty simple","labels":0,"seconds_difference":20311.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"yydile","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Ethical to review the same paper for two different journals? Tldr; I have a BS and am working with an a doctor (MD) to build my CV before I apply for grad school + get more research experience. MD now wants me to peer review manuscripts under his name to put on my CV. We received invitations from two different journals asking us to review the same manuscript written by the same authors. Since it\u2019s a violation of ethics for authors to submit manuscripts concurrently to different journals for consideration, is it also a similar violation of ethics for reviewers to review the manuscript knowing they are submitting concurrently to different journals?  Couldn\u2019t find a clear answer online and MD is saying it\u2019s okay, but would like clarification + second opinion.","c_root_id_A":"iwtw04i","c_root_id_B":"iwupgel","created_at_utc_A":1668761489,"created_at_utc_B":1668781480,"score_A":6,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"Inform the editors of both journals.","human_ref_B":"It really should not go on your CV if the MD was asked to review. But also, don\u2019t review the same paper twice.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":19991.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"p3jpo2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Accepted a PhD position, not sure if it was the right call So it's been my goal to get onto a PhD for the past 5 years, so I when I was offered one I decided to go ahead and take it. I didn't vibe very well with the supervisors in the interview but figured that was maybe down to interview nerves. However, I've had the chance to meet more members of the team and everyone just seems... unhappy? There are PhD students in my current lab group and, whilst they're stressed, I wouldn't describe them as unhappy. Did I just luck out with my current lab group? Is this a pretty widespread problem? It's making me second guess my decision to join the team and the doubt is screwing with my mental health a little.","c_root_id_A":"h8rws9h","c_root_id_B":"h8sc0qj","created_at_utc_A":1628856491,"created_at_utc_B":1628864929,"score_A":14,"score_B":15,"human_ref_A":"Vining with the PI isn't necessarily a good indicator. You want to avoid manipulative bullies, but those types of personalities tend to be pretty good at first impressions. It's only once they've gained you're trust that they start to take advantage. Advisees being unhappy is much better indicator.  You won't get straight answers from current students, because there's no accountability for retaliation in academia. It's better to talk to students who didn't finish or went into industry and no longer have to rely on their advisor for their career.","human_ref_B":"Run away! Go make money! Live your life!  To clarify. You will spend a lot of time, effort, and aggravation with politics, grants, fighting with the other PhD who are trying to make you look bad. You'd think people who are supposed to be at the height of intellectual endeavors would be beyond petty human things but if anything you're out in a pressure cooker and your survival is turned up to 11. So I've heard. You mileage may vary.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8438.0,"score_ratio":1.0714285714}
{"post_id":"brw61t","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"How do you handle imposter syndrome? I'm about to finish my first year as a PhD student and I received a master's degree in a related field previous to this, so this is not my first graduate school\/research experience. I deal with imposter syndrome here on a near-constant basis. It feels like my questions or ideas are not received well or in the same way as other graduate students in my lab or department by faculty members, and I have a hard time articulating what I'm trying to say\/do. I get interrupted a lot when I try to join in academic conversations when my peers don't, with the end result of me feeling like my original thoughts were dumb\/unimportant to begin with and that it is now the expectation when I open my mouth. I feel awful, slow, and completely out of place- it's starting to give me anxiety in every aspect of research and school!   What tips\/techniques do you use when you start to feel this way? I try to remind myself that I'm still learning and not to compare myself to others, but I don't feel I can talk to the other graduate students about this when they generally receive such positive feeback\/reception in their interactions.","c_root_id_A":"eohgx0h","c_root_id_B":"eohihm3","created_at_utc_A":1558581270,"created_at_utc_B":1558582448,"score_A":2,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"I believe in you","human_ref_B":"1) If you really feel you're being less well-received than your peers, that sucks. But you're still just finishing your first year. You have years to improve your base knowledge and articulation.  2) Just as a general psychology thing, you notice things you do and what happens to you a lot more than other people do. Some of those other people you think are getting more respect may feel exactly the same as you do.  3) For better or for worse, anyone in grad school with any bit of self-awareness and a normal-sized ego will likely feel imposter syndrome at least at some point. It is rampant, even if people around you don't talk about it. Trust me. Those people that don't get interrupted probably feel it, for maybe different reasons.  4) Always remember, your advisor has more experience than you. Potentially far more. But they picked you. Out of potentially dozens or hundreds of actual or potential applicants, they picked you. Trust in their experience and rise to what they saw in you.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1178.0,"score_ratio":6.0}
{"post_id":"brw61t","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"How do you handle imposter syndrome? I'm about to finish my first year as a PhD student and I received a master's degree in a related field previous to this, so this is not my first graduate school\/research experience. I deal with imposter syndrome here on a near-constant basis. It feels like my questions or ideas are not received well or in the same way as other graduate students in my lab or department by faculty members, and I have a hard time articulating what I'm trying to say\/do. I get interrupted a lot when I try to join in academic conversations when my peers don't, with the end result of me feeling like my original thoughts were dumb\/unimportant to begin with and that it is now the expectation when I open my mouth. I feel awful, slow, and completely out of place- it's starting to give me anxiety in every aspect of research and school!   What tips\/techniques do you use when you start to feel this way? I try to remind myself that I'm still learning and not to compare myself to others, but I don't feel I can talk to the other graduate students about this when they generally receive such positive feeback\/reception in their interactions.","c_root_id_A":"eohinzg","c_root_id_B":"eohgx0h","created_at_utc_A":1558582585,"created_at_utc_B":1558581270,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Impostor syndrome never really goes away apparently. Even professors still get it sometimes. Also just please remember that sometimes you might feel dismissed if others interrupt but remember that professors are trying to improve your ideas and thinking. That is sometime that people will always do in academia\u2014 working towards improving each other\u2019s ideas. And if other students are doing that, they are could be overcompensating for their own impostor syndrome.","human_ref_B":"I believe in you","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1315.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"brw61t","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"How do you handle imposter syndrome? I'm about to finish my first year as a PhD student and I received a master's degree in a related field previous to this, so this is not my first graduate school\/research experience. I deal with imposter syndrome here on a near-constant basis. It feels like my questions or ideas are not received well or in the same way as other graduate students in my lab or department by faculty members, and I have a hard time articulating what I'm trying to say\/do. I get interrupted a lot when I try to join in academic conversations when my peers don't, with the end result of me feeling like my original thoughts were dumb\/unimportant to begin with and that it is now the expectation when I open my mouth. I feel awful, slow, and completely out of place- it's starting to give me anxiety in every aspect of research and school!   What tips\/techniques do you use when you start to feel this way? I try to remind myself that I'm still learning and not to compare myself to others, but I don't feel I can talk to the other graduate students about this when they generally receive such positive feeback\/reception in their interactions.","c_root_id_A":"eohgx0h","c_root_id_B":"eohovt1","created_at_utc_A":1558581270,"created_at_utc_B":1558587687,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I believe in you","human_ref_B":"I'm near the end of my first semester of a BA(Hons) program. In my area of study you really get thrown in the deep end. There's no course work (i.e. no set reading, essay topics etc.), the only expectation being that we submit written work at certain dates. I suspect this is to prepare us for PhD\/Masters research. But its jarring, and I've spent a huge amount of the semester simply dealing with the fact that I feel like I'm floundering, with no idea what I'm doing.  I can only guess that the jump from Masters to PhD (especially if your Masters was coursework heavy) would be similar to this?   What helped most was talking to my peers in the Honours program and my supervisor, and just really understanding that its not because I'm slow or don't belong in the program: everyone has pretty much the same experience. Knowing that it's not unusual was easily the best thing that helps me not feel like I shouldn't be there.   You would not have made it into the program if they didn't think you were worthy or capable of doing it.  As for the interrupting, I don't think that's because of you. Some people just love the sound of their own voice, and when they have an idea, just don't want to wait their turn. I wouldn't worry too much.  Also know that your institution almost certainly has a student counselling service that you can and should use to help you deal with your feelings.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6417.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"brw61t","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"How do you handle imposter syndrome? I'm about to finish my first year as a PhD student and I received a master's degree in a related field previous to this, so this is not my first graduate school\/research experience. I deal with imposter syndrome here on a near-constant basis. It feels like my questions or ideas are not received well or in the same way as other graduate students in my lab or department by faculty members, and I have a hard time articulating what I'm trying to say\/do. I get interrupted a lot when I try to join in academic conversations when my peers don't, with the end result of me feeling like my original thoughts were dumb\/unimportant to begin with and that it is now the expectation when I open my mouth. I feel awful, slow, and completely out of place- it's starting to give me anxiety in every aspect of research and school!   What tips\/techniques do you use when you start to feel this way? I try to remind myself that I'm still learning and not to compare myself to others, but I don't feel I can talk to the other graduate students about this when they generally receive such positive feeback\/reception in their interactions.","c_root_id_A":"eohn9r5","c_root_id_B":"eohovt1","created_at_utc_A":1558586279,"created_at_utc_B":1558587687,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"just remind myself that everyone feels that way. we're all here to learn and it's fine to not be perfect.","human_ref_B":"I'm near the end of my first semester of a BA(Hons) program. In my area of study you really get thrown in the deep end. There's no course work (i.e. no set reading, essay topics etc.), the only expectation being that we submit written work at certain dates. I suspect this is to prepare us for PhD\/Masters research. But its jarring, and I've spent a huge amount of the semester simply dealing with the fact that I feel like I'm floundering, with no idea what I'm doing.  I can only guess that the jump from Masters to PhD (especially if your Masters was coursework heavy) would be similar to this?   What helped most was talking to my peers in the Honours program and my supervisor, and just really understanding that its not because I'm slow or don't belong in the program: everyone has pretty much the same experience. Knowing that it's not unusual was easily the best thing that helps me not feel like I shouldn't be there.   You would not have made it into the program if they didn't think you were worthy or capable of doing it.  As for the interrupting, I don't think that's because of you. Some people just love the sound of their own voice, and when they have an idea, just don't want to wait their turn. I wouldn't worry too much.  Also know that your institution almost certainly has a student counselling service that you can and should use to help you deal with your feelings.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1408.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"brw61t","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"How do you handle imposter syndrome? I'm about to finish my first year as a PhD student and I received a master's degree in a related field previous to this, so this is not my first graduate school\/research experience. I deal with imposter syndrome here on a near-constant basis. It feels like my questions or ideas are not received well or in the same way as other graduate students in my lab or department by faculty members, and I have a hard time articulating what I'm trying to say\/do. I get interrupted a lot when I try to join in academic conversations when my peers don't, with the end result of me feeling like my original thoughts were dumb\/unimportant to begin with and that it is now the expectation when I open my mouth. I feel awful, slow, and completely out of place- it's starting to give me anxiety in every aspect of research and school!   What tips\/techniques do you use when you start to feel this way? I try to remind myself that I'm still learning and not to compare myself to others, but I don't feel I can talk to the other graduate students about this when they generally receive such positive feeback\/reception in their interactions.","c_root_id_A":"eohgx0h","c_root_id_B":"eoidm71","created_at_utc_A":1558581270,"created_at_utc_B":1558617254,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I believe in you","human_ref_B":"Keep on faking it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":35984.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"brw61t","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"How do you handle imposter syndrome? I'm about to finish my first year as a PhD student and I received a master's degree in a related field previous to this, so this is not my first graduate school\/research experience. I deal with imposter syndrome here on a near-constant basis. It feels like my questions or ideas are not received well or in the same way as other graduate students in my lab or department by faculty members, and I have a hard time articulating what I'm trying to say\/do. I get interrupted a lot when I try to join in academic conversations when my peers don't, with the end result of me feeling like my original thoughts were dumb\/unimportant to begin with and that it is now the expectation when I open my mouth. I feel awful, slow, and completely out of place- it's starting to give me anxiety in every aspect of research and school!   What tips\/techniques do you use when you start to feel this way? I try to remind myself that I'm still learning and not to compare myself to others, but I don't feel I can talk to the other graduate students about this when they generally receive such positive feeback\/reception in their interactions.","c_root_id_A":"eohn9r5","c_root_id_B":"eoidm71","created_at_utc_A":1558586279,"created_at_utc_B":1558617254,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"just remind myself that everyone feels that way. we're all here to learn and it's fine to not be perfect.","human_ref_B":"Keep on faking it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":30975.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"brw61t","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"How do you handle imposter syndrome? I'm about to finish my first year as a PhD student and I received a master's degree in a related field previous to this, so this is not my first graduate school\/research experience. I deal with imposter syndrome here on a near-constant basis. It feels like my questions or ideas are not received well or in the same way as other graduate students in my lab or department by faculty members, and I have a hard time articulating what I'm trying to say\/do. I get interrupted a lot when I try to join in academic conversations when my peers don't, with the end result of me feeling like my original thoughts were dumb\/unimportant to begin with and that it is now the expectation when I open my mouth. I feel awful, slow, and completely out of place- it's starting to give me anxiety in every aspect of research and school!   What tips\/techniques do you use when you start to feel this way? I try to remind myself that I'm still learning and not to compare myself to others, but I don't feel I can talk to the other graduate students about this when they generally receive such positive feeback\/reception in their interactions.","c_root_id_A":"eohuv5d","c_root_id_B":"eoidm71","created_at_utc_A":1558597135,"created_at_utc_B":1558617254,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Joke answer: oh shit. Other people have figured out how to not have imposter syndrome? I\u2019m such a fraud.   Real answer: a combination of humility and arrogance. Being open to the possibility that I\u2019m being wrong\/dumb\/unimportant in any particular context is immensely freeing. At the same time, you might be right, and it is others who are wrong. Experience means being able to discriminate between the two more quickly. And you\u2019ll still fuck it up sometimes.   I\u2019m an arrogant prick, but that\u2019s because I know what the bloody hell I\u2019m doing now (post-tenure, mid-career). But more importantly, I know what I don\u2019t know, and I damn well know when I\u2019m not the smartest person in the room.","human_ref_B":"Keep on faking it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":20119.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"ff38b8","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Research projects during potential covid-19 shutdowns Hello, I work in research as a technician and will be entering grad school soon. Our University has started sending out informational emails about classes potentially moving to online only formats and labs going into \"hibernation\" so the University can close campus.   If this were to happen, what would be the consequences for labs running time sensitive studies? We use animal models, so it could be a massive waste of funding and well trained animals to have to shutdown.   Has anything like this happened before? What kind of actions (if any) do you think governmental grant issuing agencies and universities would\/should take to mitigate the effects of shutdowns on research?","c_root_id_A":"fjvifq8","c_root_id_B":"fjvfjvp","created_at_utc_A":1583627521,"created_at_utc_B":1583626582,"score_A":61,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"It will depend on your university's individual protocols. I would hope ours would let us send in a skeleton crew to at least keep animals alive, if not experiments going.","human_ref_B":"This has happened before. During the government furlough NIH employees were not allowed to work ( unless essential). It affected a lot of experiments, and there was nothing anyone could do about it","labels":1,"seconds_difference":939.0,"score_ratio":2.652173913}
{"post_id":"ff38b8","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Research projects during potential covid-19 shutdowns Hello, I work in research as a technician and will be entering grad school soon. Our University has started sending out informational emails about classes potentially moving to online only formats and labs going into \"hibernation\" so the University can close campus.   If this were to happen, what would be the consequences for labs running time sensitive studies? We use animal models, so it could be a massive waste of funding and well trained animals to have to shutdown.   Has anything like this happened before? What kind of actions (if any) do you think governmental grant issuing agencies and universities would\/should take to mitigate the effects of shutdowns on research?","c_root_id_A":"fjvfjvp","c_root_id_B":"fjvnfs3","created_at_utc_A":1583626582,"created_at_utc_B":1583628951,"score_A":23,"score_B":33,"human_ref_A":"This has happened before. During the government furlough NIH employees were not allowed to work ( unless essential). It affected a lot of experiments, and there was nothing anyone could do about it","human_ref_B":"I am at a school that has many cases of Covid-19 and has already switched to remote classes only and they are preparing for shutting it down to non-essential employees and removing their access privileges to the buildings on campus. We have a lot of mice with some aging experiments going on for 2+ years already. The administrators are adding myself and another lab member as essential personnel (per our request) to ensure the well being of the animals. It'll be busy for us to take care of the entire lab's mice but we would limit it to only critical tasks.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2369.0,"score_ratio":1.4347826087}
{"post_id":"ji5uw4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"For those who have worked at both a CC and a research university, how did your experiences differ? And do you have any advice on someone who desires to do both? As a product of a community college and a research university, I've found myself dreaming of working at both.            My closest connections with faculty happened at a community college; some of who I still talk to occasionally (6 years after transfer). They taught me the value of knowledge and part of me likes the idea of focusing on teaching the highly diverse CC population.             When I was at university, I fell in love with my field. The process of deeply learning, asking questions, and participating as an RA in the research process was incredible. My dream of being an academic researcher really bloomed from these experiences.                      I received my undergrad degree in December 2016 and if the whole COVID situation taught me one thing, it's that I made a mistake leaving the academic space. Looking back, I was so lucky to have found a community and space of belonging at only 18. But I was afraid of the poor job prospects (I'm in anthro), how my social anxiety could swell in a front-facing people-oriented job, and I was terrified of not being good enough to go to grad school (so I never even tried applying).               Unfortunately, my fear over these things has only increased with time but I figure I may as well try. Probably not until next year because my mind has really taken a beating with the events of 2020 and I haven't been able to sufficiently prep for this application cycle. But as I'm pondering what path I want to take, I feel lost... If I choose to go the CC route, will getting a PhD make my job prospects better or worse?","c_root_id_A":"ga51c9g","c_root_id_B":"ga4skp3","created_at_utc_A":1603687948,"created_at_utc_B":1603682043,"score_A":9,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I'm not at a community college, but I know someone that teaches in anthropology that suggested picking up 18 graduate hours in either psychology or sociology so you could teach in two social sciences and increase your usefulness at a CC.   You are right to worry about jobs.  I looked at my local CC and they had 13 full-time faculty in psychology, 5 in sociology, and 1 in anthropology.  Even with the adjuncts they had listed, psychology had 34, sociology had 11, and anthropology had 1.  I then looked at a smaller CC the next town over.  They had 5 full time psychology faculty, 3 in sociology, and don't even offer anthropology.  At both schools, they each had a faculty member that was listed as dual in sociology and psychology which maybe gives a little credence to my friend's advice.","human_ref_B":"My college (not the same as a Community College, different country) has an applied research lab and professors are able to contribute to various internal projects on their spare time. It's quite nice.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5905.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"ji5uw4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"For those who have worked at both a CC and a research university, how did your experiences differ? And do you have any advice on someone who desires to do both? As a product of a community college and a research university, I've found myself dreaming of working at both.            My closest connections with faculty happened at a community college; some of who I still talk to occasionally (6 years after transfer). They taught me the value of knowledge and part of me likes the idea of focusing on teaching the highly diverse CC population.             When I was at university, I fell in love with my field. The process of deeply learning, asking questions, and participating as an RA in the research process was incredible. My dream of being an academic researcher really bloomed from these experiences.                      I received my undergrad degree in December 2016 and if the whole COVID situation taught me one thing, it's that I made a mistake leaving the academic space. Looking back, I was so lucky to have found a community and space of belonging at only 18. But I was afraid of the poor job prospects (I'm in anthro), how my social anxiety could swell in a front-facing people-oriented job, and I was terrified of not being good enough to go to grad school (so I never even tried applying).               Unfortunately, my fear over these things has only increased with time but I figure I may as well try. Probably not until next year because my mind has really taken a beating with the events of 2020 and I haven't been able to sufficiently prep for this application cycle. But as I'm pondering what path I want to take, I feel lost... If I choose to go the CC route, will getting a PhD make my job prospects better or worse?","c_root_id_A":"ga50cf9","c_root_id_B":"ga51c9g","created_at_utc_A":1603687155,"created_at_utc_B":1603687948,"score_A":2,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"The PhD will certainly help.  IMO - aiming to teach at a two-year institution is the wisest path for someone interested in academia. Unlike research institutions, or similar four-year institutions, faculty candidates are given higher marks for practical, \"real world\" experience, and the institution places value on skills one would gain from being in the workforce (relating to students, etc.).  It's more the norm than the exception for full-time, community college faculty to have previously had non-academic careers, prior to entering academia.  My recommendation? Focus on building your career, and let your real-world credentials eventually lead you into a community college teaching environment 5-7 years down the line.","human_ref_B":"I'm not at a community college, but I know someone that teaches in anthropology that suggested picking up 18 graduate hours in either psychology or sociology so you could teach in two social sciences and increase your usefulness at a CC.   You are right to worry about jobs.  I looked at my local CC and they had 13 full-time faculty in psychology, 5 in sociology, and 1 in anthropology.  Even with the adjuncts they had listed, psychology had 34, sociology had 11, and anthropology had 1.  I then looked at a smaller CC the next town over.  They had 5 full time psychology faculty, 3 in sociology, and don't even offer anthropology.  At both schools, they each had a faculty member that was listed as dual in sociology and psychology which maybe gives a little credence to my friend's advice.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":793.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"1pc955","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Academics and professionals, to stay current in your field, how much reading do you do? How many peer reviewed papers would you estimate you read, how many books do you read?  Other questions along these lines.   * Do you find journals or books are better sources of information, or some other source?   * What are the advantages and disadvantages of both and do you use different sources for different types of learning?   * Does reddit\/other internet sites help in getting an appropriate understanding or at least awareness of a topic?","c_root_id_A":"cd0xdhb","c_root_id_B":"cd16c4p","created_at_utc_A":1382915078,"created_at_utc_B":1382938738,"score_A":8,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"The sources depend on the field. It primarily depends on what the research component entails, generally if you have a lab, or you have a dig site, etc.  Highly ranked and influential journals will typically reflect the state of the art, although it will depend on the topic which journal will be the most appropriate. Most people who want to submit want readership and influence, so the more general journals often have the advantage, but if they are not expert in the subject type then the idiosyncrasies and bias of the article might obscure the subject in a way that topic specialists might find controversial.  Articles, excluding works for a popular, non specialist audience, will predate a book and offer a current and evolving opinion. A topic speciailist who is already an expert on the general subject will read and review these types of articles. They will quickly present the research in a way that will be easily understandable to someone in the field.  A book will often give you a better sense of the overall topic, and will usually highlight the biases and blindspots of the author. Therefore books are sometimes more useful in teaching. You can read a book to get an overall sense of a subject, and then augment the subject with journal articles.  The internet is wonderful in promoting awareness, but only until open access journals become more prominent, much academic work is stuck behind paywalls subsidized by our academic institutions.","human_ref_B":"Try signing up for RSS feeds for your field's journals. I have the Feedly app on my phone and scroll through it while on the bus, waiting, etc. I save the articles that sound relevant, and read them later when I have more time (e.g., at night before bed, weekends, etc).  EDIT: Oh, and to answer your questions more specifically, I usually at least skim abstracts of at least 20 papers per week, all from journals online. The only time I use a book from the library is when I'm compiling sources for a review paper or something. I also follow a couple organizations specific to my field on Facebook, and they post links to interesting articles.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":23660.0,"score_ratio":1.125}
{"post_id":"1pc955","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Academics and professionals, to stay current in your field, how much reading do you do? How many peer reviewed papers would you estimate you read, how many books do you read?  Other questions along these lines.   * Do you find journals or books are better sources of information, or some other source?   * What are the advantages and disadvantages of both and do you use different sources for different types of learning?   * Does reddit\/other internet sites help in getting an appropriate understanding or at least awareness of a topic?","c_root_id_A":"cd16c4p","c_root_id_B":"cd0yn76","created_at_utc_A":1382938738,"created_at_utc_B":1382918376,"score_A":9,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Try signing up for RSS feeds for your field's journals. I have the Feedly app on my phone and scroll through it while on the bus, waiting, etc. I save the articles that sound relevant, and read them later when I have more time (e.g., at night before bed, weekends, etc).  EDIT: Oh, and to answer your questions more specifically, I usually at least skim abstracts of at least 20 papers per week, all from journals online. The only time I use a book from the library is when I'm compiling sources for a review paper or something. I also follow a couple organizations specific to my field on Facebook, and they post links to interesting articles.","human_ref_B":"Between new publications, looking for information, and looking for data I skim a lot of papers, but don't read many of them in-depth. Books are mostly useful in getting started in a newer area (start of a PhD, or when changing topics), not so much otherwise.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":20362.0,"score_ratio":2.25}
{"post_id":"mcqi64","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How do you remember or keep a track of every research paper you read? I just started graduate school and am reading a bunch of relevant research papers nowadays. However, I'm not sure how long will I remember all the stuff I'm reading and want to make a system to record the main points from the papers I read.   Do researchers commonly use software such as Mendeley and Endnote to keep a track of papers they are reading and making notes simultaneously? Is there any other system you use or know of that can help me effectively read and note information from the papers I am reading?","c_root_id_A":"gs5h7lm","c_root_id_B":"gs502nn","created_at_utc_A":1616664297,"created_at_utc_B":1616648951,"score_A":13,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"I usually realise I've read the paper already when I am  about half way through the results section....","human_ref_B":"I have a note book where I record titles and key bullet points. Sometimes analogue is best.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":15346.0,"score_ratio":1.3}
{"post_id":"mcqi64","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How do you remember or keep a track of every research paper you read? I just started graduate school and am reading a bunch of relevant research papers nowadays. However, I'm not sure how long will I remember all the stuff I'm reading and want to make a system to record the main points from the papers I read.   Do researchers commonly use software such as Mendeley and Endnote to keep a track of papers they are reading and making notes simultaneously? Is there any other system you use or know of that can help me effectively read and note information from the papers I am reading?","c_root_id_A":"gs51sje","c_root_id_B":"gs5h7lm","created_at_utc_A":1616650276,"created_at_utc_B":1616664297,"score_A":8,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"Writing summaries or leading paper discussions can go a long way. One thing I started doing that's pretty useful for me is pulling important figures and putting them in a powerpoint so I have specific relevant data. Those make good backup slides for talks.  I use zotero for a reference manager mainly just because it's free & open source but I usually keep pdfs on my google drive and mark them up in acrobat or Xodo on mobile.","human_ref_B":"I usually realise I've read the paper already when I am  about half way through the results section....","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14021.0,"score_ratio":1.625}
{"post_id":"mcqi64","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How do you remember or keep a track of every research paper you read? I just started graduate school and am reading a bunch of relevant research papers nowadays. However, I'm not sure how long will I remember all the stuff I'm reading and want to make a system to record the main points from the papers I read.   Do researchers commonly use software such as Mendeley and Endnote to keep a track of papers they are reading and making notes simultaneously? Is there any other system you use or know of that can help me effectively read and note information from the papers I am reading?","c_root_id_A":"gs5cx2a","c_root_id_B":"gs5h7lm","created_at_utc_A":1616660167,"created_at_utc_B":1616664297,"score_A":7,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"The great thing about Zotero is integration into Word, cross platform syncing, and the ability to extract text highlighted in a PDF.","human_ref_B":"I usually realise I've read the paper already when I am  about half way through the results section....","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4130.0,"score_ratio":1.8571428571}
{"post_id":"mcqi64","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How do you remember or keep a track of every research paper you read? I just started graduate school and am reading a bunch of relevant research papers nowadays. However, I'm not sure how long will I remember all the stuff I'm reading and want to make a system to record the main points from the papers I read.   Do researchers commonly use software such as Mendeley and Endnote to keep a track of papers they are reading and making notes simultaneously? Is there any other system you use or know of that can help me effectively read and note information from the papers I am reading?","c_root_id_A":"gs5h7lm","c_root_id_B":"gs57xz5","created_at_utc_A":1616664297,"created_at_utc_B":1616655553,"score_A":13,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I usually realise I've read the paper already when I am  about half way through the results section....","human_ref_B":"I think that a power point of titles, journal, lab PI, key figures, and summaries of abstracts or figures is extremely useful for when you write your dissertation, apply for funding or have to make a presentation. For papers that are super relevant I write out all the key words and details. I highlight the slide if it's on a paper that I need to read asap and that helps me remember to do so. Being able to ctrl-F a key term is a godsend when you're writing and can't remember which paper is relevant to your point.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8744.0,"score_ratio":3.25}
{"post_id":"mcqi64","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How do you remember or keep a track of every research paper you read? I just started graduate school and am reading a bunch of relevant research papers nowadays. However, I'm not sure how long will I remember all the stuff I'm reading and want to make a system to record the main points from the papers I read.   Do researchers commonly use software such as Mendeley and Endnote to keep a track of papers they are reading and making notes simultaneously? Is there any other system you use or know of that can help me effectively read and note information from the papers I am reading?","c_root_id_A":"gs5h7lm","c_root_id_B":"gs5dvnp","created_at_utc_A":1616664297,"created_at_utc_B":1616661077,"score_A":13,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I usually realise I've read the paper already when I am  about half way through the results section....","human_ref_B":"The book, critical reading and writing for post grads, really helped me. It suggests a method for synthesising your reading into what it means to you, and so how to be truly critical about the content.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3220.0,"score_ratio":6.5}
{"post_id":"mcqi64","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How do you remember or keep a track of every research paper you read? I just started graduate school and am reading a bunch of relevant research papers nowadays. However, I'm not sure how long will I remember all the stuff I'm reading and want to make a system to record the main points from the papers I read.   Do researchers commonly use software such as Mendeley and Endnote to keep a track of papers they are reading and making notes simultaneously? Is there any other system you use or know of that can help me effectively read and note information from the papers I am reading?","c_root_id_A":"gs5cx2a","c_root_id_B":"gs57xz5","created_at_utc_A":1616660167,"created_at_utc_B":1616655553,"score_A":7,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"The great thing about Zotero is integration into Word, cross platform syncing, and the ability to extract text highlighted in a PDF.","human_ref_B":"I think that a power point of titles, journal, lab PI, key figures, and summaries of abstracts or figures is extremely useful for when you write your dissertation, apply for funding or have to make a presentation. For papers that are super relevant I write out all the key words and details. I highlight the slide if it's on a paper that I need to read asap and that helps me remember to do so. Being able to ctrl-F a key term is a godsend when you're writing and can't remember which paper is relevant to your point.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4614.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"f0frwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What heterodox opinions do you hold in your field? I.E. where does your understanding of or belief about something diverge most from that of the consensus (or at least plurality) view? What position of yours is in greatest disagreement with those of your colleagues?","c_root_id_A":"fgtscs7","c_root_id_B":"fgtj96y","created_at_utc_A":1581108642,"created_at_utc_B":1581105224,"score_A":30,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"One biomarker is almost *never* enough to diagnose. It is fundamentally impossible to classify, stratify, or treat a disease based on one or two biomarkers. Oh and at least 80% of forays into personalized medicine are simply self-indulgent excercises in futility with absolutely zero clinical benefit to speak of.","human_ref_B":"IoT devices are good but need work and research into ai isn't that dangerous","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3418.0,"score_ratio":7.5}
{"post_id":"f0frwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What heterodox opinions do you hold in your field? I.E. where does your understanding of or belief about something diverge most from that of the consensus (or at least plurality) view? What position of yours is in greatest disagreement with those of your colleagues?","c_root_id_A":"fguh70c","c_root_id_B":"fgulnkb","created_at_utc_A":1581120715,"created_at_utc_B":1581123902,"score_A":15,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"Artifacts are not that cool (Archaeologist). People freak out about artifacts, but in reality it's the questions we can answer about them (and the context that preserves them) that are more exciting. Glorifying the object is just bolstering looter mentality and I hate it.","human_ref_B":"It is actually rather important to read the writings of a bunch of dead white men.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3187.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"f0frwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What heterodox opinions do you hold in your field? I.E. where does your understanding of or belief about something diverge most from that of the consensus (or at least plurality) view? What position of yours is in greatest disagreement with those of your colleagues?","c_root_id_A":"fgtx6y2","c_root_id_B":"fgulnkb","created_at_utc_A":1581110504,"created_at_utc_B":1581123902,"score_A":5,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"Radiation hormesis: a little bit of radiation is good for you, as it triggers DNA repair mechanisms that will decrease DNA damage overall compared to when no radiation occurs.","human_ref_B":"It is actually rather important to read the writings of a bunch of dead white men.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":13398.0,"score_ratio":3.6}
{"post_id":"f0frwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What heterodox opinions do you hold in your field? I.E. where does your understanding of or belief about something diverge most from that of the consensus (or at least plurality) view? What position of yours is in greatest disagreement with those of your colleagues?","c_root_id_A":"fgucuvr","c_root_id_B":"fgulnkb","created_at_utc_A":1581117725,"created_at_utc_B":1581123902,"score_A":6,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"That there may be a biological or genetic basis that influences one\u2019s political ideology.","human_ref_B":"It is actually rather important to read the writings of a bunch of dead white men.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6177.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"f0frwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What heterodox opinions do you hold in your field? I.E. where does your understanding of or belief about something diverge most from that of the consensus (or at least plurality) view? What position of yours is in greatest disagreement with those of your colleagues?","c_root_id_A":"fgulnkb","c_root_id_B":"fgtj96y","created_at_utc_A":1581123902,"created_at_utc_B":1581105224,"score_A":18,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"It is actually rather important to read the writings of a bunch of dead white men.","human_ref_B":"IoT devices are good but need work and research into ai isn't that dangerous","labels":1,"seconds_difference":18678.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"f0frwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What heterodox opinions do you hold in your field? I.E. where does your understanding of or belief about something diverge most from that of the consensus (or at least plurality) view? What position of yours is in greatest disagreement with those of your colleagues?","c_root_id_A":"fguh70c","c_root_id_B":"fgtx6y2","created_at_utc_A":1581120715,"created_at_utc_B":1581110504,"score_A":15,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Artifacts are not that cool (Archaeologist). People freak out about artifacts, but in reality it's the questions we can answer about them (and the context that preserves them) that are more exciting. Glorifying the object is just bolstering looter mentality and I hate it.","human_ref_B":"Radiation hormesis: a little bit of radiation is good for you, as it triggers DNA repair mechanisms that will decrease DNA damage overall compared to when no radiation occurs.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10211.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
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{"post_id":"f0frwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What heterodox opinions do you hold in your field? I.E. where does your understanding of or belief about something diverge most from that of the consensus (or at least plurality) view? What position of yours is in greatest disagreement with those of your colleagues?","c_root_id_A":"fguh70c","c_root_id_B":"fgtj96y","created_at_utc_A":1581120715,"created_at_utc_B":1581105224,"score_A":15,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Artifacts are not that cool (Archaeologist). People freak out about artifacts, but in reality it's the questions we can answer about them (and the context that preserves them) that are more exciting. Glorifying the object is just bolstering looter mentality and I hate it.","human_ref_B":"IoT devices are good but need work and research into ai isn't that dangerous","labels":1,"seconds_difference":15491.0,"score_ratio":3.75}
{"post_id":"f0frwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What heterodox opinions do you hold in your field? I.E. where does your understanding of or belief about something diverge most from that of the consensus (or at least plurality) view? What position of yours is in greatest disagreement with those of your colleagues?","c_root_id_A":"fgtx6y2","c_root_id_B":"fgucuvr","created_at_utc_A":1581110504,"created_at_utc_B":1581117725,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Radiation hormesis: a little bit of radiation is good for you, as it triggers DNA repair mechanisms that will decrease DNA damage overall compared to when no radiation occurs.","human_ref_B":"That there may be a biological or genetic basis that influences one\u2019s political ideology.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7221.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"f0frwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What heterodox opinions do you hold in your field? I.E. where does your understanding of or belief about something diverge most from that of the consensus (or at least plurality) view? What position of yours is in greatest disagreement with those of your colleagues?","c_root_id_A":"fgtx6y2","c_root_id_B":"fguqs27","created_at_utc_A":1581110504,"created_at_utc_B":1581127276,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Radiation hormesis: a little bit of radiation is good for you, as it triggers DNA repair mechanisms that will decrease DNA damage overall compared to when no radiation occurs.","human_ref_B":"Whole language learning is bullshit and we should teach formal grammar. Even- gasp- sentence diagraming.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":16772.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"f0frwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What heterodox opinions do you hold in your field? I.E. where does your understanding of or belief about something diverge most from that of the consensus (or at least plurality) view? What position of yours is in greatest disagreement with those of your colleagues?","c_root_id_A":"fgtx6y2","c_root_id_B":"fgv16no","created_at_utc_A":1581110504,"created_at_utc_B":1581134270,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Radiation hormesis: a little bit of radiation is good for you, as it triggers DNA repair mechanisms that will decrease DNA damage overall compared to when no radiation occurs.","human_ref_B":"Significance testing is closer to \"useless\" than \"good enough to be the standard approach to inferential statistics that we use to decide which results to believe and\/or care about\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":23766.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
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{"post_id":"f0frwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What heterodox opinions do you hold in your field? I.E. where does your understanding of or belief about something diverge most from that of the consensus (or at least plurality) view? What position of yours is in greatest disagreement with those of your colleagues?","c_root_id_A":"fgucuvr","c_root_id_B":"fgtj96y","created_at_utc_A":1581117725,"created_at_utc_B":1581105224,"score_A":6,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"That there may be a biological or genetic basis that influences one\u2019s political ideology.","human_ref_B":"IoT devices are good but need work and research into ai isn't that dangerous","labels":1,"seconds_difference":12501.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"f0frwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What heterodox opinions do you hold in your field? I.E. where does your understanding of or belief about something diverge most from that of the consensus (or at least plurality) view? What position of yours is in greatest disagreement with those of your colleagues?","c_root_id_A":"fgtj96y","c_root_id_B":"fguqs27","created_at_utc_A":1581105224,"created_at_utc_B":1581127276,"score_A":4,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"IoT devices are good but need work and research into ai isn't that dangerous","human_ref_B":"Whole language learning is bullshit and we should teach formal grammar. Even- gasp- sentence diagraming.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":22052.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"f0frwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What heterodox opinions do you hold in your field? I.E. where does your understanding of or belief about something diverge most from that of the consensus (or at least plurality) view? What position of yours is in greatest disagreement with those of your colleagues?","c_root_id_A":"fguscid","c_root_id_B":"fgv16no","created_at_utc_A":1581128315,"created_at_utc_B":1581134270,"score_A":4,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Coastal armouring systems only promote a false sense of security to those that live behind them. Unless you spend billions no US city will be like the Netherlands and   catastrophic flooding from storms is inevitable. Every one should live about the 100 year flood plain contour. (Coastal Engineer).","human_ref_B":"Significance testing is closer to \"useless\" than \"good enough to be the standard approach to inferential statistics that we use to decide which results to believe and\/or care about\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5955.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"f0frwe","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What heterodox opinions do you hold in your field? I.E. where does your understanding of or belief about something diverge most from that of the consensus (or at least plurality) view? What position of yours is in greatest disagreement with those of your colleagues?","c_root_id_A":"fgtj96y","c_root_id_B":"fgv16no","created_at_utc_A":1581105224,"created_at_utc_B":1581134270,"score_A":4,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"IoT devices are good but need work and research into ai isn't that dangerous","human_ref_B":"Significance testing is closer to \"useless\" than \"good enough to be the standard approach to inferential statistics that we use to decide which results to believe and\/or care about\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":29046.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"33aqg0","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Why are so many chemists (and other scientists) working as data scientists and programmers? I've been noticing a trend that people who have PhDs in computational science fields (such as physical chemistry), and are well published in science journals, are getting jobs in industry working as data scientists.    Why the switch?  How do they make the jump?    I'm curious, are they giving up their careers in science?","c_root_id_A":"cqj69p7","c_root_id_B":"cqj7wxo","created_at_utc_A":1429580139,"created_at_utc_B":1429582861,"score_A":5,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"Because it's a reasonable career where they are willing to pay you for expertise, and even train you, rather than the many PhD careers (not just academia), where you have to chase jobs left and right in the hopes of doing something in your field.  As an example, I have a friend from grad school who is not exactly the corporate type, surfer dude, likes to do wacky stuff with his engineering knowledge.  After grad school (good PhD at a well-known school), he got a postdoc at a prestigious national lab.  The machine he went there to use broke down, so he got posted somewhere else (another prestigious location).  After another few months working there (on the other side of the country), he found out his program was being defunded.  That's when he decided to go for the data science thing and now works at one of the name-brand tech companies.  You would never expect it if you knew him, but he consistently evangelizes for it, says he works with brilliant people, gets paid well, and actually gets to see the things he does get used.    If he had kept up on the track he was on, who knows where he would be now.  The other people I know from school in his field are either unemployed (2 of them) or working in the private sector on things that are tangentially related (1 of them).  Getting a decent career in science and engineering can be difficult even for the qualified, and this is a real opportunity for people who have the talent.","human_ref_B":">Why the switch?   Well, I do computational plasma physics (technically, theory, but realistically computational). One of my fallback options is data science. I like research, and I'd love to keep doing it in plasma physics. But you know what? The government really doesn't care as much as I do. There are only several companies that care about this stuff. So, my next option is to tackle interesting problems outside of my field with the tools I like to use.. and that leaves me with data science (as a \"low hanging fruit\" anyway).   >How do they make the jump?  Take some data mining classes. Look for those data science fellowships (there are those short training ones that pay decent stipends and hook you up with companies). Talk to professors who do consulting. Talk to friends who are already working in that sector.  >are they giving up their careers in science?  For the large majority of us, you can't give up what you can't have. o-o","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2722.0,"score_ratio":2.6}
{"post_id":"33aqg0","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Why are so many chemists (and other scientists) working as data scientists and programmers? I've been noticing a trend that people who have PhDs in computational science fields (such as physical chemistry), and are well published in science journals, are getting jobs in industry working as data scientists.    Why the switch?  How do they make the jump?    I'm curious, are they giving up their careers in science?","c_root_id_A":"cqj3sx3","c_root_id_B":"cqj7wxo","created_at_utc_A":1429576025,"created_at_utc_B":1429582861,"score_A":3,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"You've piqued my curiosity - what exactly do I need to learn as an engineering PhD without much experience in data science to become employable as a data scientist?","human_ref_B":">Why the switch?   Well, I do computational plasma physics (technically, theory, but realistically computational). One of my fallback options is data science. I like research, and I'd love to keep doing it in plasma physics. But you know what? The government really doesn't care as much as I do. There are only several companies that care about this stuff. So, my next option is to tackle interesting problems outside of my field with the tools I like to use.. and that leaves me with data science (as a \"low hanging fruit\" anyway).   >How do they make the jump?  Take some data mining classes. Look for those data science fellowships (there are those short training ones that pay decent stipends and hook you up with companies). Talk to professors who do consulting. Talk to friends who are already working in that sector.  >are they giving up their careers in science?  For the large majority of us, you can't give up what you can't have. o-o","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6836.0,"score_ratio":4.3333333333}
{"post_id":"33aqg0","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Why are so many chemists (and other scientists) working as data scientists and programmers? I've been noticing a trend that people who have PhDs in computational science fields (such as physical chemistry), and are well published in science journals, are getting jobs in industry working as data scientists.    Why the switch?  How do they make the jump?    I'm curious, are they giving up their careers in science?","c_root_id_A":"cqj3sx3","c_root_id_B":"cqj69p7","created_at_utc_A":1429576025,"created_at_utc_B":1429580139,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"You've piqued my curiosity - what exactly do I need to learn as an engineering PhD without much experience in data science to become employable as a data scientist?","human_ref_B":"Because it's a reasonable career where they are willing to pay you for expertise, and even train you, rather than the many PhD careers (not just academia), where you have to chase jobs left and right in the hopes of doing something in your field.  As an example, I have a friend from grad school who is not exactly the corporate type, surfer dude, likes to do wacky stuff with his engineering knowledge.  After grad school (good PhD at a well-known school), he got a postdoc at a prestigious national lab.  The machine he went there to use broke down, so he got posted somewhere else (another prestigious location).  After another few months working there (on the other side of the country), he found out his program was being defunded.  That's when he decided to go for the data science thing and now works at one of the name-brand tech companies.  You would never expect it if you knew him, but he consistently evangelizes for it, says he works with brilliant people, gets paid well, and actually gets to see the things he does get used.    If he had kept up on the track he was on, who knows where he would be now.  The other people I know from school in his field are either unemployed (2 of them) or working in the private sector on things that are tangentially related (1 of them).  Getting a decent career in science and engineering can be difficult even for the qualified, and this is a real opportunity for people who have the talent.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4114.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"mwyqe3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Burnt out - want to quit research project (somewhat venting - mainly asking advice on how to talk to PI about burnout)  \\[Recent Graduate BS - 2020 - USA\\]  I've been with this lab for 2 yrs as an undergrad and started a research project with them for my senior dissertation. They wanted to turn the project into something publishable and I agreed thinking I could do it. We had bumps along the way with figuring out how to do our project and it somewhat changed so now it's just taking longer to complete. I've since graduated in 2020 and am still working on this with them (2yrs on this project) but after I graduated, I really just wanted to move on and have the project passed on to another undergrad to finish, though I know I've made a commitment to create this paper with them. I honestly don't care about having my name first on the publication at this point - which was something that enticed me at first being an undergrad. I'll be starting graduate school in fall and really want to cut ties with this project.  I just feel like it's being dragged out and I want to focus on a project that's more my own.    I'm not sure how to approach my PI about this - like it'll probably look bad since I'm going to do more research in grad school right? And if I drop out of this project it won't look good on my resume or something, or say something about me as a researcher? I'm not sure if it's a bad thing that I don't care about it would I look if I stop this project, I just want to be done with it.","c_root_id_A":"gvkzlgr","c_root_id_B":"gvl09z1","created_at_utc_A":1619195373,"created_at_utc_B":1619195671,"score_A":21,"score_B":66,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019m in this story and I don\u2019t like it. Hoping someone can give us some advice.","human_ref_B":"In research, there is always going to be an ongoing project. You might be working on 5 at a time in various stages of publication. This is just the nature of the job. Just move on and make sure to discuss authorship and how to keep in the loop regarding publication before you leave, preferably in writing. PIs understand the nature of research and the revolving door for students.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":298.0,"score_ratio":3.1428571429}
{"post_id":"mwyqe3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Burnt out - want to quit research project (somewhat venting - mainly asking advice on how to talk to PI about burnout)  \\[Recent Graduate BS - 2020 - USA\\]  I've been with this lab for 2 yrs as an undergrad and started a research project with them for my senior dissertation. They wanted to turn the project into something publishable and I agreed thinking I could do it. We had bumps along the way with figuring out how to do our project and it somewhat changed so now it's just taking longer to complete. I've since graduated in 2020 and am still working on this with them (2yrs on this project) but after I graduated, I really just wanted to move on and have the project passed on to another undergrad to finish, though I know I've made a commitment to create this paper with them. I honestly don't care about having my name first on the publication at this point - which was something that enticed me at first being an undergrad. I'll be starting graduate school in fall and really want to cut ties with this project.  I just feel like it's being dragged out and I want to focus on a project that's more my own.    I'm not sure how to approach my PI about this - like it'll probably look bad since I'm going to do more research in grad school right? And if I drop out of this project it won't look good on my resume or something, or say something about me as a researcher? I'm not sure if it's a bad thing that I don't care about it would I look if I stop this project, I just want to be done with it.","c_root_id_A":"gvl3r6r","c_root_id_B":"gvkzlgr","created_at_utc_A":1619197154,"created_at_utc_B":1619195373,"score_A":38,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"The thing to do at this stage is tell the PI \"I am starting grad school in the fall, and don't know how much time I will have time to devote to this project at that point.\"  They know this is code for \"either wrap this up or get someone else on board because I won't be finishing it\" and will do either of those options.  Frankly saying anything is already way ahead of what most students do who are finishing undergrad anyway.  I assure you 100% that no one will care if you did not publish your undergraduate research if you already have a grad school lined up (doubly so if this isn't anything you can use for your thesis).  No one will ever even hear about this unless you were to raise it, which you won't.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019m in this story and I don\u2019t like it. Hoping someone can give us some advice.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1781.0,"score_ratio":1.8095238095}
{"post_id":"mwyqe3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Burnt out - want to quit research project (somewhat venting - mainly asking advice on how to talk to PI about burnout)  \\[Recent Graduate BS - 2020 - USA\\]  I've been with this lab for 2 yrs as an undergrad and started a research project with them for my senior dissertation. They wanted to turn the project into something publishable and I agreed thinking I could do it. We had bumps along the way with figuring out how to do our project and it somewhat changed so now it's just taking longer to complete. I've since graduated in 2020 and am still working on this with them (2yrs on this project) but after I graduated, I really just wanted to move on and have the project passed on to another undergrad to finish, though I know I've made a commitment to create this paper with them. I honestly don't care about having my name first on the publication at this point - which was something that enticed me at first being an undergrad. I'll be starting graduate school in fall and really want to cut ties with this project.  I just feel like it's being dragged out and I want to focus on a project that's more my own.    I'm not sure how to approach my PI about this - like it'll probably look bad since I'm going to do more research in grad school right? And if I drop out of this project it won't look good on my resume or something, or say something about me as a researcher? I'm not sure if it's a bad thing that I don't care about it would I look if I stop this project, I just want to be done with it.","c_root_id_A":"gvl0dc0","c_root_id_B":"gvl3r6r","created_at_utc_A":1619195712,"created_at_utc_B":1619197154,"score_A":12,"score_B":38,"human_ref_A":"One of the distinguishing characteristics of good scientists is an ability to recognize when it is time to drop something and start fresh. You need to be primed and full of energy to start graduate school in the fall - not exhausted and burned out. This is not going to hurt your resume. Have an honest talk with your current PI, who should be able to understand your position. If you have made a contribution to the project, which seems inarguable, than you should be a coauthor on the paper, once it comes out.  I am wondering, are you being paid? You have graduated and are still working in your undergraduate lab. How does that work?","human_ref_B":"The thing to do at this stage is tell the PI \"I am starting grad school in the fall, and don't know how much time I will have time to devote to this project at that point.\"  They know this is code for \"either wrap this up or get someone else on board because I won't be finishing it\" and will do either of those options.  Frankly saying anything is already way ahead of what most students do who are finishing undergrad anyway.  I assure you 100% that no one will care if you did not publish your undergraduate research if you already have a grad school lined up (doubly so if this isn't anything you can use for your thesis).  No one will ever even hear about this unless you were to raise it, which you won't.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1442.0,"score_ratio":3.1666666667}
{"post_id":"8wnxri","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.77,"history":"My adviser offers zero academic guidance, yet is putting pressure on me to teach his students work related skills I developed before grad school. What do? I am a few months away from graduating. My adviser was useless during my PhD: zero guidance, no useful critique whatsoever,... I wrote my papers, got published, prepared talks, and so on all on my own.  My adviser realized that I have skills from my industry days he wants access to. He used incentives like tying recommendation letters to doing things for him, giving excessive praise, and so on. I resisted. He tried to get me to teach his other students, and I said no. Now he assigns tasks to his students, and sends his students (and sometimes people he employed) to me for help. Out of nowhere, I find people asking me to do\/teach them stuff, because my adviser told them I did a really good job in the past, and am a person they should refer to for help. I politely told my adviser that I do not want to involved in any of the non-thesis related work he does. He obviously doesn't care.  I got almost no value out of my adviser during my PhD years. It infuriates me that he is using pressure to squeeze things he want out of me. This is not fair.   What can I do about this?","c_root_id_A":"e1x3ent","c_root_id_B":"e1y837u","created_at_utc_A":1530915860,"created_at_utc_B":1530973148,"score_A":3,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"Did you defend already?","human_ref_B":"Minimal guidance isn\u2019t uncommon, and it often leads to very good independent PhDs. Some of the most effective advisors focus on writing proposals and selecting excellent students to do the work with a low level of supervision. If you are publishing well, you are likely doing well under this model. Even more important is that you have the opportunity to practice teaching and mentoring among junior students, and identify new opportunities to leverage old acquired skills to benefit your field of research. Just because it doesn\u2019t pertain to your project, the fact that it benefits other projects means it is probably useful in your general area (\u201cnon-thesis related work he does\u201d). So, I think you are missing the point that your advisor has created an environment in which you can learn independence (crucial for a successful PhD) and to learn to guide others in an area of your expertise (crucial if you want to supervise\/mentor students or post docs some day). You should feel complimented that he respects your expertise and feel honored that he trusts you enough to work on his project without much input. You don\u2019t need to like him, and can certainly feel bitter for slow\/negligible input.   FWIW, I also worked in a relatively hands-off and high-expectations research group - with some guidance but also an unusual amount of independence (I wrote or contributed to five different proposals before graduating). Every one of us who made it through and stayed in the field got good postdocs and eventually TT faculty positions.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":57288.0,"score_ratio":3.3333333333}
{"post_id":"8wnxri","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.77,"history":"My adviser offers zero academic guidance, yet is putting pressure on me to teach his students work related skills I developed before grad school. What do? I am a few months away from graduating. My adviser was useless during my PhD: zero guidance, no useful critique whatsoever,... I wrote my papers, got published, prepared talks, and so on all on my own.  My adviser realized that I have skills from my industry days he wants access to. He used incentives like tying recommendation letters to doing things for him, giving excessive praise, and so on. I resisted. He tried to get me to teach his other students, and I said no. Now he assigns tasks to his students, and sends his students (and sometimes people he employed) to me for help. Out of nowhere, I find people asking me to do\/teach them stuff, because my adviser told them I did a really good job in the past, and am a person they should refer to for help. I politely told my adviser that I do not want to involved in any of the non-thesis related work he does. He obviously doesn't care.  I got almost no value out of my adviser during my PhD years. It infuriates me that he is using pressure to squeeze things he want out of me. This is not fair.   What can I do about this?","c_root_id_A":"e1xxkjc","c_root_id_B":"e1y837u","created_at_utc_A":1530955047,"created_at_utc_B":1530973148,"score_A":2,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"Read your contract. If its stipulated that you have to be involved in teaching\/mentoring, then you have to do it. Maybe you could go to your institutions head of teaching standards and claim not to be qualified for the tasks you ate assigned. If its not in your contract, just say no and walk away.","human_ref_B":"Minimal guidance isn\u2019t uncommon, and it often leads to very good independent PhDs. Some of the most effective advisors focus on writing proposals and selecting excellent students to do the work with a low level of supervision. If you are publishing well, you are likely doing well under this model. Even more important is that you have the opportunity to practice teaching and mentoring among junior students, and identify new opportunities to leverage old acquired skills to benefit your field of research. Just because it doesn\u2019t pertain to your project, the fact that it benefits other projects means it is probably useful in your general area (\u201cnon-thesis related work he does\u201d). So, I think you are missing the point that your advisor has created an environment in which you can learn independence (crucial for a successful PhD) and to learn to guide others in an area of your expertise (crucial if you want to supervise\/mentor students or post docs some day). You should feel complimented that he respects your expertise and feel honored that he trusts you enough to work on his project without much input. You don\u2019t need to like him, and can certainly feel bitter for slow\/negligible input.   FWIW, I also worked in a relatively hands-off and high-expectations research group - with some guidance but also an unusual amount of independence (I wrote or contributed to five different proposals before graduating). Every one of us who made it through and stayed in the field got good postdocs and eventually TT faculty positions.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":18101.0,"score_ratio":5.0}
{"post_id":"ugz3uu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How are labs going to keep employees in this time of ease of remote work and high industry wages Masters level information who was working in an academic setting and recently acquired a position in industry\/consulting for a 50% pay increase. During my time interviewing over the last few months all of the academic labs I discussed with payed well below the starting rates in industry. So I\u2019m curious if the academic wage is so non-competitive (especially for below non-PhD positions) how is academia going to sustain itself? Obviously some positions are on site so PI\u2019s get to set their wage by local standards, but in the analyst realm nearly everything is remote. How do labs plan to recruit long term masters-level analysts? Is there any discussion about this issue in the high-level academic circles?","c_root_id_A":"i72uaqm","c_root_id_B":"i72ti9u","created_at_utc_A":1651526523,"created_at_utc_B":1651526190,"score_A":80,"score_B":38,"human_ref_A":"When was the last time academia was financially competitive with industry?","human_ref_B":"Academia will slowly die until Congress takes note and massively raises NIH and NSF budgets and grant caps.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":333.0,"score_ratio":2.1052631579}
{"post_id":"ugz3uu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How are labs going to keep employees in this time of ease of remote work and high industry wages Masters level information who was working in an academic setting and recently acquired a position in industry\/consulting for a 50% pay increase. During my time interviewing over the last few months all of the academic labs I discussed with payed well below the starting rates in industry. So I\u2019m curious if the academic wage is so non-competitive (especially for below non-PhD positions) how is academia going to sustain itself? Obviously some positions are on site so PI\u2019s get to set their wage by local standards, but in the analyst realm nearly everything is remote. How do labs plan to recruit long term masters-level analysts? Is there any discussion about this issue in the high-level academic circles?","c_root_id_A":"i743ixy","c_root_id_B":"i73000v","created_at_utc_A":1651546801,"created_at_utc_B":1651528998,"score_A":32,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"when i told my PI i was resigning, he said i'd be losing the opportunity for more people to know my name  i'm now making almost triple the take home, have 500+ connections on linkedin, and laugh my way to the bank","human_ref_B":"This is happening outside of STEM, too. A former colleague who is in the humanities\/fine arts with an MFA just got a sweet tech gig. I teach interdisciplinary humanities and have been in academia for 21 years. I have somehow managed to make less money once I finished my PhD, even though I\u2019m now at a pretty decent R2 in a full-time faculty position (non-TT, though).  Today I applied for a job as a remote proofreader for a marketing company. Starting pay is $10K more than I currently make.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":17803.0,"score_ratio":1.5238095238}
{"post_id":"ugz3uu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How are labs going to keep employees in this time of ease of remote work and high industry wages Masters level information who was working in an academic setting and recently acquired a position in industry\/consulting for a 50% pay increase. During my time interviewing over the last few months all of the academic labs I discussed with payed well below the starting rates in industry. So I\u2019m curious if the academic wage is so non-competitive (especially for below non-PhD positions) how is academia going to sustain itself? Obviously some positions are on site so PI\u2019s get to set their wage by local standards, but in the analyst realm nearly everything is remote. How do labs plan to recruit long term masters-level analysts? Is there any discussion about this issue in the high-level academic circles?","c_root_id_A":"i74muoo","c_root_id_B":"i74l50g","created_at_utc_A":1651558038,"created_at_utc_B":1651556813,"score_A":9,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"In STEM we're still seeing a surplus in students, there will be enough people who will fall to the cult and feed the careers of those above them on the thin promise that they can make it, too.","human_ref_B":"Working in academic labs is a good first job.  Once someone gets a few years experience, they will move on and some new graduate will be looking for a job.  While I've seen the value of long term lab personnel, the only ones I have ever worked with were very old, and that was over a decade ago.  Expertise mainly comes from the PI, post-docs, and grad students, so many labs can afford to have rotating techs.  And for those labs that do have mission critical people not in faculty roles, they figure out how to pay them.   Academic labs will also attract people that look for the benefits of being at a college.  This may include state pension plans, free\/discounted tuition for self or family, campus amenities, schedule flexibility (guess that depends on the lab), etc.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1225.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"owxxht","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"After submitting to a journal and no longer work at the same lab Hi all,   After submitting a paper with a journal, say you leave the team and get a new position. However, the reviewers come back with a bunch of comments and basically overhaul of the paper- as first author, is this still your responsibility if you no longer work for those PIs? Or does the new hire take over the revisions and get authorship?","c_root_id_A":"h7izyzj","c_root_id_B":"h7iywzc","created_at_utc_A":1627975351,"created_at_utc_B":1627974480,"score_A":25,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I agree with the other commenter, that there are various options.  The most common one, in my experience, is that you finish off your own paper.  > as first author, is this still your responsibility if you no longer work for those PIs  I find this a bit of an odd perspective.  The responsibility derives from the fact that you are first author: it is *your* paper, about *your* work.  None of that depends on who is paying your salary.  If you've left research and don't mind burning some bridges then sure, you can refuse to work on it and the professional ramifications will be fairly limited.  But in most situations you're the person who has most to lose by dropping the paper, and the most to gain by finishing it.","human_ref_B":"There is not correct answer to your question. You can refuse the changes and have the paper (most likely) rejected. You can make the changes yourself and work on your free time at the previous lab even without being officially employed (or getting hired as part time worker). Or the new hire can take over the work and get authorship.  I have seen all of it happening in real life. In my experience it depends mostly on how much you (as first author) want the paper published. In the end you hold the cards.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":871.0,"score_ratio":12.5}
{"post_id":"owxxht","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"After submitting to a journal and no longer work at the same lab Hi all,   After submitting a paper with a journal, say you leave the team and get a new position. However, the reviewers come back with a bunch of comments and basically overhaul of the paper- as first author, is this still your responsibility if you no longer work for those PIs? Or does the new hire take over the revisions and get authorship?","c_root_id_A":"h7j158a","c_root_id_B":"h7iywzc","created_at_utc_A":1627976377,"created_at_utc_B":1627974480,"score_A":8,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"So my take is this, if this actual wet lab work required and you no longer work in this lab, there is no way you can do it. Therefore someone else would have to step in and do the wet lab work and in turn would be granted authorship (not first unless that person gets involved in writing etc too). If its just editorial revisions than of course you can find an agreement with the previous P.I and\/or your now one to dedicate time to finish up.   I have been in both scenarios:: bench  work I could not finish as well as editorial stuff that I did actually  while working on another project, my P.I. gave me some dedicated time to finish my old stuff.","human_ref_B":"There is not correct answer to your question. You can refuse the changes and have the paper (most likely) rejected. You can make the changes yourself and work on your free time at the previous lab even without being officially employed (or getting hired as part time worker). Or the new hire can take over the work and get authorship.  I have seen all of it happening in real life. In my experience it depends mostly on how much you (as first author) want the paper published. In the end you hold the cards.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1897.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"owxxht","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"After submitting to a journal and no longer work at the same lab Hi all,   After submitting a paper with a journal, say you leave the team and get a new position. However, the reviewers come back with a bunch of comments and basically overhaul of the paper- as first author, is this still your responsibility if you no longer work for those PIs? Or does the new hire take over the revisions and get authorship?","c_root_id_A":"h7iywzc","c_root_id_B":"h7j2oiz","created_at_utc_A":1627974480,"created_at_utc_B":1627977693,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"There is not correct answer to your question. You can refuse the changes and have the paper (most likely) rejected. You can make the changes yourself and work on your free time at the previous lab even without being officially employed (or getting hired as part time worker). Or the new hire can take over the work and get authorship.  I have seen all of it happening in real life. In my experience it depends mostly on how much you (as first author) want the paper published. In the end you hold the cards.","human_ref_B":"In my lab when this happens, if the first author has left, we get someone to finish the work.  Best is someone already on the paper, but very often it is someone new.  They then get included on the new authorship list.  The position will depend upon how much work is needed, from a middle of the pack up to joint first author if revisions are large (and by this I mean a lot of experimental required work).  So far I have never deprived an author of the first, first place, and normally that is discussed with the person taking over the work.    The alternative is to drop expectations and go for a lower impact place, so the original sole first has to be on board as well.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3213.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"2y253t","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"How do you deal with impostor syndrome and general self-doubt in academia\/research? Hello everyone, I am a female undergraduate in physics at a reputable university. I will be graduating in a year and am starting to look at PhD programs. Recently I joined a new research group in a subject that I am highly interested in, but do not have a lot of background in. Prior to this I was in a research group for a little over a year, but in a completely different field. The second I heard back from the new group I basically had a panic attack: I felt fraudulent, like I somehow tricked them into saying yes; thoughts that I'm not smart or accomplished enough keep crossing my mind even still.   I've heard of impostor syndrome and realized that what I'm experiencing is consistent with some of the things I've heard about it; however, just recognizing that what I'm experiencing is normal doesn't help very much. I feel a lot of self-doubt and I find myself avoiding the work for the group because I'm afraid of not understanding something and looking stupid. I know a lot of graduate students go through this, so what are some tips to help get over this self doubt and fear of failure?","c_root_id_A":"cp5lnv3","c_root_id_B":"cp5koe7","created_at_utc_A":1425592415,"created_at_utc_B":1425590835,"score_A":26,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Maybe hearing the perspective of the other side will help.  When an undergrad joins our research group I always assume that they don't know anything (most of the time that's true).  We've all been there before.   I didn't know anything when I first joined as an undergrad and it was really scary.  I would sit in on our research meetings and have no idea what the hell anyone was talking about.  Now I'm the one rambling on in the meetings while the undergrads sit there and wonder what the hell I'm talking about.  It just takes time.  Everyone I know prefers the student who asks too many questions over the student who doesn't ask anything.  Students who don't ask questions end up costing us way more time in the end.  Like I said, we've all been there before.  Nobody is born with this knowledge in their brains, and the big secret in academia (well, really the entire world) is that nobody actually knows what the hell is going on.  Ask questions, no matter how simple.  I'm a 2nd year PhD student and just this week I had to ask my advisor how to calculate a confidence interval around a sample proportion (for the record that's a 2nd year undergrad topic in my field).  Just make sure you project a willingness to learn on your own provided they can point you in the right direction.  Professors are busy people and they don't always have time to teach undergrads everything they need to know.  Edit: Something a bit more practical is to retain perspective on the world around you.  I have old friends who dropped out of community college to do heroine and work at fast food joints.  It's messed up and of course I try to help if I can, but things like that help me keep a balanced perspective on life.  Surrounding yourself with a sample of the top researchers in your field all day every day can really warp your self perception.","human_ref_B":"Never ever stop asking questions if you don't understand something. Especially if the new group is doing something you have not much experience in, see every question you ask as a vote of confidence in your colleagues or advisors. Make sure the questions are meaningful where possible, but even just asking to have something repeated if you didn't grasp it is not something you should be afraid of, or at least ask where you can read up on the subject.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1580.0,"score_ratio":6.5}
{"post_id":"2y253t","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"How do you deal with impostor syndrome and general self-doubt in academia\/research? Hello everyone, I am a female undergraduate in physics at a reputable university. I will be graduating in a year and am starting to look at PhD programs. Recently I joined a new research group in a subject that I am highly interested in, but do not have a lot of background in. Prior to this I was in a research group for a little over a year, but in a completely different field. The second I heard back from the new group I basically had a panic attack: I felt fraudulent, like I somehow tricked them into saying yes; thoughts that I'm not smart or accomplished enough keep crossing my mind even still.   I've heard of impostor syndrome and realized that what I'm experiencing is consistent with some of the things I've heard about it; however, just recognizing that what I'm experiencing is normal doesn't help very much. I feel a lot of self-doubt and I find myself avoiding the work for the group because I'm afraid of not understanding something and looking stupid. I know a lot of graduate students go through this, so what are some tips to help get over this self doubt and fear of failure?","c_root_id_A":"cp5m01s","c_root_id_B":"cp5koe7","created_at_utc_A":1425592955,"created_at_utc_B":1425590835,"score_A":13,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Check this out: PhD in Progress: Episode 17 - \u201cWE\u2019RE NOT MORONS!\u201d \u2013 FACING IMPOSTOR SYNDROME    It's an episode from a podcast called \"PhD in Progress\" that is hosted by some senior PhD students from Princeton who talk about different issues facing graduate students a different themes for each episode.  This episode is all about imposter syndrome, but I highly recommend listening to the rest of the episodes too if you are a PhD student or are thinking about becoming one.","human_ref_B":"Never ever stop asking questions if you don't understand something. Especially if the new group is doing something you have not much experience in, see every question you ask as a vote of confidence in your colleagues or advisors. Make sure the questions are meaningful where possible, but even just asking to have something repeated if you didn't grasp it is not something you should be afraid of, or at least ask where you can read up on the subject.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2120.0,"score_ratio":3.25}
{"post_id":"2y253t","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"How do you deal with impostor syndrome and general self-doubt in academia\/research? Hello everyone, I am a female undergraduate in physics at a reputable university. I will be graduating in a year and am starting to look at PhD programs. Recently I joined a new research group in a subject that I am highly interested in, but do not have a lot of background in. Prior to this I was in a research group for a little over a year, but in a completely different field. The second I heard back from the new group I basically had a panic attack: I felt fraudulent, like I somehow tricked them into saying yes; thoughts that I'm not smart or accomplished enough keep crossing my mind even still.   I've heard of impostor syndrome and realized that what I'm experiencing is consistent with some of the things I've heard about it; however, just recognizing that what I'm experiencing is normal doesn't help very much. I feel a lot of self-doubt and I find myself avoiding the work for the group because I'm afraid of not understanding something and looking stupid. I know a lot of graduate students go through this, so what are some tips to help get over this self doubt and fear of failure?","c_root_id_A":"cp5koe7","c_root_id_B":"cp5v8nc","created_at_utc_A":1425590835,"created_at_utc_B":1425609815,"score_A":4,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Never ever stop asking questions if you don't understand something. Especially if the new group is doing something you have not much experience in, see every question you ask as a vote of confidence in your colleagues or advisors. Make sure the questions are meaningful where possible, but even just asking to have something repeated if you didn't grasp it is not something you should be afraid of, or at least ask where you can read up on the subject.","human_ref_B":"First year grad student here, so your post resonated pretty heavily with me. I'll try to share some of what I've gone through and what I've found has helped me so far.  I came from an undergrad university that is significantly less prestigious than my current graduate university, so that was nerve wracking to begin with. The fact that I was going to be classmates with people from Ivy League schools, or MIT, or Cal Tech, etc etc made me doubt whether I deserved to be in the school I'm in. And once classes started up, I felt even worse. I had no idea what was going on half the time, and I assumed everyone else was miles ahead of me.  But then I got into a good study group, and started to make friends with some of the people in my class. And that's when I realized that, even though they may have gone to much \"better\" schools for undergrad, we were all (more or less) in the same place. We had the same struggles with classes, and it wasn't easy for any of us. So that helped a lot, especially in the beginning.  Then, once it came time to pick advisors and start working in the lab, I had those same feelings crop up. Everyone in my group seemed so much more knowledgeable than me (of course, because they'd been working there for a couple of years themselves....), so I was pretty intimidated. But once I got comfortable enough to start asking questions and seeking advice, I learned they were happy to help and that they went through the same things I'm going through. Now, we have a really open and supportive lab environment, and I think that's been the most helpful thing of all. I feel like I've come a long way since I first started, and I think a lot of that is thanks to the support of those around me.  Also, as others have said, make time to do something other than school\/research. Work out, play video games, binge watch Netflix, whatever it is that keeps you sane. It helps remind you're that you're a person, not a research robot doomed to constantly feel like a failure.  I hope I was able to help in some way! Good luck with your research experience, and with the application process. It's not an easy road, but it can be very rewarding if you work at it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":18980.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"2y253t","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"How do you deal with impostor syndrome and general self-doubt in academia\/research? Hello everyone, I am a female undergraduate in physics at a reputable university. I will be graduating in a year and am starting to look at PhD programs. Recently I joined a new research group in a subject that I am highly interested in, but do not have a lot of background in. Prior to this I was in a research group for a little over a year, but in a completely different field. The second I heard back from the new group I basically had a panic attack: I felt fraudulent, like I somehow tricked them into saying yes; thoughts that I'm not smart or accomplished enough keep crossing my mind even still.   I've heard of impostor syndrome and realized that what I'm experiencing is consistent with some of the things I've heard about it; however, just recognizing that what I'm experiencing is normal doesn't help very much. I feel a lot of self-doubt and I find myself avoiding the work for the group because I'm afraid of not understanding something and looking stupid. I know a lot of graduate students go through this, so what are some tips to help get over this self doubt and fear of failure?","c_root_id_A":"cp5sx3w","c_root_id_B":"cp5v8nc","created_at_utc_A":1425605368,"created_at_utc_B":1425609815,"score_A":3,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Realize we're all imposters at everything we do. I look back to the summer after high school when I rented an apartment with 3 friends. We were all playing house, then we realized we weren't playing. We had jobs, we shopped for food, we cooked, we hung out together, we fought, we made up, we moved on. Academia is the exact same thing. A bunch of kids playing professor. The ones who take it too seriously are usually the ones who burn out.","human_ref_B":"First year grad student here, so your post resonated pretty heavily with me. I'll try to share some of what I've gone through and what I've found has helped me so far.  I came from an undergrad university that is significantly less prestigious than my current graduate university, so that was nerve wracking to begin with. The fact that I was going to be classmates with people from Ivy League schools, or MIT, or Cal Tech, etc etc made me doubt whether I deserved to be in the school I'm in. And once classes started up, I felt even worse. I had no idea what was going on half the time, and I assumed everyone else was miles ahead of me.  But then I got into a good study group, and started to make friends with some of the people in my class. And that's when I realized that, even though they may have gone to much \"better\" schools for undergrad, we were all (more or less) in the same place. We had the same struggles with classes, and it wasn't easy for any of us. So that helped a lot, especially in the beginning.  Then, once it came time to pick advisors and start working in the lab, I had those same feelings crop up. Everyone in my group seemed so much more knowledgeable than me (of course, because they'd been working there for a couple of years themselves....), so I was pretty intimidated. But once I got comfortable enough to start asking questions and seeking advice, I learned they were happy to help and that they went through the same things I'm going through. Now, we have a really open and supportive lab environment, and I think that's been the most helpful thing of all. I feel like I've come a long way since I first started, and I think a lot of that is thanks to the support of those around me.  Also, as others have said, make time to do something other than school\/research. Work out, play video games, binge watch Netflix, whatever it is that keeps you sane. It helps remind you're that you're a person, not a research robot doomed to constantly feel like a failure.  I hope I was able to help in some way! Good luck with your research experience, and with the application process. It's not an easy road, but it can be very rewarding if you work at it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4447.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"2y253t","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"How do you deal with impostor syndrome and general self-doubt in academia\/research? Hello everyone, I am a female undergraduate in physics at a reputable university. I will be graduating in a year and am starting to look at PhD programs. Recently I joined a new research group in a subject that I am highly interested in, but do not have a lot of background in. Prior to this I was in a research group for a little over a year, but in a completely different field. The second I heard back from the new group I basically had a panic attack: I felt fraudulent, like I somehow tricked them into saying yes; thoughts that I'm not smart or accomplished enough keep crossing my mind even still.   I've heard of impostor syndrome and realized that what I'm experiencing is consistent with some of the things I've heard about it; however, just recognizing that what I'm experiencing is normal doesn't help very much. I feel a lot of self-doubt and I find myself avoiding the work for the group because I'm afraid of not understanding something and looking stupid. I know a lot of graduate students go through this, so what are some tips to help get over this self doubt and fear of failure?","c_root_id_A":"cp5zq0q","c_root_id_B":"cp602ie","created_at_utc_A":1425618834,"created_at_utc_B":1425619689,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Thank you so much for asking this, I experience this my self as well, and I am in physics! I have been working in a lab for about a year and a half, and I suffer from imposter syndrome all the time. I notice it somewhat in my research, but more often I notice it in my classes. I got an A in a physics class last semester and I was actually mad about it. For some reason I did not think I deserved it. What really helped me get through this situation and helps me get through it in my research is that, aside from the fact that I realize I am an idiot and ask a lot of questions, once you know something, you don't remember what it is like to not know it. I think its called the \"burden of knowledge\".","human_ref_B":"I have always said that I should write a book called \"How to bluff your way through a PhD in medical genetics\". I know it doesn't help you to know it, but I don't know a single sane colleague who hasn't felt like an impostor at some point during their PhD.  My suggestion: Go to meetings with other graduate students, drink beer with them if possible (or whatever you like to drink) and get to know them. You build a strong social network, you get to talk about your self-doubt and you find out that others feel the same. Free therapy and friendship! Good luck :)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":855.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"ua7aud","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How succesful are you with ADHD here in Academia with an emphasis on the STEM fields? I am looking for motivational, success stories of those people who have tamed their symptoms using planning, organisational systems, and even meds.   What worked for you?","c_root_id_A":"i5wbldo","c_root_id_B":"i5wb8f6","created_at_utc_A":1650733486,"created_at_utc_B":1650733333,"score_A":8,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Chemical Engineering (BS, PhD). I've been medicated since I was a child and I found that to be the most effective over everything else. Now, that's really only a part of the battle since you still actually have to do the work that will get you to the finish line. To do that, I would recommend making a note to yourself with a general outline of how your program will go (what classes you need to take, personal milestones for publishing, target graduation date) and keep it somewhere you can regularly reference it. This way, when you feel like you are straying from the straight and narrow, you can remember what you wanted to do and perhaps it'll give you the nudge back on the path to success.  I personally have \"shiny ball syndrome\" where I see a fun\/cool new project, do that for a bit, figure it out, and then maybe didn't really \"finish it.\" This led to me spinning my wheels on a lot of different projects when I started grad school and having a lot of really excellent results, but difficulty writing them up (also probably because writing sucks and ADHD doesn't help that). The aforementioned timeline suggestion helped me quite a bit in this scenario and I recommended it to peers when they ran into similar roadblocks (even those without ADHD).","human_ref_B":"Hi! Exercise science here. Diagnosed last summer before my 3rd year. Struggle with reading, \u201cbusy work\u201d, and in intro\/o chem I struggle with visualization of 3D molecules and being able to accurately depict them on paper. Additionally, I have a really tough time doing things I don\u2019t have any interest in or when I don\u2019t understand the reason I am learning something- for example when a topic is introduced and the details are given before the big picture. Those with ADHD qualify for accommodations and I absolutely recommend utilizing the services the disability coordinator at your school have available to you. My adhd is treated with weekly therapy and meds (I have other diagnoses too) and this helps but isn\u2019t a cure all. For reading, if it\u2019s digitally available try an extension that reads to you. This helps me if I am struggling a lot. The pomodoro method helps sometimes for me for motivation. As far as organization, I write my notes by hand in my Rocketbook notebook and scan the notes in to google docs and once I have done that I can keyword search to locate what I am looking for. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll think of more later and if I do I\u2019ll comment below this comment again.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":153.0,"score_ratio":2.6666666667}
{"post_id":"ua7aud","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How succesful are you with ADHD here in Academia with an emphasis on the STEM fields? I am looking for motivational, success stories of those people who have tamed their symptoms using planning, organisational systems, and even meds.   What worked for you?","c_root_id_A":"i5xad17","c_root_id_B":"i5wb8f6","created_at_utc_A":1650749132,"created_at_utc_B":1650733333,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"4th year, chem PhD student.   It's been pretty rough. Diagnosed last December and been waiting for 5 months to see a psychiatrist for meds. It has been super difficult especially since my background is not purely chemistry.  I can only really focus on things that really interest me or have some sort of immediate deadline. I also have trouble with detail in my reports and figures so my boss thinks I am an idiot. My boss does not know I have ADHD and has given me more than enough reasons to not trust him with that information.  Recently, working out in the morning has given me enough momentum to work constantly throughout the day but there is still the lack of detail in things and thinking much faster than I speak. It has helped me prioritize other duties as well compared to in the past where I was only doing actual work for like 2 hours.  My lab note taking was terrible until I started using Notion so my data, notes, experimental methodology and such is organized and in a consistent pattern. That's another thing, patterns in my daily routine have been helpful. Not so much like a strict routine but identifying the easiest or menial tasks and doing those first to build up momentum and motivate myself to work throughout the day.  That all being said, focusing for an extended period of time is very draining and has its toll on me. When doing experiments I have a max 6 h of focus before I start burning out and getting anxious. I can work for longer but I have to constantly switch what I am doing throughout that period so my anxiety doesnt get out of hand.   Reading papers can be very difficult and again depends if I really am interested in what I am reading. Writing is not too difficult but getting myself to start writing is the most difficult and once I get past that, it's  smooth sailing.  Hopefully I am able to get a prescription in mid may.","human_ref_B":"Hi! Exercise science here. Diagnosed last summer before my 3rd year. Struggle with reading, \u201cbusy work\u201d, and in intro\/o chem I struggle with visualization of 3D molecules and being able to accurately depict them on paper. Additionally, I have a really tough time doing things I don\u2019t have any interest in or when I don\u2019t understand the reason I am learning something- for example when a topic is introduced and the details are given before the big picture. Those with ADHD qualify for accommodations and I absolutely recommend utilizing the services the disability coordinator at your school have available to you. My adhd is treated with weekly therapy and meds (I have other diagnoses too) and this helps but isn\u2019t a cure all. For reading, if it\u2019s digitally available try an extension that reads to you. This helps me if I am struggling a lot. The pomodoro method helps sometimes for me for motivation. As far as organization, I write my notes by hand in my Rocketbook notebook and scan the notes in to google docs and once I have done that I can keyword search to locate what I am looking for. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll think of more later and if I do I\u2019ll comment below this comment again.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":15799.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"ua7aud","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How succesful are you with ADHD here in Academia with an emphasis on the STEM fields? I am looking for motivational, success stories of those people who have tamed their symptoms using planning, organisational systems, and even meds.   What worked for you?","c_root_id_A":"i5wxg7z","c_root_id_B":"i5xad17","created_at_utc_A":1650743248,"created_at_utc_B":1650749132,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Sorry for the length in advance.     Biology major. In my country, the career extends to four years, and I took 10 because of undiagnosed ADHD and debilitating (diagnosed) Bipolar disorder type I with occasional memory loss, anxiety and panic crisis, and dissociation.    I'm 27 and I've been diagnosed 4 months ago. ADHD meds could trigger mania in bipolar I patients which was yet another factor that contributed in my late diagnosis. I was always a little *weird* when it came to studying and learning methods, and for years, the only way I could absorb information was in class, I remember only a handful of times where I actually sat and tried to focus, just to feel sleepy after half to two hours and giving up. It never occurred to me that that wasn't normal and I thought my only obstacles to finish my career were my bipolar disorder, memory issues, and skipping classes to go to the hospital.    When I had month-long depressive episodes, I attributed that to my lack of motivation and energy, forgetfulness, lack of time perception and inability to focus. Just by the end of 2021, my new (and actually capable) psychiatrist told me that it was likely the combination of depression and ADHD that made me almost completely unable to function physically, emotionally and cognitively.    In the pandemic it got even worse. In the second half of 2020 I got professors who didn't give a single online lecture. I didn't have any routine, schedule or structure and since my job was online, I'd roll out of bed, work, *try* to do my college assignments, eat and go back to sleep.    It was a nightmare. I started to lose focus to an extreme I didn't think was possible. I'd completely lose it after reading two paragraphs of a book, watching five minutes of a movie\/series and listening to a 1h podcast turned into 3h with me going back over and over because I'd lose track. Not even the constant reminders I had on my phone or the dozens of post-it notes I had in front of my desk did a thing. I'd start doing a very simple task that should've taken half an hour, and suddenly, three hours passed. Hyperfocus was impossible because I didn't have energy to start doing something in the first place.    I started taking meds since December 2021. I still feel the dosage is very low for someone like me, but since it could potentially trigger mania, I'm trying to manage. It truly changed my life. Less procrastination, more productivity, I got back to reading books and watching the shows and movies I was not able to watch anymore. Sitting and studying something is actually enjoyable and my grades went up considerably, with nothing below 70%. I use a combination of meds, post-it notes, alarms, reminders and a phone organizer. I also constantly take notes because that's how I retain information the most, I try to read things out loud and I take a short break every half or once an hour.     I'm still struggling, but life has never been easier. I'm turning in my bachelor's thesis at the end of the year. I found a purpose, and I can finally show my true capabilities.","human_ref_B":"4th year, chem PhD student.   It's been pretty rough. Diagnosed last December and been waiting for 5 months to see a psychiatrist for meds. It has been super difficult especially since my background is not purely chemistry.  I can only really focus on things that really interest me or have some sort of immediate deadline. I also have trouble with detail in my reports and figures so my boss thinks I am an idiot. My boss does not know I have ADHD and has given me more than enough reasons to not trust him with that information.  Recently, working out in the morning has given me enough momentum to work constantly throughout the day but there is still the lack of detail in things and thinking much faster than I speak. It has helped me prioritize other duties as well compared to in the past where I was only doing actual work for like 2 hours.  My lab note taking was terrible until I started using Notion so my data, notes, experimental methodology and such is organized and in a consistent pattern. That's another thing, patterns in my daily routine have been helpful. Not so much like a strict routine but identifying the easiest or menial tasks and doing those first to build up momentum and motivate myself to work throughout the day.  That all being said, focusing for an extended period of time is very draining and has its toll on me. When doing experiments I have a max 6 h of focus before I start burning out and getting anxious. I can work for longer but I have to constantly switch what I am doing throughout that period so my anxiety doesnt get out of hand.   Reading papers can be very difficult and again depends if I really am interested in what I am reading. Writing is not too difficult but getting myself to start writing is the most difficult and once I get past that, it's  smooth sailing.  Hopefully I am able to get a prescription in mid may.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5884.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"ua7aud","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How succesful are you with ADHD here in Academia with an emphasis on the STEM fields? I am looking for motivational, success stories of those people who have tamed their symptoms using planning, organisational systems, and even meds.   What worked for you?","c_root_id_A":"i5wo048","c_root_id_B":"i5xad17","created_at_utc_A":1650738939,"created_at_utc_B":1650749132,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I'm at a R1 and definitely struggled before I was diagnosed! I especially had a hard time following through\/completing projects, and as a result it's taken me longer than average to finish. I also found that things like writing just take me longer than they take other people.  Three main things have helped: 1) The forest app, where I set a timer and can't use my phone for a set amount of time. 2) Actually using a planner and laying out schedules and tasks. 3) A lowish-dose Adderall prescription.","human_ref_B":"4th year, chem PhD student.   It's been pretty rough. Diagnosed last December and been waiting for 5 months to see a psychiatrist for meds. It has been super difficult especially since my background is not purely chemistry.  I can only really focus on things that really interest me or have some sort of immediate deadline. I also have trouble with detail in my reports and figures so my boss thinks I am an idiot. My boss does not know I have ADHD and has given me more than enough reasons to not trust him with that information.  Recently, working out in the morning has given me enough momentum to work constantly throughout the day but there is still the lack of detail in things and thinking much faster than I speak. It has helped me prioritize other duties as well compared to in the past where I was only doing actual work for like 2 hours.  My lab note taking was terrible until I started using Notion so my data, notes, experimental methodology and such is organized and in a consistent pattern. That's another thing, patterns in my daily routine have been helpful. Not so much like a strict routine but identifying the easiest or menial tasks and doing those first to build up momentum and motivate myself to work throughout the day.  That all being said, focusing for an extended period of time is very draining and has its toll on me. When doing experiments I have a max 6 h of focus before I start burning out and getting anxious. I can work for longer but I have to constantly switch what I am doing throughout that period so my anxiety doesnt get out of hand.   Reading papers can be very difficult and again depends if I really am interested in what I am reading. Writing is not too difficult but getting myself to start writing is the most difficult and once I get past that, it's  smooth sailing.  Hopefully I am able to get a prescription in mid may.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10193.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"ua7aud","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How succesful are you with ADHD here in Academia with an emphasis on the STEM fields? I am looking for motivational, success stories of those people who have tamed their symptoms using planning, organisational systems, and even meds.   What worked for you?","c_root_id_A":"i5wo048","c_root_id_B":"i5wxg7z","created_at_utc_A":1650738939,"created_at_utc_B":1650743248,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I'm at a R1 and definitely struggled before I was diagnosed! I especially had a hard time following through\/completing projects, and as a result it's taken me longer than average to finish. I also found that things like writing just take me longer than they take other people.  Three main things have helped: 1) The forest app, where I set a timer and can't use my phone for a set amount of time. 2) Actually using a planner and laying out schedules and tasks. 3) A lowish-dose Adderall prescription.","human_ref_B":"Sorry for the length in advance.     Biology major. In my country, the career extends to four years, and I took 10 because of undiagnosed ADHD and debilitating (diagnosed) Bipolar disorder type I with occasional memory loss, anxiety and panic crisis, and dissociation.    I'm 27 and I've been diagnosed 4 months ago. ADHD meds could trigger mania in bipolar I patients which was yet another factor that contributed in my late diagnosis. I was always a little *weird* when it came to studying and learning methods, and for years, the only way I could absorb information was in class, I remember only a handful of times where I actually sat and tried to focus, just to feel sleepy after half to two hours and giving up. It never occurred to me that that wasn't normal and I thought my only obstacles to finish my career were my bipolar disorder, memory issues, and skipping classes to go to the hospital.    When I had month-long depressive episodes, I attributed that to my lack of motivation and energy, forgetfulness, lack of time perception and inability to focus. Just by the end of 2021, my new (and actually capable) psychiatrist told me that it was likely the combination of depression and ADHD that made me almost completely unable to function physically, emotionally and cognitively.    In the pandemic it got even worse. In the second half of 2020 I got professors who didn't give a single online lecture. I didn't have any routine, schedule or structure and since my job was online, I'd roll out of bed, work, *try* to do my college assignments, eat and go back to sleep.    It was a nightmare. I started to lose focus to an extreme I didn't think was possible. I'd completely lose it after reading two paragraphs of a book, watching five minutes of a movie\/series and listening to a 1h podcast turned into 3h with me going back over and over because I'd lose track. Not even the constant reminders I had on my phone or the dozens of post-it notes I had in front of my desk did a thing. I'd start doing a very simple task that should've taken half an hour, and suddenly, three hours passed. Hyperfocus was impossible because I didn't have energy to start doing something in the first place.    I started taking meds since December 2021. I still feel the dosage is very low for someone like me, but since it could potentially trigger mania, I'm trying to manage. It truly changed my life. Less procrastination, more productivity, I got back to reading books and watching the shows and movies I was not able to watch anymore. Sitting and studying something is actually enjoyable and my grades went up considerably, with nothing below 70%. I use a combination of meds, post-it notes, alarms, reminders and a phone organizer. I also constantly take notes because that's how I retain information the most, I try to read things out loud and I take a short break every half or once an hour.     I'm still struggling, but life has never been easier. I'm turning in my bachelor's thesis at the end of the year. I found a purpose, and I can finally show my true capabilities.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4309.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"ua7aud","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How succesful are you with ADHD here in Academia with an emphasis on the STEM fields? I am looking for motivational, success stories of those people who have tamed their symptoms using planning, organisational systems, and even meds.   What worked for you?","c_root_id_A":"i5wo048","c_root_id_B":"i5z1vcx","created_at_utc_A":1650738939,"created_at_utc_B":1650783177,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I'm at a R1 and definitely struggled before I was diagnosed! I especially had a hard time following through\/completing projects, and as a result it's taken me longer than average to finish. I also found that things like writing just take me longer than they take other people.  Three main things have helped: 1) The forest app, where I set a timer and can't use my phone for a set amount of time. 2) Actually using a planner and laying out schedules and tasks. 3) A lowish-dose Adderall prescription.","human_ref_B":"I got diagnosed the second year of my PhD (chemistry). I just finished my degree. I don't want to undersell it--it was brutally hard. Grad school is not set up to be ADHD friendly in many ways. But it is possible and I think there are things you can do to make it easier and to set yourself up for success.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":44238.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"ua7aud","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"How succesful are you with ADHD here in Academia with an emphasis on the STEM fields? I am looking for motivational, success stories of those people who have tamed their symptoms using planning, organisational systems, and even meds.   What worked for you?","c_root_id_A":"i5y5r8z","c_root_id_B":"i5z1vcx","created_at_utc_A":1650764224,"created_at_utc_B":1650783177,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I'm medicated now. Mild (?) ADHD, just diagnosed last year. I'm probably fine where I'm at, just tenured at a small SLAC, and could do a lot better now. I wish I had been diagnosed earlier - I think I would have finished a lot more, and focused on finishable projects. I highly recommend medication, honestly - rather than learn poor habits that don't work, you'd have a chance to develop decent ones that will take you farther. I might leave academia, but mostly because I'm low enough now and behind enough on papers that I probably couldn't climb the ladder upward, and am not really thrilled (for other reasons) about where I am.","human_ref_B":"I got diagnosed the second year of my PhD (chemistry). I just finished my degree. I don't want to undersell it--it was brutally hard. Grad school is not set up to be ADHD friendly in many ways. But it is possible and I think there are things you can do to make it easier and to set yourself up for success.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":18953.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"hete4e","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"1st Year PhD - Removed From Project Until recently I was a 1st year PhD student working on my project. However, I was dismissed following my viva under the guise of \"poor writing\" in a continuation report for transfer into the 2nd year. Initially shocked at this sudden change from my supervisor, as we meet weekly to touch base and my writing ability has never been raised as a concern. Going back through the assessors feedback comments from the initial draft, it was generally positive or constructive. i.e make figure x larger, move paragraph y above z. Overall, the report and oral viva were praised for well thought out discussions, sound methodology, good results and clear progression\/future plans (all documented) with just a vague \"introduction is poorly written\". However, when pressed the assessor could not\/would not expand on this, dismissing me with \"its all poor\" contrary to the feedback he himself had provided! I was told my only options at this stage are to \"withdraw from your course, or submit an MPhil but I will not accept it\". Thus I am appealing this verdict.  After speaking with various staff and peers it has become obviously clear to everyone who has heard the situation that you would not remove someone for poor writing, if that is indeed the case. Institutional guidelines recommend to advise relevant training, workshops, exercises and teaching to address a students weaknesses. I believe this serves as wrongful dismissal\/ not adhering to due process of the university. So I've raised this further to the senior staff.  It has also come to my attention that the lab I was part of is notorious for politics and shady conduct. The student who had the project before me was bullied into leaving. In addition to a high staff turn-over, improper conduct and breaches of contract. From what I hear the uni does nothing about it because the head brings in too much money. \"Poor writing\" just seems to be the excuse to get rid of me, or the project is cursed! Advice on how to navigate this matter would be appreciated.  If the appeal goes through it's doubtful I'll get my previous post\/project back as there is too much bad blood. I wouldn't be comfortable remaining at the university if I was moved to another lab\/project, if there is systematic abuse and underhanded deals going on. My supervisor is not happy about me digging around\/appealing so wouldn't give me a shining reference so seek positions elsewhere.  I've kept and backed up logs of meetings where no measures were put in place, emails where the supervisor, team and peers have all said the report was of a good standard, and presentations where no concerns were raised. At its core it began as a wrongful dismissal and academic appeal, but the more I look into it, ask around and hear from others experiences with the lab. There's documented evidence of abuse of power, discrimination, harassment\/bullying among other serious allegations that the university HAS known about ...but have just brushed  under the rug because they bring in too much money! Not what I would expect from the 18th ranked UK University.","c_root_id_A":"fvteea0","c_root_id_B":"fvtltbj","created_at_utc_A":1592969801,"created_at_utc_B":1592974757,"score_A":13,"score_B":52,"human_ref_A":"This is awful. I am sorry you are going through this. I am a 1st year as well, and have been criticised for my writing in the past, and bullied by a PI (enough to put me in therapy and medication for a year). But asking a student to leave for that reason seems extremely atypical.","human_ref_B":"Is there some way to affiliate with a different PI in the department? If you can, the good news is that as a 1st year, it's not much time lost. Then again I'm a little unfamiliar with the UK system. This really sucks and I hope you can find a PI that isn't a psycho.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4956.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"hete4e","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"1st Year PhD - Removed From Project Until recently I was a 1st year PhD student working on my project. However, I was dismissed following my viva under the guise of \"poor writing\" in a continuation report for transfer into the 2nd year. Initially shocked at this sudden change from my supervisor, as we meet weekly to touch base and my writing ability has never been raised as a concern. Going back through the assessors feedback comments from the initial draft, it was generally positive or constructive. i.e make figure x larger, move paragraph y above z. Overall, the report and oral viva were praised for well thought out discussions, sound methodology, good results and clear progression\/future plans (all documented) with just a vague \"introduction is poorly written\". However, when pressed the assessor could not\/would not expand on this, dismissing me with \"its all poor\" contrary to the feedback he himself had provided! I was told my only options at this stage are to \"withdraw from your course, or submit an MPhil but I will not accept it\". Thus I am appealing this verdict.  After speaking with various staff and peers it has become obviously clear to everyone who has heard the situation that you would not remove someone for poor writing, if that is indeed the case. Institutional guidelines recommend to advise relevant training, workshops, exercises and teaching to address a students weaknesses. I believe this serves as wrongful dismissal\/ not adhering to due process of the university. So I've raised this further to the senior staff.  It has also come to my attention that the lab I was part of is notorious for politics and shady conduct. The student who had the project before me was bullied into leaving. In addition to a high staff turn-over, improper conduct and breaches of contract. From what I hear the uni does nothing about it because the head brings in too much money. \"Poor writing\" just seems to be the excuse to get rid of me, or the project is cursed! Advice on how to navigate this matter would be appreciated.  If the appeal goes through it's doubtful I'll get my previous post\/project back as there is too much bad blood. I wouldn't be comfortable remaining at the university if I was moved to another lab\/project, if there is systematic abuse and underhanded deals going on. My supervisor is not happy about me digging around\/appealing so wouldn't give me a shining reference so seek positions elsewhere.  I've kept and backed up logs of meetings where no measures were put in place, emails where the supervisor, team and peers have all said the report was of a good standard, and presentations where no concerns were raised. At its core it began as a wrongful dismissal and academic appeal, but the more I look into it, ask around and hear from others experiences with the lab. There's documented evidence of abuse of power, discrimination, harassment\/bullying among other serious allegations that the university HAS known about ...but have just brushed  under the rug because they bring in too much money! Not what I would expect from the 18th ranked UK University.","c_root_id_A":"fvteea0","c_root_id_B":"fvu4dgp","created_at_utc_A":1592969801,"created_at_utc_B":1592991565,"score_A":13,"score_B":19,"human_ref_A":"This is awful. I am sorry you are going through this. I am a 1st year as well, and have been criticised for my writing in the past, and bullied by a PI (enough to put me in therapy and medication for a year). But asking a student to leave for that reason seems extremely atypical.","human_ref_B":"I keep telling everyone this, UK  higher academia is **HIGHLY UNREGULATED**. It is very easy to pass incompetent people on a PhD programme and kick out competent people on a PhD programme. There are no exams (in most universities to an extent, though some make you do MRes) and very few formal records of what is going on (I had three annual reviews, a transfer viva and viva). If they want to mess around with you, it's very easy. If you smell a rat, run. Don't waste 4 years only to be shown the door with a MPhil. Or even worse they take your 4 years, take your money, take your effort and kick you out right at the viva with no resubmission.  If you don't trust your supervisor, **DO NOT** and I repeat **DO NOT** stay. He or she is the only one who is going to back you at the viva. If you think your supervisor is out to get you, start recording and documenting evidence. Make a complaint and leave. These people will never let you pass if they don't want to. Eventually the university management figure out certain departments are rotten to the core and try to change management in them.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":21764.0,"score_ratio":1.4615384615}
{"post_id":"hete4e","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"1st Year PhD - Removed From Project Until recently I was a 1st year PhD student working on my project. However, I was dismissed following my viva under the guise of \"poor writing\" in a continuation report for transfer into the 2nd year. Initially shocked at this sudden change from my supervisor, as we meet weekly to touch base and my writing ability has never been raised as a concern. Going back through the assessors feedback comments from the initial draft, it was generally positive or constructive. i.e make figure x larger, move paragraph y above z. Overall, the report and oral viva were praised for well thought out discussions, sound methodology, good results and clear progression\/future plans (all documented) with just a vague \"introduction is poorly written\". However, when pressed the assessor could not\/would not expand on this, dismissing me with \"its all poor\" contrary to the feedback he himself had provided! I was told my only options at this stage are to \"withdraw from your course, or submit an MPhil but I will not accept it\". Thus I am appealing this verdict.  After speaking with various staff and peers it has become obviously clear to everyone who has heard the situation that you would not remove someone for poor writing, if that is indeed the case. Institutional guidelines recommend to advise relevant training, workshops, exercises and teaching to address a students weaknesses. I believe this serves as wrongful dismissal\/ not adhering to due process of the university. So I've raised this further to the senior staff.  It has also come to my attention that the lab I was part of is notorious for politics and shady conduct. The student who had the project before me was bullied into leaving. In addition to a high staff turn-over, improper conduct and breaches of contract. From what I hear the uni does nothing about it because the head brings in too much money. \"Poor writing\" just seems to be the excuse to get rid of me, or the project is cursed! Advice on how to navigate this matter would be appreciated.  If the appeal goes through it's doubtful I'll get my previous post\/project back as there is too much bad blood. I wouldn't be comfortable remaining at the university if I was moved to another lab\/project, if there is systematic abuse and underhanded deals going on. My supervisor is not happy about me digging around\/appealing so wouldn't give me a shining reference so seek positions elsewhere.  I've kept and backed up logs of meetings where no measures were put in place, emails where the supervisor, team and peers have all said the report was of a good standard, and presentations where no concerns were raised. At its core it began as a wrongful dismissal and academic appeal, but the more I look into it, ask around and hear from others experiences with the lab. There's documented evidence of abuse of power, discrimination, harassment\/bullying among other serious allegations that the university HAS known about ...but have just brushed  under the rug because they bring in too much money! Not what I would expect from the 18th ranked UK University.","c_root_id_A":"fvu3qv7","c_root_id_B":"fvu4dgp","created_at_utc_A":1592990913,"created_at_utc_B":1592991565,"score_A":12,"score_B":19,"human_ref_A":"OP, the same thing happened to me, this was on the Economics PhD Programme at the University of Surrey. They took my money and kicked me off the programme in my first year saying I was not up to standard, I went to another university in the UK and got my PhD a few months ago. There is a lot of shady politics in UK academia, the people who stay on and do well are the ones who are arse-licking the professors and heads of department. If you create a scene or threatens someone's job (by even being better at your job than them) they will find a way to kick you out.  My best advice for you is to complain to the highest level, the vice-chancellor of the university and find another PhD programme. It's better to leave early than to be messed around for 4 years and not even get your degree. I wish you the best OP.","human_ref_B":"I keep telling everyone this, UK  higher academia is **HIGHLY UNREGULATED**. It is very easy to pass incompetent people on a PhD programme and kick out competent people on a PhD programme. There are no exams (in most universities to an extent, though some make you do MRes) and very few formal records of what is going on (I had three annual reviews, a transfer viva and viva). If they want to mess around with you, it's very easy. If you smell a rat, run. Don't waste 4 years only to be shown the door with a MPhil. Or even worse they take your 4 years, take your money, take your effort and kick you out right at the viva with no resubmission.  If you don't trust your supervisor, **DO NOT** and I repeat **DO NOT** stay. He or she is the only one who is going to back you at the viva. If you think your supervisor is out to get you, start recording and documenting evidence. Make a complaint and leave. These people will never let you pass if they don't want to. Eventually the university management figure out certain departments are rotten to the core and try to change management in them.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":652.0,"score_ratio":1.5833333333}
{"post_id":"hete4e","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"1st Year PhD - Removed From Project Until recently I was a 1st year PhD student working on my project. However, I was dismissed following my viva under the guise of \"poor writing\" in a continuation report for transfer into the 2nd year. Initially shocked at this sudden change from my supervisor, as we meet weekly to touch base and my writing ability has never been raised as a concern. Going back through the assessors feedback comments from the initial draft, it was generally positive or constructive. i.e make figure x larger, move paragraph y above z. Overall, the report and oral viva were praised for well thought out discussions, sound methodology, good results and clear progression\/future plans (all documented) with just a vague \"introduction is poorly written\". However, when pressed the assessor could not\/would not expand on this, dismissing me with \"its all poor\" contrary to the feedback he himself had provided! I was told my only options at this stage are to \"withdraw from your course, or submit an MPhil but I will not accept it\". Thus I am appealing this verdict.  After speaking with various staff and peers it has become obviously clear to everyone who has heard the situation that you would not remove someone for poor writing, if that is indeed the case. Institutional guidelines recommend to advise relevant training, workshops, exercises and teaching to address a students weaknesses. I believe this serves as wrongful dismissal\/ not adhering to due process of the university. So I've raised this further to the senior staff.  It has also come to my attention that the lab I was part of is notorious for politics and shady conduct. The student who had the project before me was bullied into leaving. In addition to a high staff turn-over, improper conduct and breaches of contract. From what I hear the uni does nothing about it because the head brings in too much money. \"Poor writing\" just seems to be the excuse to get rid of me, or the project is cursed! Advice on how to navigate this matter would be appreciated.  If the appeal goes through it's doubtful I'll get my previous post\/project back as there is too much bad blood. I wouldn't be comfortable remaining at the university if I was moved to another lab\/project, if there is systematic abuse and underhanded deals going on. My supervisor is not happy about me digging around\/appealing so wouldn't give me a shining reference so seek positions elsewhere.  I've kept and backed up logs of meetings where no measures were put in place, emails where the supervisor, team and peers have all said the report was of a good standard, and presentations where no concerns were raised. At its core it began as a wrongful dismissal and academic appeal, but the more I look into it, ask around and hear from others experiences with the lab. There's documented evidence of abuse of power, discrimination, harassment\/bullying among other serious allegations that the university HAS known about ...but have just brushed  under the rug because they bring in too much money! Not what I would expect from the 18th ranked UK University.","c_root_id_A":"fvtrnxj","c_root_id_B":"fvu4dgp","created_at_utc_A":1592979322,"created_at_utc_B":1592991565,"score_A":5,"score_B":19,"human_ref_A":"I'm so sorry you're going through this. I was in a similar position and tried to navigate my way around it because I didn't want to abandon the project. It went through all possible organizational structures, ombudsperson, confidential person, the dean, ... I even was out sick for a month due to the abuse ? and had to go to the organizational doctor. He knew my PI's name, sympathised and told me he couldn't do anything for me. They all were sympathetic, yet nothing happened.   I guess I kept believing that there would be some kind of justice in the end, and hoping that the situation could change and PhD students in that lab would be treated fairly in the future. Unfortunately, if your PI brings in money, the university likely doesn't really care about anything else. I wouldn't recommend doing what I did. If I were in your shoes I'd try to find another PI or maybe even another PhD position elsewhere. I often regretted that I stayed instead of looking for another position. Are there other possible PI's in your department that know about the situation, where you could inform about opportunities or is there other senior staff that could give you a recommendation?","human_ref_B":"I keep telling everyone this, UK  higher academia is **HIGHLY UNREGULATED**. It is very easy to pass incompetent people on a PhD programme and kick out competent people on a PhD programme. There are no exams (in most universities to an extent, though some make you do MRes) and very few formal records of what is going on (I had three annual reviews, a transfer viva and viva). If they want to mess around with you, it's very easy. If you smell a rat, run. Don't waste 4 years only to be shown the door with a MPhil. Or even worse they take your 4 years, take your money, take your effort and kick you out right at the viva with no resubmission.  If you don't trust your supervisor, **DO NOT** and I repeat **DO NOT** stay. He or she is the only one who is going to back you at the viva. If you think your supervisor is out to get you, start recording and documenting evidence. Make a complaint and leave. These people will never let you pass if they don't want to. Eventually the university management figure out certain departments are rotten to the core and try to change management in them.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12243.0,"score_ratio":3.8}
{"post_id":"hete4e","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"1st Year PhD - Removed From Project Until recently I was a 1st year PhD student working on my project. However, I was dismissed following my viva under the guise of \"poor writing\" in a continuation report for transfer into the 2nd year. Initially shocked at this sudden change from my supervisor, as we meet weekly to touch base and my writing ability has never been raised as a concern. Going back through the assessors feedback comments from the initial draft, it was generally positive or constructive. i.e make figure x larger, move paragraph y above z. Overall, the report and oral viva were praised for well thought out discussions, sound methodology, good results and clear progression\/future plans (all documented) with just a vague \"introduction is poorly written\". However, when pressed the assessor could not\/would not expand on this, dismissing me with \"its all poor\" contrary to the feedback he himself had provided! I was told my only options at this stage are to \"withdraw from your course, or submit an MPhil but I will not accept it\". Thus I am appealing this verdict.  After speaking with various staff and peers it has become obviously clear to everyone who has heard the situation that you would not remove someone for poor writing, if that is indeed the case. Institutional guidelines recommend to advise relevant training, workshops, exercises and teaching to address a students weaknesses. I believe this serves as wrongful dismissal\/ not adhering to due process of the university. So I've raised this further to the senior staff.  It has also come to my attention that the lab I was part of is notorious for politics and shady conduct. The student who had the project before me was bullied into leaving. In addition to a high staff turn-over, improper conduct and breaches of contract. From what I hear the uni does nothing about it because the head brings in too much money. \"Poor writing\" just seems to be the excuse to get rid of me, or the project is cursed! Advice on how to navigate this matter would be appreciated.  If the appeal goes through it's doubtful I'll get my previous post\/project back as there is too much bad blood. I wouldn't be comfortable remaining at the university if I was moved to another lab\/project, if there is systematic abuse and underhanded deals going on. My supervisor is not happy about me digging around\/appealing so wouldn't give me a shining reference so seek positions elsewhere.  I've kept and backed up logs of meetings where no measures were put in place, emails where the supervisor, team and peers have all said the report was of a good standard, and presentations where no concerns were raised. At its core it began as a wrongful dismissal and academic appeal, but the more I look into it, ask around and hear from others experiences with the lab. There's documented evidence of abuse of power, discrimination, harassment\/bullying among other serious allegations that the university HAS known about ...but have just brushed  under the rug because they bring in too much money! Not what I would expect from the 18th ranked UK University.","c_root_id_A":"fvtuhf6","c_root_id_B":"fvu4dgp","created_at_utc_A":1592981770,"created_at_utc_B":1592991565,"score_A":4,"score_B":19,"human_ref_A":"Who is your funder?","human_ref_B":"I keep telling everyone this, UK  higher academia is **HIGHLY UNREGULATED**. It is very easy to pass incompetent people on a PhD programme and kick out competent people on a PhD programme. There are no exams (in most universities to an extent, though some make you do MRes) and very few formal records of what is going on (I had three annual reviews, a transfer viva and viva). If they want to mess around with you, it's very easy. If you smell a rat, run. Don't waste 4 years only to be shown the door with a MPhil. Or even worse they take your 4 years, take your money, take your effort and kick you out right at the viva with no resubmission.  If you don't trust your supervisor, **DO NOT** and I repeat **DO NOT** stay. He or she is the only one who is going to back you at the viva. If you think your supervisor is out to get you, start recording and documenting evidence. Make a complaint and leave. These people will never let you pass if they don't want to. Eventually the university management figure out certain departments are rotten to the core and try to change management in them.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9795.0,"score_ratio":4.75}
{"post_id":"hete4e","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"1st Year PhD - Removed From Project Until recently I was a 1st year PhD student working on my project. However, I was dismissed following my viva under the guise of \"poor writing\" in a continuation report for transfer into the 2nd year. Initially shocked at this sudden change from my supervisor, as we meet weekly to touch base and my writing ability has never been raised as a concern. Going back through the assessors feedback comments from the initial draft, it was generally positive or constructive. i.e make figure x larger, move paragraph y above z. Overall, the report and oral viva were praised for well thought out discussions, sound methodology, good results and clear progression\/future plans (all documented) with just a vague \"introduction is poorly written\". However, when pressed the assessor could not\/would not expand on this, dismissing me with \"its all poor\" contrary to the feedback he himself had provided! I was told my only options at this stage are to \"withdraw from your course, or submit an MPhil but I will not accept it\". Thus I am appealing this verdict.  After speaking with various staff and peers it has become obviously clear to everyone who has heard the situation that you would not remove someone for poor writing, if that is indeed the case. Institutional guidelines recommend to advise relevant training, workshops, exercises and teaching to address a students weaknesses. I believe this serves as wrongful dismissal\/ not adhering to due process of the university. So I've raised this further to the senior staff.  It has also come to my attention that the lab I was part of is notorious for politics and shady conduct. The student who had the project before me was bullied into leaving. In addition to a high staff turn-over, improper conduct and breaches of contract. From what I hear the uni does nothing about it because the head brings in too much money. \"Poor writing\" just seems to be the excuse to get rid of me, or the project is cursed! Advice on how to navigate this matter would be appreciated.  If the appeal goes through it's doubtful I'll get my previous post\/project back as there is too much bad blood. I wouldn't be comfortable remaining at the university if I was moved to another lab\/project, if there is systematic abuse and underhanded deals going on. My supervisor is not happy about me digging around\/appealing so wouldn't give me a shining reference so seek positions elsewhere.  I've kept and backed up logs of meetings where no measures were put in place, emails where the supervisor, team and peers have all said the report was of a good standard, and presentations where no concerns were raised. At its core it began as a wrongful dismissal and academic appeal, but the more I look into it, ask around and hear from others experiences with the lab. There's documented evidence of abuse of power, discrimination, harassment\/bullying among other serious allegations that the university HAS known about ...but have just brushed  under the rug because they bring in too much money! Not what I would expect from the 18th ranked UK University.","c_root_id_A":"fvts3ww","c_root_id_B":"fvu4dgp","created_at_utc_A":1592979696,"created_at_utc_B":1592991565,"score_A":2,"score_B":19,"human_ref_A":"Good luck.   Make sure you have all your paperwork, in order where possible, and organised in a way that is easy for an administrator or department head to read but difficult or impossible to pick holes in or disprove.  Your future is difficult because in academia the academics are never wrong, only the students.  For the foreseeable future you're a lawyer. Be prepared to act like one until you get a good outcome.","human_ref_B":"I keep telling everyone this, UK  higher academia is **HIGHLY UNREGULATED**. It is very easy to pass incompetent people on a PhD programme and kick out competent people on a PhD programme. There are no exams (in most universities to an extent, though some make you do MRes) and very few formal records of what is going on (I had three annual reviews, a transfer viva and viva). If they want to mess around with you, it's very easy. If you smell a rat, run. Don't waste 4 years only to be shown the door with a MPhil. Or even worse they take your 4 years, take your money, take your effort and kick you out right at the viva with no resubmission.  If you don't trust your supervisor, **DO NOT** and I repeat **DO NOT** stay. He or she is the only one who is going to back you at the viva. If you think your supervisor is out to get you, start recording and documenting evidence. Make a complaint and leave. These people will never let you pass if they don't want to. Eventually the university management figure out certain departments are rotten to the core and try to change management in them.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11869.0,"score_ratio":9.5}
{"post_id":"hete4e","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"1st Year PhD - Removed From Project Until recently I was a 1st year PhD student working on my project. However, I was dismissed following my viva under the guise of \"poor writing\" in a continuation report for transfer into the 2nd year. Initially shocked at this sudden change from my supervisor, as we meet weekly to touch base and my writing ability has never been raised as a concern. Going back through the assessors feedback comments from the initial draft, it was generally positive or constructive. i.e make figure x larger, move paragraph y above z. Overall, the report and oral viva were praised for well thought out discussions, sound methodology, good results and clear progression\/future plans (all documented) with just a vague \"introduction is poorly written\". However, when pressed the assessor could not\/would not expand on this, dismissing me with \"its all poor\" contrary to the feedback he himself had provided! I was told my only options at this stage are to \"withdraw from your course, or submit an MPhil but I will not accept it\". Thus I am appealing this verdict.  After speaking with various staff and peers it has become obviously clear to everyone who has heard the situation that you would not remove someone for poor writing, if that is indeed the case. Institutional guidelines recommend to advise relevant training, workshops, exercises and teaching to address a students weaknesses. I believe this serves as wrongful dismissal\/ not adhering to due process of the university. So I've raised this further to the senior staff.  It has also come to my attention that the lab I was part of is notorious for politics and shady conduct. The student who had the project before me was bullied into leaving. In addition to a high staff turn-over, improper conduct and breaches of contract. From what I hear the uni does nothing about it because the head brings in too much money. \"Poor writing\" just seems to be the excuse to get rid of me, or the project is cursed! Advice on how to navigate this matter would be appreciated.  If the appeal goes through it's doubtful I'll get my previous post\/project back as there is too much bad blood. I wouldn't be comfortable remaining at the university if I was moved to another lab\/project, if there is systematic abuse and underhanded deals going on. My supervisor is not happy about me digging around\/appealing so wouldn't give me a shining reference so seek positions elsewhere.  I've kept and backed up logs of meetings where no measures were put in place, emails where the supervisor, team and peers have all said the report was of a good standard, and presentations where no concerns were raised. At its core it began as a wrongful dismissal and academic appeal, but the more I look into it, ask around and hear from others experiences with the lab. There's documented evidence of abuse of power, discrimination, harassment\/bullying among other serious allegations that the university HAS known about ...but have just brushed  under the rug because they bring in too much money! Not what I would expect from the 18th ranked UK University.","c_root_id_A":"fvtsfez","c_root_id_B":"fvu4dgp","created_at_utc_A":1592979968,"created_at_utc_B":1592991565,"score_A":2,"score_B":19,"human_ref_A":"That's so shit, sounds like shady shitty behaviour on your PIs part but great that you have documented evidence of praise.  I believe in your in uK, Ireland here and we have similar processes I think...it would be very very unusual for dismissal at the first year review stage. Those reviews survey the purpose of highlighting weaknesses in your project which you would want to address in the second year. Unless there was serious misconduct\/abuse from you,  this would not be a normal outcome, even still theres a process for dismissal across unis, you have to receive warnings and time and options to address whatevers gone wrong. Writing is certainly no cause for dismissal in any regard, unis have loads of resources for students to improve their writing and that's precisely one of giyr PIs jobs to help you identify and address your weaknesses, train you in better writing and point you to additional resources.   I'd advice you to continue with your appeal, being it as , high as it needs to go but follow the appropriate steps to do so, go through the correct channels and you'll be more well-received. Do you have a postgrad rep like another student who acts as communication bridge between the student group and dept? They should know the correct channel to go through, or a postgrad committee?   Do this for all those poor students who went before you and got mistreated by this asshole PI. If you dont he will continue to get away with it.  Depending on your personal feeling you could either appeal and then leave by choice, out of principal, or request a different PI, which means a different project\/thesis which you may have to start over. The latter may be tricky as your not entitled to such but it depends how the appeal goes, another PI may take you on seeing as you have evidence of not having problems and this is unfair dismissal which the dept is responsible for, or even the university if the dept doesn't want to address it.   Best of luck, it may be tough but hang in there!","human_ref_B":"I keep telling everyone this, UK  higher academia is **HIGHLY UNREGULATED**. It is very easy to pass incompetent people on a PhD programme and kick out competent people on a PhD programme. There are no exams (in most universities to an extent, though some make you do MRes) and very few formal records of what is going on (I had three annual reviews, a transfer viva and viva). If they want to mess around with you, it's very easy. If you smell a rat, run. Don't waste 4 years only to be shown the door with a MPhil. Or even worse they take your 4 years, take your money, take your effort and kick you out right at the viva with no resubmission.  If you don't trust your supervisor, **DO NOT** and I repeat **DO NOT** stay. He or she is the only one who is going to back you at the viva. If you think your supervisor is out to get you, start recording and documenting evidence. Make a complaint and leave. These people will never let you pass if they don't want to. Eventually the university management figure out certain departments are rotten to the core and try to change management in them.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11597.0,"score_ratio":9.5}
{"post_id":"hete4e","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"1st Year PhD - Removed From Project Until recently I was a 1st year PhD student working on my project. However, I was dismissed following my viva under the guise of \"poor writing\" in a continuation report for transfer into the 2nd year. Initially shocked at this sudden change from my supervisor, as we meet weekly to touch base and my writing ability has never been raised as a concern. Going back through the assessors feedback comments from the initial draft, it was generally positive or constructive. i.e make figure x larger, move paragraph y above z. Overall, the report and oral viva were praised for well thought out discussions, sound methodology, good results and clear progression\/future plans (all documented) with just a vague \"introduction is poorly written\". However, when pressed the assessor could not\/would not expand on this, dismissing me with \"its all poor\" contrary to the feedback he himself had provided! I was told my only options at this stage are to \"withdraw from your course, or submit an MPhil but I will not accept it\". Thus I am appealing this verdict.  After speaking with various staff and peers it has become obviously clear to everyone who has heard the situation that you would not remove someone for poor writing, if that is indeed the case. Institutional guidelines recommend to advise relevant training, workshops, exercises and teaching to address a students weaknesses. I believe this serves as wrongful dismissal\/ not adhering to due process of the university. So I've raised this further to the senior staff.  It has also come to my attention that the lab I was part of is notorious for politics and shady conduct. The student who had the project before me was bullied into leaving. In addition to a high staff turn-over, improper conduct and breaches of contract. From what I hear the uni does nothing about it because the head brings in too much money. \"Poor writing\" just seems to be the excuse to get rid of me, or the project is cursed! Advice on how to navigate this matter would be appreciated.  If the appeal goes through it's doubtful I'll get my previous post\/project back as there is too much bad blood. I wouldn't be comfortable remaining at the university if I was moved to another lab\/project, if there is systematic abuse and underhanded deals going on. My supervisor is not happy about me digging around\/appealing so wouldn't give me a shining reference so seek positions elsewhere.  I've kept and backed up logs of meetings where no measures were put in place, emails where the supervisor, team and peers have all said the report was of a good standard, and presentations where no concerns were raised. At its core it began as a wrongful dismissal and academic appeal, but the more I look into it, ask around and hear from others experiences with the lab. There's documented evidence of abuse of power, discrimination, harassment\/bullying among other serious allegations that the university HAS known about ...but have just brushed  under the rug because they bring in too much money! Not what I would expect from the 18th ranked UK University.","c_root_id_A":"fvu4dgp","c_root_id_B":"fvty37w","created_at_utc_A":1592991565,"created_at_utc_B":1592985147,"score_A":19,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I keep telling everyone this, UK  higher academia is **HIGHLY UNREGULATED**. It is very easy to pass incompetent people on a PhD programme and kick out competent people on a PhD programme. There are no exams (in most universities to an extent, though some make you do MRes) and very few formal records of what is going on (I had three annual reviews, a transfer viva and viva). If they want to mess around with you, it's very easy. If you smell a rat, run. Don't waste 4 years only to be shown the door with a MPhil. Or even worse they take your 4 years, take your money, take your effort and kick you out right at the viva with no resubmission.  If you don't trust your supervisor, **DO NOT** and I repeat **DO NOT** stay. He or she is the only one who is going to back you at the viva. If you think your supervisor is out to get you, start recording and documenting evidence. Make a complaint and leave. These people will never let you pass if they don't want to. Eventually the university management figure out certain departments are rotten to the core and try to change management in them.","human_ref_B":"I would suggest making contact with your graduate school, and your Students' Union. I would also get in touch with your departmental Postgraduate Research Coordinator \/ Head of Graduate Research \/ whatever their title is.   These decisions are made by panel in the department or faculty Research Degrees Committee. A supervisor can influence those decisions, but it is not for the supervisor alone to decide whether a student has passed or failed. The review itself should also have a meeting where there is at least one other member of staff involved. You'll need to dig into your specific university regulations (they'll be on the graduate school website, and probably available in handbook form) to see what the specific situation is at your university.  Ultimately, however, you have to ask yourself if you would want to carry on working with this supervisor and therefore whether the battle is worth fighting. unlike the US system, simply swapping supervisors in the UK is not straightforward, as funding etc is allocated through individual researcher-held grants, and funded PhD places are competitively awarded - you can't just appoint people to positions. Another supervisor can't just take you on.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6418.0,"score_ratio":9.5}
{"post_id":"hete4e","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"1st Year PhD - Removed From Project Until recently I was a 1st year PhD student working on my project. However, I was dismissed following my viva under the guise of \"poor writing\" in a continuation report for transfer into the 2nd year. Initially shocked at this sudden change from my supervisor, as we meet weekly to touch base and my writing ability has never been raised as a concern. Going back through the assessors feedback comments from the initial draft, it was generally positive or constructive. i.e make figure x larger, move paragraph y above z. Overall, the report and oral viva were praised for well thought out discussions, sound methodology, good results and clear progression\/future plans (all documented) with just a vague \"introduction is poorly written\". However, when pressed the assessor could not\/would not expand on this, dismissing me with \"its all poor\" contrary to the feedback he himself had provided! I was told my only options at this stage are to \"withdraw from your course, or submit an MPhil but I will not accept it\". Thus I am appealing this verdict.  After speaking with various staff and peers it has become obviously clear to everyone who has heard the situation that you would not remove someone for poor writing, if that is indeed the case. Institutional guidelines recommend to advise relevant training, workshops, exercises and teaching to address a students weaknesses. I believe this serves as wrongful dismissal\/ not adhering to due process of the university. So I've raised this further to the senior staff.  It has also come to my attention that the lab I was part of is notorious for politics and shady conduct. The student who had the project before me was bullied into leaving. In addition to a high staff turn-over, improper conduct and breaches of contract. From what I hear the uni does nothing about it because the head brings in too much money. \"Poor writing\" just seems to be the excuse to get rid of me, or the project is cursed! Advice on how to navigate this matter would be appreciated.  If the appeal goes through it's doubtful I'll get my previous post\/project back as there is too much bad blood. I wouldn't be comfortable remaining at the university if I was moved to another lab\/project, if there is systematic abuse and underhanded deals going on. My supervisor is not happy about me digging around\/appealing so wouldn't give me a shining reference so seek positions elsewhere.  I've kept and backed up logs of meetings where no measures were put in place, emails where the supervisor, team and peers have all said the report was of a good standard, and presentations where no concerns were raised. At its core it began as a wrongful dismissal and academic appeal, but the more I look into it, ask around and hear from others experiences with the lab. There's documented evidence of abuse of power, discrimination, harassment\/bullying among other serious allegations that the university HAS known about ...but have just brushed  under the rug because they bring in too much money! Not what I would expect from the 18th ranked UK University.","c_root_id_A":"fvtrnxj","c_root_id_B":"fvu3qv7","created_at_utc_A":1592979322,"created_at_utc_B":1592990913,"score_A":5,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"I'm so sorry you're going through this. I was in a similar position and tried to navigate my way around it because I didn't want to abandon the project. It went through all possible organizational structures, ombudsperson, confidential person, the dean, ... I even was out sick for a month due to the abuse ? and had to go to the organizational doctor. He knew my PI's name, sympathised and told me he couldn't do anything for me. They all were sympathetic, yet nothing happened.   I guess I kept believing that there would be some kind of justice in the end, and hoping that the situation could change and PhD students in that lab would be treated fairly in the future. Unfortunately, if your PI brings in money, the university likely doesn't really care about anything else. I wouldn't recommend doing what I did. If I were in your shoes I'd try to find another PI or maybe even another PhD position elsewhere. I often regretted that I stayed instead of looking for another position. Are there other possible PI's in your department that know about the situation, where you could inform about opportunities or is there other senior staff that could give you a recommendation?","human_ref_B":"OP, the same thing happened to me, this was on the Economics PhD Programme at the University of Surrey. They took my money and kicked me off the programme in my first year saying I was not up to standard, I went to another university in the UK and got my PhD a few months ago. There is a lot of shady politics in UK academia, the people who stay on and do well are the ones who are arse-licking the professors and heads of department. If you create a scene or threatens someone's job (by even being better at your job than them) they will find a way to kick you out.  My best advice for you is to complain to the highest level, the vice-chancellor of the university and find another PhD programme. It's better to leave early than to be messed around for 4 years and not even get your degree. I wish you the best OP.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11591.0,"score_ratio":2.4}
{"post_id":"hete4e","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"1st Year PhD - Removed From Project Until recently I was a 1st year PhD student working on my project. However, I was dismissed following my viva under the guise of \"poor writing\" in a continuation report for transfer into the 2nd year. Initially shocked at this sudden change from my supervisor, as we meet weekly to touch base and my writing ability has never been raised as a concern. Going back through the assessors feedback comments from the initial draft, it was generally positive or constructive. i.e make figure x larger, move paragraph y above z. Overall, the report and oral viva were praised for well thought out discussions, sound methodology, good results and clear progression\/future plans (all documented) with just a vague \"introduction is poorly written\". However, when pressed the assessor could not\/would not expand on this, dismissing me with \"its all poor\" contrary to the feedback he himself had provided! I was told my only options at this stage are to \"withdraw from your course, or submit an MPhil but I will not accept it\". Thus I am appealing this verdict.  After speaking with various staff and peers it has become obviously clear to everyone who has heard the situation that you would not remove someone for poor writing, if that is indeed the case. Institutional guidelines recommend to advise relevant training, workshops, exercises and teaching to address a students weaknesses. I believe this serves as wrongful dismissal\/ not adhering to due process of the university. So I've raised this further to the senior staff.  It has also come to my attention that the lab I was part of is notorious for politics and shady conduct. The student who had the project before me was bullied into leaving. In addition to a high staff turn-over, improper conduct and breaches of contract. From what I hear the uni does nothing about it because the head brings in too much money. \"Poor writing\" just seems to be the excuse to get rid of me, or the project is cursed! Advice on how to navigate this matter would be appreciated.  If the appeal goes through it's doubtful I'll get my previous post\/project back as there is too much bad blood. I wouldn't be comfortable remaining at the university if I was moved to another lab\/project, if there is systematic abuse and underhanded deals going on. My supervisor is not happy about me digging around\/appealing so wouldn't give me a shining reference so seek positions elsewhere.  I've kept and backed up logs of meetings where no measures were put in place, emails where the supervisor, team and peers have all said the report was of a good standard, and presentations where no concerns were raised. At its core it began as a wrongful dismissal and academic appeal, but the more I look into it, ask around and hear from others experiences with the lab. There's documented evidence of abuse of power, discrimination, harassment\/bullying among other serious allegations that the university HAS known about ...but have just brushed  under the rug because they bring in too much money! Not what I would expect from the 18th ranked UK University.","c_root_id_A":"fvtuhf6","c_root_id_B":"fvu3qv7","created_at_utc_A":1592981770,"created_at_utc_B":1592990913,"score_A":4,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Who is your funder?","human_ref_B":"OP, the same thing happened to me, this was on the Economics PhD Programme at the University of Surrey. They took my money and kicked me off the programme in my first year saying I was not up to standard, I went to another university in the UK and got my PhD a few months ago. There is a lot of shady politics in UK academia, the people who stay on and do well are the ones who are arse-licking the professors and heads of department. If you create a scene or threatens someone's job (by even being better at your job than them) they will find a way to kick you out.  My best advice for you is to complain to the highest level, the vice-chancellor of the university and find another PhD programme. It's better to leave early than to be messed around for 4 years and not even get your degree. I wish you the best OP.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9143.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"hete4e","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"1st Year PhD - Removed From Project Until recently I was a 1st year PhD student working on my project. However, I was dismissed following my viva under the guise of \"poor writing\" in a continuation report for transfer into the 2nd year. Initially shocked at this sudden change from my supervisor, as we meet weekly to touch base and my writing ability has never been raised as a concern. Going back through the assessors feedback comments from the initial draft, it was generally positive or constructive. i.e make figure x larger, move paragraph y above z. Overall, the report and oral viva were praised for well thought out discussions, sound methodology, good results and clear progression\/future plans (all documented) with just a vague \"introduction is poorly written\". However, when pressed the assessor could not\/would not expand on this, dismissing me with \"its all poor\" contrary to the feedback he himself had provided! I was told my only options at this stage are to \"withdraw from your course, or submit an MPhil but I will not accept it\". Thus I am appealing this verdict.  After speaking with various staff and peers it has become obviously clear to everyone who has heard the situation that you would not remove someone for poor writing, if that is indeed the case. Institutional guidelines recommend to advise relevant training, workshops, exercises and teaching to address a students weaknesses. I believe this serves as wrongful dismissal\/ not adhering to due process of the university. So I've raised this further to the senior staff.  It has also come to my attention that the lab I was part of is notorious for politics and shady conduct. The student who had the project before me was bullied into leaving. In addition to a high staff turn-over, improper conduct and breaches of contract. From what I hear the uni does nothing about it because the head brings in too much money. \"Poor writing\" just seems to be the excuse to get rid of me, or the project is cursed! Advice on how to navigate this matter would be appreciated.  If the appeal goes through it's doubtful I'll get my previous post\/project back as there is too much bad blood. I wouldn't be comfortable remaining at the university if I was moved to another lab\/project, if there is systematic abuse and underhanded deals going on. My supervisor is not happy about me digging around\/appealing so wouldn't give me a shining reference so seek positions elsewhere.  I've kept and backed up logs of meetings where no measures were put in place, emails where the supervisor, team and peers have all said the report was of a good standard, and presentations where no concerns were raised. At its core it began as a wrongful dismissal and academic appeal, but the more I look into it, ask around and hear from others experiences with the lab. There's documented evidence of abuse of power, discrimination, harassment\/bullying among other serious allegations that the university HAS known about ...but have just brushed  under the rug because they bring in too much money! Not what I would expect from the 18th ranked UK University.","c_root_id_A":"fvu3qv7","c_root_id_B":"fvts3ww","created_at_utc_A":1592990913,"created_at_utc_B":1592979696,"score_A":12,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"OP, the same thing happened to me, this was on the Economics PhD Programme at the University of Surrey. They took my money and kicked me off the programme in my first year saying I was not up to standard, I went to another university in the UK and got my PhD a few months ago. There is a lot of shady politics in UK academia, the people who stay on and do well are the ones who are arse-licking the professors and heads of department. If you create a scene or threatens someone's job (by even being better at your job than them) they will find a way to kick you out.  My best advice for you is to complain to the highest level, the vice-chancellor of the university and find another PhD programme. It's better to leave early than to be messed around for 4 years and not even get your degree. I wish you the best OP.","human_ref_B":"Good luck.   Make sure you have all your paperwork, in order where possible, and organised in a way that is easy for an administrator or department head to read but difficult or impossible to pick holes in or disprove.  Your future is difficult because in academia the academics are never wrong, only the students.  For the foreseeable future you're a lawyer. Be prepared to act like one until you get a good outcome.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":11217.0,"score_ratio":6.0}
{"post_id":"hete4e","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"1st Year PhD - Removed From Project Until recently I was a 1st year PhD student working on my project. However, I was dismissed following my viva under the guise of \"poor writing\" in a continuation report for transfer into the 2nd year. Initially shocked at this sudden change from my supervisor, as we meet weekly to touch base and my writing ability has never been raised as a concern. Going back through the assessors feedback comments from the initial draft, it was generally positive or constructive. i.e make figure x larger, move paragraph y above z. Overall, the report and oral viva were praised for well thought out discussions, sound methodology, good results and clear progression\/future plans (all documented) with just a vague \"introduction is poorly written\". However, when pressed the assessor could not\/would not expand on this, dismissing me with \"its all poor\" contrary to the feedback he himself had provided! I was told my only options at this stage are to \"withdraw from your course, or submit an MPhil but I will not accept it\". Thus I am appealing this verdict.  After speaking with various staff and peers it has become obviously clear to everyone who has heard the situation that you would not remove someone for poor writing, if that is indeed the case. Institutional guidelines recommend to advise relevant training, workshops, exercises and teaching to address a students weaknesses. I believe this serves as wrongful dismissal\/ not adhering to due process of the university. So I've raised this further to the senior staff.  It has also come to my attention that the lab I was part of is notorious for politics and shady conduct. The student who had the project before me was bullied into leaving. In addition to a high staff turn-over, improper conduct and breaches of contract. From what I hear the uni does nothing about it because the head brings in too much money. \"Poor writing\" just seems to be the excuse to get rid of me, or the project is cursed! Advice on how to navigate this matter would be appreciated.  If the appeal goes through it's doubtful I'll get my previous post\/project back as there is too much bad blood. I wouldn't be comfortable remaining at the university if I was moved to another lab\/project, if there is systematic abuse and underhanded deals going on. My supervisor is not happy about me digging around\/appealing so wouldn't give me a shining reference so seek positions elsewhere.  I've kept and backed up logs of meetings where no measures were put in place, emails where the supervisor, team and peers have all said the report was of a good standard, and presentations where no concerns were raised. At its core it began as a wrongful dismissal and academic appeal, but the more I look into it, ask around and hear from others experiences with the lab. There's documented evidence of abuse of power, discrimination, harassment\/bullying among other serious allegations that the university HAS known about ...but have just brushed  under the rug because they bring in too much money! Not what I would expect from the 18th ranked UK University.","c_root_id_A":"fvtsfez","c_root_id_B":"fvu3qv7","created_at_utc_A":1592979968,"created_at_utc_B":1592990913,"score_A":2,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"That's so shit, sounds like shady shitty behaviour on your PIs part but great that you have documented evidence of praise.  I believe in your in uK, Ireland here and we have similar processes I think...it would be very very unusual for dismissal at the first year review stage. Those reviews survey the purpose of highlighting weaknesses in your project which you would want to address in the second year. Unless there was serious misconduct\/abuse from you,  this would not be a normal outcome, even still theres a process for dismissal across unis, you have to receive warnings and time and options to address whatevers gone wrong. Writing is certainly no cause for dismissal in any regard, unis have loads of resources for students to improve their writing and that's precisely one of giyr PIs jobs to help you identify and address your weaknesses, train you in better writing and point you to additional resources.   I'd advice you to continue with your appeal, being it as , high as it needs to go but follow the appropriate steps to do so, go through the correct channels and you'll be more well-received. Do you have a postgrad rep like another student who acts as communication bridge between the student group and dept? They should know the correct channel to go through, or a postgrad committee?   Do this for all those poor students who went before you and got mistreated by this asshole PI. If you dont he will continue to get away with it.  Depending on your personal feeling you could either appeal and then leave by choice, out of principal, or request a different PI, which means a different project\/thesis which you may have to start over. The latter may be tricky as your not entitled to such but it depends how the appeal goes, another PI may take you on seeing as you have evidence of not having problems and this is unfair dismissal which the dept is responsible for, or even the university if the dept doesn't want to address it.   Best of luck, it may be tough but hang in there!","human_ref_B":"OP, the same thing happened to me, this was on the Economics PhD Programme at the University of Surrey. They took my money and kicked me off the programme in my first year saying I was not up to standard, I went to another university in the UK and got my PhD a few months ago. There is a lot of shady politics in UK academia, the people who stay on and do well are the ones who are arse-licking the professors and heads of department. If you create a scene or threatens someone's job (by even being better at your job than them) they will find a way to kick you out.  My best advice for you is to complain to the highest level, the vice-chancellor of the university and find another PhD programme. It's better to leave early than to be messed around for 4 years and not even get your degree. I wish you the best OP.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10945.0,"score_ratio":6.0}
{"post_id":"hete4e","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"1st Year PhD - Removed From Project Until recently I was a 1st year PhD student working on my project. However, I was dismissed following my viva under the guise of \"poor writing\" in a continuation report for transfer into the 2nd year. Initially shocked at this sudden change from my supervisor, as we meet weekly to touch base and my writing ability has never been raised as a concern. Going back through the assessors feedback comments from the initial draft, it was generally positive or constructive. i.e make figure x larger, move paragraph y above z. Overall, the report and oral viva were praised for well thought out discussions, sound methodology, good results and clear progression\/future plans (all documented) with just a vague \"introduction is poorly written\". However, when pressed the assessor could not\/would not expand on this, dismissing me with \"its all poor\" contrary to the feedback he himself had provided! I was told my only options at this stage are to \"withdraw from your course, or submit an MPhil but I will not accept it\". Thus I am appealing this verdict.  After speaking with various staff and peers it has become obviously clear to everyone who has heard the situation that you would not remove someone for poor writing, if that is indeed the case. Institutional guidelines recommend to advise relevant training, workshops, exercises and teaching to address a students weaknesses. I believe this serves as wrongful dismissal\/ not adhering to due process of the university. So I've raised this further to the senior staff.  It has also come to my attention that the lab I was part of is notorious for politics and shady conduct. The student who had the project before me was bullied into leaving. In addition to a high staff turn-over, improper conduct and breaches of contract. From what I hear the uni does nothing about it because the head brings in too much money. \"Poor writing\" just seems to be the excuse to get rid of me, or the project is cursed! Advice on how to navigate this matter would be appreciated.  If the appeal goes through it's doubtful I'll get my previous post\/project back as there is too much bad blood. I wouldn't be comfortable remaining at the university if I was moved to another lab\/project, if there is systematic abuse and underhanded deals going on. My supervisor is not happy about me digging around\/appealing so wouldn't give me a shining reference so seek positions elsewhere.  I've kept and backed up logs of meetings where no measures were put in place, emails where the supervisor, team and peers have all said the report was of a good standard, and presentations where no concerns were raised. At its core it began as a wrongful dismissal and academic appeal, but the more I look into it, ask around and hear from others experiences with the lab. There's documented evidence of abuse of power, discrimination, harassment\/bullying among other serious allegations that the university HAS known about ...but have just brushed  under the rug because they bring in too much money! Not what I would expect from the 18th ranked UK University.","c_root_id_A":"fvu3qv7","c_root_id_B":"fvty37w","created_at_utc_A":1592990913,"created_at_utc_B":1592985147,"score_A":12,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"OP, the same thing happened to me, this was on the Economics PhD Programme at the University of Surrey. They took my money and kicked me off the programme in my first year saying I was not up to standard, I went to another university in the UK and got my PhD a few months ago. There is a lot of shady politics in UK academia, the people who stay on and do well are the ones who are arse-licking the professors and heads of department. If you create a scene or threatens someone's job (by even being better at your job than them) they will find a way to kick you out.  My best advice for you is to complain to the highest level, the vice-chancellor of the university and find another PhD programme. It's better to leave early than to be messed around for 4 years and not even get your degree. I wish you the best OP.","human_ref_B":"I would suggest making contact with your graduate school, and your Students' Union. I would also get in touch with your departmental Postgraduate Research Coordinator \/ Head of Graduate Research \/ whatever their title is.   These decisions are made by panel in the department or faculty Research Degrees Committee. A supervisor can influence those decisions, but it is not for the supervisor alone to decide whether a student has passed or failed. The review itself should also have a meeting where there is at least one other member of staff involved. You'll need to dig into your specific university regulations (they'll be on the graduate school website, and probably available in handbook form) to see what the specific situation is at your university.  Ultimately, however, you have to ask yourself if you would want to carry on working with this supervisor and therefore whether the battle is worth fighting. unlike the US system, simply swapping supervisors in the UK is not straightforward, as funding etc is allocated through individual researcher-held grants, and funded PhD places are competitively awarded - you can't just appoint people to positions. Another supervisor can't just take you on.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5766.0,"score_ratio":6.0}
{"post_id":"hete4e","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"1st Year PhD - Removed From Project Until recently I was a 1st year PhD student working on my project. However, I was dismissed following my viva under the guise of \"poor writing\" in a continuation report for transfer into the 2nd year. Initially shocked at this sudden change from my supervisor, as we meet weekly to touch base and my writing ability has never been raised as a concern. Going back through the assessors feedback comments from the initial draft, it was generally positive or constructive. i.e make figure x larger, move paragraph y above z. Overall, the report and oral viva were praised for well thought out discussions, sound methodology, good results and clear progression\/future plans (all documented) with just a vague \"introduction is poorly written\". However, when pressed the assessor could not\/would not expand on this, dismissing me with \"its all poor\" contrary to the feedback he himself had provided! I was told my only options at this stage are to \"withdraw from your course, or submit an MPhil but I will not accept it\". Thus I am appealing this verdict.  After speaking with various staff and peers it has become obviously clear to everyone who has heard the situation that you would not remove someone for poor writing, if that is indeed the case. Institutional guidelines recommend to advise relevant training, workshops, exercises and teaching to address a students weaknesses. I believe this serves as wrongful dismissal\/ not adhering to due process of the university. So I've raised this further to the senior staff.  It has also come to my attention that the lab I was part of is notorious for politics and shady conduct. The student who had the project before me was bullied into leaving. In addition to a high staff turn-over, improper conduct and breaches of contract. From what I hear the uni does nothing about it because the head brings in too much money. \"Poor writing\" just seems to be the excuse to get rid of me, or the project is cursed! Advice on how to navigate this matter would be appreciated.  If the appeal goes through it's doubtful I'll get my previous post\/project back as there is too much bad blood. I wouldn't be comfortable remaining at the university if I was moved to another lab\/project, if there is systematic abuse and underhanded deals going on. My supervisor is not happy about me digging around\/appealing so wouldn't give me a shining reference so seek positions elsewhere.  I've kept and backed up logs of meetings where no measures were put in place, emails where the supervisor, team and peers have all said the report was of a good standard, and presentations where no concerns were raised. At its core it began as a wrongful dismissal and academic appeal, but the more I look into it, ask around and hear from others experiences with the lab. There's documented evidence of abuse of power, discrimination, harassment\/bullying among other serious allegations that the university HAS known about ...but have just brushed  under the rug because they bring in too much money! Not what I would expect from the 18th ranked UK University.","c_root_id_A":"fvts3ww","c_root_id_B":"fvtuhf6","created_at_utc_A":1592979696,"created_at_utc_B":1592981770,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Good luck.   Make sure you have all your paperwork, in order where possible, and organised in a way that is easy for an administrator or department head to read but difficult or impossible to pick holes in or disprove.  Your future is difficult because in academia the academics are never wrong, only the students.  For the foreseeable future you're a lawyer. Be prepared to act like one until you get a good outcome.","human_ref_B":"Who is your funder?","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2074.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"hete4e","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"1st Year PhD - Removed From Project Until recently I was a 1st year PhD student working on my project. However, I was dismissed following my viva under the guise of \"poor writing\" in a continuation report for transfer into the 2nd year. Initially shocked at this sudden change from my supervisor, as we meet weekly to touch base and my writing ability has never been raised as a concern. Going back through the assessors feedback comments from the initial draft, it was generally positive or constructive. i.e make figure x larger, move paragraph y above z. Overall, the report and oral viva were praised for well thought out discussions, sound methodology, good results and clear progression\/future plans (all documented) with just a vague \"introduction is poorly written\". However, when pressed the assessor could not\/would not expand on this, dismissing me with \"its all poor\" contrary to the feedback he himself had provided! I was told my only options at this stage are to \"withdraw from your course, or submit an MPhil but I will not accept it\". Thus I am appealing this verdict.  After speaking with various staff and peers it has become obviously clear to everyone who has heard the situation that you would not remove someone for poor writing, if that is indeed the case. Institutional guidelines recommend to advise relevant training, workshops, exercises and teaching to address a students weaknesses. I believe this serves as wrongful dismissal\/ not adhering to due process of the university. So I've raised this further to the senior staff.  It has also come to my attention that the lab I was part of is notorious for politics and shady conduct. The student who had the project before me was bullied into leaving. In addition to a high staff turn-over, improper conduct and breaches of contract. From what I hear the uni does nothing about it because the head brings in too much money. \"Poor writing\" just seems to be the excuse to get rid of me, or the project is cursed! Advice on how to navigate this matter would be appreciated.  If the appeal goes through it's doubtful I'll get my previous post\/project back as there is too much bad blood. I wouldn't be comfortable remaining at the university if I was moved to another lab\/project, if there is systematic abuse and underhanded deals going on. My supervisor is not happy about me digging around\/appealing so wouldn't give me a shining reference so seek positions elsewhere.  I've kept and backed up logs of meetings where no measures were put in place, emails where the supervisor, team and peers have all said the report was of a good standard, and presentations where no concerns were raised. At its core it began as a wrongful dismissal and academic appeal, but the more I look into it, ask around and hear from others experiences with the lab. There's documented evidence of abuse of power, discrimination, harassment\/bullying among other serious allegations that the university HAS known about ...but have just brushed  under the rug because they bring in too much money! Not what I would expect from the 18th ranked UK University.","c_root_id_A":"fvtuhf6","c_root_id_B":"fvtsfez","created_at_utc_A":1592981770,"created_at_utc_B":1592979968,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Who is your funder?","human_ref_B":"That's so shit, sounds like shady shitty behaviour on your PIs part but great that you have documented evidence of praise.  I believe in your in uK, Ireland here and we have similar processes I think...it would be very very unusual for dismissal at the first year review stage. Those reviews survey the purpose of highlighting weaknesses in your project which you would want to address in the second year. Unless there was serious misconduct\/abuse from you,  this would not be a normal outcome, even still theres a process for dismissal across unis, you have to receive warnings and time and options to address whatevers gone wrong. Writing is certainly no cause for dismissal in any regard, unis have loads of resources for students to improve their writing and that's precisely one of giyr PIs jobs to help you identify and address your weaknesses, train you in better writing and point you to additional resources.   I'd advice you to continue with your appeal, being it as , high as it needs to go but follow the appropriate steps to do so, go through the correct channels and you'll be more well-received. Do you have a postgrad rep like another student who acts as communication bridge between the student group and dept? They should know the correct channel to go through, or a postgrad committee?   Do this for all those poor students who went before you and got mistreated by this asshole PI. If you dont he will continue to get away with it.  Depending on your personal feeling you could either appeal and then leave by choice, out of principal, or request a different PI, which means a different project\/thesis which you may have to start over. The latter may be tricky as your not entitled to such but it depends how the appeal goes, another PI may take you on seeing as you have evidence of not having problems and this is unfair dismissal which the dept is responsible for, or even the university if the dept doesn't want to address it.   Best of luck, it may be tough but hang in there!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1802.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"rm2mlf","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"What is the proper etiquette for asking a professor for a letter of recommendation? I bet tons of people ask this question, however there is a specific reason(s) why I am wondering this.  I graduated right when Covid hit, during which time I was involved in research ( undergraduate level) that was then stopped because of the pandemic. So, my pilot research project never really had the ability to be seen all the way through.   Besides this, I am a \u201cmature student\u201d and had a new baby\/ family and job obligations ( I didn\u2019t really have time to connect a lot with additional activities and networking after class), so I feel strange asking for letters of recommendation from professors that I only know through my interactions in class. I did participate in a dig and work-study, but that would only account for one letter of recommendation.  I\u2019m wondering, after graduation, how do you ask for recommendation letters from professors whom you weren\u2019t particularly close with?   I also had some complications and health issues after having my daughter, and wanted to wait until healthy again before applying to a graduate program, but now I feel uncomfortable asking for letters of recommendation.   I\u2019m in my late 30\u2019s and wonder if I have passed my window ( ie. too old to be competitive for this) and or is it worth it?  I know, a lot of pondering going on here. I just can\u2019t help but wonder, looking for jobs in anthropology ( let alone paleo anthropology in the US) is less than hopeless for an individual with only a BA.   With that being said, I really love paleo anthropology and am very passionate about my research. I really can\u2019t imagine going back to a non-intellectually challenging\/ stimulating work existence without trying to get into a graduate program. I just don\u2019t know how to ask properly for these letters or if I should. Also, if I shouldn\u2019t then how to get letters for the application? Post bacc classes ( I\u2019ve taken online and feel no real connection with the professors).  Any help here would be so very grateful. Also, I\u2019m okay with harsh reality answers! I\u2019m literally at a crossroads in trying to make this decision I\u2019ve been stressing about night and day for almost two years.  Thank you in advance for reading my crazy!","c_root_id_A":"hplao7q","c_root_id_B":"hpkidgs","created_at_utc_A":1640200530,"created_at_utc_B":1640189098,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"The majority of letters of recommendation that I write are for students who I don\u2019t know outside of class. I always ask for a transcript and a resume so I can comment on them as a candidate more globally. I would not be concerned about contacting a professor and would follow the format that u\/annia929 provided since that\u2019s what is common. Maybe include your grade in the course so your professor doesn\u2019t have to look it up. But truly, don\u2019t feel bad about it. It\u2019s an expected part of the job","human_ref_B":"I received this useful advice recently: when asking for a LoR, tell the writer what you are looking for in their recommendation. For example, \u201cPlease highlight how I worked on an untested method\u201d or \u201chow I handled the open-ended nature of the project\u201d or \u201cmention how I mentored other students\u201d. Since most programs want several letters, stacking each one so they are focused tells a unique narrative, rather than 3 general narratives all telling similar stories.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":11432.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"2n7xm4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.76,"history":"I need to hear success stories of mentally-ill people in academia I see threads on here semi-often of people asking how to apply to grad school with a mental illness that affected their GPA or what not. I really need to hear some success stories right now, from people on here who have made it through academia with a mental illness, or know someone who did. I want to know it's possible, because I can't see myself doing anything but academia, but everywhere I turn it seems absolutely impossible.","c_root_id_A":"cmba9fm","c_root_id_B":"cmb98cf","created_at_utc_A":1416801220,"created_at_utc_B":1416799169,"score_A":9,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Matilde Marcolli is a mathematician at Caltech who has spoken publicly about her struggles with bipolar disorder.","human_ref_B":"Diary of a High-Functioning Person with Schizophrenia: Legal scholar Elyn Saks talks about her struggles with, and surprising triumphs over, mental illness.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2051.0,"score_ratio":1.125}
{"post_id":"2n7xm4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.76,"history":"I need to hear success stories of mentally-ill people in academia I see threads on here semi-often of people asking how to apply to grad school with a mental illness that affected their GPA or what not. I really need to hear some success stories right now, from people on here who have made it through academia with a mental illness, or know someone who did. I want to know it's possible, because I can't see myself doing anything but academia, but everywhere I turn it seems absolutely impossible.","c_root_id_A":"cmb83yx","c_root_id_B":"cmba9fm","created_at_utc_A":1416796956,"created_at_utc_B":1416801220,"score_A":3,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I think your question could be twofold -- 1. Can you get into a program with a bad GPA, and 2. will professors accept mental illness as a reason for the bad GPA without counting it against you in their decision to accept\/reject.  Does that sound right?  You might also be asking questions about how to deal with the workload and mental illness, which is another thing entirely.  My illness did not significantly affect my grades, but the answer based on others' experience is that it depends. If you're talking Cs and Ds, you're unlikely to be accepted (even with good test scores) because they may deem you unable to complete the program requirements (not only graduating, but within the necessary timeline). Telling others about your mental illness, unfortunately, will affect many people's perceptions of your potential competence. I am not 'out' about my illnesses, and a friend of mine is only out about one.","human_ref_B":"Matilde Marcolli is a mathematician at Caltech who has spoken publicly about her struggles with bipolar disorder.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4264.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"2n7xm4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.76,"history":"I need to hear success stories of mentally-ill people in academia I see threads on here semi-often of people asking how to apply to grad school with a mental illness that affected their GPA or what not. I really need to hear some success stories right now, from people on here who have made it through academia with a mental illness, or know someone who did. I want to know it's possible, because I can't see myself doing anything but academia, but everywhere I turn it seems absolutely impossible.","c_root_id_A":"cmb98cf","c_root_id_B":"cmb83yx","created_at_utc_A":1416799169,"created_at_utc_B":1416796956,"score_A":8,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Diary of a High-Functioning Person with Schizophrenia: Legal scholar Elyn Saks talks about her struggles with, and surprising triumphs over, mental illness.","human_ref_B":"I think your question could be twofold -- 1. Can you get into a program with a bad GPA, and 2. will professors accept mental illness as a reason for the bad GPA without counting it against you in their decision to accept\/reject.  Does that sound right?  You might also be asking questions about how to deal with the workload and mental illness, which is another thing entirely.  My illness did not significantly affect my grades, but the answer based on others' experience is that it depends. If you're talking Cs and Ds, you're unlikely to be accepted (even with good test scores) because they may deem you unable to complete the program requirements (not only graduating, but within the necessary timeline). Telling others about your mental illness, unfortunately, will affect many people's perceptions of your potential competence. I am not 'out' about my illnesses, and a friend of mine is only out about one.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2213.0,"score_ratio":2.6666666667}
{"post_id":"2n7xm4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.76,"history":"I need to hear success stories of mentally-ill people in academia I see threads on here semi-often of people asking how to apply to grad school with a mental illness that affected their GPA or what not. I really need to hear some success stories right now, from people on here who have made it through academia with a mental illness, or know someone who did. I want to know it's possible, because I can't see myself doing anything but academia, but everywhere I turn it seems absolutely impossible.","c_root_id_A":"cmb83yx","c_root_id_B":"cmbis0c","created_at_utc_A":1416796956,"created_at_utc_B":1416832371,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I think your question could be twofold -- 1. Can you get into a program with a bad GPA, and 2. will professors accept mental illness as a reason for the bad GPA without counting it against you in their decision to accept\/reject.  Does that sound right?  You might also be asking questions about how to deal with the workload and mental illness, which is another thing entirely.  My illness did not significantly affect my grades, but the answer based on others' experience is that it depends. If you're talking Cs and Ds, you're unlikely to be accepted (even with good test scores) because they may deem you unable to complete the program requirements (not only graduating, but within the necessary timeline). Telling others about your mental illness, unfortunately, will affect many people's perceptions of your potential competence. I am not 'out' about my illnesses, and a friend of mine is only out about one.","human_ref_B":"I have depression and anxiety disorder that developed during graduate school.  It was a struggle to recognize what it was, and I received (and am still receiving) treatment.  I finished with a PhD and I have a career in academia.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":35415.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"2n7xm4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.76,"history":"I need to hear success stories of mentally-ill people in academia I see threads on here semi-often of people asking how to apply to grad school with a mental illness that affected their GPA or what not. I really need to hear some success stories right now, from people on here who have made it through academia with a mental illness, or know someone who did. I want to know it's possible, because I can't see myself doing anything but academia, but everywhere I turn it seems absolutely impossible.","c_root_id_A":"cmbaq0o","c_root_id_B":"cmb83yx","created_at_utc_A":1416802126,"created_at_utc_B":1416796956,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Elyn Saks suffers from some pretty severe schizophrenia and she's triumphed in law, she has a biography and I think she's done a TED talk which is basically an abridged version of her book. She's definitely inspiring.","human_ref_B":"I think your question could be twofold -- 1. Can you get into a program with a bad GPA, and 2. will professors accept mental illness as a reason for the bad GPA without counting it against you in their decision to accept\/reject.  Does that sound right?  You might also be asking questions about how to deal with the workload and mental illness, which is another thing entirely.  My illness did not significantly affect my grades, but the answer based on others' experience is that it depends. If you're talking Cs and Ds, you're unlikely to be accepted (even with good test scores) because they may deem you unable to complete the program requirements (not only graduating, but within the necessary timeline). Telling others about your mental illness, unfortunately, will affect many people's perceptions of your potential competence. I am not 'out' about my illnesses, and a friend of mine is only out about one.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5170.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"2n7xm4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.76,"history":"I need to hear success stories of mentally-ill people in academia I see threads on here semi-often of people asking how to apply to grad school with a mental illness that affected their GPA or what not. I really need to hear some success stories right now, from people on here who have made it through academia with a mental illness, or know someone who did. I want to know it's possible, because I can't see myself doing anything but academia, but everywhere I turn it seems absolutely impossible.","c_root_id_A":"cmbbvci","c_root_id_B":"cmb83yx","created_at_utc_A":1416804592,"created_at_utc_B":1416796956,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I'm a mid-career academic and I know lots of folks struggling with depression, and a handful of manic-depressives as well. I don't imagine it's that much different from the population in any other field with similar stress.","human_ref_B":"I think your question could be twofold -- 1. Can you get into a program with a bad GPA, and 2. will professors accept mental illness as a reason for the bad GPA without counting it against you in their decision to accept\/reject.  Does that sound right?  You might also be asking questions about how to deal with the workload and mental illness, which is another thing entirely.  My illness did not significantly affect my grades, but the answer based on others' experience is that it depends. If you're talking Cs and Ds, you're unlikely to be accepted (even with good test scores) because they may deem you unable to complete the program requirements (not only graduating, but within the necessary timeline). Telling others about your mental illness, unfortunately, will affect many people's perceptions of your potential competence. I am not 'out' about my illnesses, and a friend of mine is only out about one.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7636.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"2n7xm4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.76,"history":"I need to hear success stories of mentally-ill people in academia I see threads on here semi-often of people asking how to apply to grad school with a mental illness that affected their GPA or what not. I really need to hear some success stories right now, from people on here who have made it through academia with a mental illness, or know someone who did. I want to know it's possible, because I can't see myself doing anything but academia, but everywhere I turn it seems absolutely impossible.","c_root_id_A":"cmbd3vo","c_root_id_B":"cmbis0c","created_at_utc_A":1416807592,"created_at_utc_B":1416832371,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"This is a great TED talk about a woman who dealt with schizophrenia while in academia. Not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but her experiences are pretty inspiring https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eleanor_longden_the_voices_in_my_head","human_ref_B":"I have depression and anxiety disorder that developed during graduate school.  It was a struggle to recognize what it was, and I received (and am still receiving) treatment.  I finished with a PhD and I have a career in academia.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":24779.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"2n7xm4","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.76,"history":"I need to hear success stories of mentally-ill people in academia I see threads on here semi-often of people asking how to apply to grad school with a mental illness that affected their GPA or what not. I really need to hear some success stories right now, from people on here who have made it through academia with a mental illness, or know someone who did. I want to know it's possible, because I can't see myself doing anything but academia, but everywhere I turn it seems absolutely impossible.","c_root_id_A":"cmbaq0o","c_root_id_B":"cmbbvci","created_at_utc_A":1416802126,"created_at_utc_B":1416804592,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Elyn Saks suffers from some pretty severe schizophrenia and she's triumphed in law, she has a biography and I think she's done a TED talk which is basically an abridged version of her book. She's definitely inspiring.","human_ref_B":"I'm a mid-career academic and I know lots of folks struggling with depression, and a handful of manic-depressives as well. I don't imagine it's that much different from the population in any other field with similar stress.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2466.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"icyjc1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"Student asking for a job reference on IG? I had a former student reach out to me on Instagram for a reference for a job (consent to provide my contact info to the position, not a letter of reference).   I taught this student in two labs, and I have a good idea of their work ethic and skills. If they had emailed, I would\u2019ve provided a reference happily. But the way they reached out - on a social media site that I have more personal things on - and the fact they didn\u2019t spell-check their message before they sent it off (my name was incorrect despite being right there) has put a bad taste in my mouth. It feels unprofessional of the student.   Any advice for how to handle this? Any experience with this yourself? Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"g25nksp","c_root_id_B":"g25nuul","created_at_utc_A":1597879365,"created_at_utc_B":1597879516,"score_A":4,"score_B":135,"human_ref_A":"Instagram sure is a weird way to contact you. LinkedIn would have made sense but IG?   On the other hand, perhaps times are just changing.  Is there any chance that he was simply unable to find an email address to contact you on?","human_ref_B":"Send them a reply and ask them to send a formal request via your work email, and then private your ig if you don't want students prying. If it bothers you, gently suggest that you do not want to be contacted on personal social media.  And then write them the reference letter you would have written them in the first place. We all make social faux pas' once in a while. It's no big deal, and punishing the student with a lesser or no reference letter is petty and unnecessary, so don't do it! We're all out here just trying to do our best!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":151.0,"score_ratio":33.75}
{"post_id":"icyjc1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"Student asking for a job reference on IG? I had a former student reach out to me on Instagram for a reference for a job (consent to provide my contact info to the position, not a letter of reference).   I taught this student in two labs, and I have a good idea of their work ethic and skills. If they had emailed, I would\u2019ve provided a reference happily. But the way they reached out - on a social media site that I have more personal things on - and the fact they didn\u2019t spell-check their message before they sent it off (my name was incorrect despite being right there) has put a bad taste in my mouth. It feels unprofessional of the student.   Any advice for how to handle this? Any experience with this yourself? Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"g25nksp","c_root_id_B":"g25qxyx","created_at_utc_A":1597879365,"created_at_utc_B":1597881186,"score_A":4,"score_B":19,"human_ref_A":"Instagram sure is a weird way to contact you. LinkedIn would have made sense but IG?   On the other hand, perhaps times are just changing.  Is there any chance that he was simply unable to find an email address to contact you on?","human_ref_B":"It's this attitude that made me leave academia. People are just doing their best, formalities are pretentious nonsense in 2020. Make your instagram private if you don't want people to see it without your blessing. It's not going to fall back on you, if they can't spell well, they probably need a foot up from you more than the rest of your students during the greatest recession since the great depression.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1821.0,"score_ratio":4.75}
{"post_id":"icyjc1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"Student asking for a job reference on IG? I had a former student reach out to me on Instagram for a reference for a job (consent to provide my contact info to the position, not a letter of reference).   I taught this student in two labs, and I have a good idea of their work ethic and skills. If they had emailed, I would\u2019ve provided a reference happily. But the way they reached out - on a social media site that I have more personal things on - and the fact they didn\u2019t spell-check their message before they sent it off (my name was incorrect despite being right there) has put a bad taste in my mouth. It feels unprofessional of the student.   Any advice for how to handle this? Any experience with this yourself? Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"g25zxjy","c_root_id_B":"g25nksp","created_at_utc_A":1597886066,"created_at_utc_B":1597879365,"score_A":7,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Fair. The path to maturity is paved with missteps and so long as you truly have no doubts about their work product, then this is a great chance to teach an additional lesson. It\u2019s awesome you have this impact in that student","human_ref_B":"Instagram sure is a weird way to contact you. LinkedIn would have made sense but IG?   On the other hand, perhaps times are just changing.  Is there any chance that he was simply unable to find an email address to contact you on?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6701.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"icyjc1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"Student asking for a job reference on IG? I had a former student reach out to me on Instagram for a reference for a job (consent to provide my contact info to the position, not a letter of reference).   I taught this student in two labs, and I have a good idea of their work ethic and skills. If they had emailed, I would\u2019ve provided a reference happily. But the way they reached out - on a social media site that I have more personal things on - and the fact they didn\u2019t spell-check their message before they sent it off (my name was incorrect despite being right there) has put a bad taste in my mouth. It feels unprofessional of the student.   Any advice for how to handle this? Any experience with this yourself? Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"g25nksp","c_root_id_B":"g26yyia","created_at_utc_A":1597879365,"created_at_utc_B":1597910652,"score_A":4,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Instagram sure is a weird way to contact you. LinkedIn would have made sense but IG?   On the other hand, perhaps times are just changing.  Is there any chance that he was simply unable to find an email address to contact you on?","human_ref_B":"I got a cold request from a dude on Instagram once. It was so freaking weird. Like, why there? I'm not even using my real name on there (like, completely different).  Like, IG pm : Hello dear sir professor Doctor grand mufti, could you help me with [insert field of expertise].","labels":0,"seconds_difference":31287.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"icyjc1","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"Student asking for a job reference on IG? I had a former student reach out to me on Instagram for a reference for a job (consent to provide my contact info to the position, not a letter of reference).   I taught this student in two labs, and I have a good idea of their work ethic and skills. If they had emailed, I would\u2019ve provided a reference happily. But the way they reached out - on a social media site that I have more personal things on - and the fact they didn\u2019t spell-check their message before they sent it off (my name was incorrect despite being right there) has put a bad taste in my mouth. It feels unprofessional of the student.   Any advice for how to handle this? Any experience with this yourself? Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"g25u660","c_root_id_B":"g25nksp","created_at_utc_A":1597882930,"created_at_utc_B":1597879365,"score_A":8,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Jesus the self importance. Just write him the letter if you think he isn\u2019t a bad guy. You have no expectation of privacy on things you post online and if you truly wanted a sense of privacy, you wouldn\u2019t have an IG. Those students are the reasons you teach and you teach them because they don\u2019t know better. Scold him maybe but because he misspelled your name you have doubts? I made mistakes undergrad and post and I try to bend over backwards to help the deserving. Seriously, what if you were the reason they didn\u2019t become great","human_ref_B":"Instagram sure is a weird way to contact you. LinkedIn would have made sense but IG?   On the other hand, perhaps times are just changing.  Is there any chance that he was simply unable to find an email address to contact you on?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3565.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"5no75b","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Tenure track faculty in a teaching position and I want to get back onto a research track. How do I do it? I am in somewhat of a pickle and seeking some advice.  I did a highly technical Ph.D., took some jobs right out of school, and never really published a lot.  I quit my industry jobs to grab a job at a university so I could get back into research, but the dept where I work now is in the shit (majorly), and there is no time to do research.  15-17 hr teaching loads, tons of service, people quitting left and right, the list goes on.  The tenure track requirements only specify a 10% research load, but from what I have heard, if you dont bring in lots of money on top of all the teaching, you wont get tenure.  So I am starting to look elsewhere.  There is no way I can do research in this department on top of all the other things going on.  Problem is I want to do research, but dont have an extremely strong research background.  I have a ton of ideas I would like to write for NSF grants, but with a 15 credit teaching load, its slightly impossible to write a competitive grant.  Should I take a step back and get a post doc somewhere, a research fellowship perhaps?  Any tips on low hanging fruit to bump up my vitae?  Thanks","c_root_id_A":"dcd6t2a","c_root_id_B":"dcdkht5","created_at_utc_A":1484286968,"created_at_utc_B":1484318304,"score_A":6,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"This does look like a highly ridiculous combination of teaching load and expectations.  While I, myself, am a faculty member at a primarily teaching school, our balance is much better.  So, let's go over a few basics. Does your school offer and MS program in your discipline? If no, what are the traditional vehicles for research used by other faculty in your department\/university?  Do you have ideas on what sort of research you would like to pursue given time?  In general, the situation in your department does not look conductive to doing research. Given the nature of your university, moving to a different school, even a lateral move to another teaching school (with better working conditions) may be very difficult to pull off.  If you are mobile, and can afford to move around the country in pursuit of a soft-money research position, or a post-doc, this may indeed work.  Do you have any academic connections that might help? E.g., perhaps your advisor knows of a research group somewhere that could use your skills and have funding. If you are still maintaining some relationship with your advisor, you might want to call him\/her up and ask the same questions.  Not knowing your exact research discipline, your research area, your prior research, the exact school you are in, who your advisor was, and what school your Ph.D. is from, it is difficult to provide precise advice. Your advisor, or another senior colleague (from outside of your department) whom you trust may provide a more context-aware sage advice.","human_ref_B":"> 5-17 hr teaching loads, tons of service, people quitting left and right....\"10% research load\"..... no research no tenure  where is this hell  where is it so i can avoid it and warn others","labels":0,"seconds_difference":31336.0,"score_ratio":1.1666666667}
{"post_id":"5no75b","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Tenure track faculty in a teaching position and I want to get back onto a research track. How do I do it? I am in somewhat of a pickle and seeking some advice.  I did a highly technical Ph.D., took some jobs right out of school, and never really published a lot.  I quit my industry jobs to grab a job at a university so I could get back into research, but the dept where I work now is in the shit (majorly), and there is no time to do research.  15-17 hr teaching loads, tons of service, people quitting left and right, the list goes on.  The tenure track requirements only specify a 10% research load, but from what I have heard, if you dont bring in lots of money on top of all the teaching, you wont get tenure.  So I am starting to look elsewhere.  There is no way I can do research in this department on top of all the other things going on.  Problem is I want to do research, but dont have an extremely strong research background.  I have a ton of ideas I would like to write for NSF grants, but with a 15 credit teaching load, its slightly impossible to write a competitive grant.  Should I take a step back and get a post doc somewhere, a research fellowship perhaps?  Any tips on low hanging fruit to bump up my vitae?  Thanks","c_root_id_A":"dcdkht5","c_root_id_B":"dcdj74a","created_at_utc_A":1484318304,"created_at_utc_B":1484316381,"score_A":7,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"> 5-17 hr teaching loads, tons of service, people quitting left and right....\"10% research load\"..... no research no tenure  where is this hell  where is it so i can avoid it and warn others","human_ref_B":"So I'm in a somewhat different but related position of being in a research university (with a 3-3 up until this year) but wanting to move up from an R2 with a very heavy service load (I'm undergrad chair and I don't have tenure until next year) to an R1, so trying to increase my research productivity from 1 article a year to 2 a year and applying to a bunch of major grants all the time (not required at my university).  I just wrote a major NSF grant  and a 35 page conference paper (which I intend to fix up for publication) over winter break that is going to be submitted later today. They were both 0 pages written at the start of winter break.     Anyway don't make the mistake of treating time you are not teaching as a \"break from work\", and use that time to work on research.  My fall break, spring break, winter break and summer break are all spent on research, and I sometimes work even longer hours over 'breaks' than I do while teaching. I usually take weekends off, but not always right before deadlines.    Then during the semester I meet up with colleagues for 1.5 hours every single week and a 3 hour meeting every other meeting, to write.   It's not a ton of time, but because I steadily dedicate that time to writing, I make progress.    I would say the trick is, apart from doing a lot of writing while on break, is not to think that you need large blocks of time to work, and learn to work on research for 15-30 minutes a day.  Yes that may mean you work 30 extra minutes a day compared to your already high work load, but that's how you bust ass to move up, and it's not really that crazy.  But those 30 minutes will add up.  Have you ever read a book by a dude named Boice called \"Advice for new faculty?\" he recommends a similar method, and a lot of academics that I know who are very productive with a high teaching load swear by that book.    I also personally try to fit in research whenever I can.  Like every other week I have to sit through a 2 hour faculty senate meeting- the provost's speech is important but mostly other than that it's a bunch of bullshit reports that are seemingly designed to just fill up time and make no impact on anything.  So I bring my laptop and crunch numbers in Stata which I can do with only half my brain, and only half listen to what is going on.  I also bring my laptop to class when I am proctoring exams, and use exam period to work on writing. In fact during the final exam period (in between the end of class and finals and while proctoring finals) I usually make a big push to finish a project I have been working on slowly over the last couple of months of the semester and send something out for review right after finals..and then take 1 week off before getting back to work on the next project.     Other suggestions- I have seen some people in your situation do a research postdoc and then use that to apply to research jobs, so that is definitely a possibility, but really depends on your field and contacts.   Also, try to minimize time spent on teaching and grading. Have students do in-class presentations for the readings every week or something, so they talk instead of you, and you can grade them while you sit in class. Do more group work less lecture. More multiple choice less essays on tests. If your classes are small enough, I've been having a 25 person class do original research projects with a final conference-style presentation instead of a paper, again, graded in class (and a 1 page proposal\/2-3 page lit review they hand in advance) no big final paper to grade, but a good learning opportunity. And takes up 2 weeks of class where we get to learn topics they most care about.  Take really good notes the first time you teach a class (I write a long 'script' for lectures rather than just an outline like I see some people do), and make up really clear rubrics for grading, and then re-use those in future classes so all you have to do to prep is read over your notes from the last time.   Also talk to friends from grad school who publish, see if they want to collaborate on some research projects.  Having someone to be accountable to helps you get work done, and you get a publication for half the work. They can also help you fill in the gap in your research skills too.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1923.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
{"post_id":"80ddb7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Academics: Do you or did you have a topic that you wanted to write about that you saved for \"after I get tenure?\" As I understand it, the purpose of tenure was [at least originally] to allow academics the freedom to publish controversial research without fearing that their jobs were in jeopardy.  I was wondering if this ever actually happens today.  I'd be interested in either topics you are\/were avoiding publishing on, or just whether you have an idea of how common this is.  I imagine this is more relevant in the Social Sciences and Humanities, but I'd be interested in responses from anyone.","c_root_id_A":"duuowyv","c_root_id_B":"duuvno9","created_at_utc_A":1519655745,"created_at_utc_B":1519662904,"score_A":13,"score_B":36,"human_ref_A":"No, although I hope to condense and synthesize the work I did for my dissertation (and work I've done on the topic since) into a book.  The most controversial thing I work on is paleoclimate (via archaeology) and climate change. At the university level, those things are not controversial. Where they *are* controversial, unfortunately, is in how funding is awarded. So tenure will not measurably improve \/ change how I approach those topics.","human_ref_B":"Sure do--I have two in fact, both monographs in process--but neither is because of controversy here in the US (although they may provoke some abroad). Each involves multi-country archival digs and fieldwork, and the clearances alone would never have fit into a six-year clock, much less the writing.  Now, with tenure, I publish articles on bits from the ongoing research that are tangential, and I can guide this Africa-wide decade-plus project without existential fear or insecurity. Local universities in those countries as well as granting agencies are also more eager to partner with someone who is permanent and stable. So tenure hasn't altered my high level of comfort with subjects, but it has opened up big important consequential project paths. So the controversy for me involves an extended period with limited output by the almighty impact metric, then a big whomp when the whole finished book lands.   [edit: So I'm in year five of waiting for clearance to Sudan...]","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7159.0,"score_ratio":2.7692307692}
{"post_id":"80ddb7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Academics: Do you or did you have a topic that you wanted to write about that you saved for \"after I get tenure?\" As I understand it, the purpose of tenure was [at least originally] to allow academics the freedom to publish controversial research without fearing that their jobs were in jeopardy.  I was wondering if this ever actually happens today.  I'd be interested in either topics you are\/were avoiding publishing on, or just whether you have an idea of how common this is.  I imagine this is more relevant in the Social Sciences and Humanities, but I'd be interested in responses from anyone.","c_root_id_A":"duuowyv","c_root_id_B":"duvdmq8","created_at_utc_A":1519655745,"created_at_utc_B":1519679195,"score_A":13,"score_B":29,"human_ref_A":"No, although I hope to condense and synthesize the work I did for my dissertation (and work I've done on the topic since) into a book.  The most controversial thing I work on is paleoclimate (via archaeology) and climate change. At the university level, those things are not controversial. Where they *are* controversial, unfortunately, is in how funding is awarded. So tenure will not measurably improve \/ change how I approach those topics.","human_ref_B":"A languages professor I knew in graduate school, upon getting tenure, switched from working on classical languages (I met her when she administered my Latin exam) to working on her true passion... manga. And is now working on a monograph about *One Piece*.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":23450.0,"score_ratio":2.2307692308}
{"post_id":"80ddb7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Academics: Do you or did you have a topic that you wanted to write about that you saved for \"after I get tenure?\" As I understand it, the purpose of tenure was [at least originally] to allow academics the freedom to publish controversial research without fearing that their jobs were in jeopardy.  I was wondering if this ever actually happens today.  I'd be interested in either topics you are\/were avoiding publishing on, or just whether you have an idea of how common this is.  I imagine this is more relevant in the Social Sciences and Humanities, but I'd be interested in responses from anyone.","c_root_id_A":"duvdmq8","c_root_id_B":"duvchps","created_at_utc_A":1519679195,"created_at_utc_B":1519678172,"score_A":29,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"A languages professor I knew in graduate school, upon getting tenure, switched from working on classical languages (I met her when she administered my Latin exam) to working on her true passion... manga. And is now working on a monograph about *One Piece*.","human_ref_B":"Summing up a couple comments I see here, tenure allows taking risks.  While tackling a controversial topic is certainly a career risk, this also means the freedom to spend a lot of time on an idea with big potential but also a chance that it might not pan out...  Without tenure, \u201cpublish or perish\u201d mentality requires researchers to take on low risk projects with a very high chance of a modest result, rather than risky projects with a moderate chance of a groundbreaking result.  To add one thing to the discussion, although tenure is considered primarily for research, it does also apply to teaching.  It gives professors the freedom to teach what the research shows in their classes, whether those results are \u201cpolitically convenient\u201d or not.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1023.0,"score_ratio":2.6363636364}
{"post_id":"80ddb7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Academics: Do you or did you have a topic that you wanted to write about that you saved for \"after I get tenure?\" As I understand it, the purpose of tenure was [at least originally] to allow academics the freedom to publish controversial research without fearing that their jobs were in jeopardy.  I was wondering if this ever actually happens today.  I'd be interested in either topics you are\/were avoiding publishing on, or just whether you have an idea of how common this is.  I imagine this is more relevant in the Social Sciences and Humanities, but I'd be interested in responses from anyone.","c_root_id_A":"duvlsjw","c_root_id_B":"duvfvto","created_at_utc_A":1519687003,"created_at_utc_B":1519681229,"score_A":11,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"BDSM in urban China. It kept popping up on the periphery of my completely unrelated research, I'd like to follow those threads.","human_ref_B":"Grad student, but I know many sociologists that do this, particularly with \"tough topics\" like sexuality.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5774.0,"score_ratio":2.2}
{"post_id":"80ddb7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Academics: Do you or did you have a topic that you wanted to write about that you saved for \"after I get tenure?\" As I understand it, the purpose of tenure was [at least originally] to allow academics the freedom to publish controversial research without fearing that their jobs were in jeopardy.  I was wondering if this ever actually happens today.  I'd be interested in either topics you are\/were avoiding publishing on, or just whether you have an idea of how common this is.  I imagine this is more relevant in the Social Sciences and Humanities, but I'd be interested in responses from anyone.","c_root_id_A":"duvlsjw","c_root_id_B":"duvekbf","created_at_utc_A":1519687003,"created_at_utc_B":1519680027,"score_A":11,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"BDSM in urban China. It kept popping up on the periphery of my completely unrelated research, I'd like to follow those threads.","human_ref_B":"Not a specific topic per se, but I would like to branch out into fields that I really enjoy but am not properly trained in. Like math or philosophy or some interesting part of physics. I'm a TT chemE professor at the moment.   Even after tenure I'm pretty sure that won't happen, as I simply don't know the prerequisites. But it would be fun.  Edit: per se, not persay.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6976.0,"score_ratio":2.75}
{"post_id":"80ddb7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Academics: Do you or did you have a topic that you wanted to write about that you saved for \"after I get tenure?\" As I understand it, the purpose of tenure was [at least originally] to allow academics the freedom to publish controversial research without fearing that their jobs were in jeopardy.  I was wondering if this ever actually happens today.  I'd be interested in either topics you are\/were avoiding publishing on, or just whether you have an idea of how common this is.  I imagine this is more relevant in the Social Sciences and Humanities, but I'd be interested in responses from anyone.","c_root_id_A":"duvfvto","c_root_id_B":"duvmt6y","created_at_utc_A":1519681229,"created_at_utc_B":1519687927,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Grad student, but I know many sociologists that do this, particularly with \"tough topics\" like sexuality.","human_ref_B":"Yep- a study on sexual identity and a study on male victims of rape.  For different reasons. The first because I work in the south and I'm worried about conservatives who have been appointed to the BOG for the school (Final vote on tenure). The second because I'm worried about liberals who hate men's rights activists.  Although I would not consider myself a MRA> just found some interesting findings.   Meanwhile got tenure last year, this week will send out final edits on conditionally accepted article on sexual identity, after which I'm turning to writing my male victims of rape paper.   I also started a project the year I got tenure that is a 5 year long study (if we continue to get funding) with plans for writing a book at the end, I would not have started such a long term study before tenure.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6698.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"80ddb7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Academics: Do you or did you have a topic that you wanted to write about that you saved for \"after I get tenure?\" As I understand it, the purpose of tenure was [at least originally] to allow academics the freedom to publish controversial research without fearing that their jobs were in jeopardy.  I was wondering if this ever actually happens today.  I'd be interested in either topics you are\/were avoiding publishing on, or just whether you have an idea of how common this is.  I imagine this is more relevant in the Social Sciences and Humanities, but I'd be interested in responses from anyone.","c_root_id_A":"duvfvto","c_root_id_B":"duvekbf","created_at_utc_A":1519681229,"created_at_utc_B":1519680027,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Grad student, but I know many sociologists that do this, particularly with \"tough topics\" like sexuality.","human_ref_B":"Not a specific topic per se, but I would like to branch out into fields that I really enjoy but am not properly trained in. Like math or philosophy or some interesting part of physics. I'm a TT chemE professor at the moment.   Even after tenure I'm pretty sure that won't happen, as I simply don't know the prerequisites. But it would be fun.  Edit: per se, not persay.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1202.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"80ddb7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Academics: Do you or did you have a topic that you wanted to write about that you saved for \"after I get tenure?\" As I understand it, the purpose of tenure was [at least originally] to allow academics the freedom to publish controversial research without fearing that their jobs were in jeopardy.  I was wondering if this ever actually happens today.  I'd be interested in either topics you are\/were avoiding publishing on, or just whether you have an idea of how common this is.  I imagine this is more relevant in the Social Sciences and Humanities, but I'd be interested in responses from anyone.","c_root_id_A":"duvekbf","c_root_id_B":"duvmt6y","created_at_utc_A":1519680027,"created_at_utc_B":1519687927,"score_A":4,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Not a specific topic per se, but I would like to branch out into fields that I really enjoy but am not properly trained in. Like math or philosophy or some interesting part of physics. I'm a TT chemE professor at the moment.   Even after tenure I'm pretty sure that won't happen, as I simply don't know the prerequisites. But it would be fun.  Edit: per se, not persay.","human_ref_B":"Yep- a study on sexual identity and a study on male victims of rape.  For different reasons. The first because I work in the south and I'm worried about conservatives who have been appointed to the BOG for the school (Final vote on tenure). The second because I'm worried about liberals who hate men's rights activists.  Although I would not consider myself a MRA> just found some interesting findings.   Meanwhile got tenure last year, this week will send out final edits on conditionally accepted article on sexual identity, after which I'm turning to writing my male victims of rape paper.   I also started a project the year I got tenure that is a 5 year long study (if we continue to get funding) with plans for writing a book at the end, I would not have started such a long term study before tenure.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7900.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"3svnnw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Can I choose the initials I want to use when publishing a paper? I am about to publish my first paper but there is a little question bothering me. I have two middle names, but I'd like to use only two initials when my name is abbreviated, as many authors with two middle names do. Example: \"Last AB\", not \"Last ABC\"  However, I've read the \"instructions for authors\" of many journals, and none of them says anything about choosing the initials you want to use, you just have to put your full name and (I suppose) they abbreviate it by themselves.  Can someone please clarify for me how it works and how people manage to choose the way journals publish their initials?  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"cx0u2vw","c_root_id_B":"cx0u17v","created_at_utc_A":1447584608,"created_at_utc_B":1447584378,"score_A":26,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Identify yourself however you wish - just keep it consistent from paper to paper or it gets irritating.","human_ref_B":"I have two middle names and I don't use either for publishing, since my last name is uncommon enough.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":230.0,"score_ratio":8.6666666667}
{"post_id":"3svnnw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Can I choose the initials I want to use when publishing a paper? I am about to publish my first paper but there is a little question bothering me. I have two middle names, but I'd like to use only two initials when my name is abbreviated, as many authors with two middle names do. Example: \"Last AB\", not \"Last ABC\"  However, I've read the \"instructions for authors\" of many journals, and none of them says anything about choosing the initials you want to use, you just have to put your full name and (I suppose) they abbreviate it by themselves.  Can someone please clarify for me how it works and how people manage to choose the way journals publish their initials?  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"cx0u17v","c_root_id_B":"cx0w24x","created_at_utc_A":1447584378,"created_at_utc_B":1447593529,"score_A":3,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I have two middle names and I don't use either for publishing, since my last name is uncommon enough.","human_ref_B":"Just choose what you're happy with and what distinguishes you - there aren't any hard and fast rules. My first and last name are both very common and there are lots of [First Last]s in academia; but [First Initial Last] seems to be only me, as far as I can tell, so I've been making sure that my initial gets on everything I publish, whether a book review or a monograph or anything else. Now when you Google [First Initial Last] I'm the first and third results, and the other [First Last]s are lower down, so it seems to have worked!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9151.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92lgmu","c_root_id_B":"f92mlij","created_at_utc_A":1575035833,"created_at_utc_B":1575036956,"score_A":6,"score_B":32,"human_ref_A":"I think you should ask about finishing up early without mentioning how unhappy you are. Sounds like you are in an impossible situation, which really sucks. I know someone recommended seeing the counseling center associated with the school, but from my own personal experience and that of people I know, these university counseling centers are usually underfunded and understaffed and often can't do anything to help students. Could be different where you are at, but if you are already seeing a therapist I would probably just stick with that.  My advice on continuing forward in this unhappy situation is to try to do at least one thing a day that makes you happy. Set aside some time each day to just do something you want to do. Whenever you're feeling overwhelmed and upset, just try to focus on one thing you're doing later that you know will make you feel just a little bit better. This helped me a little bit when I had had rough days during undergrad -- not a cure-all by any means but a way of getting through school one day at a time.","human_ref_B":"I did my PhD in the country that you are currently in (I read your post history) and I also had two supervisors from the countries you are dealing with.  Firstly, I'm sorry you're feeling terrible about your PhD and the country in general. I know it sucks. I really, really understand. My first year was hell. Luckily my supervisors spoke English well but my colleagues in my lab did not. The administration is a complicated, the people can be cold and standoffish, and the atmosphere can quickly become depressing.  Secondly, my advice about the country: Take a deep breath and get proactive. This country is known for its standoffish people when it comes to language. BUT there are many expats and travellers here. I advise you to seek out other international PhD students in your team\/lab\/building\/university. Look for English Libraries and join in. Check your doctoral school and attend a mixer or two. 100% there are other international students who are struggling too, and there are probably PhDs of the country who can speak English and would be willing to help here and there for translation. Build your support network!  Thirdly, administration. It gets easier after the first year after you are in the system. I know it sucks to get all the cards and forms and applications filled in. But it WILL get simpler. After my third year I didn't even blink an eye at the paperwork anymore, just keep on top of it! Do it immediately and keep copies of all the documents in a folder so when you have to apply for residene permits etc. again, you have it already.  Lastly, and probably the most important for you, your PhD and supervisors. I assume you are in your first year? Honestly, if you feel the need to quit do it. There is no shame in it and it takes immense strength to look at the big picture of your life and say \"This isn't working\". But, if you feel you might want to continue, you'll need to consider a few things. HR is not your friend. Seek counselling if you can (there should be free services available to you, speak to the International Researchers office of your university to find resources - ask for counselling options and help with administration). As for your supervisors - only you know how bad it really is. I would not directly approach your supervisors and tell them you're not happy. I don't think they would be receptive to this.  But I strongly advise you to learn the language of the country. STRONGLY. Spend this holiday time putting in the energy and work. It will help you  immeasurably. The fact is, you are in their country and you need to speak the language. If they laugh at your poor grammar, who cares as long as you can communicate! If you choose to stay, take their behaviour towards you as part of the PhD - you need to defend your ideas, vision, and data. Take it as a learning experience, you will be a force to reckon with when you succeed. Good luck!  Also, I know a large network of international PhD students all around the country, give me a PM if you need support.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1123.0,"score_ratio":5.3333333333}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92mlij","c_root_id_B":"f92i0ji","created_at_utc_A":1575036956,"created_at_utc_B":1575031995,"score_A":32,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I did my PhD in the country that you are currently in (I read your post history) and I also had two supervisors from the countries you are dealing with.  Firstly, I'm sorry you're feeling terrible about your PhD and the country in general. I know it sucks. I really, really understand. My first year was hell. Luckily my supervisors spoke English well but my colleagues in my lab did not. The administration is a complicated, the people can be cold and standoffish, and the atmosphere can quickly become depressing.  Secondly, my advice about the country: Take a deep breath and get proactive. This country is known for its standoffish people when it comes to language. BUT there are many expats and travellers here. I advise you to seek out other international PhD students in your team\/lab\/building\/university. Look for English Libraries and join in. Check your doctoral school and attend a mixer or two. 100% there are other international students who are struggling too, and there are probably PhDs of the country who can speak English and would be willing to help here and there for translation. Build your support network!  Thirdly, administration. It gets easier after the first year after you are in the system. I know it sucks to get all the cards and forms and applications filled in. But it WILL get simpler. After my third year I didn't even blink an eye at the paperwork anymore, just keep on top of it! Do it immediately and keep copies of all the documents in a folder so when you have to apply for residene permits etc. again, you have it already.  Lastly, and probably the most important for you, your PhD and supervisors. I assume you are in your first year? Honestly, if you feel the need to quit do it. There is no shame in it and it takes immense strength to look at the big picture of your life and say \"This isn't working\". But, if you feel you might want to continue, you'll need to consider a few things. HR is not your friend. Seek counselling if you can (there should be free services available to you, speak to the International Researchers office of your university to find resources - ask for counselling options and help with administration). As for your supervisors - only you know how bad it really is. I would not directly approach your supervisors and tell them you're not happy. I don't think they would be receptive to this.  But I strongly advise you to learn the language of the country. STRONGLY. Spend this holiday time putting in the energy and work. It will help you  immeasurably. The fact is, you are in their country and you need to speak the language. If they laugh at your poor grammar, who cares as long as you can communicate! If you choose to stay, take their behaviour towards you as part of the PhD - you need to defend your ideas, vision, and data. Take it as a learning experience, you will be a force to reckon with when you succeed. Good luck!  Also, I know a large network of international PhD students all around the country, give me a PM if you need support.","human_ref_B":"I feel your pain. I moved to a different country to do research as well and it was a huge adjustment - just everything - the visa - the red tape - you feel trapped because of all of that.   Just hang in there and keep your eye on the prize.  I also think it\u2019s perfectly acceptable to talk about your frustrations with someone you trust at your work. You can express how challenging it is to live in a different culture, language etc without insulting that country.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4961.0,"score_ratio":16.0}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92mlij","c_root_id_B":"f92k9t0","created_at_utc_A":1575036956,"created_at_utc_B":1575034591,"score_A":32,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I did my PhD in the country that you are currently in (I read your post history) and I also had two supervisors from the countries you are dealing with.  Firstly, I'm sorry you're feeling terrible about your PhD and the country in general. I know it sucks. I really, really understand. My first year was hell. Luckily my supervisors spoke English well but my colleagues in my lab did not. The administration is a complicated, the people can be cold and standoffish, and the atmosphere can quickly become depressing.  Secondly, my advice about the country: Take a deep breath and get proactive. This country is known for its standoffish people when it comes to language. BUT there are many expats and travellers here. I advise you to seek out other international PhD students in your team\/lab\/building\/university. Look for English Libraries and join in. Check your doctoral school and attend a mixer or two. 100% there are other international students who are struggling too, and there are probably PhDs of the country who can speak English and would be willing to help here and there for translation. Build your support network!  Thirdly, administration. It gets easier after the first year after you are in the system. I know it sucks to get all the cards and forms and applications filled in. But it WILL get simpler. After my third year I didn't even blink an eye at the paperwork anymore, just keep on top of it! Do it immediately and keep copies of all the documents in a folder so when you have to apply for residene permits etc. again, you have it already.  Lastly, and probably the most important for you, your PhD and supervisors. I assume you are in your first year? Honestly, if you feel the need to quit do it. There is no shame in it and it takes immense strength to look at the big picture of your life and say \"This isn't working\". But, if you feel you might want to continue, you'll need to consider a few things. HR is not your friend. Seek counselling if you can (there should be free services available to you, speak to the International Researchers office of your university to find resources - ask for counselling options and help with administration). As for your supervisors - only you know how bad it really is. I would not directly approach your supervisors and tell them you're not happy. I don't think they would be receptive to this.  But I strongly advise you to learn the language of the country. STRONGLY. Spend this holiday time putting in the energy and work. It will help you  immeasurably. The fact is, you are in their country and you need to speak the language. If they laugh at your poor grammar, who cares as long as you can communicate! If you choose to stay, take their behaviour towards you as part of the PhD - you need to defend your ideas, vision, and data. Take it as a learning experience, you will be a force to reckon with when you succeed. Good luck!  Also, I know a large network of international PhD students all around the country, give me a PM if you need support.","human_ref_B":"How far into this thing are you?   I probably wouldn\u2019t complain. It\u2019s not going to make it where they don\u2019t ask you if you\u2019re liking it or not. They\u2019ll just start asking a different set of questions.  Just keep calm and carry on (pretending)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2365.0,"score_ratio":16.0}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92xm1f","c_root_id_B":"f92lgmu","created_at_utc_A":1575044541,"created_at_utc_B":1575035833,"score_A":8,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Ohhh... My dear, this post hit so close to home. I know which country you're talking about. I'm doing my PhD also in the same country. All I'm going to say is: it gets better. Try to join activities outside of the university. I live in an international residence, and this year I'm volunteering to help plan activities for all the residents. Socializing outside of the university has helped immensely. If you ever need to talk it out, you can PM me. Also, I don't think that being honest with your advisor will actually help, sorry.","human_ref_B":"I think you should ask about finishing up early without mentioning how unhappy you are. Sounds like you are in an impossible situation, which really sucks. I know someone recommended seeing the counseling center associated with the school, but from my own personal experience and that of people I know, these university counseling centers are usually underfunded and understaffed and often can't do anything to help students. Could be different where you are at, but if you are already seeing a therapist I would probably just stick with that.  My advice on continuing forward in this unhappy situation is to try to do at least one thing a day that makes you happy. Set aside some time each day to just do something you want to do. Whenever you're feeling overwhelmed and upset, just try to focus on one thing you're doing later that you know will make you feel just a little bit better. This helped me a little bit when I had had rough days during undergrad -- not a cure-all by any means but a way of getting through school one day at a time.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8708.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92xm1f","c_root_id_B":"f92nz58","created_at_utc_A":1575044541,"created_at_utc_B":1575037890,"score_A":8,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Ohhh... My dear, this post hit so close to home. I know which country you're talking about. I'm doing my PhD also in the same country. All I'm going to say is: it gets better. Try to join activities outside of the university. I live in an international residence, and this year I'm volunteering to help plan activities for all the residents. Socializing outside of the university has helped immensely. If you ever need to talk it out, you can PM me. Also, I don't think that being honest with your advisor will actually help, sorry.","human_ref_B":"Dear friend,   I am so sorry that you are struggling with this! PhD is tough as is and I couldn\u2019t imagine doing it on a topic I don\u2019t care about. Crying on the bus every night  just won\u2019t do for much longer.  I am not sure how this works in your research area, but I would recommend being honest with your supervisor\/mentor\/ committee. I had difficulties with this, but I eventually said that \u201cI am not happy in the lab, and I am struggling to finish the project\u201d. We have then came up with a game plan on how to make it a little better and more bearable. Mind you, it took me three years to get to that point and I didn\u2019t really have a good relationship with my mentor. I scheduled meetings, stopped running the lab with gossipy people, and got a separate office and nice pair of noise canceling headphones to not hear others.  In your place I would write an email to your mentor, stating what you are struggling with and asking if there is anything that could be done to help you. Have someone proof it for you (dm me if you want). I would also suggest giving yourself time off. Perhaps it\u2019s time to request a vacation (once again if you can). It\u2019s important not to lose yourself in academia.   Good luck!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6651.0,"score_ratio":2.6666666667}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92p9wf","c_root_id_B":"f92xm1f","created_at_utc_A":1575038520,"created_at_utc_B":1575044541,"score_A":3,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Unfortunately I'm not really an expert on the particular country in question, but a few things:  1. If your advisor is throwing you under the bus all the time, I wouldn't discuss the exact details of your problem with her.  2. If your position isn't working out, does your school have a procedure for switching labs\/advisors? Is it possible to pick up a co-advisor? If you can find one you trust, they may or may not be able to get you off the project you don't like, but they will be able to defend you in these meetings and fight for your ideas on your behalf. One of my labmates did this with my advisor because her original advisor is\/was a raging asshole.  3. Does your school offer sandwich PhDs, where you spend a significant amount of time at a foreign university? You might be able to bring that up with your advisor, especially if there's a better technique or tool that would be available at another university. I'd be careful in how you approach this question with them, because it's changing the agreement on them, but it could be mutually beneficial.  4. Are there internships available in your field? Maybe look at doing one of those? It would at least get you out of your situation while you deal with some of the issues you mentioned.  Hopefully someone comes in with more personal knowledge of the systems in your particular country. Good luck, OP. Hang in there!","human_ref_B":"Ohhh... My dear, this post hit so close to home. I know which country you're talking about. I'm doing my PhD also in the same country. All I'm going to say is: it gets better. Try to join activities outside of the university. I live in an international residence, and this year I'm volunteering to help plan activities for all the residents. Socializing outside of the university has helped immensely. If you ever need to talk it out, you can PM me. Also, I don't think that being honest with your advisor will actually help, sorry.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6021.0,"score_ratio":2.6666666667}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92xm1f","c_root_id_B":"f92i0ji","created_at_utc_A":1575044541,"created_at_utc_B":1575031995,"score_A":8,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Ohhh... My dear, this post hit so close to home. I know which country you're talking about. I'm doing my PhD also in the same country. All I'm going to say is: it gets better. Try to join activities outside of the university. I live in an international residence, and this year I'm volunteering to help plan activities for all the residents. Socializing outside of the university has helped immensely. If you ever need to talk it out, you can PM me. Also, I don't think that being honest with your advisor will actually help, sorry.","human_ref_B":"I feel your pain. I moved to a different country to do research as well and it was a huge adjustment - just everything - the visa - the red tape - you feel trapped because of all of that.   Just hang in there and keep your eye on the prize.  I also think it\u2019s perfectly acceptable to talk about your frustrations with someone you trust at your work. You can express how challenging it is to live in a different culture, language etc without insulting that country.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":12546.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92xm1f","c_root_id_B":"f92k9t0","created_at_utc_A":1575044541,"created_at_utc_B":1575034591,"score_A":8,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Ohhh... My dear, this post hit so close to home. I know which country you're talking about. I'm doing my PhD also in the same country. All I'm going to say is: it gets better. Try to join activities outside of the university. I live in an international residence, and this year I'm volunteering to help plan activities for all the residents. Socializing outside of the university has helped immensely. If you ever need to talk it out, you can PM me. Also, I don't think that being honest with your advisor will actually help, sorry.","human_ref_B":"How far into this thing are you?   I probably wouldn\u2019t complain. It\u2019s not going to make it where they don\u2019t ask you if you\u2019re liking it or not. They\u2019ll just start asking a different set of questions.  Just keep calm and carry on (pretending)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9950.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92xm1f","c_root_id_B":"f92of65","created_at_utc_A":1575044541,"created_at_utc_B":1575038104,"score_A":8,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Ohhh... My dear, this post hit so close to home. I know which country you're talking about. I'm doing my PhD also in the same country. All I'm going to say is: it gets better. Try to join activities outside of the university. I live in an international residence, and this year I'm volunteering to help plan activities for all the residents. Socializing outside of the university has helped immensely. If you ever need to talk it out, you can PM me. Also, I don't think that being honest with your advisor will actually help, sorry.","human_ref_B":"It sounds like if you keep going in this direction you're likely to quit or at the very least end up with a PhD and no interest in continuing along your chosen path. So whatever the cost of speaking up is, I don't think it could be as bad as not saying anything.  Your supervisor is rolling over to your advisory committee because she's more worried about what they think than what you think. But letting her know you're unhappy with her unwillingness to go to bat for you will at the very least give her pause when mediating these situations. Your leverage here is that the labour she's getting from you could disappear if you decided to walk away at this point.   > I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation.  It's perfectly reasonable to register your displeasure about things that you and others have no control over. You shouldn't be afraid to say that things aren't great, and while some might take that personally, as long as you put it to them as something that's not their fault they should be mature and sensible enough to recognize it. You're only seeking empathy, not necessarily a solution.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6437.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92lgmu","c_root_id_B":"f92or7i","created_at_utc_A":1575035833,"created_at_utc_B":1575038275,"score_A":6,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I think you should ask about finishing up early without mentioning how unhappy you are. Sounds like you are in an impossible situation, which really sucks. I know someone recommended seeing the counseling center associated with the school, but from my own personal experience and that of people I know, these university counseling centers are usually underfunded and understaffed and often can't do anything to help students. Could be different where you are at, but if you are already seeing a therapist I would probably just stick with that.  My advice on continuing forward in this unhappy situation is to try to do at least one thing a day that makes you happy. Set aside some time each day to just do something you want to do. Whenever you're feeling overwhelmed and upset, just try to focus on one thing you're doing later that you know will make you feel just a little bit better. This helped me a little bit when I had had rough days during undergrad -- not a cure-all by any means but a way of getting through school one day at a time.","human_ref_B":"Ok first you need to take some distance from the whole situation. Take two-three\/four weeks off and reset. If you really want to do something in that time learn more of the language and\/or more of the culture.  Second I think you really  underestimated cultural distances. I looked at your post history and know several other people from your country to this country. They all hated it for a long time. The culture gap is real, it's huge and I think it's at play with some of the issues here (not the whole problem; but definitely a contributing factor). It looks like you've been in the country for about a year. That is nothing when it comes to adapting to such a different culture. Nothing. (Source this is the fifth country I've lived in). Some of the communication issues you have mentioned sound like culture clash to me. Companies spend huge sums of money training staff in cultural differences before doing business in another country for this reason. Communication gaps can be HUGE. Funny example. During my (German) boyfriend's interview for a job in France the only German person on the interview panel had to pause the interview to explain that what my boyfriend was saying wasn't rude from a German perspective. My boyfriend had asked if the interview panel could understand the technical topic he had just been talking about. It seems stupid; but huge miscommunications can occur.  (https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dorieclark\/2014\/06\/19\/how-to-succeed-in-a-cross-cultural-workplace\/#2723ec34c972)  If I can give you some more advice it's to stop saying that  you hate the country, culture etc. I get it you're sad, lonely, nothing is meeting your expectations. It sucks. But the reality is that if you decide you don't like everything then you are making it impossible for you to find any peace there. So get mad if something specific bugs you and then get over it. Try and find something that you like about the place. Anything. No matter how small.  Because the reality is that you don't hate the place, you hate how you feel right now. That reframes things.  The psychological impact of moving to another country  and immersed in another language is really not to be underestimated.  It feels horrible. But you can get through it and you will. It will just take a lot of time, and you need to stop fighting it so much.   Be nicer to yourself. Take a step back. And if you do want to have a frank conversation with your supervisors read something like non-violent communication by marshall rosenberg first so that you are sure the message they receive is the one you want to deliver.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2442.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92lgmu","c_root_id_B":"f92i0ji","created_at_utc_A":1575035833,"created_at_utc_B":1575031995,"score_A":6,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I think you should ask about finishing up early without mentioning how unhappy you are. Sounds like you are in an impossible situation, which really sucks. I know someone recommended seeing the counseling center associated with the school, but from my own personal experience and that of people I know, these university counseling centers are usually underfunded and understaffed and often can't do anything to help students. Could be different where you are at, but if you are already seeing a therapist I would probably just stick with that.  My advice on continuing forward in this unhappy situation is to try to do at least one thing a day that makes you happy. Set aside some time each day to just do something you want to do. Whenever you're feeling overwhelmed and upset, just try to focus on one thing you're doing later that you know will make you feel just a little bit better. This helped me a little bit when I had had rough days during undergrad -- not a cure-all by any means but a way of getting through school one day at a time.","human_ref_B":"I feel your pain. I moved to a different country to do research as well and it was a huge adjustment - just everything - the visa - the red tape - you feel trapped because of all of that.   Just hang in there and keep your eye on the prize.  I also think it\u2019s perfectly acceptable to talk about your frustrations with someone you trust at your work. You can express how challenging it is to live in a different culture, language etc without insulting that country.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3838.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92lgmu","c_root_id_B":"f92k9t0","created_at_utc_A":1575035833,"created_at_utc_B":1575034591,"score_A":6,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I think you should ask about finishing up early without mentioning how unhappy you are. Sounds like you are in an impossible situation, which really sucks. I know someone recommended seeing the counseling center associated with the school, but from my own personal experience and that of people I know, these university counseling centers are usually underfunded and understaffed and often can't do anything to help students. Could be different where you are at, but if you are already seeing a therapist I would probably just stick with that.  My advice on continuing forward in this unhappy situation is to try to do at least one thing a day that makes you happy. Set aside some time each day to just do something you want to do. Whenever you're feeling overwhelmed and upset, just try to focus on one thing you're doing later that you know will make you feel just a little bit better. This helped me a little bit when I had had rough days during undergrad -- not a cure-all by any means but a way of getting through school one day at a time.","human_ref_B":"How far into this thing are you?   I probably wouldn\u2019t complain. It\u2019s not going to make it where they don\u2019t ask you if you\u2019re liking it or not. They\u2019ll just start asking a different set of questions.  Just keep calm and carry on (pretending)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1242.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92or7i","c_root_id_B":"f92nz58","created_at_utc_A":1575038275,"created_at_utc_B":1575037890,"score_A":8,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Ok first you need to take some distance from the whole situation. Take two-three\/four weeks off and reset. If you really want to do something in that time learn more of the language and\/or more of the culture.  Second I think you really  underestimated cultural distances. I looked at your post history and know several other people from your country to this country. They all hated it for a long time. The culture gap is real, it's huge and I think it's at play with some of the issues here (not the whole problem; but definitely a contributing factor). It looks like you've been in the country for about a year. That is nothing when it comes to adapting to such a different culture. Nothing. (Source this is the fifth country I've lived in). Some of the communication issues you have mentioned sound like culture clash to me. Companies spend huge sums of money training staff in cultural differences before doing business in another country for this reason. Communication gaps can be HUGE. Funny example. During my (German) boyfriend's interview for a job in France the only German person on the interview panel had to pause the interview to explain that what my boyfriend was saying wasn't rude from a German perspective. My boyfriend had asked if the interview panel could understand the technical topic he had just been talking about. It seems stupid; but huge miscommunications can occur.  (https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dorieclark\/2014\/06\/19\/how-to-succeed-in-a-cross-cultural-workplace\/#2723ec34c972)  If I can give you some more advice it's to stop saying that  you hate the country, culture etc. I get it you're sad, lonely, nothing is meeting your expectations. It sucks. But the reality is that if you decide you don't like everything then you are making it impossible for you to find any peace there. So get mad if something specific bugs you and then get over it. Try and find something that you like about the place. Anything. No matter how small.  Because the reality is that you don't hate the place, you hate how you feel right now. That reframes things.  The psychological impact of moving to another country  and immersed in another language is really not to be underestimated.  It feels horrible. But you can get through it and you will. It will just take a lot of time, and you need to stop fighting it so much.   Be nicer to yourself. Take a step back. And if you do want to have a frank conversation with your supervisors read something like non-violent communication by marshall rosenberg first so that you are sure the message they receive is the one you want to deliver.","human_ref_B":"Dear friend,   I am so sorry that you are struggling with this! PhD is tough as is and I couldn\u2019t imagine doing it on a topic I don\u2019t care about. Crying on the bus every night  just won\u2019t do for much longer.  I am not sure how this works in your research area, but I would recommend being honest with your supervisor\/mentor\/ committee. I had difficulties with this, but I eventually said that \u201cI am not happy in the lab, and I am struggling to finish the project\u201d. We have then came up with a game plan on how to make it a little better and more bearable. Mind you, it took me three years to get to that point and I didn\u2019t really have a good relationship with my mentor. I scheduled meetings, stopped running the lab with gossipy people, and got a separate office and nice pair of noise canceling headphones to not hear others.  In your place I would write an email to your mentor, stating what you are struggling with and asking if there is anything that could be done to help you. Have someone proof it for you (dm me if you want). I would also suggest giving yourself time off. Perhaps it\u2019s time to request a vacation (once again if you can). It\u2019s important not to lose yourself in academia.   Good luck!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":385.0,"score_ratio":2.6666666667}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92or7i","c_root_id_B":"f92i0ji","created_at_utc_A":1575038275,"created_at_utc_B":1575031995,"score_A":8,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Ok first you need to take some distance from the whole situation. Take two-three\/four weeks off and reset. If you really want to do something in that time learn more of the language and\/or more of the culture.  Second I think you really  underestimated cultural distances. I looked at your post history and know several other people from your country to this country. They all hated it for a long time. The culture gap is real, it's huge and I think it's at play with some of the issues here (not the whole problem; but definitely a contributing factor). It looks like you've been in the country for about a year. That is nothing when it comes to adapting to such a different culture. Nothing. (Source this is the fifth country I've lived in). Some of the communication issues you have mentioned sound like culture clash to me. Companies spend huge sums of money training staff in cultural differences before doing business in another country for this reason. Communication gaps can be HUGE. Funny example. During my (German) boyfriend's interview for a job in France the only German person on the interview panel had to pause the interview to explain that what my boyfriend was saying wasn't rude from a German perspective. My boyfriend had asked if the interview panel could understand the technical topic he had just been talking about. It seems stupid; but huge miscommunications can occur.  (https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dorieclark\/2014\/06\/19\/how-to-succeed-in-a-cross-cultural-workplace\/#2723ec34c972)  If I can give you some more advice it's to stop saying that  you hate the country, culture etc. I get it you're sad, lonely, nothing is meeting your expectations. It sucks. But the reality is that if you decide you don't like everything then you are making it impossible for you to find any peace there. So get mad if something specific bugs you and then get over it. Try and find something that you like about the place. Anything. No matter how small.  Because the reality is that you don't hate the place, you hate how you feel right now. That reframes things.  The psychological impact of moving to another country  and immersed in another language is really not to be underestimated.  It feels horrible. But you can get through it and you will. It will just take a lot of time, and you need to stop fighting it so much.   Be nicer to yourself. Take a step back. And if you do want to have a frank conversation with your supervisors read something like non-violent communication by marshall rosenberg first so that you are sure the message they receive is the one you want to deliver.","human_ref_B":"I feel your pain. I moved to a different country to do research as well and it was a huge adjustment - just everything - the visa - the red tape - you feel trapped because of all of that.   Just hang in there and keep your eye on the prize.  I also think it\u2019s perfectly acceptable to talk about your frustrations with someone you trust at your work. You can express how challenging it is to live in a different culture, language etc without insulting that country.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6280.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92k9t0","c_root_id_B":"f92or7i","created_at_utc_A":1575034591,"created_at_utc_B":1575038275,"score_A":2,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"How far into this thing are you?   I probably wouldn\u2019t complain. It\u2019s not going to make it where they don\u2019t ask you if you\u2019re liking it or not. They\u2019ll just start asking a different set of questions.  Just keep calm and carry on (pretending)","human_ref_B":"Ok first you need to take some distance from the whole situation. Take two-three\/four weeks off and reset. If you really want to do something in that time learn more of the language and\/or more of the culture.  Second I think you really  underestimated cultural distances. I looked at your post history and know several other people from your country to this country. They all hated it for a long time. The culture gap is real, it's huge and I think it's at play with some of the issues here (not the whole problem; but definitely a contributing factor). It looks like you've been in the country for about a year. That is nothing when it comes to adapting to such a different culture. Nothing. (Source this is the fifth country I've lived in). Some of the communication issues you have mentioned sound like culture clash to me. Companies spend huge sums of money training staff in cultural differences before doing business in another country for this reason. Communication gaps can be HUGE. Funny example. During my (German) boyfriend's interview for a job in France the only German person on the interview panel had to pause the interview to explain that what my boyfriend was saying wasn't rude from a German perspective. My boyfriend had asked if the interview panel could understand the technical topic he had just been talking about. It seems stupid; but huge miscommunications can occur.  (https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dorieclark\/2014\/06\/19\/how-to-succeed-in-a-cross-cultural-workplace\/#2723ec34c972)  If I can give you some more advice it's to stop saying that  you hate the country, culture etc. I get it you're sad, lonely, nothing is meeting your expectations. It sucks. But the reality is that if you decide you don't like everything then you are making it impossible for you to find any peace there. So get mad if something specific bugs you and then get over it. Try and find something that you like about the place. Anything. No matter how small.  Because the reality is that you don't hate the place, you hate how you feel right now. That reframes things.  The psychological impact of moving to another country  and immersed in another language is really not to be underestimated.  It feels horrible. But you can get through it and you will. It will just take a lot of time, and you need to stop fighting it so much.   Be nicer to yourself. Take a step back. And if you do want to have a frank conversation with your supervisors read something like non-violent communication by marshall rosenberg first so that you are sure the message they receive is the one you want to deliver.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3684.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92or7i","c_root_id_B":"f92of65","created_at_utc_A":1575038275,"created_at_utc_B":1575038104,"score_A":8,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Ok first you need to take some distance from the whole situation. Take two-three\/four weeks off and reset. If you really want to do something in that time learn more of the language and\/or more of the culture.  Second I think you really  underestimated cultural distances. I looked at your post history and know several other people from your country to this country. They all hated it for a long time. The culture gap is real, it's huge and I think it's at play with some of the issues here (not the whole problem; but definitely a contributing factor). It looks like you've been in the country for about a year. That is nothing when it comes to adapting to such a different culture. Nothing. (Source this is the fifth country I've lived in). Some of the communication issues you have mentioned sound like culture clash to me. Companies spend huge sums of money training staff in cultural differences before doing business in another country for this reason. Communication gaps can be HUGE. Funny example. During my (German) boyfriend's interview for a job in France the only German person on the interview panel had to pause the interview to explain that what my boyfriend was saying wasn't rude from a German perspective. My boyfriend had asked if the interview panel could understand the technical topic he had just been talking about. It seems stupid; but huge miscommunications can occur.  (https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dorieclark\/2014\/06\/19\/how-to-succeed-in-a-cross-cultural-workplace\/#2723ec34c972)  If I can give you some more advice it's to stop saying that  you hate the country, culture etc. I get it you're sad, lonely, nothing is meeting your expectations. It sucks. But the reality is that if you decide you don't like everything then you are making it impossible for you to find any peace there. So get mad if something specific bugs you and then get over it. Try and find something that you like about the place. Anything. No matter how small.  Because the reality is that you don't hate the place, you hate how you feel right now. That reframes things.  The psychological impact of moving to another country  and immersed in another language is really not to be underestimated.  It feels horrible. But you can get through it and you will. It will just take a lot of time, and you need to stop fighting it so much.   Be nicer to yourself. Take a step back. And if you do want to have a frank conversation with your supervisors read something like non-violent communication by marshall rosenberg first so that you are sure the message they receive is the one you want to deliver.","human_ref_B":"It sounds like if you keep going in this direction you're likely to quit or at the very least end up with a PhD and no interest in continuing along your chosen path. So whatever the cost of speaking up is, I don't think it could be as bad as not saying anything.  Your supervisor is rolling over to your advisory committee because she's more worried about what they think than what you think. But letting her know you're unhappy with her unwillingness to go to bat for you will at the very least give her pause when mediating these situations. Your leverage here is that the labour she's getting from you could disappear if you decided to walk away at this point.   > I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation.  It's perfectly reasonable to register your displeasure about things that you and others have no control over. You shouldn't be afraid to say that things aren't great, and while some might take that personally, as long as you put it to them as something that's not their fault they should be mature and sensible enough to recognize it. You're only seeking empathy, not necessarily a solution.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":171.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92i0ji","c_root_id_B":"f92nz58","created_at_utc_A":1575031995,"created_at_utc_B":1575037890,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I feel your pain. I moved to a different country to do research as well and it was a huge adjustment - just everything - the visa - the red tape - you feel trapped because of all of that.   Just hang in there and keep your eye on the prize.  I also think it\u2019s perfectly acceptable to talk about your frustrations with someone you trust at your work. You can express how challenging it is to live in a different culture, language etc without insulting that country.","human_ref_B":"Dear friend,   I am so sorry that you are struggling with this! PhD is tough as is and I couldn\u2019t imagine doing it on a topic I don\u2019t care about. Crying on the bus every night  just won\u2019t do for much longer.  I am not sure how this works in your research area, but I would recommend being honest with your supervisor\/mentor\/ committee. I had difficulties with this, but I eventually said that \u201cI am not happy in the lab, and I am struggling to finish the project\u201d. We have then came up with a game plan on how to make it a little better and more bearable. Mind you, it took me three years to get to that point and I didn\u2019t really have a good relationship with my mentor. I scheduled meetings, stopped running the lab with gossipy people, and got a separate office and nice pair of noise canceling headphones to not hear others.  In your place I would write an email to your mentor, stating what you are struggling with and asking if there is anything that could be done to help you. Have someone proof it for you (dm me if you want). I would also suggest giving yourself time off. Perhaps it\u2019s time to request a vacation (once again if you can). It\u2019s important not to lose yourself in academia.   Good luck!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5895.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92k9t0","c_root_id_B":"f92nz58","created_at_utc_A":1575034591,"created_at_utc_B":1575037890,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"How far into this thing are you?   I probably wouldn\u2019t complain. It\u2019s not going to make it where they don\u2019t ask you if you\u2019re liking it or not. They\u2019ll just start asking a different set of questions.  Just keep calm and carry on (pretending)","human_ref_B":"Dear friend,   I am so sorry that you are struggling with this! PhD is tough as is and I couldn\u2019t imagine doing it on a topic I don\u2019t care about. Crying on the bus every night  just won\u2019t do for much longer.  I am not sure how this works in your research area, but I would recommend being honest with your supervisor\/mentor\/ committee. I had difficulties with this, but I eventually said that \u201cI am not happy in the lab, and I am struggling to finish the project\u201d. We have then came up with a game plan on how to make it a little better and more bearable. Mind you, it took me three years to get to that point and I didn\u2019t really have a good relationship with my mentor. I scheduled meetings, stopped running the lab with gossipy people, and got a separate office and nice pair of noise canceling headphones to not hear others.  In your place I would write an email to your mentor, stating what you are struggling with and asking if there is anything that could be done to help you. Have someone proof it for you (dm me if you want). I would also suggest giving yourself time off. Perhaps it\u2019s time to request a vacation (once again if you can). It\u2019s important not to lose yourself in academia.   Good luck!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3299.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92i0ji","c_root_id_B":"f92p9wf","created_at_utc_A":1575031995,"created_at_utc_B":1575038520,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I feel your pain. I moved to a different country to do research as well and it was a huge adjustment - just everything - the visa - the red tape - you feel trapped because of all of that.   Just hang in there and keep your eye on the prize.  I also think it\u2019s perfectly acceptable to talk about your frustrations with someone you trust at your work. You can express how challenging it is to live in a different culture, language etc without insulting that country.","human_ref_B":"Unfortunately I'm not really an expert on the particular country in question, but a few things:  1. If your advisor is throwing you under the bus all the time, I wouldn't discuss the exact details of your problem with her.  2. If your position isn't working out, does your school have a procedure for switching labs\/advisors? Is it possible to pick up a co-advisor? If you can find one you trust, they may or may not be able to get you off the project you don't like, but they will be able to defend you in these meetings and fight for your ideas on your behalf. One of my labmates did this with my advisor because her original advisor is\/was a raging asshole.  3. Does your school offer sandwich PhDs, where you spend a significant amount of time at a foreign university? You might be able to bring that up with your advisor, especially if there's a better technique or tool that would be available at another university. I'd be careful in how you approach this question with them, because it's changing the agreement on them, but it could be mutually beneficial.  4. Are there internships available in your field? Maybe look at doing one of those? It would at least get you out of your situation while you deal with some of the issues you mentioned.  Hopefully someone comes in with more personal knowledge of the systems in your particular country. Good luck, OP. Hang in there!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6525.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92p9wf","c_root_id_B":"f92k9t0","created_at_utc_A":1575038520,"created_at_utc_B":1575034591,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Unfortunately I'm not really an expert on the particular country in question, but a few things:  1. If your advisor is throwing you under the bus all the time, I wouldn't discuss the exact details of your problem with her.  2. If your position isn't working out, does your school have a procedure for switching labs\/advisors? Is it possible to pick up a co-advisor? If you can find one you trust, they may or may not be able to get you off the project you don't like, but they will be able to defend you in these meetings and fight for your ideas on your behalf. One of my labmates did this with my advisor because her original advisor is\/was a raging asshole.  3. Does your school offer sandwich PhDs, where you spend a significant amount of time at a foreign university? You might be able to bring that up with your advisor, especially if there's a better technique or tool that would be available at another university. I'd be careful in how you approach this question with them, because it's changing the agreement on them, but it could be mutually beneficial.  4. Are there internships available in your field? Maybe look at doing one of those? It would at least get you out of your situation while you deal with some of the issues you mentioned.  Hopefully someone comes in with more personal knowledge of the systems in your particular country. Good luck, OP. Hang in there!","human_ref_B":"How far into this thing are you?   I probably wouldn\u2019t complain. It\u2019s not going to make it where they don\u2019t ask you if you\u2019re liking it or not. They\u2019ll just start asking a different set of questions.  Just keep calm and carry on (pretending)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3929.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"e3dm3p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Can I be honest about disliking my PhD with my supervisors? I dislike my PhD for a multitude of reasons*. However, I can't quit this PhD (has to do with my visa status and my partner's job, so please don't recommend that I just quit).    I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation. However, I'm finding it really emotionally draining to smile and say everything is fine when I dread going into work and find myself crying on the bus home occasionally. They ask me constantly, nearly every day, whether I am liking the country and the project. I don't want to be insulting their country, and I know that it's in my best interest to just finish and get out. But is it okay to say something like \"No, I'm really not happy here, but I'm determined to finish the PhD.\" I suppose my goal in saying something like that is to (1) get them to stop asking me how happy I am and (2) see if they are able to allow me to graduate a little early. They did mention that they could push the final date up a few months if it was requested.   Just as a side note, during my first six months, I really pushed to get the old project back and to also have them allow me to do my own research. We had one 3-hour meeting in which they made it very clear that I was to do exactly what they specified on this project or else the PhD wasn't going to work.    *To keep it brief: I moved to another country for it, and the process of getting set up (visa, bank accounts, social security number, etc.) is an ongoing administrative nightmare that leaves me exhausted every day and having to work from home way more than anyone else; the office is extremely gossippy with my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my weaknesses before I do; my thesis topic was changed before I arrived and is something I have no interest in; I'm told what to do in every aspect (essentially I'm an engineer implementing my supervisors' ideas); and my direct supervisor is a yes woman who throws me under the bus in nearly every meeting and blindly agrees to the other supervisors' suggestions even after I've spent months researching those ideas and have demonstrated that they're not viable.","c_root_id_A":"f92of65","c_root_id_B":"f92p9wf","created_at_utc_A":1575038104,"created_at_utc_B":1575038520,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"It sounds like if you keep going in this direction you're likely to quit or at the very least end up with a PhD and no interest in continuing along your chosen path. So whatever the cost of speaking up is, I don't think it could be as bad as not saying anything.  Your supervisor is rolling over to your advisory committee because she's more worried about what they think than what you think. But letting her know you're unhappy with her unwillingness to go to bat for you will at the very least give her pause when mediating these situations. Your leverage here is that the labour she's getting from you could disappear if you decided to walk away at this point.   > I'm a firm believer in not complaining about something unless something can be done to fix the situation.  It's perfectly reasonable to register your displeasure about things that you and others have no control over. You shouldn't be afraid to say that things aren't great, and while some might take that personally, as long as you put it to them as something that's not their fault they should be mature and sensible enough to recognize it. You're only seeking empathy, not necessarily a solution.","human_ref_B":"Unfortunately I'm not really an expert on the particular country in question, but a few things:  1. If your advisor is throwing you under the bus all the time, I wouldn't discuss the exact details of your problem with her.  2. If your position isn't working out, does your school have a procedure for switching labs\/advisors? Is it possible to pick up a co-advisor? If you can find one you trust, they may or may not be able to get you off the project you don't like, but they will be able to defend you in these meetings and fight for your ideas on your behalf. One of my labmates did this with my advisor because her original advisor is\/was a raging asshole.  3. Does your school offer sandwich PhDs, where you spend a significant amount of time at a foreign university? You might be able to bring that up with your advisor, especially if there's a better technique or tool that would be available at another university. I'd be careful in how you approach this question with them, because it's changing the agreement on them, but it could be mutually beneficial.  4. Are there internships available in your field? Maybe look at doing one of those? It would at least get you out of your situation while you deal with some of the issues you mentioned.  Hopefully someone comes in with more personal knowledge of the systems in your particular country. Good luck, OP. Hang in there!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":416.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"spjopk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Could I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code? Hello everyone! Recently I read a paper that was very similar to the project I would like to carry out. They work with a group of plants and I have data for other species so I would like to replicate their study with my data.  Could\/Should I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code or is it not normal to ask for this?","c_root_id_A":"hwfy61o","c_root_id_B":"hwfsfxz","created_at_utc_A":1644540568,"created_at_utc_B":1644538063,"score_A":16,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"Yep! Ask and definitely cite their paper &\/or code if you use their code. Acknowledgments are nice, but citations are the credit system in academia.","human_ref_B":"Go ahead and ask.  Even if they cannot, you are making connections in your field, and it will mean more to the authors than you think.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2505.0,"score_ratio":1.6}
{"post_id":"spjopk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Could I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code? Hello everyone! Recently I read a paper that was very similar to the project I would like to carry out. They work with a group of plants and I have data for other species so I would like to replicate their study with my data.  Could\/Should I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code or is it not normal to ask for this?","c_root_id_A":"hwhg353","c_root_id_B":"hwggzoi","created_at_utc_A":1644570511,"created_at_utc_B":1644549087,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Depends on the nature of the code a bit to me.  If the person wanted to reproduce my analysis, the paper doesn't give details on the steps taken, or if the analysis I had done involved something specialised (e.g. a computational model), then it's a perfectly reasonable request.  If the code in question just uses fairly standard packages to pre-process the data and run (e.g.) an ANOVA or mixed-effects model, I'd consider it a bit strange. I'd probably still send it myself, but you might get a \"you're better off learning how to do it yourself\" sort of response.","human_ref_B":"There\u2019s no problem asking, but have you checked to see if the code is publicly available? In my discipline, most journals require that you upload the data and code with the article. And most folks include the replication materials on their website.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":21424.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"spjopk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Could I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code? Hello everyone! Recently I read a paper that was very similar to the project I would like to carry out. They work with a group of plants and I have data for other species so I would like to replicate their study with my data.  Could\/Should I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code or is it not normal to ask for this?","c_root_id_A":"hwggzoi","c_root_id_B":"hwgcjha","created_at_utc_A":1644549087,"created_at_utc_B":1644547073,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"There\u2019s no problem asking, but have you checked to see if the code is publicly available? In my discipline, most journals require that you upload the data and code with the article. And most folks include the replication materials on their website.","human_ref_B":"Plant guy, here. Maybe I\u2019ll take the other side.  What are you testing? At some point, you gotta learn this in SAS or R\u2026 you adviser isn\u2019t helpful here?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2014.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"spjopk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Could I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code? Hello everyone! Recently I read a paper that was very similar to the project I would like to carry out. They work with a group of plants and I have data for other species so I would like to replicate their study with my data.  Could\/Should I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code or is it not normal to ask for this?","c_root_id_A":"hwgcjha","c_root_id_B":"hwhg353","created_at_utc_A":1644547073,"created_at_utc_B":1644570511,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Plant guy, here. Maybe I\u2019ll take the other side.  What are you testing? At some point, you gotta learn this in SAS or R\u2026 you adviser isn\u2019t helpful here?","human_ref_B":"Depends on the nature of the code a bit to me.  If the person wanted to reproduce my analysis, the paper doesn't give details on the steps taken, or if the analysis I had done involved something specialised (e.g. a computational model), then it's a perfectly reasonable request.  If the code in question just uses fairly standard packages to pre-process the data and run (e.g.) an ANOVA or mixed-effects model, I'd consider it a bit strange. I'd probably still send it myself, but you might get a \"you're better off learning how to do it yourself\" sort of response.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":23438.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"spjopk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Could I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code? Hello everyone! Recently I read a paper that was very similar to the project I would like to carry out. They work with a group of plants and I have data for other species so I would like to replicate their study with my data.  Could\/Should I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code or is it not normal to ask for this?","c_root_id_A":"hwgcjha","c_root_id_B":"hwhnp37","created_at_utc_A":1644547073,"created_at_utc_B":1644576765,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Plant guy, here. Maybe I\u2019ll take the other side.  What are you testing? At some point, you gotta learn this in SAS or R\u2026 you adviser isn\u2019t helpful here?","human_ref_B":"Yes, and people should give you code. Ideally they should have put it in a public research repository or something like GitHub. If they refuse (as sometimes happens), complain to the journal if they have data\/code sharing obligations that come along with the publication.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":29692.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"spjopk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Could I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code? Hello everyone! Recently I read a paper that was very similar to the project I would like to carry out. They work with a group of plants and I have data for other species so I would like to replicate their study with my data.  Could\/Should I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code or is it not normal to ask for this?","c_root_id_A":"hwhhabf","c_root_id_B":"hwhnp37","created_at_utc_A":1644571497,"created_at_utc_B":1644576765,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Weird, we had to make our code freely available to publish our paper.","human_ref_B":"Yes, and people should give you code. Ideally they should have put it in a public research repository or something like GitHub. If they refuse (as sometimes happens), complain to the journal if they have data\/code sharing obligations that come along with the publication.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5268.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"spjopk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Could I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code? Hello everyone! Recently I read a paper that was very similar to the project I would like to carry out. They work with a group of plants and I have data for other species so I would like to replicate their study with my data.  Could\/Should I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code or is it not normal to ask for this?","c_root_id_A":"hwhnp37","c_root_id_B":"hwhhjay","created_at_utc_A":1644576765,"created_at_utc_B":1644571698,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Yes, and people should give you code. Ideally they should have put it in a public research repository or something like GitHub. If they refuse (as sometimes happens), complain to the journal if they have data\/code sharing obligations that come along with the publication.","human_ref_B":"It's normal to ask for code, and they should give it to you. Nowadays, one would expect they put it on github with their paper ideally even. They don't have to help you with *your* study, but they have a duty to give you all necessary to replicate what *they* have published.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5067.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"spjopk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Could I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code? Hello everyone! Recently I read a paper that was very similar to the project I would like to carry out. They work with a group of plants and I have data for other species so I would like to replicate their study with my data.  Could\/Should I write an email to the author of the paper asking for the R code or is it not normal to ask for this?","c_root_id_A":"hwhhjay","c_root_id_B":"hwhq9jk","created_at_utc_A":1644571698,"created_at_utc_B":1644578756,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"It's normal to ask for code, and they should give it to you. Nowadays, one would expect they put it on github with their paper ideally even. They don't have to help you with *your* study, but they have a duty to give you all necessary to replicate what *they* have published.","human_ref_B":"Yes they should. As many mention in this thread, the authors should have put them in a public git repo. Just to mention one more thing, depend on where they are, some (like my old lab) require the repo to be public, at least as soon as it is viable.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7058.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"yu93e3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"5 year fellowship grant stopped at 4.3 years. I\u2019m a PhD scholar from a minority community in my country and during the first year of my PhD, I had received afellowship (scholarship) grant of 5 years under some central government minority scheme. I\u2019m in the beginning of my 5th year now and I just recently found out (from payment schedule) that the fellowship will end in March of 2023 which equals payment of 4.3 years out of 5. (My PhD tenure will end in October 2023) Is there anything I can do to get full 5 years fellowship? What would you do if it were you in my position?","c_root_id_A":"iw8iclk","c_root_id_B":"iw8jryn","created_at_utc_A":1668368625,"created_at_utc_B":1668369145,"score_A":4,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Talk to your scholarship board, ask people who have received the scholarship in the past, and read the contract.","human_ref_B":"I work in HR at a uni maintaining Postdoc profiles - our 5 years are based off of the hire dates. You\u2019ll want to look at the contingencies on the grant itself to see if it was grant specific, but if they have an employee management system you might also take it up what your first official date of hire was and then add 5 years from that date.    If you\u2019re not already working with your department (mentor, other faculty) and asking them these questions, you should be. I\u2019d recommend looking at any contract or onboarding documentation for specifics on start and end dates, looking into their employment system for start date, any corresponding policies your institution may have indicating stipulations to end dates.  At my institution, central HR can give you background on the policy and general employment dates but you\u2019ll have to talk to your dept about the grants to see if that\u2019s something that\u2019s influencing your end date.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":520.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"jelpul","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Worst academic paper you've ever read? Hello guys! I need to find a very poorly written academic paper (topic not important). It should be bad in terms of writing\/structure\/vocab\/coherence. Habe any of you come across a paper like that recently? If so, please send it my way!  Thanks in advance :)","c_root_id_A":"g9fbhcb","c_root_id_B":"g9g6ddr","created_at_utc_A":1603195753,"created_at_utc_B":1603212756,"score_A":9,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"My friend teaches at a community college and shows me their work every once in a while and omg some of the shit they write is completely incoherent.  Personally the one that stands out to me isn\u2019t about grammar it\u2019s about content. Spent a whole semester focusing on bacteriophages, viruses that destroy bacteria. We covered how viruses work and how bacteria work again and again and again. Final project comes and they turn in a project that not only says bacteria and viruses are the same thing but uses the words interchangeably many times. I was so confused by their paper that I had to talk to them to see where the break down in communication happened. Told them bacteria and viruses are two different things and they were shocked! But they said it didn\u2019t really matter because they would learn all that stuff in med school. My brain hurts sooooo much just thinking about that paper and that student.","human_ref_B":"My thesis","labels":0,"seconds_difference":17003.0,"score_ratio":2.4444444444}
{"post_id":"jelpul","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Worst academic paper you've ever read? Hello guys! I need to find a very poorly written academic paper (topic not important). It should be bad in terms of writing\/structure\/vocab\/coherence. Habe any of you come across a paper like that recently? If so, please send it my way!  Thanks in advance :)","c_root_id_A":"g9febzd","c_root_id_B":"g9g6ddr","created_at_utc_A":1603197829,"created_at_utc_B":1603212756,"score_A":4,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"The papers on Space Transition Theory had me rolling my eyes. Worst shit I read my entire undergrad.","human_ref_B":"My thesis","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14927.0,"score_ratio":5.5}
{"post_id":"jelpul","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Worst academic paper you've ever read? Hello guys! I need to find a very poorly written academic paper (topic not important). It should be bad in terms of writing\/structure\/vocab\/coherence. Habe any of you come across a paper like that recently? If so, please send it my way!  Thanks in advance :)","c_root_id_A":"g9g6ddr","c_root_id_B":"g9g4bk2","created_at_utc_A":1603212756,"created_at_utc_B":1603211781,"score_A":22,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"My thesis","human_ref_B":"Anything by John Henderson.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":975.0,"score_ratio":5.5}
{"post_id":"jelpul","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Worst academic paper you've ever read? Hello guys! I need to find a very poorly written academic paper (topic not important). It should be bad in terms of writing\/structure\/vocab\/coherence. Habe any of you come across a paper like that recently? If so, please send it my way!  Thanks in advance :)","c_root_id_A":"g9goqa7","c_root_id_B":"g9febzd","created_at_utc_A":1603221649,"created_at_utc_B":1603197829,"score_A":7,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Whew imagine reading this post and finding your own paper linked here","human_ref_B":"The papers on Space Transition Theory had me rolling my eyes. Worst shit I read my entire undergrad.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":23820.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"jelpul","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Worst academic paper you've ever read? Hello guys! I need to find a very poorly written academic paper (topic not important). It should be bad in terms of writing\/structure\/vocab\/coherence. Habe any of you come across a paper like that recently? If so, please send it my way!  Thanks in advance :)","c_root_id_A":"g9goqa7","c_root_id_B":"g9g4bk2","created_at_utc_A":1603221649,"created_at_utc_B":1603211781,"score_A":7,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Whew imagine reading this post and finding your own paper linked here","human_ref_B":"Anything by John Henderson.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9868.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"2g7ler","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.88,"history":"How important do you consider your ability to explain your research to people outside of your immediate field? If it's important to you, how have you practiced and what has worked for you?","c_root_id_A":"ckgonew","c_root_id_B":"ckgk707","created_at_utc_A":1410559878,"created_at_utc_B":1410551128,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I've run workshops to help people refine their elevator pitches and have used this article to create a worksheet to help them develop the pitch. You don't want a memorized speech but something more natural. First you have to consider who your audience is and then tailor the message. So think big picture and use bullet points.","human_ref_B":"very important yeah - they dont have to understand the full implications or details at all, just the general gist and importance of what I am doing. That said, whenever I can't explain some detail in a simple way, it usually means that I don't quite know it myself yet :)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8750.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"2g7ler","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.88,"history":"How important do you consider your ability to explain your research to people outside of your immediate field? If it's important to you, how have you practiced and what has worked for you?","c_root_id_A":"ckglahh","c_root_id_B":"ckgonew","created_at_utc_A":1410553196,"created_at_utc_B":1410559878,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I think it's important for the same reasons all the other posters here do. My practice depends on which elevator pitch I'm giving -- the \"for scientists\" or \"for everyone\". The scientists one gets practiced on the new grad students every year because we all have to introduce ourselves.   The everybody one gets practiced on my father, who is very proud of me for doing something that he doesn't understand whatsoever. If I can explain to him in about 90 seconds what I'm doing with my life and he gets the point, then score!","human_ref_B":"I've run workshops to help people refine their elevator pitches and have used this article to create a worksheet to help them develop the pitch. You don't want a memorized speech but something more natural. First you have to consider who your audience is and then tailor the message. So think big picture and use bullet points.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6682.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"t8632v","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"PI told me to find a new job or commit to 2 more years in the lab I'm currently a postdoc in the US and am also a US citizen. I joined my current lab in the summer of 2020 and was hired to complete a long-term project (a collaboration that started while doing my PhD at another institution) and to work on a different, newly funded project.  The long-term project ended up taking a lot longer to complete due to some unexpected results, but is now nearing completion. As a result, I have not been able to work as much on the project I am actually paid off of. During this time, my interest in an academic career has pretty much gone to zero and I have decided that industry aligns better with my goals.   I wasn't planning on applying for jobs right now, but an industry job was posted in January that aligns extremely well with my scientific skills and personal career interests, so I applied for it. I initially did not tell my PI, but later told him because he eventually would find out I applied because he is close with all of my references.   He was happy for me at first, but then told me that I need to either find a new job within the next 5 months (so he can hire a replacement), or commit to staying on the project until the funding is complete (2 more years). I have heard all sorts of academic horror stories, but I have never heard of a PI essentially forcing someone to stay in a lab. I know he cannot legally force me to stay for 2 years, but the possibility of being unemployed if I don't find a new job is really unsettling to me.  We had a meeting last week where he demanded a decision from me, but I couldn't give him one (I also have not received a final decision about the job I applied for). He then threatened to not renew my contract in June if I don't decide within the next few days.  Has anyone been in a similar situation or have any advice? I am now considering leaving the lab. I had thought about staying for 2 more years, but this whole situation has made me feel like I am being taken advantage of.","c_root_id_A":"hzm43xl","c_root_id_B":"hzm56b7","created_at_utc_A":1646596406,"created_at_utc_B":1646596859,"score_A":34,"score_B":62,"human_ref_A":"Clarification question:  So you signed on for Project X, but have spent the time mostly assigned to Project Y. Project X is really just now getting worked on and that's where your money comes from. Project X will take a long time.  You've decided you don't want to stay in academia so you are applying for (presumably industry) jobs. You've made your PI aware of this and you have already started applying for jobs, and they have given several months to find a job and are now just asking you to confirm your intent to stay or go.  Is that correct? I'm a bit confused because I don't see the issue if my understanding is correct, I guess. If you don't want to stay committed to the project you were hired for that's fine, but the PI is asking you to say so if that is the case so they can find someone who is. They haven't kicked you out on your butt, either, but given you multiple months to land said job if you do say that is your plan, but if they can't count on you to stay on the project they'll have to find someone else. Am I misunderstanding something?","human_ref_B":"Have you decided to leave academia? In that case 5 months should be ample time to find an industry job, no?   Your PI isn't wrong, imho. He too needs to think long term and hire someone who is likely to stay the entire duration of the project.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":453.0,"score_ratio":1.8235294118}
{"post_id":"t8632v","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"PI told me to find a new job or commit to 2 more years in the lab I'm currently a postdoc in the US and am also a US citizen. I joined my current lab in the summer of 2020 and was hired to complete a long-term project (a collaboration that started while doing my PhD at another institution) and to work on a different, newly funded project.  The long-term project ended up taking a lot longer to complete due to some unexpected results, but is now nearing completion. As a result, I have not been able to work as much on the project I am actually paid off of. During this time, my interest in an academic career has pretty much gone to zero and I have decided that industry aligns better with my goals.   I wasn't planning on applying for jobs right now, but an industry job was posted in January that aligns extremely well with my scientific skills and personal career interests, so I applied for it. I initially did not tell my PI, but later told him because he eventually would find out I applied because he is close with all of my references.   He was happy for me at first, but then told me that I need to either find a new job within the next 5 months (so he can hire a replacement), or commit to staying on the project until the funding is complete (2 more years). I have heard all sorts of academic horror stories, but I have never heard of a PI essentially forcing someone to stay in a lab. I know he cannot legally force me to stay for 2 years, but the possibility of being unemployed if I don't find a new job is really unsettling to me.  We had a meeting last week where he demanded a decision from me, but I couldn't give him one (I also have not received a final decision about the job I applied for). He then threatened to not renew my contract in June if I don't decide within the next few days.  Has anyone been in a similar situation or have any advice? I am now considering leaving the lab. I had thought about staying for 2 more years, but this whole situation has made me feel like I am being taken advantage of.","c_root_id_A":"hzmb1vx","c_root_id_B":"hznepze","created_at_utc_A":1646599385,"created_at_utc_B":1646617221,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I get that they want someone there, but you can agree to staying another two years and leave two months in. You aren't locked into it.","human_ref_B":"Sounds like getting a different job is best anyway.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":17836.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"t8632v","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"PI told me to find a new job or commit to 2 more years in the lab I'm currently a postdoc in the US and am also a US citizen. I joined my current lab in the summer of 2020 and was hired to complete a long-term project (a collaboration that started while doing my PhD at another institution) and to work on a different, newly funded project.  The long-term project ended up taking a lot longer to complete due to some unexpected results, but is now nearing completion. As a result, I have not been able to work as much on the project I am actually paid off of. During this time, my interest in an academic career has pretty much gone to zero and I have decided that industry aligns better with my goals.   I wasn't planning on applying for jobs right now, but an industry job was posted in January that aligns extremely well with my scientific skills and personal career interests, so I applied for it. I initially did not tell my PI, but later told him because he eventually would find out I applied because he is close with all of my references.   He was happy for me at first, but then told me that I need to either find a new job within the next 5 months (so he can hire a replacement), or commit to staying on the project until the funding is complete (2 more years). I have heard all sorts of academic horror stories, but I have never heard of a PI essentially forcing someone to stay in a lab. I know he cannot legally force me to stay for 2 years, but the possibility of being unemployed if I don't find a new job is really unsettling to me.  We had a meeting last week where he demanded a decision from me, but I couldn't give him one (I also have not received a final decision about the job I applied for). He then threatened to not renew my contract in June if I don't decide within the next few days.  Has anyone been in a similar situation or have any advice? I am now considering leaving the lab. I had thought about staying for 2 more years, but this whole situation has made me feel like I am being taken advantage of.","c_root_id_A":"hzonz05","c_root_id_B":"hzmb1vx","created_at_utc_A":1646644806,"created_at_utc_B":1646599385,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"What about telling him the truth, that you would like to have a job in industry but you cannot leave without a safety net, which they should understand. Telling them clearly that you cannot commit to a strict timeline as they wish but that as soon as you have something aligned, you'll tell them.  Do whats best for you mate, whatever that is","human_ref_B":"I get that they want someone there, but you can agree to staying another two years and leave two months in. You aren't locked into it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":45421.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"t8632v","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.81,"history":"PI told me to find a new job or commit to 2 more years in the lab I'm currently a postdoc in the US and am also a US citizen. I joined my current lab in the summer of 2020 and was hired to complete a long-term project (a collaboration that started while doing my PhD at another institution) and to work on a different, newly funded project.  The long-term project ended up taking a lot longer to complete due to some unexpected results, but is now nearing completion. As a result, I have not been able to work as much on the project I am actually paid off of. During this time, my interest in an academic career has pretty much gone to zero and I have decided that industry aligns better with my goals.   I wasn't planning on applying for jobs right now, but an industry job was posted in January that aligns extremely well with my scientific skills and personal career interests, so I applied for it. I initially did not tell my PI, but later told him because he eventually would find out I applied because he is close with all of my references.   He was happy for me at first, but then told me that I need to either find a new job within the next 5 months (so he can hire a replacement), or commit to staying on the project until the funding is complete (2 more years). I have heard all sorts of academic horror stories, but I have never heard of a PI essentially forcing someone to stay in a lab. I know he cannot legally force me to stay for 2 years, but the possibility of being unemployed if I don't find a new job is really unsettling to me.  We had a meeting last week where he demanded a decision from me, but I couldn't give him one (I also have not received a final decision about the job I applied for). He then threatened to not renew my contract in June if I don't decide within the next few days.  Has anyone been in a similar situation or have any advice? I am now considering leaving the lab. I had thought about staying for 2 more years, but this whole situation has made me feel like I am being taken advantage of.","c_root_id_A":"hzmb1vx","c_root_id_B":"hzn4glu","created_at_utc_A":1646599385,"created_at_utc_B":1646612331,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I get that they want someone there, but you can agree to staying another two years and leave two months in. You aren't locked into it.","human_ref_B":"I have a very similar situation at the moment. I hate that you're going through it too.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12946.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"qzmuuw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Advice on how to include or document code into a dissertation Hi, the core of my dissertation is not coding. However to do all the studies I had to write a series of scripts to handle the data for either visualizations or any sort of analysis. For the niche group of researchers in this topic, we consider these pieces of code could be useful. So, besides including a github repository with mys scripts, could anyone share tips on how to include this type of work? Is it an appendix the best alternative? Or is this worth a chapter?","c_root_id_A":"hlo5v2y","c_root_id_B":"hlnr13y","created_at_utc_A":1637607130,"created_at_utc_B":1637601276,"score_A":15,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"Apart from the appendix, which is a good idea, you can also create project for your dissertation on Open science foundation or Zonedo and link your GitHub repo, to make it more visible for researchers.","human_ref_B":"If you are using latex, \"minted\" package is an excellent way to include codes. Check it out.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5854.0,"score_ratio":1.1538461538}
{"post_id":"qzmuuw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Advice on how to include or document code into a dissertation Hi, the core of my dissertation is not coding. However to do all the studies I had to write a series of scripts to handle the data for either visualizations or any sort of analysis. For the niche group of researchers in this topic, we consider these pieces of code could be useful. So, besides including a github repository with mys scripts, could anyone share tips on how to include this type of work? Is it an appendix the best alternative? Or is this worth a chapter?","c_root_id_A":"hlo5v2y","c_root_id_B":"hlo16hm","created_at_utc_A":1637607130,"created_at_utc_B":1637605274,"score_A":15,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Apart from the appendix, which is a good idea, you can also create project for your dissertation on Open science foundation or Zonedo and link your GitHub repo, to make it more visible for researchers.","human_ref_B":"Appendix","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1856.0,"score_ratio":5.0}
{"post_id":"w40c7r","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.75,"history":"My research was published but I do not know what my authorship level is. How do I find out?  I recently published my undergraduate research work in Information Theory at this conference called IEEE ISIT 2022. I looked up the published paper, and my name is at the first and then the other authors' names follow. Does this mean I am the first-author of the paper? Or what kind of author level do I call myself? How do I figure it out? It was a paper written primarily by me but my professor and two other students also helped.","c_root_id_A":"ih1ifv0","c_root_id_B":"ih2a6es","created_at_utc_A":1658406300,"created_at_utc_B":1658418017,"score_A":2,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Smart people in academia, ver 2.0 \u2026","human_ref_B":"If your name is first on the list than that generally means that you\u2019re first author. Congrats \ud83c\udf7e OP","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11717.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"nsjm5h","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.82,"history":"Careers in academia for PhDs who want to mentor students without research requirements I really enjoy helping younger grad students and undergrads polish their writing and projects and seeing them grow their confidence and abilities. I'm wondering if it's possible for me to do that in a career in academia outside of the conventional professorship.   I am just not cut out for the publish or perish research world - I like research but the pressure of having to consistently publish would wear me down quickly. I'm not in an education or writing program so I don't think I would qualify for specific writing coach\/admin positions. However, my degree is in a very interdisciplinary social science field and I think by the time I defend I will have a broad skillset. I am also in the middle of a policy fellowship and will likely have opportunities to work in policy afterwards, so I would have direct experience in my discipline when applying to positions.   I know there are SLACs that could be a good fit. I was wondering if there were other types of positions\/institutions that I could look into outside of them. Thank you!","c_root_id_A":"h0ow8jg","c_root_id_B":"h0nr8lx","created_at_utc_A":1622904782,"created_at_utc_B":1622874311,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Hello! I can relate to your post a lot and as someone who is just finishing their PhD in social science- what you speak about was similar to my goals for employment.   I have attended all R1 schools with heavy emphasis on publishing but felt that was not quite it for me- love research but not interested in publish or perish (as you said).  I just accepted a position at an R2 school as an assistant teaching professor- so not TT, but rank, and the contract was 80% teaching, 20% service, but I asked for my contract to include 10% research to not completely remove myself from participating in research with my peers.   I know people may say this position is not ideal, but it is for me. They said that if you have a PhD, you will be asked to teach grad classes and mentor grad students.  The service commitment includes a LOT of advising students.  I suggest looking in to these positions (non TT\/rank). With caution tho- because sometimes these positions are not renewable\u2026 I was luckily as this one is renewable each year.   The pay is also similar to TT- just the job security of a TT position may not be there. It appears to be secure at this institution, but maybe not everywhere.   Hope this helps! Best of luck to you in your career!","human_ref_B":"You could also look into offices on universities that advise for national scholarship like Gilman, Fulbright, Boren, Marshall, etc","labels":1,"seconds_difference":30471.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"zvr0di","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"How do journal editors know if a similar study is under review at another journal? In my field, it's common to publish secondary analysis of publicly available data sets. this also means that someone else might be out there doing the exact same analysis I'm doing, on the exact same data set. aside from browsing preprint servers, is there any way for a researcher or journal editor to know whether a submitted manuscript is very similar to something else that's currently submitted and under review?","c_root_id_A":"j1r5ux2","c_root_id_B":"j1qosy2","created_at_utc_A":1672082224,"created_at_utc_B":1672074894,"score_A":16,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"We don\u2019t. It\u2019s not that uncommon for similar papers to be published about the same time in different journals in hot areas.","human_ref_B":"Why would you need to know this, or why would it impact your publication?  The journal is asking if YOU are submitting it anywhere else or if YOU have this publication under review anywhere- not if some random group is publishing an analogous study.  That happens sometimes, but it doesn't reflect poorly on anyone. Is what it is (from my experience in STEM).","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7330.0,"score_ratio":1.4545454545}
{"post_id":"r4m4yp","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Is it a bad idea to get a PhD in philosophy? I\u2019ve been debating which graduate degree to get for years. I have an undergrad degree in French, and I\u2019ve bounced around in ideas, thinking about getting a grad degree in Linguistics, social work, French, TESOL, on and on. The main issue for me is passion vs financial security. The things that would give me the most job options are uninteresting to me, and the things that do interest me\u2026not a lot of career options. It\u2019s not that I need to make a lot of money, to be clear. It\u2019s the fear that I\u2019ll get the degree and not be able to support myself at a minimum and pay off my debt, if I can\u2019t find a job.   Philosophy seems like the worst fit for this! It\u2019s not a versatile degree! But it\u2019s the most interesting to me. I know I love language, and I think studying philosophy of language would be fascinating. My mind works very abstractly, I love the theoretical and abstract, and I love living an examined life. I think it might be the perfect fit.   When I think about what I would think about my life when I\u2019m nearing my end, I don\u2019t want to think, \u201cman, I paid off that debt fast. I really bought a lot of good stuff, too.\u201d I want to think, \u201cI tried to understand. I didn\u2019t go blindly through this life. I didn\u2019t focus just on the money. I really wanted to live an examined life, and I did.\u201d And I also want to feel like I excelled at something. And I think I would excel in academia, in this field.   Yet, money is a thing. Lol.   Any thoughts? Especially from people studying or working in philosophy?","c_root_id_A":"hmhl4iy","c_root_id_B":"hmhlu2x","created_at_utc_A":1638156808,"created_at_utc_B":1638157141,"score_A":4,"score_B":28,"human_ref_A":"Anthropology and\/or Qualitative Research options may be a good fit? You are unlikely to make a lot of money, but you may find fulfilling and stable career options especially in academic circles who need a good qual. person.","human_ref_B":"What are your goals, exactly? A tenure track job in academia? To have an interesting experience? To get a PhD?  If it's a TT job, you should be aware that the job market in philosophy is beyond terrible. Look at this data: https:\/\/philosopherscocoon.typepad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/where-the-tt-jobs-werent-in-2020-21.html  Granted, last year for hiring was an absolute garbage fire everywhere. But, say it doubles again over that data - there's still only ~10-15 jobs related to phil language every year.  If you're goal is to have an interesting experience and learn from interesting people, then go for it, especially if you are young, don't care where you live, and can live off ~$20k\/yr.  If you want a PhD for some other reason, think hard about what those reasons are. You may develop some transferable skills studying philosophy, but no one outside of academia will give a shit that you have a PhD. If you were strategic, you could incorporate some linguistics or NLP into your studies (but this doesn't sound like your jam).  Finally, grad school spots in philosophy are super competitive. Depending on how much philosophy you did as an undergrad, you may need to take some post-bacc classes or audit some grad seminars in order to put together a decent application and find profs to write letters for you.  My advice, fwiw, would be to look into a funded MA - you can see if academic philosophy is really for you, and put together a really solid PhD application.  source: I am a PhD student in philosophy","labels":0,"seconds_difference":333.0,"score_ratio":7.0}
{"post_id":"r4m4yp","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Is it a bad idea to get a PhD in philosophy? I\u2019ve been debating which graduate degree to get for years. I have an undergrad degree in French, and I\u2019ve bounced around in ideas, thinking about getting a grad degree in Linguistics, social work, French, TESOL, on and on. The main issue for me is passion vs financial security. The things that would give me the most job options are uninteresting to me, and the things that do interest me\u2026not a lot of career options. It\u2019s not that I need to make a lot of money, to be clear. It\u2019s the fear that I\u2019ll get the degree and not be able to support myself at a minimum and pay off my debt, if I can\u2019t find a job.   Philosophy seems like the worst fit for this! It\u2019s not a versatile degree! But it\u2019s the most interesting to me. I know I love language, and I think studying philosophy of language would be fascinating. My mind works very abstractly, I love the theoretical and abstract, and I love living an examined life. I think it might be the perfect fit.   When I think about what I would think about my life when I\u2019m nearing my end, I don\u2019t want to think, \u201cman, I paid off that debt fast. I really bought a lot of good stuff, too.\u201d I want to think, \u201cI tried to understand. I didn\u2019t go blindly through this life. I didn\u2019t focus just on the money. I really wanted to live an examined life, and I did.\u201d And I also want to feel like I excelled at something. And I think I would excel in academia, in this field.   Yet, money is a thing. Lol.   Any thoughts? Especially from people studying or working in philosophy?","c_root_id_A":"hmhl4iy","c_root_id_B":"hmihh2y","created_at_utc_A":1638156808,"created_at_utc_B":1638177595,"score_A":4,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Anthropology and\/or Qualitative Research options may be a good fit? You are unlikely to make a lot of money, but you may find fulfilling and stable career options especially in academic circles who need a good qual. person.","human_ref_B":"Please, don\u2019t. It is not worth it. Also: passions tend to turn into chores if your livelihood depends on it. Academia is pretty toxic and extremely precarious, too.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":20787.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"r4m4yp","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Is it a bad idea to get a PhD in philosophy? I\u2019ve been debating which graduate degree to get for years. I have an undergrad degree in French, and I\u2019ve bounced around in ideas, thinking about getting a grad degree in Linguistics, social work, French, TESOL, on and on. The main issue for me is passion vs financial security. The things that would give me the most job options are uninteresting to me, and the things that do interest me\u2026not a lot of career options. It\u2019s not that I need to make a lot of money, to be clear. It\u2019s the fear that I\u2019ll get the degree and not be able to support myself at a minimum and pay off my debt, if I can\u2019t find a job.   Philosophy seems like the worst fit for this! It\u2019s not a versatile degree! But it\u2019s the most interesting to me. I know I love language, and I think studying philosophy of language would be fascinating. My mind works very abstractly, I love the theoretical and abstract, and I love living an examined life. I think it might be the perfect fit.   When I think about what I would think about my life when I\u2019m nearing my end, I don\u2019t want to think, \u201cman, I paid off that debt fast. I really bought a lot of good stuff, too.\u201d I want to think, \u201cI tried to understand. I didn\u2019t go blindly through this life. I didn\u2019t focus just on the money. I really wanted to live an examined life, and I did.\u201d And I also want to feel like I excelled at something. And I think I would excel in academia, in this field.   Yet, money is a thing. Lol.   Any thoughts? Especially from people studying or working in philosophy?","c_root_id_A":"hmi33qm","c_root_id_B":"hmihh2y","created_at_utc_A":1638166492,"created_at_utc_B":1638177595,"score_A":3,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"As someone who left a philosophy PhD for another MA, I have mixed feelings. The entry and field (and jobs) can be super competitive, and coming from a phil background this ruined a bit of the fun and joy of learning. Teaching was super fun but hard to get used to. In my experience most peofessors were obstinate in their approach and world view, but some really embraced change. The market is awful to echo above--many colleagues stayed for 5-7 years and ended up working in administration and moving away from the field. It can be very fun, but you won't make much and it can be exhausting too. Not trying to scare you away because some of my fondest memories are there!","human_ref_B":"Please, don\u2019t. It is not worth it. Also: passions tend to turn into chores if your livelihood depends on it. Academia is pretty toxic and extremely precarious, too.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11103.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"r4m4yp","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Is it a bad idea to get a PhD in philosophy? I\u2019ve been debating which graduate degree to get for years. I have an undergrad degree in French, and I\u2019ve bounced around in ideas, thinking about getting a grad degree in Linguistics, social work, French, TESOL, on and on. The main issue for me is passion vs financial security. The things that would give me the most job options are uninteresting to me, and the things that do interest me\u2026not a lot of career options. It\u2019s not that I need to make a lot of money, to be clear. It\u2019s the fear that I\u2019ll get the degree and not be able to support myself at a minimum and pay off my debt, if I can\u2019t find a job.   Philosophy seems like the worst fit for this! It\u2019s not a versatile degree! But it\u2019s the most interesting to me. I know I love language, and I think studying philosophy of language would be fascinating. My mind works very abstractly, I love the theoretical and abstract, and I love living an examined life. I think it might be the perfect fit.   When I think about what I would think about my life when I\u2019m nearing my end, I don\u2019t want to think, \u201cman, I paid off that debt fast. I really bought a lot of good stuff, too.\u201d I want to think, \u201cI tried to understand. I didn\u2019t go blindly through this life. I didn\u2019t focus just on the money. I really wanted to live an examined life, and I did.\u201d And I also want to feel like I excelled at something. And I think I would excel in academia, in this field.   Yet, money is a thing. Lol.   Any thoughts? Especially from people studying or working in philosophy?","c_root_id_A":"hmkph95","c_root_id_B":"hmhl4iy","created_at_utc_A":1638218151,"created_at_utc_B":1638156808,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"In 2004, I was dissuaded from starting a doctorate in philosophy because the market was absolutely hopeless.  It has become *substantially* worse since then. Don't so this unless you honestly can't imagine yourself doing *anything* else with your life.","human_ref_B":"Anthropology and\/or Qualitative Research options may be a good fit? You are unlikely to make a lot of money, but you may find fulfilling and stable career options especially in academic circles who need a good qual. person.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":61343.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"r4m4yp","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Is it a bad idea to get a PhD in philosophy? I\u2019ve been debating which graduate degree to get for years. I have an undergrad degree in French, and I\u2019ve bounced around in ideas, thinking about getting a grad degree in Linguistics, social work, French, TESOL, on and on. The main issue for me is passion vs financial security. The things that would give me the most job options are uninteresting to me, and the things that do interest me\u2026not a lot of career options. It\u2019s not that I need to make a lot of money, to be clear. It\u2019s the fear that I\u2019ll get the degree and not be able to support myself at a minimum and pay off my debt, if I can\u2019t find a job.   Philosophy seems like the worst fit for this! It\u2019s not a versatile degree! But it\u2019s the most interesting to me. I know I love language, and I think studying philosophy of language would be fascinating. My mind works very abstractly, I love the theoretical and abstract, and I love living an examined life. I think it might be the perfect fit.   When I think about what I would think about my life when I\u2019m nearing my end, I don\u2019t want to think, \u201cman, I paid off that debt fast. I really bought a lot of good stuff, too.\u201d I want to think, \u201cI tried to understand. I didn\u2019t go blindly through this life. I didn\u2019t focus just on the money. I really wanted to live an examined life, and I did.\u201d And I also want to feel like I excelled at something. And I think I would excel in academia, in this field.   Yet, money is a thing. Lol.   Any thoughts? Especially from people studying or working in philosophy?","c_root_id_A":"hmkph95","c_root_id_B":"hmi33qm","created_at_utc_A":1638218151,"created_at_utc_B":1638166492,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"In 2004, I was dissuaded from starting a doctorate in philosophy because the market was absolutely hopeless.  It has become *substantially* worse since then. Don't so this unless you honestly can't imagine yourself doing *anything* else with your life.","human_ref_B":"As someone who left a philosophy PhD for another MA, I have mixed feelings. The entry and field (and jobs) can be super competitive, and coming from a phil background this ruined a bit of the fun and joy of learning. Teaching was super fun but hard to get used to. In my experience most peofessors were obstinate in their approach and world view, but some really embraced change. The market is awful to echo above--many colleagues stayed for 5-7 years and ended up working in administration and moving away from the field. It can be very fun, but you won't make much and it can be exhausting too. Not trying to scare you away because some of my fondest memories are there!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":51659.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"9um4wx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Dealing with students' unrealistic expectations about their grades and education in general (in US) I am a PhD student at a decent school in US, I am also a long time teaching assistant (my fifth year) and for all these years, the class that I was a TA for has been about the same subject, which is also my research topic. My interactions with students are my weekly office hours and grading their exams and assignments. This is where the problem begins: After every homework or exam that I grade, many students come challenging their grades by saying a variation of (i) \"My answer is same as the solution manual but I didn't get full credit.\", (ii) \"My solution is correct and solution manual is wrong.\" or (iii) \"My solution is same as my friend's but my grade is lower.\"  Aside Info: Even if the subject (taught at this level) is not really mathematical -other than being able to do primary school operations on numbers and comparing them with each other-, I guess it requires some sort of mathematical maturity to avoid fallacies. So answers to each question requires a \"proof,\" even though it is usually a one-liner but the students often lack the background to do it, which is somewhat surprising since most of them are seniors with some juniors at a good university.  I don't know the institutional reasons for the lack of background of the students and I understand that it may not be their fault that they were allowed to take this class without the proper background. However, I cannot possibly teach them proof techniques or basic logic either. I mean, they don't even need to write technical proofs, I just need a decently complete arguments about why some simple statement is true or false. To make this easier for them, I always write very clear solutions to each question after they submit their work, explain it step by step and show\/argue that if you omit even one step, the answer would be incomplete.  Here is an example that illustrates the type of answers I get very often: \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd.\" (The actual subject concerns much simpler problems but this shows the type of fallacies I deal with on a daily basis.) Then, they argue that they deserve full credit, since they rightfully argued that \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd\".  I explain that their end result might be correct but their method is not; that this class is all about teaching the methods, and finally that the question explicitly requires an explanation which should be correct for the answer to be considered correct, hence they don't deserve full credit for it. (I feel embarrassed that I need to say things like this since it feels like an insult to their intelligence; if the question is not a multiple choice or \"Fill in the black\", these should be fairly obvious. Yet, I dealt with this for years now.) Then, they complain to the professor about this. I talk to the professor about it and we have a good laugh. (I don't remember any instance where a professor sided with the students about this issue and the professors are some of the top people in this field in the world so at this point I am fairly confident about my grading system.) This process repeats itself every week, every year.  I am sorry, I haven't had chance to rant about this in a while so I got a little carried away while trying to give some background. So, is there a systematic solution to my problem? What are your suggestions? I think I will suggest to the professor that we upload a practice problem set with the detailed solutions next term before the deadline for the first homework to set their expectations about our expectations but I don't know if this will work. So, I am open to any suggestion (that a reasonable professor would accept) at this point.","c_root_id_A":"e95nlc0","c_root_id_B":"e95knyb","created_at_utc_A":1541510555,"created_at_utc_B":1541506810,"score_A":14,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"It's because of the type of education we have in the US before a student goes to college, where they are taught to memorize facts and get the right answer.  I remember in HS being told by my math teachers to skip steps and not show work because that's how it is in college or to immediately plug in values for variables even if the arithmetic gets to be a pain.  Then I got to college and every professor pointed out that is how NOT to do it.  As far as helping the students, I always suggest Shaum's Outlines for courses where applicable (got me through PhD level Quantum Mechanics)  You also have the issue of dealing with \"smart\" students.  When you are used to being \"smart\" you don't have to develop other skills because you've been running on pure talent.  It's why being \"smart\" isn't enough and plenty of \"smart\" people aren't successful.","human_ref_B":"This sounds like econ, the worst subject to TA after math.  I am continually shocked and appalled at how commonplace it is for US students to ask for extra credit, regrading, or otherwise pressure the professor to change their grade. I didn't do this in undergrad so I was also surprised by how prevalent it actually is. I suspect one systemic reason is how ingrained grade-grubbing is in US student culture, so you'll get some base number of these people no matter what you do.  Some strategies that help is reiterating what you said here in class (i.e. don't tell only people who individually come to your office that they need to show their work - announce it in class). If they're still not getting it, go through a recent problem set and point out what you need to see and what people aren't doing. If you present basic logic as a basic expectation, that'll shame some people into being decent. Remember that your materials are never as clear as you think they are, so it's usually a good idea to go through them.  Another option is to give students leeway so they don't feel pressured to turn in all perfect work. A common thing to do is have n-k problem sets apply to their grade, so students have k problem sets to screw up\/not do\/exercise their free will with. ime this also raises morale.   But also, if you see such a glaring deficiency with the whole class, why not go through basic logic with them? Like, why not do a 10 minute presentation on why 3 being prime doesn't prove that all prime numbers after 3 are odd? Educating them isn't an insult to their intelligence. Each class is a living organism and sometimes you have to adjust upwards or downwards. Rigidity does you no good.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3745.0,"score_ratio":2.8}
{"post_id":"9um4wx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Dealing with students' unrealistic expectations about their grades and education in general (in US) I am a PhD student at a decent school in US, I am also a long time teaching assistant (my fifth year) and for all these years, the class that I was a TA for has been about the same subject, which is also my research topic. My interactions with students are my weekly office hours and grading their exams and assignments. This is where the problem begins: After every homework or exam that I grade, many students come challenging their grades by saying a variation of (i) \"My answer is same as the solution manual but I didn't get full credit.\", (ii) \"My solution is correct and solution manual is wrong.\" or (iii) \"My solution is same as my friend's but my grade is lower.\"  Aside Info: Even if the subject (taught at this level) is not really mathematical -other than being able to do primary school operations on numbers and comparing them with each other-, I guess it requires some sort of mathematical maturity to avoid fallacies. So answers to each question requires a \"proof,\" even though it is usually a one-liner but the students often lack the background to do it, which is somewhat surprising since most of them are seniors with some juniors at a good university.  I don't know the institutional reasons for the lack of background of the students and I understand that it may not be their fault that they were allowed to take this class without the proper background. However, I cannot possibly teach them proof techniques or basic logic either. I mean, they don't even need to write technical proofs, I just need a decently complete arguments about why some simple statement is true or false. To make this easier for them, I always write very clear solutions to each question after they submit their work, explain it step by step and show\/argue that if you omit even one step, the answer would be incomplete.  Here is an example that illustrates the type of answers I get very often: \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd.\" (The actual subject concerns much simpler problems but this shows the type of fallacies I deal with on a daily basis.) Then, they argue that they deserve full credit, since they rightfully argued that \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd\".  I explain that their end result might be correct but their method is not; that this class is all about teaching the methods, and finally that the question explicitly requires an explanation which should be correct for the answer to be considered correct, hence they don't deserve full credit for it. (I feel embarrassed that I need to say things like this since it feels like an insult to their intelligence; if the question is not a multiple choice or \"Fill in the black\", these should be fairly obvious. Yet, I dealt with this for years now.) Then, they complain to the professor about this. I talk to the professor about it and we have a good laugh. (I don't remember any instance where a professor sided with the students about this issue and the professors are some of the top people in this field in the world so at this point I am fairly confident about my grading system.) This process repeats itself every week, every year.  I am sorry, I haven't had chance to rant about this in a while so I got a little carried away while trying to give some background. So, is there a systematic solution to my problem? What are your suggestions? I think I will suggest to the professor that we upload a practice problem set with the detailed solutions next term before the deadline for the first homework to set their expectations about our expectations but I don't know if this will work. So, I am open to any suggestion (that a reasonable professor would accept) at this point.","c_root_id_A":"e95fc3l","c_root_id_B":"e95nlc0","created_at_utc_A":1541496614,"created_at_utc_B":1541510555,"score_A":4,"score_B":14,"human_ref_A":"It's tough. I've had the exact same experience. If you're putting in the effort to write clear, extensive solutions, it's on them. As you say, you can't spend the time to teach them all basic logic.  There are two main things you can do here:   First, continue to present a united front with the professors. When it's clear to students that they won't get a sympathetic audience for their whining, they are less likely to do so. Don't indulge them any more than is strictly necessary. The sooner the understand it's not a negotiation the better, because the more time you spend taking to them about it the more opportunities they see to try to get points out of you. If you can get the professor to do the same, then all the better.  The second thing is to post a supplement to each solution after grading going over common mistakes and why they're wrong. Then simply direct students to that and refuse to listen to them until they do. If they continue after reading it, then tell them all students were held to that standard and they will not get an exception. It doesn't completely get rid of all of the arguments, but it removes any need for you to really go through things point by point each time, so it saves some mental energy. Though be absolutely sure that a good number of students made the mistake so as to avoid the appearance of personally targeting students. I have taken to doing this automatically when a significant portion of a class makes the same mistake.","human_ref_B":"It's because of the type of education we have in the US before a student goes to college, where they are taught to memorize facts and get the right answer.  I remember in HS being told by my math teachers to skip steps and not show work because that's how it is in college or to immediately plug in values for variables even if the arithmetic gets to be a pain.  Then I got to college and every professor pointed out that is how NOT to do it.  As far as helping the students, I always suggest Shaum's Outlines for courses where applicable (got me through PhD level Quantum Mechanics)  You also have the issue of dealing with \"smart\" students.  When you are used to being \"smart\" you don't have to develop other skills because you've been running on pure talent.  It's why being \"smart\" isn't enough and plenty of \"smart\" people aren't successful.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":13941.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"9um4wx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Dealing with students' unrealistic expectations about their grades and education in general (in US) I am a PhD student at a decent school in US, I am also a long time teaching assistant (my fifth year) and for all these years, the class that I was a TA for has been about the same subject, which is also my research topic. My interactions with students are my weekly office hours and grading their exams and assignments. This is where the problem begins: After every homework or exam that I grade, many students come challenging their grades by saying a variation of (i) \"My answer is same as the solution manual but I didn't get full credit.\", (ii) \"My solution is correct and solution manual is wrong.\" or (iii) \"My solution is same as my friend's but my grade is lower.\"  Aside Info: Even if the subject (taught at this level) is not really mathematical -other than being able to do primary school operations on numbers and comparing them with each other-, I guess it requires some sort of mathematical maturity to avoid fallacies. So answers to each question requires a \"proof,\" even though it is usually a one-liner but the students often lack the background to do it, which is somewhat surprising since most of them are seniors with some juniors at a good university.  I don't know the institutional reasons for the lack of background of the students and I understand that it may not be their fault that they were allowed to take this class without the proper background. However, I cannot possibly teach them proof techniques or basic logic either. I mean, they don't even need to write technical proofs, I just need a decently complete arguments about why some simple statement is true or false. To make this easier for them, I always write very clear solutions to each question after they submit their work, explain it step by step and show\/argue that if you omit even one step, the answer would be incomplete.  Here is an example that illustrates the type of answers I get very often: \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd.\" (The actual subject concerns much simpler problems but this shows the type of fallacies I deal with on a daily basis.) Then, they argue that they deserve full credit, since they rightfully argued that \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd\".  I explain that their end result might be correct but their method is not; that this class is all about teaching the methods, and finally that the question explicitly requires an explanation which should be correct for the answer to be considered correct, hence they don't deserve full credit for it. (I feel embarrassed that I need to say things like this since it feels like an insult to their intelligence; if the question is not a multiple choice or \"Fill in the black\", these should be fairly obvious. Yet, I dealt with this for years now.) Then, they complain to the professor about this. I talk to the professor about it and we have a good laugh. (I don't remember any instance where a professor sided with the students about this issue and the professors are some of the top people in this field in the world so at this point I am fairly confident about my grading system.) This process repeats itself every week, every year.  I am sorry, I haven't had chance to rant about this in a while so I got a little carried away while trying to give some background. So, is there a systematic solution to my problem? What are your suggestions? I think I will suggest to the professor that we upload a practice problem set with the detailed solutions next term before the deadline for the first homework to set their expectations about our expectations but I don't know if this will work. So, I am open to any suggestion (that a reasonable professor would accept) at this point.","c_root_id_A":"e95knyb","c_root_id_B":"e95og3n","created_at_utc_A":1541506810,"created_at_utc_B":1541511516,"score_A":5,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"This sounds like econ, the worst subject to TA after math.  I am continually shocked and appalled at how commonplace it is for US students to ask for extra credit, regrading, or otherwise pressure the professor to change their grade. I didn't do this in undergrad so I was also surprised by how prevalent it actually is. I suspect one systemic reason is how ingrained grade-grubbing is in US student culture, so you'll get some base number of these people no matter what you do.  Some strategies that help is reiterating what you said here in class (i.e. don't tell only people who individually come to your office that they need to show their work - announce it in class). If they're still not getting it, go through a recent problem set and point out what you need to see and what people aren't doing. If you present basic logic as a basic expectation, that'll shame some people into being decent. Remember that your materials are never as clear as you think they are, so it's usually a good idea to go through them.  Another option is to give students leeway so they don't feel pressured to turn in all perfect work. A common thing to do is have n-k problem sets apply to their grade, so students have k problem sets to screw up\/not do\/exercise their free will with. ime this also raises morale.   But also, if you see such a glaring deficiency with the whole class, why not go through basic logic with them? Like, why not do a 10 minute presentation on why 3 being prime doesn't prove that all prime numbers after 3 are odd? Educating them isn't an insult to their intelligence. Each class is a living organism and sometimes you have to adjust upwards or downwards. Rigidity does you no good.","human_ref_B":"I'm not an authority but I did undergrad TA\/tutoring. I think the problem here might be less that students expect a free ride, and more that students often scrape through intro courses without really understanding the logical underpinnings of proofs and then hit later classes without sufficient mathematical maturity. I know it seems condescending to point out that their arguments don't follow, but IME it was common to see even motivated upper-year students focus on duplicating examples while failing to grasp the underlying logic, and create \"proofs\" with non sequiturs, circular reasoning, and quantifier misuse. They understand fallacies when they're put in a plain-English argument, but not in a symbolic argument.    Definitely not your job to do remedial logic\/proof education, but I found it was helpful to clearly indicate the breakdown in reasoning -- red-circle the exact failures of logic -- and have an online intro-to-proofs primer you can direct students to. For a lot of them, they just haven't spent enough dedicated time thinking about symbolic logic, and improvements come quickly.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4706.0,"score_ratio":2.2}
{"post_id":"9um4wx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Dealing with students' unrealistic expectations about their grades and education in general (in US) I am a PhD student at a decent school in US, I am also a long time teaching assistant (my fifth year) and for all these years, the class that I was a TA for has been about the same subject, which is also my research topic. My interactions with students are my weekly office hours and grading their exams and assignments. This is where the problem begins: After every homework or exam that I grade, many students come challenging their grades by saying a variation of (i) \"My answer is same as the solution manual but I didn't get full credit.\", (ii) \"My solution is correct and solution manual is wrong.\" or (iii) \"My solution is same as my friend's but my grade is lower.\"  Aside Info: Even if the subject (taught at this level) is not really mathematical -other than being able to do primary school operations on numbers and comparing them with each other-, I guess it requires some sort of mathematical maturity to avoid fallacies. So answers to each question requires a \"proof,\" even though it is usually a one-liner but the students often lack the background to do it, which is somewhat surprising since most of them are seniors with some juniors at a good university.  I don't know the institutional reasons for the lack of background of the students and I understand that it may not be their fault that they were allowed to take this class without the proper background. However, I cannot possibly teach them proof techniques or basic logic either. I mean, they don't even need to write technical proofs, I just need a decently complete arguments about why some simple statement is true or false. To make this easier for them, I always write very clear solutions to each question after they submit their work, explain it step by step and show\/argue that if you omit even one step, the answer would be incomplete.  Here is an example that illustrates the type of answers I get very often: \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd.\" (The actual subject concerns much simpler problems but this shows the type of fallacies I deal with on a daily basis.) Then, they argue that they deserve full credit, since they rightfully argued that \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd\".  I explain that their end result might be correct but their method is not; that this class is all about teaching the methods, and finally that the question explicitly requires an explanation which should be correct for the answer to be considered correct, hence they don't deserve full credit for it. (I feel embarrassed that I need to say things like this since it feels like an insult to their intelligence; if the question is not a multiple choice or \"Fill in the black\", these should be fairly obvious. Yet, I dealt with this for years now.) Then, they complain to the professor about this. I talk to the professor about it and we have a good laugh. (I don't remember any instance where a professor sided with the students about this issue and the professors are some of the top people in this field in the world so at this point I am fairly confident about my grading system.) This process repeats itself every week, every year.  I am sorry, I haven't had chance to rant about this in a while so I got a little carried away while trying to give some background. So, is there a systematic solution to my problem? What are your suggestions? I think I will suggest to the professor that we upload a practice problem set with the detailed solutions next term before the deadline for the first homework to set their expectations about our expectations but I don't know if this will work. So, I am open to any suggestion (that a reasonable professor would accept) at this point.","c_root_id_A":"e95fc3l","c_root_id_B":"e95og3n","created_at_utc_A":1541496614,"created_at_utc_B":1541511516,"score_A":4,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"It's tough. I've had the exact same experience. If you're putting in the effort to write clear, extensive solutions, it's on them. As you say, you can't spend the time to teach them all basic logic.  There are two main things you can do here:   First, continue to present a united front with the professors. When it's clear to students that they won't get a sympathetic audience for their whining, they are less likely to do so. Don't indulge them any more than is strictly necessary. The sooner the understand it's not a negotiation the better, because the more time you spend taking to them about it the more opportunities they see to try to get points out of you. If you can get the professor to do the same, then all the better.  The second thing is to post a supplement to each solution after grading going over common mistakes and why they're wrong. Then simply direct students to that and refuse to listen to them until they do. If they continue after reading it, then tell them all students were held to that standard and they will not get an exception. It doesn't completely get rid of all of the arguments, but it removes any need for you to really go through things point by point each time, so it saves some mental energy. Though be absolutely sure that a good number of students made the mistake so as to avoid the appearance of personally targeting students. I have taken to doing this automatically when a significant portion of a class makes the same mistake.","human_ref_B":"I'm not an authority but I did undergrad TA\/tutoring. I think the problem here might be less that students expect a free ride, and more that students often scrape through intro courses without really understanding the logical underpinnings of proofs and then hit later classes without sufficient mathematical maturity. I know it seems condescending to point out that their arguments don't follow, but IME it was common to see even motivated upper-year students focus on duplicating examples while failing to grasp the underlying logic, and create \"proofs\" with non sequiturs, circular reasoning, and quantifier misuse. They understand fallacies when they're put in a plain-English argument, but not in a symbolic argument.    Definitely not your job to do remedial logic\/proof education, but I found it was helpful to clearly indicate the breakdown in reasoning -- red-circle the exact failures of logic -- and have an online intro-to-proofs primer you can direct students to. For a lot of them, they just haven't spent enough dedicated time thinking about symbolic logic, and improvements come quickly.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14902.0,"score_ratio":2.75}
{"post_id":"9um4wx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Dealing with students' unrealistic expectations about their grades and education in general (in US) I am a PhD student at a decent school in US, I am also a long time teaching assistant (my fifth year) and for all these years, the class that I was a TA for has been about the same subject, which is also my research topic. My interactions with students are my weekly office hours and grading their exams and assignments. This is where the problem begins: After every homework or exam that I grade, many students come challenging their grades by saying a variation of (i) \"My answer is same as the solution manual but I didn't get full credit.\", (ii) \"My solution is correct and solution manual is wrong.\" or (iii) \"My solution is same as my friend's but my grade is lower.\"  Aside Info: Even if the subject (taught at this level) is not really mathematical -other than being able to do primary school operations on numbers and comparing them with each other-, I guess it requires some sort of mathematical maturity to avoid fallacies. So answers to each question requires a \"proof,\" even though it is usually a one-liner but the students often lack the background to do it, which is somewhat surprising since most of them are seniors with some juniors at a good university.  I don't know the institutional reasons for the lack of background of the students and I understand that it may not be their fault that they were allowed to take this class without the proper background. However, I cannot possibly teach them proof techniques or basic logic either. I mean, they don't even need to write technical proofs, I just need a decently complete arguments about why some simple statement is true or false. To make this easier for them, I always write very clear solutions to each question after they submit their work, explain it step by step and show\/argue that if you omit even one step, the answer would be incomplete.  Here is an example that illustrates the type of answers I get very often: \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd.\" (The actual subject concerns much simpler problems but this shows the type of fallacies I deal with on a daily basis.) Then, they argue that they deserve full credit, since they rightfully argued that \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd\".  I explain that their end result might be correct but their method is not; that this class is all about teaching the methods, and finally that the question explicitly requires an explanation which should be correct for the answer to be considered correct, hence they don't deserve full credit for it. (I feel embarrassed that I need to say things like this since it feels like an insult to their intelligence; if the question is not a multiple choice or \"Fill in the black\", these should be fairly obvious. Yet, I dealt with this for years now.) Then, they complain to the professor about this. I talk to the professor about it and we have a good laugh. (I don't remember any instance where a professor sided with the students about this issue and the professors are some of the top people in this field in the world so at this point I am fairly confident about my grading system.) This process repeats itself every week, every year.  I am sorry, I haven't had chance to rant about this in a while so I got a little carried away while trying to give some background. So, is there a systematic solution to my problem? What are your suggestions? I think I will suggest to the professor that we upload a practice problem set with the detailed solutions next term before the deadline for the first homework to set their expectations about our expectations but I don't know if this will work. So, I am open to any suggestion (that a reasonable professor would accept) at this point.","c_root_id_A":"e95oezd","c_root_id_B":"e95og3n","created_at_utc_A":1541511483,"created_at_utc_B":1541511516,"score_A":2,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"Have you thought about doing a couple of screen recordings of you solving 1 or two of these exactly as you would like the students to complete them in the homework? Add the URL to the homework directions. Guided practice has been shown to improve students' APPLICATION (not just recall) of course concepts. I think students are becoming more and more whiney AND entitled but I would not expect them to do something they weren't explicitly instructed to do. With a screen capture, you can do it once and refer everyone to the same source. Maybe it will cut down on repetition a little for you.","human_ref_B":"I'm not an authority but I did undergrad TA\/tutoring. I think the problem here might be less that students expect a free ride, and more that students often scrape through intro courses without really understanding the logical underpinnings of proofs and then hit later classes without sufficient mathematical maturity. I know it seems condescending to point out that their arguments don't follow, but IME it was common to see even motivated upper-year students focus on duplicating examples while failing to grasp the underlying logic, and create \"proofs\" with non sequiturs, circular reasoning, and quantifier misuse. They understand fallacies when they're put in a plain-English argument, but not in a symbolic argument.    Definitely not your job to do remedial logic\/proof education, but I found it was helpful to clearly indicate the breakdown in reasoning -- red-circle the exact failures of logic -- and have an online intro-to-proofs primer you can direct students to. For a lot of them, they just haven't spent enough dedicated time thinking about symbolic logic, and improvements come quickly.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":33.0,"score_ratio":5.5}
{"post_id":"9um4wx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Dealing with students' unrealistic expectations about their grades and education in general (in US) I am a PhD student at a decent school in US, I am also a long time teaching assistant (my fifth year) and for all these years, the class that I was a TA for has been about the same subject, which is also my research topic. My interactions with students are my weekly office hours and grading their exams and assignments. This is where the problem begins: After every homework or exam that I grade, many students come challenging their grades by saying a variation of (i) \"My answer is same as the solution manual but I didn't get full credit.\", (ii) \"My solution is correct and solution manual is wrong.\" or (iii) \"My solution is same as my friend's but my grade is lower.\"  Aside Info: Even if the subject (taught at this level) is not really mathematical -other than being able to do primary school operations on numbers and comparing them with each other-, I guess it requires some sort of mathematical maturity to avoid fallacies. So answers to each question requires a \"proof,\" even though it is usually a one-liner but the students often lack the background to do it, which is somewhat surprising since most of them are seniors with some juniors at a good university.  I don't know the institutional reasons for the lack of background of the students and I understand that it may not be their fault that they were allowed to take this class without the proper background. However, I cannot possibly teach them proof techniques or basic logic either. I mean, they don't even need to write technical proofs, I just need a decently complete arguments about why some simple statement is true or false. To make this easier for them, I always write very clear solutions to each question after they submit their work, explain it step by step and show\/argue that if you omit even one step, the answer would be incomplete.  Here is an example that illustrates the type of answers I get very often: \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd.\" (The actual subject concerns much simpler problems but this shows the type of fallacies I deal with on a daily basis.) Then, they argue that they deserve full credit, since they rightfully argued that \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd\".  I explain that their end result might be correct but their method is not; that this class is all about teaching the methods, and finally that the question explicitly requires an explanation which should be correct for the answer to be considered correct, hence they don't deserve full credit for it. (I feel embarrassed that I need to say things like this since it feels like an insult to their intelligence; if the question is not a multiple choice or \"Fill in the black\", these should be fairly obvious. Yet, I dealt with this for years now.) Then, they complain to the professor about this. I talk to the professor about it and we have a good laugh. (I don't remember any instance where a professor sided with the students about this issue and the professors are some of the top people in this field in the world so at this point I am fairly confident about my grading system.) This process repeats itself every week, every year.  I am sorry, I haven't had chance to rant about this in a while so I got a little carried away while trying to give some background. So, is there a systematic solution to my problem? What are your suggestions? I think I will suggest to the professor that we upload a practice problem set with the detailed solutions next term before the deadline for the first homework to set their expectations about our expectations but I don't know if this will work. So, I am open to any suggestion (that a reasonable professor would accept) at this point.","c_root_id_A":"e95ptvd","c_root_id_B":"e95knyb","created_at_utc_A":1541512928,"created_at_utc_B":1541506810,"score_A":8,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"They're probably thinking there's no downside to arguing about their grades, and some kids love to do that, so one thing you could do is promise to lower their grade if they complain about something that they're wrong about.  In other words, provide a disincentive for frivolous complaints.  Some kids will try to argue their grade almost no matter what, they've probably been doing it for years in all their classes.  This sort of thing happened to me in an intro to analysis class as an undergrad.  We had a friend who would write down the axioms, write down the theorem we were trying to prove, and then write down a bunch of nonsense in between.  When we called him on the nonsense he didn't understand what we were talking about, so we'd have to explicitly disprove his \"proof\" to show why it wasn't a proof.  He drove the TA nuts too.  I'm not sure how clearly you're explaining\/showing why the method is wrong, but you might want to be more explicit about it if you're just taking off points without explaining exactly why.  It might take you a bit more time, which is annoying.  For instance, in response to, \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd,\" you might write, \"One example doesn't imply a proof.  It doesn't make sense to say that every tennis player other than Novak Djokovic has the first name Roger since for example Roger Federer is named Roger.\"","human_ref_B":"This sounds like econ, the worst subject to TA after math.  I am continually shocked and appalled at how commonplace it is for US students to ask for extra credit, regrading, or otherwise pressure the professor to change their grade. I didn't do this in undergrad so I was also surprised by how prevalent it actually is. I suspect one systemic reason is how ingrained grade-grubbing is in US student culture, so you'll get some base number of these people no matter what you do.  Some strategies that help is reiterating what you said here in class (i.e. don't tell only people who individually come to your office that they need to show their work - announce it in class). If they're still not getting it, go through a recent problem set and point out what you need to see and what people aren't doing. If you present basic logic as a basic expectation, that'll shame some people into being decent. Remember that your materials are never as clear as you think they are, so it's usually a good idea to go through them.  Another option is to give students leeway so they don't feel pressured to turn in all perfect work. A common thing to do is have n-k problem sets apply to their grade, so students have k problem sets to screw up\/not do\/exercise their free will with. ime this also raises morale.   But also, if you see such a glaring deficiency with the whole class, why not go through basic logic with them? Like, why not do a 10 minute presentation on why 3 being prime doesn't prove that all prime numbers after 3 are odd? Educating them isn't an insult to their intelligence. Each class is a living organism and sometimes you have to adjust upwards or downwards. Rigidity does you no good.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6118.0,"score_ratio":1.6}
{"post_id":"9um4wx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Dealing with students' unrealistic expectations about their grades and education in general (in US) I am a PhD student at a decent school in US, I am also a long time teaching assistant (my fifth year) and for all these years, the class that I was a TA for has been about the same subject, which is also my research topic. My interactions with students are my weekly office hours and grading their exams and assignments. This is where the problem begins: After every homework or exam that I grade, many students come challenging their grades by saying a variation of (i) \"My answer is same as the solution manual but I didn't get full credit.\", (ii) \"My solution is correct and solution manual is wrong.\" or (iii) \"My solution is same as my friend's but my grade is lower.\"  Aside Info: Even if the subject (taught at this level) is not really mathematical -other than being able to do primary school operations on numbers and comparing them with each other-, I guess it requires some sort of mathematical maturity to avoid fallacies. So answers to each question requires a \"proof,\" even though it is usually a one-liner but the students often lack the background to do it, which is somewhat surprising since most of them are seniors with some juniors at a good university.  I don't know the institutional reasons for the lack of background of the students and I understand that it may not be their fault that they were allowed to take this class without the proper background. However, I cannot possibly teach them proof techniques or basic logic either. I mean, they don't even need to write technical proofs, I just need a decently complete arguments about why some simple statement is true or false. To make this easier for them, I always write very clear solutions to each question after they submit their work, explain it step by step and show\/argue that if you omit even one step, the answer would be incomplete.  Here is an example that illustrates the type of answers I get very often: \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd.\" (The actual subject concerns much simpler problems but this shows the type of fallacies I deal with on a daily basis.) Then, they argue that they deserve full credit, since they rightfully argued that \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd\".  I explain that their end result might be correct but their method is not; that this class is all about teaching the methods, and finally that the question explicitly requires an explanation which should be correct for the answer to be considered correct, hence they don't deserve full credit for it. (I feel embarrassed that I need to say things like this since it feels like an insult to their intelligence; if the question is not a multiple choice or \"Fill in the black\", these should be fairly obvious. Yet, I dealt with this for years now.) Then, they complain to the professor about this. I talk to the professor about it and we have a good laugh. (I don't remember any instance where a professor sided with the students about this issue and the professors are some of the top people in this field in the world so at this point I am fairly confident about my grading system.) This process repeats itself every week, every year.  I am sorry, I haven't had chance to rant about this in a while so I got a little carried away while trying to give some background. So, is there a systematic solution to my problem? What are your suggestions? I think I will suggest to the professor that we upload a practice problem set with the detailed solutions next term before the deadline for the first homework to set their expectations about our expectations but I don't know if this will work. So, I am open to any suggestion (that a reasonable professor would accept) at this point.","c_root_id_A":"e95fc3l","c_root_id_B":"e95ptvd","created_at_utc_A":1541496614,"created_at_utc_B":1541512928,"score_A":4,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"It's tough. I've had the exact same experience. If you're putting in the effort to write clear, extensive solutions, it's on them. As you say, you can't spend the time to teach them all basic logic.  There are two main things you can do here:   First, continue to present a united front with the professors. When it's clear to students that they won't get a sympathetic audience for their whining, they are less likely to do so. Don't indulge them any more than is strictly necessary. The sooner the understand it's not a negotiation the better, because the more time you spend taking to them about it the more opportunities they see to try to get points out of you. If you can get the professor to do the same, then all the better.  The second thing is to post a supplement to each solution after grading going over common mistakes and why they're wrong. Then simply direct students to that and refuse to listen to them until they do. If they continue after reading it, then tell them all students were held to that standard and they will not get an exception. It doesn't completely get rid of all of the arguments, but it removes any need for you to really go through things point by point each time, so it saves some mental energy. Though be absolutely sure that a good number of students made the mistake so as to avoid the appearance of personally targeting students. I have taken to doing this automatically when a significant portion of a class makes the same mistake.","human_ref_B":"They're probably thinking there's no downside to arguing about their grades, and some kids love to do that, so one thing you could do is promise to lower their grade if they complain about something that they're wrong about.  In other words, provide a disincentive for frivolous complaints.  Some kids will try to argue their grade almost no matter what, they've probably been doing it for years in all their classes.  This sort of thing happened to me in an intro to analysis class as an undergrad.  We had a friend who would write down the axioms, write down the theorem we were trying to prove, and then write down a bunch of nonsense in between.  When we called him on the nonsense he didn't understand what we were talking about, so we'd have to explicitly disprove his \"proof\" to show why it wasn't a proof.  He drove the TA nuts too.  I'm not sure how clearly you're explaining\/showing why the method is wrong, but you might want to be more explicit about it if you're just taking off points without explaining exactly why.  It might take you a bit more time, which is annoying.  For instance, in response to, \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd,\" you might write, \"One example doesn't imply a proof.  It doesn't make sense to say that every tennis player other than Novak Djokovic has the first name Roger since for example Roger Federer is named Roger.\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":16314.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"9um4wx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Dealing with students' unrealistic expectations about their grades and education in general (in US) I am a PhD student at a decent school in US, I am also a long time teaching assistant (my fifth year) and for all these years, the class that I was a TA for has been about the same subject, which is also my research topic. My interactions with students are my weekly office hours and grading their exams and assignments. This is where the problem begins: After every homework or exam that I grade, many students come challenging their grades by saying a variation of (i) \"My answer is same as the solution manual but I didn't get full credit.\", (ii) \"My solution is correct and solution manual is wrong.\" or (iii) \"My solution is same as my friend's but my grade is lower.\"  Aside Info: Even if the subject (taught at this level) is not really mathematical -other than being able to do primary school operations on numbers and comparing them with each other-, I guess it requires some sort of mathematical maturity to avoid fallacies. So answers to each question requires a \"proof,\" even though it is usually a one-liner but the students often lack the background to do it, which is somewhat surprising since most of them are seniors with some juniors at a good university.  I don't know the institutional reasons for the lack of background of the students and I understand that it may not be their fault that they were allowed to take this class without the proper background. However, I cannot possibly teach them proof techniques or basic logic either. I mean, they don't even need to write technical proofs, I just need a decently complete arguments about why some simple statement is true or false. To make this easier for them, I always write very clear solutions to each question after they submit their work, explain it step by step and show\/argue that if you omit even one step, the answer would be incomplete.  Here is an example that illustrates the type of answers I get very often: \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd.\" (The actual subject concerns much simpler problems but this shows the type of fallacies I deal with on a daily basis.) Then, they argue that they deserve full credit, since they rightfully argued that \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd\".  I explain that their end result might be correct but their method is not; that this class is all about teaching the methods, and finally that the question explicitly requires an explanation which should be correct for the answer to be considered correct, hence they don't deserve full credit for it. (I feel embarrassed that I need to say things like this since it feels like an insult to their intelligence; if the question is not a multiple choice or \"Fill in the black\", these should be fairly obvious. Yet, I dealt with this for years now.) Then, they complain to the professor about this. I talk to the professor about it and we have a good laugh. (I don't remember any instance where a professor sided with the students about this issue and the professors are some of the top people in this field in the world so at this point I am fairly confident about my grading system.) This process repeats itself every week, every year.  I am sorry, I haven't had chance to rant about this in a while so I got a little carried away while trying to give some background. So, is there a systematic solution to my problem? What are your suggestions? I think I will suggest to the professor that we upload a practice problem set with the detailed solutions next term before the deadline for the first homework to set their expectations about our expectations but I don't know if this will work. So, I am open to any suggestion (that a reasonable professor would accept) at this point.","c_root_id_A":"e95oezd","c_root_id_B":"e95ptvd","created_at_utc_A":1541511483,"created_at_utc_B":1541512928,"score_A":2,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Have you thought about doing a couple of screen recordings of you solving 1 or two of these exactly as you would like the students to complete them in the homework? Add the URL to the homework directions. Guided practice has been shown to improve students' APPLICATION (not just recall) of course concepts. I think students are becoming more and more whiney AND entitled but I would not expect them to do something they weren't explicitly instructed to do. With a screen capture, you can do it once and refer everyone to the same source. Maybe it will cut down on repetition a little for you.","human_ref_B":"They're probably thinking there's no downside to arguing about their grades, and some kids love to do that, so one thing you could do is promise to lower their grade if they complain about something that they're wrong about.  In other words, provide a disincentive for frivolous complaints.  Some kids will try to argue their grade almost no matter what, they've probably been doing it for years in all their classes.  This sort of thing happened to me in an intro to analysis class as an undergrad.  We had a friend who would write down the axioms, write down the theorem we were trying to prove, and then write down a bunch of nonsense in between.  When we called him on the nonsense he didn't understand what we were talking about, so we'd have to explicitly disprove his \"proof\" to show why it wasn't a proof.  He drove the TA nuts too.  I'm not sure how clearly you're explaining\/showing why the method is wrong, but you might want to be more explicit about it if you're just taking off points without explaining exactly why.  It might take you a bit more time, which is annoying.  For instance, in response to, \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd,\" you might write, \"One example doesn't imply a proof.  It doesn't make sense to say that every tennis player other than Novak Djokovic has the first name Roger since for example Roger Federer is named Roger.\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1445.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"9um4wx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Dealing with students' unrealistic expectations about their grades and education in general (in US) I am a PhD student at a decent school in US, I am also a long time teaching assistant (my fifth year) and for all these years, the class that I was a TA for has been about the same subject, which is also my research topic. My interactions with students are my weekly office hours and grading their exams and assignments. This is where the problem begins: After every homework or exam that I grade, many students come challenging their grades by saying a variation of (i) \"My answer is same as the solution manual but I didn't get full credit.\", (ii) \"My solution is correct and solution manual is wrong.\" or (iii) \"My solution is same as my friend's but my grade is lower.\"  Aside Info: Even if the subject (taught at this level) is not really mathematical -other than being able to do primary school operations on numbers and comparing them with each other-, I guess it requires some sort of mathematical maturity to avoid fallacies. So answers to each question requires a \"proof,\" even though it is usually a one-liner but the students often lack the background to do it, which is somewhat surprising since most of them are seniors with some juniors at a good university.  I don't know the institutional reasons for the lack of background of the students and I understand that it may not be their fault that they were allowed to take this class without the proper background. However, I cannot possibly teach them proof techniques or basic logic either. I mean, they don't even need to write technical proofs, I just need a decently complete arguments about why some simple statement is true or false. To make this easier for them, I always write very clear solutions to each question after they submit their work, explain it step by step and show\/argue that if you omit even one step, the answer would be incomplete.  Here is an example that illustrates the type of answers I get very often: \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd.\" (The actual subject concerns much simpler problems but this shows the type of fallacies I deal with on a daily basis.) Then, they argue that they deserve full credit, since they rightfully argued that \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd\".  I explain that their end result might be correct but their method is not; that this class is all about teaching the methods, and finally that the question explicitly requires an explanation which should be correct for the answer to be considered correct, hence they don't deserve full credit for it. (I feel embarrassed that I need to say things like this since it feels like an insult to their intelligence; if the question is not a multiple choice or \"Fill in the black\", these should be fairly obvious. Yet, I dealt with this for years now.) Then, they complain to the professor about this. I talk to the professor about it and we have a good laugh. (I don't remember any instance where a professor sided with the students about this issue and the professors are some of the top people in this field in the world so at this point I am fairly confident about my grading system.) This process repeats itself every week, every year.  I am sorry, I haven't had chance to rant about this in a while so I got a little carried away while trying to give some background. So, is there a systematic solution to my problem? What are your suggestions? I think I will suggest to the professor that we upload a practice problem set with the detailed solutions next term before the deadline for the first homework to set their expectations about our expectations but I don't know if this will work. So, I am open to any suggestion (that a reasonable professor would accept) at this point.","c_root_id_A":"e95fc3l","c_root_id_B":"e95knyb","created_at_utc_A":1541496614,"created_at_utc_B":1541506810,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"It's tough. I've had the exact same experience. If you're putting in the effort to write clear, extensive solutions, it's on them. As you say, you can't spend the time to teach them all basic logic.  There are two main things you can do here:   First, continue to present a united front with the professors. When it's clear to students that they won't get a sympathetic audience for their whining, they are less likely to do so. Don't indulge them any more than is strictly necessary. The sooner the understand it's not a negotiation the better, because the more time you spend taking to them about it the more opportunities they see to try to get points out of you. If you can get the professor to do the same, then all the better.  The second thing is to post a supplement to each solution after grading going over common mistakes and why they're wrong. Then simply direct students to that and refuse to listen to them until they do. If they continue after reading it, then tell them all students were held to that standard and they will not get an exception. It doesn't completely get rid of all of the arguments, but it removes any need for you to really go through things point by point each time, so it saves some mental energy. Though be absolutely sure that a good number of students made the mistake so as to avoid the appearance of personally targeting students. I have taken to doing this automatically when a significant portion of a class makes the same mistake.","human_ref_B":"This sounds like econ, the worst subject to TA after math.  I am continually shocked and appalled at how commonplace it is for US students to ask for extra credit, regrading, or otherwise pressure the professor to change their grade. I didn't do this in undergrad so I was also surprised by how prevalent it actually is. I suspect one systemic reason is how ingrained grade-grubbing is in US student culture, so you'll get some base number of these people no matter what you do.  Some strategies that help is reiterating what you said here in class (i.e. don't tell only people who individually come to your office that they need to show their work - announce it in class). If they're still not getting it, go through a recent problem set and point out what you need to see and what people aren't doing. If you present basic logic as a basic expectation, that'll shame some people into being decent. Remember that your materials are never as clear as you think they are, so it's usually a good idea to go through them.  Another option is to give students leeway so they don't feel pressured to turn in all perfect work. A common thing to do is have n-k problem sets apply to their grade, so students have k problem sets to screw up\/not do\/exercise their free will with. ime this also raises morale.   But also, if you see such a glaring deficiency with the whole class, why not go through basic logic with them? Like, why not do a 10 minute presentation on why 3 being prime doesn't prove that all prime numbers after 3 are odd? Educating them isn't an insult to their intelligence. Each class is a living organism and sometimes you have to adjust upwards or downwards. Rigidity does you no good.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10196.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"9um4wx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Dealing with students' unrealistic expectations about their grades and education in general (in US) I am a PhD student at a decent school in US, I am also a long time teaching assistant (my fifth year) and for all these years, the class that I was a TA for has been about the same subject, which is also my research topic. My interactions with students are my weekly office hours and grading their exams and assignments. This is where the problem begins: After every homework or exam that I grade, many students come challenging their grades by saying a variation of (i) \"My answer is same as the solution manual but I didn't get full credit.\", (ii) \"My solution is correct and solution manual is wrong.\" or (iii) \"My solution is same as my friend's but my grade is lower.\"  Aside Info: Even if the subject (taught at this level) is not really mathematical -other than being able to do primary school operations on numbers and comparing them with each other-, I guess it requires some sort of mathematical maturity to avoid fallacies. So answers to each question requires a \"proof,\" even though it is usually a one-liner but the students often lack the background to do it, which is somewhat surprising since most of them are seniors with some juniors at a good university.  I don't know the institutional reasons for the lack of background of the students and I understand that it may not be their fault that they were allowed to take this class without the proper background. However, I cannot possibly teach them proof techniques or basic logic either. I mean, they don't even need to write technical proofs, I just need a decently complete arguments about why some simple statement is true or false. To make this easier for them, I always write very clear solutions to each question after they submit their work, explain it step by step and show\/argue that if you omit even one step, the answer would be incomplete.  Here is an example that illustrates the type of answers I get very often: \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd.\" (The actual subject concerns much simpler problems but this shows the type of fallacies I deal with on a daily basis.) Then, they argue that they deserve full credit, since they rightfully argued that \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd\".  I explain that their end result might be correct but their method is not; that this class is all about teaching the methods, and finally that the question explicitly requires an explanation which should be correct for the answer to be considered correct, hence they don't deserve full credit for it. (I feel embarrassed that I need to say things like this since it feels like an insult to their intelligence; if the question is not a multiple choice or \"Fill in the black\", these should be fairly obvious. Yet, I dealt with this for years now.) Then, they complain to the professor about this. I talk to the professor about it and we have a good laugh. (I don't remember any instance where a professor sided with the students about this issue and the professors are some of the top people in this field in the world so at this point I am fairly confident about my grading system.) This process repeats itself every week, every year.  I am sorry, I haven't had chance to rant about this in a while so I got a little carried away while trying to give some background. So, is there a systematic solution to my problem? What are your suggestions? I think I will suggest to the professor that we upload a practice problem set with the detailed solutions next term before the deadline for the first homework to set their expectations about our expectations but I don't know if this will work. So, I am open to any suggestion (that a reasonable professor would accept) at this point.","c_root_id_A":"e95yvno","c_root_id_B":"e95fc3l","created_at_utc_A":1541520600,"created_at_utc_B":1541496614,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I've had similar experiences with students, where their answers violated basic logic. They have to learn this kind of logic, though, but if they don't have it in the first place, it's hard for them to see why their answers are wrong. And just telling  them the correct answer or giving them extremely detailed solutions won't help if they don't see why their answer does not solve the problem. They'll just go \"But my solution is simpler\".   I've found that you need to constantly challenge your students. I ask questions in class frequently and if a student gives an answer, I always ask \"Why?\", regardless of whether the answer was correct or not. Getting a correct answer is one thing, but you can usually make a 50\/50 guess and get lucky. The reasoning itself is the answer, and I try to guide them to proper reasoning in class. If their reasoning is wrong, I will show them why and how it is wrong. I hope this helps them develop the skills to distinguish good solutions from bad solutions.","human_ref_B":"It's tough. I've had the exact same experience. If you're putting in the effort to write clear, extensive solutions, it's on them. As you say, you can't spend the time to teach them all basic logic.  There are two main things you can do here:   First, continue to present a united front with the professors. When it's clear to students that they won't get a sympathetic audience for their whining, they are less likely to do so. Don't indulge them any more than is strictly necessary. The sooner the understand it's not a negotiation the better, because the more time you spend taking to them about it the more opportunities they see to try to get points out of you. If you can get the professor to do the same, then all the better.  The second thing is to post a supplement to each solution after grading going over common mistakes and why they're wrong. Then simply direct students to that and refuse to listen to them until they do. If they continue after reading it, then tell them all students were held to that standard and they will not get an exception. It doesn't completely get rid of all of the arguments, but it removes any need for you to really go through things point by point each time, so it saves some mental energy. Though be absolutely sure that a good number of students made the mistake so as to avoid the appearance of personally targeting students. I have taken to doing this automatically when a significant portion of a class makes the same mistake.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":23986.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"9um4wx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Dealing with students' unrealistic expectations about their grades and education in general (in US) I am a PhD student at a decent school in US, I am also a long time teaching assistant (my fifth year) and for all these years, the class that I was a TA for has been about the same subject, which is also my research topic. My interactions with students are my weekly office hours and grading their exams and assignments. This is where the problem begins: After every homework or exam that I grade, many students come challenging their grades by saying a variation of (i) \"My answer is same as the solution manual but I didn't get full credit.\", (ii) \"My solution is correct and solution manual is wrong.\" or (iii) \"My solution is same as my friend's but my grade is lower.\"  Aside Info: Even if the subject (taught at this level) is not really mathematical -other than being able to do primary school operations on numbers and comparing them with each other-, I guess it requires some sort of mathematical maturity to avoid fallacies. So answers to each question requires a \"proof,\" even though it is usually a one-liner but the students often lack the background to do it, which is somewhat surprising since most of them are seniors with some juniors at a good university.  I don't know the institutional reasons for the lack of background of the students and I understand that it may not be their fault that they were allowed to take this class without the proper background. However, I cannot possibly teach them proof techniques or basic logic either. I mean, they don't even need to write technical proofs, I just need a decently complete arguments about why some simple statement is true or false. To make this easier for them, I always write very clear solutions to each question after they submit their work, explain it step by step and show\/argue that if you omit even one step, the answer would be incomplete.  Here is an example that illustrates the type of answers I get very often: \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd.\" (The actual subject concerns much simpler problems but this shows the type of fallacies I deal with on a daily basis.) Then, they argue that they deserve full credit, since they rightfully argued that \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd\".  I explain that their end result might be correct but their method is not; that this class is all about teaching the methods, and finally that the question explicitly requires an explanation which should be correct for the answer to be considered correct, hence they don't deserve full credit for it. (I feel embarrassed that I need to say things like this since it feels like an insult to their intelligence; if the question is not a multiple choice or \"Fill in the black\", these should be fairly obvious. Yet, I dealt with this for years now.) Then, they complain to the professor about this. I talk to the professor about it and we have a good laugh. (I don't remember any instance where a professor sided with the students about this issue and the professors are some of the top people in this field in the world so at this point I am fairly confident about my grading system.) This process repeats itself every week, every year.  I am sorry, I haven't had chance to rant about this in a while so I got a little carried away while trying to give some background. So, is there a systematic solution to my problem? What are your suggestions? I think I will suggest to the professor that we upload a practice problem set with the detailed solutions next term before the deadline for the first homework to set their expectations about our expectations but I don't know if this will work. So, I am open to any suggestion (that a reasonable professor would accept) at this point.","c_root_id_A":"e95yvno","c_root_id_B":"e95oezd","created_at_utc_A":1541520600,"created_at_utc_B":1541511483,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I've had similar experiences with students, where their answers violated basic logic. They have to learn this kind of logic, though, but if they don't have it in the first place, it's hard for them to see why their answers are wrong. And just telling  them the correct answer or giving them extremely detailed solutions won't help if they don't see why their answer does not solve the problem. They'll just go \"But my solution is simpler\".   I've found that you need to constantly challenge your students. I ask questions in class frequently and if a student gives an answer, I always ask \"Why?\", regardless of whether the answer was correct or not. Getting a correct answer is one thing, but you can usually make a 50\/50 guess and get lucky. The reasoning itself is the answer, and I try to guide them to proper reasoning in class. If their reasoning is wrong, I will show them why and how it is wrong. I hope this helps them develop the skills to distinguish good solutions from bad solutions.","human_ref_B":"Have you thought about doing a couple of screen recordings of you solving 1 or two of these exactly as you would like the students to complete them in the homework? Add the URL to the homework directions. Guided practice has been shown to improve students' APPLICATION (not just recall) of course concepts. I think students are becoming more and more whiney AND entitled but I would not expect them to do something they weren't explicitly instructed to do. With a screen capture, you can do it once and refer everyone to the same source. Maybe it will cut down on repetition a little for you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9117.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"9um4wx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Dealing with students' unrealistic expectations about their grades and education in general (in US) I am a PhD student at a decent school in US, I am also a long time teaching assistant (my fifth year) and for all these years, the class that I was a TA for has been about the same subject, which is also my research topic. My interactions with students are my weekly office hours and grading their exams and assignments. This is where the problem begins: After every homework or exam that I grade, many students come challenging their grades by saying a variation of (i) \"My answer is same as the solution manual but I didn't get full credit.\", (ii) \"My solution is correct and solution manual is wrong.\" or (iii) \"My solution is same as my friend's but my grade is lower.\"  Aside Info: Even if the subject (taught at this level) is not really mathematical -other than being able to do primary school operations on numbers and comparing them with each other-, I guess it requires some sort of mathematical maturity to avoid fallacies. So answers to each question requires a \"proof,\" even though it is usually a one-liner but the students often lack the background to do it, which is somewhat surprising since most of them are seniors with some juniors at a good university.  I don't know the institutional reasons for the lack of background of the students and I understand that it may not be their fault that they were allowed to take this class without the proper background. However, I cannot possibly teach them proof techniques or basic logic either. I mean, they don't even need to write technical proofs, I just need a decently complete arguments about why some simple statement is true or false. To make this easier for them, I always write very clear solutions to each question after they submit their work, explain it step by step and show\/argue that if you omit even one step, the answer would be incomplete.  Here is an example that illustrates the type of answers I get very often: \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd.\" (The actual subject concerns much simpler problems but this shows the type of fallacies I deal with on a daily basis.) Then, they argue that they deserve full credit, since they rightfully argued that \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd\".  I explain that their end result might be correct but their method is not; that this class is all about teaching the methods, and finally that the question explicitly requires an explanation which should be correct for the answer to be considered correct, hence they don't deserve full credit for it. (I feel embarrassed that I need to say things like this since it feels like an insult to their intelligence; if the question is not a multiple choice or \"Fill in the black\", these should be fairly obvious. Yet, I dealt with this for years now.) Then, they complain to the professor about this. I talk to the professor about it and we have a good laugh. (I don't remember any instance where a professor sided with the students about this issue and the professors are some of the top people in this field in the world so at this point I am fairly confident about my grading system.) This process repeats itself every week, every year.  I am sorry, I haven't had chance to rant about this in a while so I got a little carried away while trying to give some background. So, is there a systematic solution to my problem? What are your suggestions? I think I will suggest to the professor that we upload a practice problem set with the detailed solutions next term before the deadline for the first homework to set their expectations about our expectations but I don't know if this will work. So, I am open to any suggestion (that a reasonable professor would accept) at this point.","c_root_id_A":"e95yvno","c_root_id_B":"e95tvwg","created_at_utc_A":1541520600,"created_at_utc_B":1541516580,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I've had similar experiences with students, where their answers violated basic logic. They have to learn this kind of logic, though, but if they don't have it in the first place, it's hard for them to see why their answers are wrong. And just telling  them the correct answer or giving them extremely detailed solutions won't help if they don't see why their answer does not solve the problem. They'll just go \"But my solution is simpler\".   I've found that you need to constantly challenge your students. I ask questions in class frequently and if a student gives an answer, I always ask \"Why?\", regardless of whether the answer was correct or not. Getting a correct answer is one thing, but you can usually make a 50\/50 guess and get lucky. The reasoning itself is the answer, and I try to guide them to proper reasoning in class. If their reasoning is wrong, I will show them why and how it is wrong. I hope this helps them develop the skills to distinguish good solutions from bad solutions.","human_ref_B":"IMO this is just part of the learning process for students; learning to follow directions and understand expectations. By junior year, the ones that were going to get it will have gotten it. Sucks for TAs, but a lot of people really just have to learn the hard way, no matter how often it's explained and demonstrated in class or printed on the exam sheets.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4020.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"9um4wx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Dealing with students' unrealistic expectations about their grades and education in general (in US) I am a PhD student at a decent school in US, I am also a long time teaching assistant (my fifth year) and for all these years, the class that I was a TA for has been about the same subject, which is also my research topic. My interactions with students are my weekly office hours and grading their exams and assignments. This is where the problem begins: After every homework or exam that I grade, many students come challenging their grades by saying a variation of (i) \"My answer is same as the solution manual but I didn't get full credit.\", (ii) \"My solution is correct and solution manual is wrong.\" or (iii) \"My solution is same as my friend's but my grade is lower.\"  Aside Info: Even if the subject (taught at this level) is not really mathematical -other than being able to do primary school operations on numbers and comparing them with each other-, I guess it requires some sort of mathematical maturity to avoid fallacies. So answers to each question requires a \"proof,\" even though it is usually a one-liner but the students often lack the background to do it, which is somewhat surprising since most of them are seniors with some juniors at a good university.  I don't know the institutional reasons for the lack of background of the students and I understand that it may not be their fault that they were allowed to take this class without the proper background. However, I cannot possibly teach them proof techniques or basic logic either. I mean, they don't even need to write technical proofs, I just need a decently complete arguments about why some simple statement is true or false. To make this easier for them, I always write very clear solutions to each question after they submit their work, explain it step by step and show\/argue that if you omit even one step, the answer would be incomplete.  Here is an example that illustrates the type of answers I get very often: \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd.\" (The actual subject concerns much simpler problems but this shows the type of fallacies I deal with on a daily basis.) Then, they argue that they deserve full credit, since they rightfully argued that \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd\".  I explain that their end result might be correct but their method is not; that this class is all about teaching the methods, and finally that the question explicitly requires an explanation which should be correct for the answer to be considered correct, hence they don't deserve full credit for it. (I feel embarrassed that I need to say things like this since it feels like an insult to their intelligence; if the question is not a multiple choice or \"Fill in the black\", these should be fairly obvious. Yet, I dealt with this for years now.) Then, they complain to the professor about this. I talk to the professor about it and we have a good laugh. (I don't remember any instance where a professor sided with the students about this issue and the professors are some of the top people in this field in the world so at this point I am fairly confident about my grading system.) This process repeats itself every week, every year.  I am sorry, I haven't had chance to rant about this in a while so I got a little carried away while trying to give some background. So, is there a systematic solution to my problem? What are your suggestions? I think I will suggest to the professor that we upload a practice problem set with the detailed solutions next term before the deadline for the first homework to set their expectations about our expectations but I don't know if this will work. So, I am open to any suggestion (that a reasonable professor would accept) at this point.","c_root_id_A":"e967nb6","c_root_id_B":"e95oezd","created_at_utc_A":1541527318,"created_at_utc_B":1541511483,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I am (and have been) in a similar situation -- PhD student in the UK, mathematics, teaching first years. So they've ``seen'' a lot of the content before, but it's being presented in a new way with a new standard of rigour. Getting the answer is, at this stage in their degree, completely besides the point.  But the *whinging* about their test marks. Thinking about it it's not altogether that common, it's just the encounters are the ones which stick in your mind after the fact.   One thing which really helps is having solutions **written by the personal ultimately responsible for the course** up to the standard it's being marked to. That way, if a student comes and queries why they lost marks you can direct them to the authoritative written solution and let them compare their script against it in their own time. In my experience students also argue more with PhD students\/TAs than they do with the course lecturer. They certainly argue first.  The most important thing I've found is never to let it turn into a tit-for-tat argument. I had one occasion when two students came up to me with their scripts, which had been awarded different marks (different by ONE) for ``the same'' answer. Now, the answers were not the same, but I let it degenerate into a line-by-line spot the difference constantly rebutted by \"but this,\" \"oh but I meant that\", \"yes but\". It was awful and really knocked my confidence. Now I indicate on their scripts precisely where their rigour slips (a lot of red \"but why is this true????\"'s). When marks do get queried, then, I can immediately see where they've lost it and just point it out to them, nicely at first and if they argue back somewhat more bluntly. Don't bend over backwards for them: you're being paid to offer them a service, not to be their servants.","human_ref_B":"Have you thought about doing a couple of screen recordings of you solving 1 or two of these exactly as you would like the students to complete them in the homework? Add the URL to the homework directions. Guided practice has been shown to improve students' APPLICATION (not just recall) of course concepts. I think students are becoming more and more whiney AND entitled but I would not expect them to do something they weren't explicitly instructed to do. With a screen capture, you can do it once and refer everyone to the same source. Maybe it will cut down on repetition a little for you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":15835.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"9um4wx","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Dealing with students' unrealistic expectations about their grades and education in general (in US) I am a PhD student at a decent school in US, I am also a long time teaching assistant (my fifth year) and for all these years, the class that I was a TA for has been about the same subject, which is also my research topic. My interactions with students are my weekly office hours and grading their exams and assignments. This is where the problem begins: After every homework or exam that I grade, many students come challenging their grades by saying a variation of (i) \"My answer is same as the solution manual but I didn't get full credit.\", (ii) \"My solution is correct and solution manual is wrong.\" or (iii) \"My solution is same as my friend's but my grade is lower.\"  Aside Info: Even if the subject (taught at this level) is not really mathematical -other than being able to do primary school operations on numbers and comparing them with each other-, I guess it requires some sort of mathematical maturity to avoid fallacies. So answers to each question requires a \"proof,\" even though it is usually a one-liner but the students often lack the background to do it, which is somewhat surprising since most of them are seniors with some juniors at a good university.  I don't know the institutional reasons for the lack of background of the students and I understand that it may not be their fault that they were allowed to take this class without the proper background. However, I cannot possibly teach them proof techniques or basic logic either. I mean, they don't even need to write technical proofs, I just need a decently complete arguments about why some simple statement is true or false. To make this easier for them, I always write very clear solutions to each question after they submit their work, explain it step by step and show\/argue that if you omit even one step, the answer would be incomplete.  Here is an example that illustrates the type of answers I get very often: \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd since for example 3 is odd.\" (The actual subject concerns much simpler problems but this shows the type of fallacies I deal with on a daily basis.) Then, they argue that they deserve full credit, since they rightfully argued that \"Every prime number other than 2 is odd\".  I explain that their end result might be correct but their method is not; that this class is all about teaching the methods, and finally that the question explicitly requires an explanation which should be correct for the answer to be considered correct, hence they don't deserve full credit for it. (I feel embarrassed that I need to say things like this since it feels like an insult to their intelligence; if the question is not a multiple choice or \"Fill in the black\", these should be fairly obvious. Yet, I dealt with this for years now.) Then, they complain to the professor about this. I talk to the professor about it and we have a good laugh. (I don't remember any instance where a professor sided with the students about this issue and the professors are some of the top people in this field in the world so at this point I am fairly confident about my grading system.) This process repeats itself every week, every year.  I am sorry, I haven't had chance to rant about this in a while so I got a little carried away while trying to give some background. So, is there a systematic solution to my problem? What are your suggestions? I think I will suggest to the professor that we upload a practice problem set with the detailed solutions next term before the deadline for the first homework to set their expectations about our expectations but I don't know if this will work. So, I am open to any suggestion (that a reasonable professor would accept) at this point.","c_root_id_A":"e967nb6","c_root_id_B":"e95tvwg","created_at_utc_A":1541527318,"created_at_utc_B":1541516580,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I am (and have been) in a similar situation -- PhD student in the UK, mathematics, teaching first years. So they've ``seen'' a lot of the content before, but it's being presented in a new way with a new standard of rigour. Getting the answer is, at this stage in their degree, completely besides the point.  But the *whinging* about their test marks. Thinking about it it's not altogether that common, it's just the encounters are the ones which stick in your mind after the fact.   One thing which really helps is having solutions **written by the personal ultimately responsible for the course** up to the standard it's being marked to. That way, if a student comes and queries why they lost marks you can direct them to the authoritative written solution and let them compare their script against it in their own time. In my experience students also argue more with PhD students\/TAs than they do with the course lecturer. They certainly argue first.  The most important thing I've found is never to let it turn into a tit-for-tat argument. I had one occasion when two students came up to me with their scripts, which had been awarded different marks (different by ONE) for ``the same'' answer. Now, the answers were not the same, but I let it degenerate into a line-by-line spot the difference constantly rebutted by \"but this,\" \"oh but I meant that\", \"yes but\". It was awful and really knocked my confidence. Now I indicate on their scripts precisely where their rigour slips (a lot of red \"but why is this true????\"'s). When marks do get queried, then, I can immediately see where they've lost it and just point it out to them, nicely at first and if they argue back somewhat more bluntly. Don't bend over backwards for them: you're being paid to offer them a service, not to be their servants.","human_ref_B":"IMO this is just part of the learning process for students; learning to follow directions and understand expectations. By junior year, the ones that were going to get it will have gotten it. Sucks for TAs, but a lot of people really just have to learn the hard way, no matter how often it's explained and demonstrated in class or printed on the exam sheets.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10738.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"4uidm2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Tricks and tips for dealing with the stress of deadlines? Hello! My question is probably pretty stupid, but I looked up the keywords \"stress\" and \"deadline\" together and separately in this subreddit, and didn't find what I was looking for. Here goes:   I'm a graduate student about to start my PhD program this coming fall. I just finished a masters by the skin of my teeth this past semester, and it was mostly due to my fault in dealing with deadlines and stress. Usually I try my best to plan for extra time to meet deadlines, but I sometimes miscalculate how much time I need to to complete things, and then get stressed out when I need to rush for a deadline. In this case it was my masters thesis... I am pretty good with short-term assignments, but that was my first time managing a project over a year long and needless to say the writing took a LOT more time than I expected it to. I get that I need to start planning smarter, and boy have I learned my lesson. But I realized that **I panic  easily when things don't go as planned, and when faced with the possibility of not meeting a deadline, instead of rushing into work, I get paralyzed by the fear that I might not finish, and so will go through around 3 hours of high anxiety and panic without getting to the work that needs to be done!**   I don't know what is wrong with me... I think the issue here is that I deal very poorly with stress. This was the first time when I've just broken down not understanding what to do. I've also upset my masters advisor for not meeting the schedule that we agreed upon.... I still can't breath well just thinking about it.   **How do you guys deal with the anxiety? Do you have tips or tricks for me to calm down and get to work properly? **  I want to fix this issue and improve before I start my PhD program, which is going to be much longer and I will be tied down with much more responsibilities (TA, more courses, etc.)... I hope this wasn't a total waste of your time. Thanks for reading.","c_root_id_A":"d5pzj52","c_root_id_B":"d5q889i","created_at_utc_A":1469456468,"created_at_utc_B":1469467807,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Break big tasks into lots of little achievable ones. Then just get on at it.  Periodically review where you're at with the list, and refine as necessary.  Don't focus on the big insurmountable single task; focus on the next thing on the list. One foot in front of the other.  Also, you need to really internalise the idea that panicking achieves nothing other than making the situation more difficult. It is very easy to give in to that urge to just give up because the job is impossible, or spend time worrying about the outcomes if you don't succeed. But that is not time constructively spent. Now, ideally you get to that point in the project having spent your time better and these issues never coming up, but deadlines are a frequent reality in academia, and personal time management is an absoutely essential skill. So one way or another you need to convince *yourself* of that.","human_ref_B":"Most universities have counseling support for graduate students. I found the PhD exponentially more stressful than my MA. A counselor helps manage stress and gives techniques for making progress in work while also acknowledging that the anxiety and the emotions still exist. A lot of schools also offer support groups where grad students get together once a week to help one another. You'd probably benefit from this.  There are a lot of books out there for help with grad school and writing. Silvia's How to Write A Lot is one and Booth's The Craft of Research is another. But I didn't find a magic key that told me how to succeed. I got finished because I had a daily schedule that I did 6 days a week and I really stuck to it. The actually structure changed depending on teaching schedules and my own coursework, qualifying exam study, and then dissertation writing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11339.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"4uidm2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Tricks and tips for dealing with the stress of deadlines? Hello! My question is probably pretty stupid, but I looked up the keywords \"stress\" and \"deadline\" together and separately in this subreddit, and didn't find what I was looking for. Here goes:   I'm a graduate student about to start my PhD program this coming fall. I just finished a masters by the skin of my teeth this past semester, and it was mostly due to my fault in dealing with deadlines and stress. Usually I try my best to plan for extra time to meet deadlines, but I sometimes miscalculate how much time I need to to complete things, and then get stressed out when I need to rush for a deadline. In this case it was my masters thesis... I am pretty good with short-term assignments, but that was my first time managing a project over a year long and needless to say the writing took a LOT more time than I expected it to. I get that I need to start planning smarter, and boy have I learned my lesson. But I realized that **I panic  easily when things don't go as planned, and when faced with the possibility of not meeting a deadline, instead of rushing into work, I get paralyzed by the fear that I might not finish, and so will go through around 3 hours of high anxiety and panic without getting to the work that needs to be done!**   I don't know what is wrong with me... I think the issue here is that I deal very poorly with stress. This was the first time when I've just broken down not understanding what to do. I've also upset my masters advisor for not meeting the schedule that we agreed upon.... I still can't breath well just thinking about it.   **How do you guys deal with the anxiety? Do you have tips or tricks for me to calm down and get to work properly? **  I want to fix this issue and improve before I start my PhD program, which is going to be much longer and I will be tied down with much more responsibilities (TA, more courses, etc.)... I hope this wasn't a total waste of your time. Thanks for reading.","c_root_id_A":"d5q1h77","c_root_id_B":"d5q889i","created_at_utc_A":1469459202,"created_at_utc_B":1469467807,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"i) Like OrbitalPete says break it down into small tasks. Your job isn't to write a thesis chapter or review an entire field. Your job *today* is to \"do figure 1+ 1 paragraph\" or \"read papers 1 & 2\"  ii) I like a motivational phrase to help. This is from bodybuilding.   Suffer the pain of discipline  **or**  Suffer the pain of regret","human_ref_B":"Most universities have counseling support for graduate students. I found the PhD exponentially more stressful than my MA. A counselor helps manage stress and gives techniques for making progress in work while also acknowledging that the anxiety and the emotions still exist. A lot of schools also offer support groups where grad students get together once a week to help one another. You'd probably benefit from this.  There are a lot of books out there for help with grad school and writing. Silvia's How to Write A Lot is one and Booth's The Craft of Research is another. But I didn't find a magic key that told me how to succeed. I got finished because I had a daily schedule that I did 6 days a week and I really stuck to it. The actually structure changed depending on teaching schedules and my own coursework, qualifying exam study, and then dissertation writing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8605.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"4uidm2","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Tricks and tips for dealing with the stress of deadlines? Hello! My question is probably pretty stupid, but I looked up the keywords \"stress\" and \"deadline\" together and separately in this subreddit, and didn't find what I was looking for. Here goes:   I'm a graduate student about to start my PhD program this coming fall. I just finished a masters by the skin of my teeth this past semester, and it was mostly due to my fault in dealing with deadlines and stress. Usually I try my best to plan for extra time to meet deadlines, but I sometimes miscalculate how much time I need to to complete things, and then get stressed out when I need to rush for a deadline. In this case it was my masters thesis... I am pretty good with short-term assignments, but that was my first time managing a project over a year long and needless to say the writing took a LOT more time than I expected it to. I get that I need to start planning smarter, and boy have I learned my lesson. But I realized that **I panic  easily when things don't go as planned, and when faced with the possibility of not meeting a deadline, instead of rushing into work, I get paralyzed by the fear that I might not finish, and so will go through around 3 hours of high anxiety and panic without getting to the work that needs to be done!**   I don't know what is wrong with me... I think the issue here is that I deal very poorly with stress. This was the first time when I've just broken down not understanding what to do. I've also upset my masters advisor for not meeting the schedule that we agreed upon.... I still can't breath well just thinking about it.   **How do you guys deal with the anxiety? Do you have tips or tricks for me to calm down and get to work properly? **  I want to fix this issue and improve before I start my PhD program, which is going to be much longer and I will be tied down with much more responsibilities (TA, more courses, etc.)... I hope this wasn't a total waste of your time. Thanks for reading.","c_root_id_A":"d5q1h77","c_root_id_B":"d5qgfkg","created_at_utc_A":1469459202,"created_at_utc_B":1469478159,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"i) Like OrbitalPete says break it down into small tasks. Your job isn't to write a thesis chapter or review an entire field. Your job *today* is to \"do figure 1+ 1 paragraph\" or \"read papers 1 & 2\"  ii) I like a motivational phrase to help. This is from bodybuilding.   Suffer the pain of discipline  **or**  Suffer the pain of regret","human_ref_B":"I'll be perfectly honest: unless I could binge-work and had a do or die deadline ahead, it was impossible for me to get into the groove necessary to finish things.  Being deeply ADD wasn't a help in the matter, because it just led to more anxiety and more scattering of the brain until that very last moment of clarity.  It may be that a mix of management techniques like the very well developed ones \/u\/MILeft describes will be adequate, but I could never keep them up because I am a bad policeman when it comes to myself.  But if that discipline is a good place to start, to see if it works for you.  The only thing that eventually got me into a place where I could handle work in a systematic manner and get into my head-space more effectively was cognitive behavioral therapy.  Basically, I worked with a therapist to figure out the wherefore and why of my bad workflow behaviors, how I thought about work-life balance, spaces, and all of that, to devise a set of working rituals that would work on me and would (importantly) stick with me.  If you can see a psychologist with CBT training about that, it might be a good idea.  That may also help to expose any actual medical issue that needs addressing; I found out about my inflammatory disorder that way, because it was part of the panic feedback loop.  This isn't what everyone necessarily needs, but know that the help is out there.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":18957.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"5ehi59","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How are your institutions reacting to the blockage of the new Fair Labor Standards Act rules that impacts postdocs and other workers making less than $47K\/year? Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor made rules raising the minimum salary without overtime pay to $47K\/year.  The NIH and many universities responded by raising the minimum postdoc salary to this new minimum to avoid converting postdocs to hourly workers with 1.5x overtime pay.  You can see how various institutions and universities responded to this under \"Institutions and Funding Agencies: What they are doing\".  The rules were set to go into effect on December 1st, but last night a federal judge blocked them, and the next administration was already planning to undo these rules anyway, so it seems unlikely these rules will happen.  Now with only 7 days advance notice, how are your institutions responding to this?  My university has been promising for months that postdocs would get raises to $47K, which is a big deal since some postdocs here make as low as $34K.  I wonder if they will roll back on that promise since they no longer legally have to.","c_root_id_A":"dach19d","c_root_id_B":"dacpvlq","created_at_utc_A":1479913965,"created_at_utc_B":1479925196,"score_A":21,"score_B":26,"human_ref_A":"Working out the implementation details took my institution months, they refused to officially say anything until last week.  With the holiday I have a hard time seeing them reversing everything by thursday. It's not just pay, it changed the taxes for international post docs and people on fellowships. Also I doubt the NIH will revise\/revert its payscale guidelines (Francis Collins was a large proponent of the changes) which a lot of institutions follow for thier STEM graduate students and postdocs.  Attempts to revert it will probably be messy, because you'll likely end up with some departments course correcting in time and some that won't. It's important for Postdoc Associations\/Unions to be on the ball with this. It's tough to argue 'we all deserve a raise' but 'we deserve equatable compensation' is a more compelling argument.","human_ref_B":"Received this this morning:  Good morning,  Yesterday, a federal court in Texas issued a temporary injunction barring implementation of the Department of Labor FLSA regulations that were scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2016. While the temporary injunction was issued by a federal court in Texas, the order applies nationwide. As a result of the court\u2019s order, the changes at the University required by the revised regulations are now on hold. We will provide additional information prior to December 1.    Questions regarding communicated changes should be forwarded to Cristina Elgarresta, Associate Vice President, Total Rewards at celgarresta@miami.edu.   Regards,   Nerissa E. Morris   Vice President for Human Resources","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11231.0,"score_ratio":1.2380952381}
{"post_id":"5ehi59","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How are your institutions reacting to the blockage of the new Fair Labor Standards Act rules that impacts postdocs and other workers making less than $47K\/year? Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor made rules raising the minimum salary without overtime pay to $47K\/year.  The NIH and many universities responded by raising the minimum postdoc salary to this new minimum to avoid converting postdocs to hourly workers with 1.5x overtime pay.  You can see how various institutions and universities responded to this under \"Institutions and Funding Agencies: What they are doing\".  The rules were set to go into effect on December 1st, but last night a federal judge blocked them, and the next administration was already planning to undo these rules anyway, so it seems unlikely these rules will happen.  Now with only 7 days advance notice, how are your institutions responding to this?  My university has been promising for months that postdocs would get raises to $47K, which is a big deal since some postdocs here make as low as $34K.  I wonder if they will roll back on that promise since they no longer legally have to.","c_root_id_A":"dacpvlq","c_root_id_B":"daci4v3","created_at_utc_A":1479925196,"created_at_utc_B":1479915500,"score_A":26,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"Received this this morning:  Good morning,  Yesterday, a federal court in Texas issued a temporary injunction barring implementation of the Department of Labor FLSA regulations that were scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2016. While the temporary injunction was issued by a federal court in Texas, the order applies nationwide. As a result of the court\u2019s order, the changes at the University required by the revised regulations are now on hold. We will provide additional information prior to December 1.    Questions regarding communicated changes should be forwarded to Cristina Elgarresta, Associate Vice President, Total Rewards at celgarresta@miami.edu.   Regards,   Nerissa E. Morris   Vice President for Human Resources","human_ref_B":"University of California's postdoc union has done a great job negotiating the compensation and the benefits to make some sense in this expensive world.  General contract info  Salary scales","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9696.0,"score_ratio":1.4444444444}
{"post_id":"5ehi59","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How are your institutions reacting to the blockage of the new Fair Labor Standards Act rules that impacts postdocs and other workers making less than $47K\/year? Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor made rules raising the minimum salary without overtime pay to $47K\/year.  The NIH and many universities responded by raising the minimum postdoc salary to this new minimum to avoid converting postdocs to hourly workers with 1.5x overtime pay.  You can see how various institutions and universities responded to this under \"Institutions and Funding Agencies: What they are doing\".  The rules were set to go into effect on December 1st, but last night a federal judge blocked them, and the next administration was already planning to undo these rules anyway, so it seems unlikely these rules will happen.  Now with only 7 days advance notice, how are your institutions responding to this?  My university has been promising for months that postdocs would get raises to $47K, which is a big deal since some postdocs here make as low as $34K.  I wonder if they will roll back on that promise since they no longer legally have to.","c_root_id_A":"dacgyl2","c_root_id_B":"dacpvlq","created_at_utc_A":1479913856,"created_at_utc_B":1479925196,"score_A":17,"score_B":26,"human_ref_A":"So far, with awkward silence on their end and hushed resignation on ours.","human_ref_B":"Received this this morning:  Good morning,  Yesterday, a federal court in Texas issued a temporary injunction barring implementation of the Department of Labor FLSA regulations that were scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2016. While the temporary injunction was issued by a federal court in Texas, the order applies nationwide. As a result of the court\u2019s order, the changes at the University required by the revised regulations are now on hold. We will provide additional information prior to December 1.    Questions regarding communicated changes should be forwarded to Cristina Elgarresta, Associate Vice President, Total Rewards at celgarresta@miami.edu.   Regards,   Nerissa E. Morris   Vice President for Human Resources","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11340.0,"score_ratio":1.5294117647}
{"post_id":"5ehi59","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How are your institutions reacting to the blockage of the new Fair Labor Standards Act rules that impacts postdocs and other workers making less than $47K\/year? Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor made rules raising the minimum salary without overtime pay to $47K\/year.  The NIH and many universities responded by raising the minimum postdoc salary to this new minimum to avoid converting postdocs to hourly workers with 1.5x overtime pay.  You can see how various institutions and universities responded to this under \"Institutions and Funding Agencies: What they are doing\".  The rules were set to go into effect on December 1st, but last night a federal judge blocked them, and the next administration was already planning to undo these rules anyway, so it seems unlikely these rules will happen.  Now with only 7 days advance notice, how are your institutions responding to this?  My university has been promising for months that postdocs would get raises to $47K, which is a big deal since some postdocs here make as low as $34K.  I wonder if they will roll back on that promise since they no longer legally have to.","c_root_id_A":"dacpvlq","c_root_id_B":"dacmtd5","created_at_utc_A":1479925196,"created_at_utc_B":1479921439,"score_A":26,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Received this this morning:  Good morning,  Yesterday, a federal court in Texas issued a temporary injunction barring implementation of the Department of Labor FLSA regulations that were scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2016. While the temporary injunction was issued by a federal court in Texas, the order applies nationwide. As a result of the court\u2019s order, the changes at the University required by the revised regulations are now on hold. We will provide additional information prior to December 1.    Questions regarding communicated changes should be forwarded to Cristina Elgarresta, Associate Vice President, Total Rewards at celgarresta@miami.edu.   Regards,   Nerissa E. Morris   Vice President for Human Resources","human_ref_B":"No news yet. Many offices are closed today because tomorrow is Thanksgiving, but I assume HR is trying to figure out what to do.  I was converted from salaried to hourly on Monday, and I'm guessing my department will change us back to salaried in order to make us work more.  EDIT: I was right. Just got an email confirming that I am **salaried**, not hourly. Ugh.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3757.0,"score_ratio":3.7142857143}
{"post_id":"5ehi59","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How are your institutions reacting to the blockage of the new Fair Labor Standards Act rules that impacts postdocs and other workers making less than $47K\/year? Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor made rules raising the minimum salary without overtime pay to $47K\/year.  The NIH and many universities responded by raising the minimum postdoc salary to this new minimum to avoid converting postdocs to hourly workers with 1.5x overtime pay.  You can see how various institutions and universities responded to this under \"Institutions and Funding Agencies: What they are doing\".  The rules were set to go into effect on December 1st, but last night a federal judge blocked them, and the next administration was already planning to undo these rules anyway, so it seems unlikely these rules will happen.  Now with only 7 days advance notice, how are your institutions responding to this?  My university has been promising for months that postdocs would get raises to $47K, which is a big deal since some postdocs here make as low as $34K.  I wonder if they will roll back on that promise since they no longer legally have to.","c_root_id_A":"dacpvlq","c_root_id_B":"dach402","created_at_utc_A":1479925196,"created_at_utc_B":1479914076,"score_A":26,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Received this this morning:  Good morning,  Yesterday, a federal court in Texas issued a temporary injunction barring implementation of the Department of Labor FLSA regulations that were scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2016. While the temporary injunction was issued by a federal court in Texas, the order applies nationwide. As a result of the court\u2019s order, the changes at the University required by the revised regulations are now on hold. We will provide additional information prior to December 1.    Questions regarding communicated changes should be forwarded to Cristina Elgarresta, Associate Vice President, Total Rewards at celgarresta@miami.edu.   Regards,   Nerissa E. Morris   Vice President for Human Resources","human_ref_B":"No word from my institution yet, but it seems likely that they will not go forward with the technicians keeping track of their hours.  Techs at my institution make around 30-33k\/year.  Sounds nice if we were located in the midwest, but we're in a major city in the NE US and most of our techs have Master's degrees.  I've been interviewing for postdoc positions and have not signed a contract yet.  I'm wondering whether the 47500\/year salaries from the solicitations will still stand.  Fingers crossed that the NIH and NSF keep the higher standards for postdoc salaries.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":11120.0,"score_ratio":8.6666666667}
{"post_id":"5ehi59","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How are your institutions reacting to the blockage of the new Fair Labor Standards Act rules that impacts postdocs and other workers making less than $47K\/year? Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor made rules raising the minimum salary without overtime pay to $47K\/year.  The NIH and many universities responded by raising the minimum postdoc salary to this new minimum to avoid converting postdocs to hourly workers with 1.5x overtime pay.  You can see how various institutions and universities responded to this under \"Institutions and Funding Agencies: What they are doing\".  The rules were set to go into effect on December 1st, but last night a federal judge blocked them, and the next administration was already planning to undo these rules anyway, so it seems unlikely these rules will happen.  Now with only 7 days advance notice, how are your institutions responding to this?  My university has been promising for months that postdocs would get raises to $47K, which is a big deal since some postdocs here make as low as $34K.  I wonder if they will roll back on that promise since they no longer legally have to.","c_root_id_A":"daciw0l","c_root_id_B":"dacpvlq","created_at_utc_A":1479916499,"created_at_utc_B":1479925196,"score_A":3,"score_B":26,"human_ref_A":"My supervisor and another colleague were immediately bumped up to the 47k threshold because they've had to work plenty of overtime, and they were due a fair wage given that many of their subordinates were able to make up to 39-40k while they were locked into 42k for the past 3 years. I highly doubt that any reversal would bring them down to their original salaries. For many others, we were always under the impression that we were to work until the job was done, but were usually given position descriptions and tasks that were manageable in a 40-hour week.","human_ref_B":"Received this this morning:  Good morning,  Yesterday, a federal court in Texas issued a temporary injunction barring implementation of the Department of Labor FLSA regulations that were scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2016. While the temporary injunction was issued by a federal court in Texas, the order applies nationwide. As a result of the court\u2019s order, the changes at the University required by the revised regulations are now on hold. We will provide additional information prior to December 1.    Questions regarding communicated changes should be forwarded to Cristina Elgarresta, Associate Vice President, Total Rewards at celgarresta@miami.edu.   Regards,   Nerissa E. Morris   Vice President for Human Resources","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8697.0,"score_ratio":8.6666666667}
{"post_id":"5ehi59","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How are your institutions reacting to the blockage of the new Fair Labor Standards Act rules that impacts postdocs and other workers making less than $47K\/year? Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor made rules raising the minimum salary without overtime pay to $47K\/year.  The NIH and many universities responded by raising the minimum postdoc salary to this new minimum to avoid converting postdocs to hourly workers with 1.5x overtime pay.  You can see how various institutions and universities responded to this under \"Institutions and Funding Agencies: What they are doing\".  The rules were set to go into effect on December 1st, but last night a federal judge blocked them, and the next administration was already planning to undo these rules anyway, so it seems unlikely these rules will happen.  Now with only 7 days advance notice, how are your institutions responding to this?  My university has been promising for months that postdocs would get raises to $47K, which is a big deal since some postdocs here make as low as $34K.  I wonder if they will roll back on that promise since they no longer legally have to.","c_root_id_A":"dacgyl2","c_root_id_B":"dach19d","created_at_utc_A":1479913856,"created_at_utc_B":1479913965,"score_A":17,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"So far, with awkward silence on their end and hushed resignation on ours.","human_ref_B":"Working out the implementation details took my institution months, they refused to officially say anything until last week.  With the holiday I have a hard time seeing them reversing everything by thursday. It's not just pay, it changed the taxes for international post docs and people on fellowships. Also I doubt the NIH will revise\/revert its payscale guidelines (Francis Collins was a large proponent of the changes) which a lot of institutions follow for thier STEM graduate students and postdocs.  Attempts to revert it will probably be messy, because you'll likely end up with some departments course correcting in time and some that won't. It's important for Postdoc Associations\/Unions to be on the ball with this. It's tough to argue 'we all deserve a raise' but 'we deserve equatable compensation' is a more compelling argument.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":109.0,"score_ratio":1.2352941176}
{"post_id":"5ehi59","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How are your institutions reacting to the blockage of the new Fair Labor Standards Act rules that impacts postdocs and other workers making less than $47K\/year? Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor made rules raising the minimum salary without overtime pay to $47K\/year.  The NIH and many universities responded by raising the minimum postdoc salary to this new minimum to avoid converting postdocs to hourly workers with 1.5x overtime pay.  You can see how various institutions and universities responded to this under \"Institutions and Funding Agencies: What they are doing\".  The rules were set to go into effect on December 1st, but last night a federal judge blocked them, and the next administration was already planning to undo these rules anyway, so it seems unlikely these rules will happen.  Now with only 7 days advance notice, how are your institutions responding to this?  My university has been promising for months that postdocs would get raises to $47K, which is a big deal since some postdocs here make as low as $34K.  I wonder if they will roll back on that promise since they no longer legally have to.","c_root_id_A":"dacgyl2","c_root_id_B":"daci4v3","created_at_utc_A":1479913856,"created_at_utc_B":1479915500,"score_A":17,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"So far, with awkward silence on their end and hushed resignation on ours.","human_ref_B":"University of California's postdoc union has done a great job negotiating the compensation and the benefits to make some sense in this expensive world.  General contract info  Salary scales","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1644.0,"score_ratio":1.0588235294}
{"post_id":"5ehi59","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How are your institutions reacting to the blockage of the new Fair Labor Standards Act rules that impacts postdocs and other workers making less than $47K\/year? Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor made rules raising the minimum salary without overtime pay to $47K\/year.  The NIH and many universities responded by raising the minimum postdoc salary to this new minimum to avoid converting postdocs to hourly workers with 1.5x overtime pay.  You can see how various institutions and universities responded to this under \"Institutions and Funding Agencies: What they are doing\".  The rules were set to go into effect on December 1st, but last night a federal judge blocked them, and the next administration was already planning to undo these rules anyway, so it seems unlikely these rules will happen.  Now with only 7 days advance notice, how are your institutions responding to this?  My university has been promising for months that postdocs would get raises to $47K, which is a big deal since some postdocs here make as low as $34K.  I wonder if they will roll back on that promise since they no longer legally have to.","c_root_id_A":"daci4v3","c_root_id_B":"dach402","created_at_utc_A":1479915500,"created_at_utc_B":1479914076,"score_A":18,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"University of California's postdoc union has done a great job negotiating the compensation and the benefits to make some sense in this expensive world.  General contract info  Salary scales","human_ref_B":"No word from my institution yet, but it seems likely that they will not go forward with the technicians keeping track of their hours.  Techs at my institution make around 30-33k\/year.  Sounds nice if we were located in the midwest, but we're in a major city in the NE US and most of our techs have Master's degrees.  I've been interviewing for postdoc positions and have not signed a contract yet.  I'm wondering whether the 47500\/year salaries from the solicitations will still stand.  Fingers crossed that the NIH and NSF keep the higher standards for postdoc salaries.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1424.0,"score_ratio":6.0}
{"post_id":"5ehi59","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How are your institutions reacting to the blockage of the new Fair Labor Standards Act rules that impacts postdocs and other workers making less than $47K\/year? Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor made rules raising the minimum salary without overtime pay to $47K\/year.  The NIH and many universities responded by raising the minimum postdoc salary to this new minimum to avoid converting postdocs to hourly workers with 1.5x overtime pay.  You can see how various institutions and universities responded to this under \"Institutions and Funding Agencies: What they are doing\".  The rules were set to go into effect on December 1st, but last night a federal judge blocked them, and the next administration was already planning to undo these rules anyway, so it seems unlikely these rules will happen.  Now with only 7 days advance notice, how are your institutions responding to this?  My university has been promising for months that postdocs would get raises to $47K, which is a big deal since some postdocs here make as low as $34K.  I wonder if they will roll back on that promise since they no longer legally have to.","c_root_id_A":"dach402","c_root_id_B":"dacmtd5","created_at_utc_A":1479914076,"created_at_utc_B":1479921439,"score_A":3,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"No word from my institution yet, but it seems likely that they will not go forward with the technicians keeping track of their hours.  Techs at my institution make around 30-33k\/year.  Sounds nice if we were located in the midwest, but we're in a major city in the NE US and most of our techs have Master's degrees.  I've been interviewing for postdoc positions and have not signed a contract yet.  I'm wondering whether the 47500\/year salaries from the solicitations will still stand.  Fingers crossed that the NIH and NSF keep the higher standards for postdoc salaries.","human_ref_B":"No news yet. Many offices are closed today because tomorrow is Thanksgiving, but I assume HR is trying to figure out what to do.  I was converted from salaried to hourly on Monday, and I'm guessing my department will change us back to salaried in order to make us work more.  EDIT: I was right. Just got an email confirming that I am **salaried**, not hourly. Ugh.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7363.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"5ehi59","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How are your institutions reacting to the blockage of the new Fair Labor Standards Act rules that impacts postdocs and other workers making less than $47K\/year? Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor made rules raising the minimum salary without overtime pay to $47K\/year.  The NIH and many universities responded by raising the minimum postdoc salary to this new minimum to avoid converting postdocs to hourly workers with 1.5x overtime pay.  You can see how various institutions and universities responded to this under \"Institutions and Funding Agencies: What they are doing\".  The rules were set to go into effect on December 1st, but last night a federal judge blocked them, and the next administration was already planning to undo these rules anyway, so it seems unlikely these rules will happen.  Now with only 7 days advance notice, how are your institutions responding to this?  My university has been promising for months that postdocs would get raises to $47K, which is a big deal since some postdocs here make as low as $34K.  I wonder if they will roll back on that promise since they no longer legally have to.","c_root_id_A":"daciw0l","c_root_id_B":"dacmtd5","created_at_utc_A":1479916499,"created_at_utc_B":1479921439,"score_A":3,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"My supervisor and another colleague were immediately bumped up to the 47k threshold because they've had to work plenty of overtime, and they were due a fair wage given that many of their subordinates were able to make up to 39-40k while they were locked into 42k for the past 3 years. I highly doubt that any reversal would bring them down to their original salaries. For many others, we were always under the impression that we were to work until the job was done, but were usually given position descriptions and tasks that were manageable in a 40-hour week.","human_ref_B":"No news yet. Many offices are closed today because tomorrow is Thanksgiving, but I assume HR is trying to figure out what to do.  I was converted from salaried to hourly on Monday, and I'm guessing my department will change us back to salaried in order to make us work more.  EDIT: I was right. Just got an email confirming that I am **salaried**, not hourly. Ugh.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4940.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"5ehi59","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How are your institutions reacting to the blockage of the new Fair Labor Standards Act rules that impacts postdocs and other workers making less than $47K\/year? Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor made rules raising the minimum salary without overtime pay to $47K\/year.  The NIH and many universities responded by raising the minimum postdoc salary to this new minimum to avoid converting postdocs to hourly workers with 1.5x overtime pay.  You can see how various institutions and universities responded to this under \"Institutions and Funding Agencies: What they are doing\".  The rules were set to go into effect on December 1st, but last night a federal judge blocked them, and the next administration was already planning to undo these rules anyway, so it seems unlikely these rules will happen.  Now with only 7 days advance notice, how are your institutions responding to this?  My university has been promising for months that postdocs would get raises to $47K, which is a big deal since some postdocs here make as low as $34K.  I wonder if they will roll back on that promise since they no longer legally have to.","c_root_id_A":"dad59fl","c_root_id_B":"dach402","created_at_utc_A":1479945612,"created_at_utc_B":1479914076,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"University of Wisconsin-Madison:  > Subject: FLSA Status Update >   > Campus Colleagues, >   > As you may well know, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that were scheduled to take effect on December 1 were placed on hold Tuesday by a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas. The FLSA is the federal wage and hour law that requires overtime compensation for covered employees, for all hours worked over 40 hours per week. >   > The key issue in the federal lawsuit is the DOL\u2019s new rule that increased the annual salary requirement for most exempt employees from $23,660 to $47,476. The judge determined that the DOL lacked statutory authority to make the changes and issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the rules nationwide pending further review by the court. >   > UW-Madison has been preparing to implement the rule changes which affect 3,300 university employees >   > **The university is evaluating the ruling and will share its plan for addressing the ruling\u2019s impact next week.**   It will be important for you to communicate to employees under your purview this information. >   > Wisconsin is among the 21 states and various business groups that filed federal lawsuits asserting that the DOL lacked statutory authority to make the changes and that the changes would cause them irreparable harm if implemented while the case continues. >   > For more information on how FLSA changes may affect employees, go to https:\/\/www.ohr.wisc.edu\/compensation\/flsa.aspx or email flsa@ohr.wisc.edu.","human_ref_B":"No word from my institution yet, but it seems likely that they will not go forward with the technicians keeping track of their hours.  Techs at my institution make around 30-33k\/year.  Sounds nice if we were located in the midwest, but we're in a major city in the NE US and most of our techs have Master's degrees.  I've been interviewing for postdoc positions and have not signed a contract yet.  I'm wondering whether the 47500\/year salaries from the solicitations will still stand.  Fingers crossed that the NIH and NSF keep the higher standards for postdoc salaries.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":31536.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"5ehi59","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How are your institutions reacting to the blockage of the new Fair Labor Standards Act rules that impacts postdocs and other workers making less than $47K\/year? Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor made rules raising the minimum salary without overtime pay to $47K\/year.  The NIH and many universities responded by raising the minimum postdoc salary to this new minimum to avoid converting postdocs to hourly workers with 1.5x overtime pay.  You can see how various institutions and universities responded to this under \"Institutions and Funding Agencies: What they are doing\".  The rules were set to go into effect on December 1st, but last night a federal judge blocked them, and the next administration was already planning to undo these rules anyway, so it seems unlikely these rules will happen.  Now with only 7 days advance notice, how are your institutions responding to this?  My university has been promising for months that postdocs would get raises to $47K, which is a big deal since some postdocs here make as low as $34K.  I wonder if they will roll back on that promise since they no longer legally have to.","c_root_id_A":"daciw0l","c_root_id_B":"dad59fl","created_at_utc_A":1479916499,"created_at_utc_B":1479945612,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"My supervisor and another colleague were immediately bumped up to the 47k threshold because they've had to work plenty of overtime, and they were due a fair wage given that many of their subordinates were able to make up to 39-40k while they were locked into 42k for the past 3 years. I highly doubt that any reversal would bring them down to their original salaries. For many others, we were always under the impression that we were to work until the job was done, but were usually given position descriptions and tasks that were manageable in a 40-hour week.","human_ref_B":"University of Wisconsin-Madison:  > Subject: FLSA Status Update >   > Campus Colleagues, >   > As you may well know, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that were scheduled to take effect on December 1 were placed on hold Tuesday by a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas. The FLSA is the federal wage and hour law that requires overtime compensation for covered employees, for all hours worked over 40 hours per week. >   > The key issue in the federal lawsuit is the DOL\u2019s new rule that increased the annual salary requirement for most exempt employees from $23,660 to $47,476. The judge determined that the DOL lacked statutory authority to make the changes and issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the rules nationwide pending further review by the court. >   > UW-Madison has been preparing to implement the rule changes which affect 3,300 university employees >   > **The university is evaluating the ruling and will share its plan for addressing the ruling\u2019s impact next week.**   It will be important for you to communicate to employees under your purview this information. >   > Wisconsin is among the 21 states and various business groups that filed federal lawsuits asserting that the DOL lacked statutory authority to make the changes and that the changes would cause them irreparable harm if implemented while the case continues. >   > For more information on how FLSA changes may affect employees, go to https:\/\/www.ohr.wisc.edu\/compensation\/flsa.aspx or email flsa@ohr.wisc.edu.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":29113.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"5ehi59","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How are your institutions reacting to the blockage of the new Fair Labor Standards Act rules that impacts postdocs and other workers making less than $47K\/year? Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor made rules raising the minimum salary without overtime pay to $47K\/year.  The NIH and many universities responded by raising the minimum postdoc salary to this new minimum to avoid converting postdocs to hourly workers with 1.5x overtime pay.  You can see how various institutions and universities responded to this under \"Institutions and Funding Agencies: What they are doing\".  The rules were set to go into effect on December 1st, but last night a federal judge blocked them, and the next administration was already planning to undo these rules anyway, so it seems unlikely these rules will happen.  Now with only 7 days advance notice, how are your institutions responding to this?  My university has been promising for months that postdocs would get raises to $47K, which is a big deal since some postdocs here make as low as $34K.  I wonder if they will roll back on that promise since they no longer legally have to.","c_root_id_A":"dad59fl","c_root_id_B":"dad1fjr","created_at_utc_A":1479945612,"created_at_utc_B":1479939882,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"University of Wisconsin-Madison:  > Subject: FLSA Status Update >   > Campus Colleagues, >   > As you may well know, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that were scheduled to take effect on December 1 were placed on hold Tuesday by a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas. The FLSA is the federal wage and hour law that requires overtime compensation for covered employees, for all hours worked over 40 hours per week. >   > The key issue in the federal lawsuit is the DOL\u2019s new rule that increased the annual salary requirement for most exempt employees from $23,660 to $47,476. The judge determined that the DOL lacked statutory authority to make the changes and issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the rules nationwide pending further review by the court. >   > UW-Madison has been preparing to implement the rule changes which affect 3,300 university employees >   > **The university is evaluating the ruling and will share its plan for addressing the ruling\u2019s impact next week.**   It will be important for you to communicate to employees under your purview this information. >   > Wisconsin is among the 21 states and various business groups that filed federal lawsuits asserting that the DOL lacked statutory authority to make the changes and that the changes would cause them irreparable harm if implemented while the case continues. >   > For more information on how FLSA changes may affect employees, go to https:\/\/www.ohr.wisc.edu\/compensation\/flsa.aspx or email flsa@ohr.wisc.edu.","human_ref_B":"We just received this message at my institution, very vague and non-committal at this juncture.  \"Late yesterday, a federal judge blocked implementation of the Department of Labor rule that increases the minimum salary level for employees who are exempt from earning overtime.    Campus and System Administration officials are aware of the judge\u2019s decision and are continuing to study its impact on employees whose salaries have been adjusted in response to the new rule as well as those employees who have been moved into a nonexempt classification.  We anticipate receiving further guidance toward the middle of next week and will update you as information becomes available.\"","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5730.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"7yg8mb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Would it be unethical to establish an \"authorship ring\" if everyone actually contributed intellectually? Suppose 3 friends who work in the same field (Avery, Billie, and Charlie) come to a mutual agreement: They agree to always include each other on papers related to their shared work. They discuss the projects, make suggestions regarding analysis and interpretation, and help each other write the discussion and introduction sections.  Would this be considered unethical for any reason? It seems to me like a great way to boost publication count, strengthen networks, and the \"many hands make light work\" principle.","c_root_id_A":"dugik28","c_root_id_B":"dugc1n6","created_at_utc_A":1518987035,"created_at_utc_B":1518979834,"score_A":48,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"If all three authors contribute enough intellectually to the papers to merit authorship, then its not an \"authorship ring\", its a collaboration.  That said, there's a reason why (field dependent of course), people tend to value first-authorships (for grad students) and last authorships (for senior authors) over middle authorships.","human_ref_B":"> Would this be considered unethical for any reason?  > It seems to me like a great way to boost publication count","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7201.0,"score_ratio":2.2857142857}
{"post_id":"7yg8mb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Would it be unethical to establish an \"authorship ring\" if everyone actually contributed intellectually? Suppose 3 friends who work in the same field (Avery, Billie, and Charlie) come to a mutual agreement: They agree to always include each other on papers related to their shared work. They discuss the projects, make suggestions regarding analysis and interpretation, and help each other write the discussion and introduction sections.  Would this be considered unethical for any reason? It seems to me like a great way to boost publication count, strengthen networks, and the \"many hands make light work\" principle.","c_root_id_A":"duggxau","c_root_id_B":"dugik28","created_at_utc_A":1518985205,"created_at_utc_B":1518987035,"score_A":17,"score_B":48,"human_ref_A":"I don\u2019t know what field you\u2019re in but it sounds like you are describing some of the basic principles of collaborative research","human_ref_B":"If all three authors contribute enough intellectually to the papers to merit authorship, then its not an \"authorship ring\", its a collaboration.  That said, there's a reason why (field dependent of course), people tend to value first-authorships (for grad students) and last authorships (for senior authors) over middle authorships.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1830.0,"score_ratio":2.8235294118}
{"post_id":"7yg8mb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Would it be unethical to establish an \"authorship ring\" if everyone actually contributed intellectually? Suppose 3 friends who work in the same field (Avery, Billie, and Charlie) come to a mutual agreement: They agree to always include each other on papers related to their shared work. They discuss the projects, make suggestions regarding analysis and interpretation, and help each other write the discussion and introduction sections.  Would this be considered unethical for any reason? It seems to me like a great way to boost publication count, strengthen networks, and the \"many hands make light work\" principle.","c_root_id_A":"dugki9u","c_root_id_B":"dugjjkv","created_at_utc_A":1518989172,"created_at_utc_B":1518988100,"score_A":10,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"That sounds like it's in a gray area where it could be just called a \"collaboration.\"","human_ref_B":"This reminds me of the husband-and-wife British screenwriter team, Peter Ling and Hazel Adair. Sometimes they worked together, but when writing solo, they would still credit the other so that the other's list of credits could be boosted. (The storyline for the *Doctor Who* story *Hexagora* is credited to both, but only Ling actually worked on it.)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1072.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"7yg8mb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Would it be unethical to establish an \"authorship ring\" if everyone actually contributed intellectually? Suppose 3 friends who work in the same field (Avery, Billie, and Charlie) come to a mutual agreement: They agree to always include each other on papers related to their shared work. They discuss the projects, make suggestions regarding analysis and interpretation, and help each other write the discussion and introduction sections.  Would this be considered unethical for any reason? It seems to me like a great way to boost publication count, strengthen networks, and the \"many hands make light work\" principle.","c_root_id_A":"dugiyd8","c_root_id_B":"dugki9u","created_at_utc_A":1518987458,"created_at_utc_B":1518989172,"score_A":4,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"Do you know Nicolas Bourbaki?","human_ref_B":"That sounds like it's in a gray area where it could be just called a \"collaboration.\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1714.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"7yg8mb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Would it be unethical to establish an \"authorship ring\" if everyone actually contributed intellectually? Suppose 3 friends who work in the same field (Avery, Billie, and Charlie) come to a mutual agreement: They agree to always include each other on papers related to their shared work. They discuss the projects, make suggestions regarding analysis and interpretation, and help each other write the discussion and introduction sections.  Would this be considered unethical for any reason? It seems to me like a great way to boost publication count, strengthen networks, and the \"many hands make light work\" principle.","c_root_id_A":"dugiyd8","c_root_id_B":"dugjjkv","created_at_utc_A":1518987458,"created_at_utc_B":1518988100,"score_A":4,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Do you know Nicolas Bourbaki?","human_ref_B":"This reminds me of the husband-and-wife British screenwriter team, Peter Ling and Hazel Adair. Sometimes they worked together, but when writing solo, they would still credit the other so that the other's list of credits could be boosted. (The storyline for the *Doctor Who* story *Hexagora* is credited to both, but only Ling actually worked on it.)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":642.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"wzb8ek","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"For those who have done qualitative research with thematic analysis, is Atlasti a good tool for this purpose? I tried with Nvivo and it was very difficult in terms of contacting technical support and installing the software.  I'm a beginner with \"Atlasti\", and have considered it for my qualitative analysis, specifically for thematic analysis.  For those who have done qualitative research with thematic analysis, is Atlasti a good tool for this purpose?","c_root_id_A":"im1hidj","c_root_id_B":"im1x5pp","created_at_utc_A":1661629385,"created_at_utc_B":1661636250,"score_A":5,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"It\u2019s less feature rich than Nvivo, and I find it a bit harder to use. The online version is quite good for coding, but it\u2019s even more light weight. Frankly, none are that hard to use once you get used to them. Maybe watch some more videos about people using them to try and find your groove.","human_ref_B":"Frankly Google sheets was the best tool we used.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6865.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"wzb8ek","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"For those who have done qualitative research with thematic analysis, is Atlasti a good tool for this purpose? I tried with Nvivo and it was very difficult in terms of contacting technical support and installing the software.  I'm a beginner with \"Atlasti\", and have considered it for my qualitative analysis, specifically for thematic analysis.  For those who have done qualitative research with thematic analysis, is Atlasti a good tool for this purpose?","c_root_id_A":"im47f03","c_root_id_B":"im2l24i","created_at_utc_A":1661686520,"created_at_utc_B":1661647508,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I teach workshops on different types of software and  mist of the software programs do the same basic thing. It is mainly the physical way you code or the interface that is different and which one you use comes down to personal preference.   For example, I know a lot of people who use NVivo  because my uni endorses it. It has amazing features, I teach 8hr workshops on it and still don't cover everything. I would say people probably use about 20% of the features for any given project because many of it is not intuitive or takes a long time to get the hang of it.  I know a lot of people moving to MAXQDA. It has significantly less features but the ones it does have are more user-friendly and intuitive. It's also much cheaper than NVivo.","human_ref_B":"This is a personal preference kind of thing. I see people suggesting NVivo, but on a project we changed to Atlas.ti because the principal investigator wasn't liking NVivo. And it's also possible to just eschew the qual analysis software.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":39012.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"wzb8ek","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"For those who have done qualitative research with thematic analysis, is Atlasti a good tool for this purpose? I tried with Nvivo and it was very difficult in terms of contacting technical support and installing the software.  I'm a beginner with \"Atlasti\", and have considered it for my qualitative analysis, specifically for thematic analysis.  For those who have done qualitative research with thematic analysis, is Atlasti a good tool for this purpose?","c_root_id_A":"im47f03","c_root_id_B":"im2s0ua","created_at_utc_A":1661686520,"created_at_utc_B":1661650987,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I teach workshops on different types of software and  mist of the software programs do the same basic thing. It is mainly the physical way you code or the interface that is different and which one you use comes down to personal preference.   For example, I know a lot of people who use NVivo  because my uni endorses it. It has amazing features, I teach 8hr workshops on it and still don't cover everything. I would say people probably use about 20% of the features for any given project because many of it is not intuitive or takes a long time to get the hang of it.  I know a lot of people moving to MAXQDA. It has significantly less features but the ones it does have are more user-friendly and intuitive. It's also much cheaper than NVivo.","human_ref_B":"I have not used Nvivo.   I have used Atlas extensively and find it extremely helpful. The web version can be useful for simple projects or when you have research assistants sharing coding duties across multiple documents. But for more sophisticated analysis, I always turn to the full desktop software. I don't use all its features, by any stretch, but I find the code reports extremely helpful, especially when working with large batches of data and codes. It's not the most pretty, but I haven't found anything that beats its ability to manage large amounts of text days and complex interrelated codes. Fairly easy to learn.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":35533.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"y3i5bo","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Gift for supervisor with a jungle office. Sorry I know that title is vague haha.  I have just submitted my thesis and wanted to give my supervisor some sort of thank you gift as she\u2019s been amazing.  She is an air plant and succulent junkie, hence the jungle office, and I was wondering if a nice air plant\/succulent or unique propagator would be an appropriate gift?  She is a very stoic and guarded person, and I don\u2019t know her personally enough to give a food or alcohol gift.   But I am hesitant gifting someone a thing related to something THEY are an expert in (I don\u2019t know much about indoor plants).  Any advice on what would be appropriate? I realize want to show my appreciation for how much she has helped me grow academically this year.  Thank you :)","c_root_id_A":"isadxj5","c_root_id_B":"is91twz","created_at_utc_A":1665755242,"created_at_utc_B":1665722252,"score_A":8,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I think some of the other comments here are reading into it too much.  She will most likely appreciate that you noticed her interest in plants, even if you give her literally the worst plant imaginable. In other words, most people will try to appreciate the intent of the gift. She knows she's an expert and you're not, so she'll have that in mind. That can make your effort seem sweeter, even.  When you go to the plant store, make sure to google anything before you buy, so you don't accidentally get something that requires some weird specific type of care.  I do agree that she might not make a big display of emotion or say anything graceful even if she really likes the gift. Try to go into the interaction with the expectation that you won't see her true reaction (just like if she opened the gift after you left).","human_ref_B":">She is a very stoic and guarded person  What ever you give her, please give careful thought that her reaction will be emotionally neutral or even contrary to your highest expectations.  If you have the time, maybe look at any works she's produced (including her own thesis and dissertation) as well as works she's supported. How does she thank people? How have people who really know her thank her? Maybe find a way of expressing thanks that fits in that range...  Because of your description of her, I'd get her a witty\/corney plant themed \"I've really grown thanks to you!\" \"I have bloomed thanks to you\" card and hand write a very short note of appreciation. I'd not select a card that indicates any kind of bond \"You've grown on me...\" In the card, I'd write a short but honest note. I would either mail the note to her school address or put it in her mail box \\[if any\\] so she could see\/read the note alone. I would say nothing of the card\/note until she did. And then I'd be mindful of her stoicism.  Alternatively, you could provisionally read into the psychological implications of a stoic\/emotionally closed off person who displays an appreciation of succulents. You could \"swing for the fences\" by giving a gift that symbolizes what she means to you and with a note in which you personally (but professionally) express how much you appreciate her.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":32990.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"y3i5bo","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Gift for supervisor with a jungle office. Sorry I know that title is vague haha.  I have just submitted my thesis and wanted to give my supervisor some sort of thank you gift as she\u2019s been amazing.  She is an air plant and succulent junkie, hence the jungle office, and I was wondering if a nice air plant\/succulent or unique propagator would be an appropriate gift?  She is a very stoic and guarded person, and I don\u2019t know her personally enough to give a food or alcohol gift.   But I am hesitant gifting someone a thing related to something THEY are an expert in (I don\u2019t know much about indoor plants).  Any advice on what would be appropriate? I realize want to show my appreciation for how much she has helped me grow academically this year.  Thank you :)","c_root_id_A":"is8t9y4","c_root_id_B":"isadxj5","created_at_utc_A":1665717368,"created_at_utc_B":1665755242,"score_A":4,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I would go to your local garden center (not big box hardware store) and ask their advice. They should be able to suggest a unique or valued succulent or air plant. I love plants too but succulents and air plants aren't my thing!","human_ref_B":"I think some of the other comments here are reading into it too much.  She will most likely appreciate that you noticed her interest in plants, even if you give her literally the worst plant imaginable. In other words, most people will try to appreciate the intent of the gift. She knows she's an expert and you're not, so she'll have that in mind. That can make your effort seem sweeter, even.  When you go to the plant store, make sure to google anything before you buy, so you don't accidentally get something that requires some weird specific type of care.  I do agree that she might not make a big display of emotion or say anything graceful even if she really likes the gift. Try to go into the interaction with the expectation that you won't see her true reaction (just like if she opened the gift after you left).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":37874.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"y3i5bo","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Gift for supervisor with a jungle office. Sorry I know that title is vague haha.  I have just submitted my thesis and wanted to give my supervisor some sort of thank you gift as she\u2019s been amazing.  She is an air plant and succulent junkie, hence the jungle office, and I was wondering if a nice air plant\/succulent or unique propagator would be an appropriate gift?  She is a very stoic and guarded person, and I don\u2019t know her personally enough to give a food or alcohol gift.   But I am hesitant gifting someone a thing related to something THEY are an expert in (I don\u2019t know much about indoor plants).  Any advice on what would be appropriate? I realize want to show my appreciation for how much she has helped me grow academically this year.  Thank you :)","c_root_id_A":"isadxj5","c_root_id_B":"isabemf","created_at_utc_A":1665755242,"created_at_utc_B":1665754127,"score_A":8,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I think some of the other comments here are reading into it too much.  She will most likely appreciate that you noticed her interest in plants, even if you give her literally the worst plant imaginable. In other words, most people will try to appreciate the intent of the gift. She knows she's an expert and you're not, so she'll have that in mind. That can make your effort seem sweeter, even.  When you go to the plant store, make sure to google anything before you buy, so you don't accidentally get something that requires some weird specific type of care.  I do agree that she might not make a big display of emotion or say anything graceful even if she really likes the gift. Try to go into the interaction with the expectation that you won't see her true reaction (just like if she opened the gift after you left).","human_ref_B":"A good rule of thumb is that you don\u2019t gift something about which the receiving person is an expert, you give them something for which you are an expert.   I don\u2019t know anything about fountain pen, but if someone came to me and said \u201cI love fountain pens and I found this one which is something else: it\u2019s made of this wood that makes the manufacturing much more difficult but it makes it perfectly balanced in you hand and I thought you could like it\u201d (I am making up stuff\u2026) I would feel honored to receive such a gift.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1115.0,"score_ratio":2.6666666667}
{"post_id":"y3i5bo","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Gift for supervisor with a jungle office. Sorry I know that title is vague haha.  I have just submitted my thesis and wanted to give my supervisor some sort of thank you gift as she\u2019s been amazing.  She is an air plant and succulent junkie, hence the jungle office, and I was wondering if a nice air plant\/succulent or unique propagator would be an appropriate gift?  She is a very stoic and guarded person, and I don\u2019t know her personally enough to give a food or alcohol gift.   But I am hesitant gifting someone a thing related to something THEY are an expert in (I don\u2019t know much about indoor plants).  Any advice on what would be appropriate? I realize want to show my appreciation for how much she has helped me grow academically this year.  Thank you :)","c_root_id_A":"is8t9y4","c_root_id_B":"is91twz","created_at_utc_A":1665717368,"created_at_utc_B":1665722252,"score_A":4,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I would go to your local garden center (not big box hardware store) and ask their advice. They should be able to suggest a unique or valued succulent or air plant. I love plants too but succulents and air plants aren't my thing!","human_ref_B":">She is a very stoic and guarded person  What ever you give her, please give careful thought that her reaction will be emotionally neutral or even contrary to your highest expectations.  If you have the time, maybe look at any works she's produced (including her own thesis and dissertation) as well as works she's supported. How does she thank people? How have people who really know her thank her? Maybe find a way of expressing thanks that fits in that range...  Because of your description of her, I'd get her a witty\/corney plant themed \"I've really grown thanks to you!\" \"I have bloomed thanks to you\" card and hand write a very short note of appreciation. I'd not select a card that indicates any kind of bond \"You've grown on me...\" In the card, I'd write a short but honest note. I would either mail the note to her school address or put it in her mail box \\[if any\\] so she could see\/read the note alone. I would say nothing of the card\/note until she did. And then I'd be mindful of her stoicism.  Alternatively, you could provisionally read into the psychological implications of a stoic\/emotionally closed off person who displays an appreciation of succulents. You could \"swing for the fences\" by giving a gift that symbolizes what she means to you and with a note in which you personally (but professionally) express how much you appreciate her.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4884.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvbferl","c_root_id_B":"dvb7uiz","created_at_utc_A":1520425699,"created_at_utc_B":1520408168,"score_A":71,"score_B":67,"human_ref_A":"Your chance of actually getting a job in academia is nearly non-existant.  For example, today we learnt that a professor, who is already 72 will be staying in our university for at least another 5 years. I'm not trying to be insensitive here, but with his salary we could be paying 4 or 5 PhD students who did actual research and not a prick who hasn't set foot in a lab in the last 25 years and only goes to conferences where all they do is suck each others dick and tell themselves how great they are in their field.","human_ref_B":"Meeting culture. Way too many meetings. Half could be cut. They're also too long. And everyone wants to give their opinion even though no one cares. Then nothing ever gets decided or done and the same issue is discussed next time.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":17531.0,"score_ratio":1.0597014925}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvbferl","c_root_id_B":"dvbeayg","created_at_utc_A":1520425699,"created_at_utc_B":1520423542,"score_A":71,"score_B":60,"human_ref_A":"Your chance of actually getting a job in academia is nearly non-existant.  For example, today we learnt that a professor, who is already 72 will be staying in our university for at least another 5 years. I'm not trying to be insensitive here, but with his salary we could be paying 4 or 5 PhD students who did actual research and not a prick who hasn't set foot in a lab in the last 25 years and only goes to conferences where all they do is suck each others dick and tell themselves how great they are in their field.","human_ref_B":"That there are no jobs, that you will be competing with soul drained workaholics so deep in the Stockholm syndrome they take any attempt at reform as a personal attack. That funding is a joke and meritocracy is a myth, that crafting a grant and obfuscating the truth is often the best way to get money. That it is a world of celebrities with all the trappings of a bad reality show.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2157.0,"score_ratio":1.1833333333}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvb4c85","c_root_id_B":"dvbferl","created_at_utc_A":1520401770,"created_at_utc_B":1520425699,"score_A":36,"score_B":71,"human_ref_A":"We spend WAY too much time doing mindless, boring, administrative tasks. Not that you\u2019d have to worry about that as a PhD student. You\u2019ll spend a decade in and out of post docs trying to get a TT job that will probably never materialise.","human_ref_B":"Your chance of actually getting a job in academia is nearly non-existant.  For example, today we learnt that a professor, who is already 72 will be staying in our university for at least another 5 years. I'm not trying to be insensitive here, but with his salary we could be paying 4 or 5 PhD students who did actual research and not a prick who hasn't set foot in a lab in the last 25 years and only goes to conferences where all they do is suck each others dick and tell themselves how great they are in their field.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":23929.0,"score_ratio":1.9722222222}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvbferl","c_root_id_B":"dvbdm18","created_at_utc_A":1520425699,"created_at_utc_B":1520422041,"score_A":71,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"Your chance of actually getting a job in academia is nearly non-existant.  For example, today we learnt that a professor, who is already 72 will be staying in our university for at least another 5 years. I'm not trying to be insensitive here, but with his salary we could be paying 4 or 5 PhD students who did actual research and not a prick who hasn't set foot in a lab in the last 25 years and only goes to conferences where all they do is suck each others dick and tell themselves how great they are in their field.","human_ref_B":"That you spend all that time actually doing research so you can graduate and go into academia or industry and spend all your time doing paperwork.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3658.0,"score_ratio":6.4545454545}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvbferl","c_root_id_B":"dvbevyx","created_at_utc_A":1520425699,"created_at_utc_B":1520424727,"score_A":71,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Your chance of actually getting a job in academia is nearly non-existant.  For example, today we learnt that a professor, who is already 72 will be staying in our university for at least another 5 years. I'm not trying to be insensitive here, but with his salary we could be paying 4 or 5 PhD students who did actual research and not a prick who hasn't set foot in a lab in the last 25 years and only goes to conferences where all they do is suck each others dick and tell themselves how great they are in their field.","human_ref_B":"Even if your research is awesome, you may still get lazy, unproductive graduate students.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":972.0,"score_ratio":10.1428571429}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvb4c85","c_root_id_B":"dvb7uiz","created_at_utc_A":1520401770,"created_at_utc_B":1520408168,"score_A":36,"score_B":67,"human_ref_A":"We spend WAY too much time doing mindless, boring, administrative tasks. Not that you\u2019d have to worry about that as a PhD student. You\u2019ll spend a decade in and out of post docs trying to get a TT job that will probably never materialise.","human_ref_B":"Meeting culture. Way too many meetings. Half could be cut. They're also too long. And everyone wants to give their opinion even though no one cares. Then nothing ever gets decided or done and the same issue is discussed next time.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6398.0,"score_ratio":1.8611111111}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvbeayg","c_root_id_B":"dvb4c85","created_at_utc_A":1520423542,"created_at_utc_B":1520401770,"score_A":60,"score_B":36,"human_ref_A":"That there are no jobs, that you will be competing with soul drained workaholics so deep in the Stockholm syndrome they take any attempt at reform as a personal attack. That funding is a joke and meritocracy is a myth, that crafting a grant and obfuscating the truth is often the best way to get money. That it is a world of celebrities with all the trappings of a bad reality show.","human_ref_B":"We spend WAY too much time doing mindless, boring, administrative tasks. Not that you\u2019d have to worry about that as a PhD student. You\u2019ll spend a decade in and out of post docs trying to get a TT job that will probably never materialise.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":21772.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvbdm18","c_root_id_B":"dvbeayg","created_at_utc_A":1520422041,"created_at_utc_B":1520423542,"score_A":11,"score_B":60,"human_ref_A":"That you spend all that time actually doing research so you can graduate and go into academia or industry and spend all your time doing paperwork.","human_ref_B":"That there are no jobs, that you will be competing with soul drained workaholics so deep in the Stockholm syndrome they take any attempt at reform as a personal attack. That funding is a joke and meritocracy is a myth, that crafting a grant and obfuscating the truth is often the best way to get money. That it is a world of celebrities with all the trappings of a bad reality show.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1501.0,"score_ratio":5.4545454545}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvb4c85","c_root_id_B":"dvbhxr7","created_at_utc_A":1520401770,"created_at_utc_B":1520429623,"score_A":36,"score_B":59,"human_ref_A":"We spend WAY too much time doing mindless, boring, administrative tasks. Not that you\u2019d have to worry about that as a PhD student. You\u2019ll spend a decade in and out of post docs trying to get a TT job that will probably never materialise.","human_ref_B":"You will have no control over your career path. Jobs and funding are very scarce so you have to apply for everything you can and whatever you get offered, you take it. There are a small number of people who have managed to stay in the country or city they have chosen to call home, but they have worked incredibly hard and fought insane odds to stay there, and probably had to move slower in their career progression or just rely on luck.   Every few years you will be forced to chose between giving up on the career you have built, or giving up on the life you have built, or trying to drag your hobbies\/pension\/partner and children\/pets\/mortgage across the world and set up again in a new country, new culture, new friends.  You can't buy a house and build a stable life until you get a permanent position, so often you won't be able to have a long-term relationship, get a dog, grow a garden, decorate your own living room, etc. until you are in your mid-thirties.  EDIT: for context, I am a slightly bitter end-of-PhD student deep in the thesis writing madness and very unhappy that if I want to take any of the jobs I have applied for I will have to leave the city I have lived in for 10 years and move thousands of miles away from my friends and family, and that everyone I have dated in the past year has been rather put off when I say \"In X months time I will probably be leaving the country, or at least the city.\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":27853.0,"score_ratio":1.6388888889}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvbdm18","c_root_id_B":"dvbhxr7","created_at_utc_A":1520422041,"created_at_utc_B":1520429623,"score_A":11,"score_B":59,"human_ref_A":"That you spend all that time actually doing research so you can graduate and go into academia or industry and spend all your time doing paperwork.","human_ref_B":"You will have no control over your career path. Jobs and funding are very scarce so you have to apply for everything you can and whatever you get offered, you take it. There are a small number of people who have managed to stay in the country or city they have chosen to call home, but they have worked incredibly hard and fought insane odds to stay there, and probably had to move slower in their career progression or just rely on luck.   Every few years you will be forced to chose between giving up on the career you have built, or giving up on the life you have built, or trying to drag your hobbies\/pension\/partner and children\/pets\/mortgage across the world and set up again in a new country, new culture, new friends.  You can't buy a house and build a stable life until you get a permanent position, so often you won't be able to have a long-term relationship, get a dog, grow a garden, decorate your own living room, etc. until you are in your mid-thirties.  EDIT: for context, I am a slightly bitter end-of-PhD student deep in the thesis writing madness and very unhappy that if I want to take any of the jobs I have applied for I will have to leave the city I have lived in for 10 years and move thousands of miles away from my friends and family, and that everyone I have dated in the past year has been rather put off when I say \"In X months time I will probably be leaving the country, or at least the city.\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7582.0,"score_ratio":5.3636363636}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvbg9ic","c_root_id_B":"dvbhxr7","created_at_utc_A":1520427141,"created_at_utc_B":1520429623,"score_A":9,"score_B":59,"human_ref_A":"The low probability of actually getting a job as a professor (if that is the student's career goal).","human_ref_B":"You will have no control over your career path. Jobs and funding are very scarce so you have to apply for everything you can and whatever you get offered, you take it. There are a small number of people who have managed to stay in the country or city they have chosen to call home, but they have worked incredibly hard and fought insane odds to stay there, and probably had to move slower in their career progression or just rely on luck.   Every few years you will be forced to chose between giving up on the career you have built, or giving up on the life you have built, or trying to drag your hobbies\/pension\/partner and children\/pets\/mortgage across the world and set up again in a new country, new culture, new friends.  You can't buy a house and build a stable life until you get a permanent position, so often you won't be able to have a long-term relationship, get a dog, grow a garden, decorate your own living room, etc. until you are in your mid-thirties.  EDIT: for context, I am a slightly bitter end-of-PhD student deep in the thesis writing madness and very unhappy that if I want to take any of the jobs I have applied for I will have to leave the city I have lived in for 10 years and move thousands of miles away from my friends and family, and that everyone I have dated in the past year has been rather put off when I say \"In X months time I will probably be leaving the country, or at least the city.\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2482.0,"score_ratio":6.5555555556}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvbhxr7","c_root_id_B":"dvbevyx","created_at_utc_A":1520429623,"created_at_utc_B":1520424727,"score_A":59,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"You will have no control over your career path. Jobs and funding are very scarce so you have to apply for everything you can and whatever you get offered, you take it. There are a small number of people who have managed to stay in the country or city they have chosen to call home, but they have worked incredibly hard and fought insane odds to stay there, and probably had to move slower in their career progression or just rely on luck.   Every few years you will be forced to chose between giving up on the career you have built, or giving up on the life you have built, or trying to drag your hobbies\/pension\/partner and children\/pets\/mortgage across the world and set up again in a new country, new culture, new friends.  You can't buy a house and build a stable life until you get a permanent position, so often you won't be able to have a long-term relationship, get a dog, grow a garden, decorate your own living room, etc. until you are in your mid-thirties.  EDIT: for context, I am a slightly bitter end-of-PhD student deep in the thesis writing madness and very unhappy that if I want to take any of the jobs I have applied for I will have to leave the city I have lived in for 10 years and move thousands of miles away from my friends and family, and that everyone I have dated in the past year has been rather put off when I say \"In X months time I will probably be leaving the country, or at least the city.\"","human_ref_B":"Even if your research is awesome, you may still get lazy, unproductive graduate students.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4896.0,"score_ratio":8.4285714286}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvbibhw","c_root_id_B":"dvbdm18","created_at_utc_A":1520430125,"created_at_utc_B":1520422041,"score_A":29,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"I seriously can\u2019t handle this thread. Sooooooo much bitterness. Sure, there are problems with academia, but there are problems in every field. The hyperbole in this thread is ridiculous. I really think that those reading this should keep that in mind.","human_ref_B":"That you spend all that time actually doing research so you can graduate and go into academia or industry and spend all your time doing paperwork.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8084.0,"score_ratio":2.6363636364}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvbibhw","c_root_id_B":"dvbg9ic","created_at_utc_A":1520430125,"created_at_utc_B":1520427141,"score_A":29,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I seriously can\u2019t handle this thread. Sooooooo much bitterness. Sure, there are problems with academia, but there are problems in every field. The hyperbole in this thread is ridiculous. I really think that those reading this should keep that in mind.","human_ref_B":"The low probability of actually getting a job as a professor (if that is the student's career goal).","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2984.0,"score_ratio":3.2222222222}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvbibhw","c_root_id_B":"dvbevyx","created_at_utc_A":1520430125,"created_at_utc_B":1520424727,"score_A":29,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I seriously can\u2019t handle this thread. Sooooooo much bitterness. Sure, there are problems with academia, but there are problems in every field. The hyperbole in this thread is ridiculous. I really think that those reading this should keep that in mind.","human_ref_B":"Even if your research is awesome, you may still get lazy, unproductive graduate students.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5398.0,"score_ratio":4.1428571429}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvbg9ic","c_root_id_B":"dvbevyx","created_at_utc_A":1520427141,"created_at_utc_B":1520424727,"score_A":9,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"The low probability of actually getting a job as a professor (if that is the student's career goal).","human_ref_B":"Even if your research is awesome, you may still get lazy, unproductive graduate students.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2414.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"82lzpv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What is the biggest turn-off in academia that aspiring PhD students may not know about?","c_root_id_A":"dvbpyj5","c_root_id_B":"dvbevyx","created_at_utc_A":1520438248,"created_at_utc_B":1520424727,"score_A":9,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"The brutally slow turnover rate. People rarely leave and retire very late in life. And those people, having been there the longest, have the highest rank, the most seniority, and the most power.  Some of them - of course - are wonderful!  But some of them aren't. It can make institutional change very, very slow. You'll be working with people who entered the field at a time when expectations were very different and has no motivation to catch up.   You might have someone who got tenure when 3 papers was all it took who has no sympathy for your struggle to get out your 9th.  You might have someone who thinks students with disabilities have no place in college. You might have someone who can't believe that their behavior has racist or sexist effects because they saw real injustice thirty years ago, so a few demeaning comments are nothing.  The most frustrating thing is being torn between doing someone else's work for them and letting students suffer.","human_ref_B":"Even if your research is awesome, you may still get lazy, unproductive graduate students.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":13521.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"fdt09l","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How should we handle canceled conferences on our CVs? Like many conferences upcoming, a conference of mine was canceled for May due to COVID-19 concerns.  Can I still put it on my CV? On one hand, it was peer reviewed and accepted... but on the other hand it seems a little disingenuous to suggest the work was presented and the conference went ahead as planned.   Is there a tasteful way to leave it on the CV, but reference that the work was accepted but not presented due to the conference being cancelled due to natural event (i.e. coronavirus). Obviously, this is not a new event, but as a junior scholar I am not sure how to handle it.  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"fjjrtw2","c_root_id_B":"fjjq50r","created_at_utc_A":1583410075,"created_at_utc_B":1583408264,"score_A":83,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"I would put it and say \"accepted but not presented due to coronavirus conference cancelation\" at the end in italics. Otherwise every academic is going to have a 2020 gap in their cv","human_ref_B":"I would just add a footnote, personally.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1811.0,"score_ratio":3.6086956522}
{"post_id":"fdt09l","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How should we handle canceled conferences on our CVs? Like many conferences upcoming, a conference of mine was canceled for May due to COVID-19 concerns.  Can I still put it on my CV? On one hand, it was peer reviewed and accepted... but on the other hand it seems a little disingenuous to suggest the work was presented and the conference went ahead as planned.   Is there a tasteful way to leave it on the CV, but reference that the work was accepted but not presented due to the conference being cancelled due to natural event (i.e. coronavirus). Obviously, this is not a new event, but as a junior scholar I am not sure how to handle it.  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"fjjw15f","c_root_id_B":"fjjq50r","created_at_utc_A":1583413838,"created_at_utc_B":1583408264,"score_A":28,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"I posted on r\/medicine: I'm really struggling with this.  We're required 3 talks\/year to make associate, and my first three years were a little short.  This year, I really stepped it up and am supposed to give to 5 talks (3 international) in the next 6 months. This was the way I was going to rehab a slightly weak CV (my pub record is fine).  I'm hoping 2021 will pick up again, but honestly, a lot of them this year felt like pure dumb luck. I know a few of them won't be asked again next year (e.g. one is being paid for off a one year grant, etc.)","human_ref_B":"I would just add a footnote, personally.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5574.0,"score_ratio":1.2173913043}
{"post_id":"fdt09l","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How should we handle canceled conferences on our CVs? Like many conferences upcoming, a conference of mine was canceled for May due to COVID-19 concerns.  Can I still put it on my CV? On one hand, it was peer reviewed and accepted... but on the other hand it seems a little disingenuous to suggest the work was presented and the conference went ahead as planned.   Is there a tasteful way to leave it on the CV, but reference that the work was accepted but not presented due to the conference being cancelled due to natural event (i.e. coronavirus). Obviously, this is not a new event, but as a junior scholar I am not sure how to handle it.  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"fjk7qrc","c_root_id_B":"fjkl1ql","created_at_utc_A":1583421871,"created_at_utc_B":1583428878,"score_A":8,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"I guess for people like me in Computer Science, conference publications are actually archived official papers, so we just put it as a publication on our CV. I understand not all conferences are like that though.  Sorry to hear tho, one of my conferences was cancelled and another one is in talks of being cancelled and i\u2019m a little heartbroken about it.","human_ref_B":"I would list it and just put in parenthesis that the conference was canceled.   In reference to some of the other ideas here - I've never seen a footnote on a resume or CV and it strikes me as a very strange idea.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7007.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"fdt09l","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How should we handle canceled conferences on our CVs? Like many conferences upcoming, a conference of mine was canceled for May due to COVID-19 concerns.  Can I still put it on my CV? On one hand, it was peer reviewed and accepted... but on the other hand it seems a little disingenuous to suggest the work was presented and the conference went ahead as planned.   Is there a tasteful way to leave it on the CV, but reference that the work was accepted but not presented due to the conference being cancelled due to natural event (i.e. coronavirus). Obviously, this is not a new event, but as a junior scholar I am not sure how to handle it.  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"fjkl1ql","c_root_id_B":"fjkac9q","created_at_utc_A":1583428878,"created_at_utc_B":1583423391,"score_A":12,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I would list it and just put in parenthesis that the conference was canceled.   In reference to some of the other ideas here - I've never seen a footnote on a resume or CV and it strikes me as a very strange idea.","human_ref_B":"I had this happen last year. A hurricane hit where one of my conferences was scheduled to take place. I bounced this question to my chair, who then consulted with the dean and provost's office. As far as our T&P guidelines go, conferences only count as scholarly activity if you actually present, so I ended up leaving it off. My chair and dean wrote a letter that will explain that I was accepted to the conference (I provided them with the program) and that the conference was canceled (I provided them with the cancellation emails). The provost agreed that the conference will not count against me, but there is also an understanding that I try to essentially \"make up\" this presentation. I did that this year by getting two papers accepted at that conference (the organizers were sympathetic to how this affected promotions).   It was a conundrum, to say the least. This kind of thing doesn't happen very often, but we actually did have a mechanism for dealing with it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5487.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"fdt09l","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How should we handle canceled conferences on our CVs? Like many conferences upcoming, a conference of mine was canceled for May due to COVID-19 concerns.  Can I still put it on my CV? On one hand, it was peer reviewed and accepted... but on the other hand it seems a little disingenuous to suggest the work was presented and the conference went ahead as planned.   Is there a tasteful way to leave it on the CV, but reference that the work was accepted but not presented due to the conference being cancelled due to natural event (i.e. coronavirus). Obviously, this is not a new event, but as a junior scholar I am not sure how to handle it.  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"fjkl1ql","c_root_id_B":"fjkiai5","created_at_utc_A":1583428878,"created_at_utc_B":1583427363,"score_A":12,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I would list it and just put in parenthesis that the conference was canceled.   In reference to some of the other ideas here - I've never seen a footnote on a resume or CV and it strikes me as a very strange idea.","human_ref_B":"Absolutely put it on. Your success was in being accepted, not in talking on a stage. There's no competition involved in traveling to the venue and working the computer. I'd mark it as cancelled, for the sake of transparency.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1515.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"fdt09l","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How should we handle canceled conferences on our CVs? Like many conferences upcoming, a conference of mine was canceled for May due to COVID-19 concerns.  Can I still put it on my CV? On one hand, it was peer reviewed and accepted... but on the other hand it seems a little disingenuous to suggest the work was presented and the conference went ahead as planned.   Is there a tasteful way to leave it on the CV, but reference that the work was accepted but not presented due to the conference being cancelled due to natural event (i.e. coronavirus). Obviously, this is not a new event, but as a junior scholar I am not sure how to handle it.  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"fjk5h5n","c_root_id_B":"fjkl1ql","created_at_utc_A":1583420475,"created_at_utc_B":1583428878,"score_A":5,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"I title the section on my CV as Published Abstracts and Professional Presentations.  So for conferences that publish their abstracts (such as in a journal supplement), I format them like a publication.  The abstract was accepted, published, and accessible, so I would not feel a need to edit that information.   For other conferences, the suggestion of using accepted instead of presented is fine.  You could also add something like *(conference cancelled)* at the end.","human_ref_B":"I would list it and just put in parenthesis that the conference was canceled.   In reference to some of the other ideas here - I've never seen a footnote on a resume or CV and it strikes me as a very strange idea.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8403.0,"score_ratio":2.4}
{"post_id":"fdt09l","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How should we handle canceled conferences on our CVs? Like many conferences upcoming, a conference of mine was canceled for May due to COVID-19 concerns.  Can I still put it on my CV? On one hand, it was peer reviewed and accepted... but on the other hand it seems a little disingenuous to suggest the work was presented and the conference went ahead as planned.   Is there a tasteful way to leave it on the CV, but reference that the work was accepted but not presented due to the conference being cancelled due to natural event (i.e. coronavirus). Obviously, this is not a new event, but as a junior scholar I am not sure how to handle it.  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"fjjytek","c_root_id_B":"fjkl1ql","created_at_utc_A":1583416001,"created_at_utc_B":1583428878,"score_A":3,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"I would say no unless you specify that it was only accepted and not presented","human_ref_B":"I would list it and just put in parenthesis that the conference was canceled.   In reference to some of the other ideas here - I've never seen a footnote on a resume or CV and it strikes me as a very strange idea.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12877.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"fdt09l","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How should we handle canceled conferences on our CVs? Like many conferences upcoming, a conference of mine was canceled for May due to COVID-19 concerns.  Can I still put it on my CV? On one hand, it was peer reviewed and accepted... but on the other hand it seems a little disingenuous to suggest the work was presented and the conference went ahead as planned.   Is there a tasteful way to leave it on the CV, but reference that the work was accepted but not presented due to the conference being cancelled due to natural event (i.e. coronavirus). Obviously, this is not a new event, but as a junior scholar I am not sure how to handle it.  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"fjk7qrc","c_root_id_B":"fjk5h5n","created_at_utc_A":1583421871,"created_at_utc_B":1583420475,"score_A":8,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I guess for people like me in Computer Science, conference publications are actually archived official papers, so we just put it as a publication on our CV. I understand not all conferences are like that though.  Sorry to hear tho, one of my conferences was cancelled and another one is in talks of being cancelled and i\u2019m a little heartbroken about it.","human_ref_B":"I title the section on my CV as Published Abstracts and Professional Presentations.  So for conferences that publish their abstracts (such as in a journal supplement), I format them like a publication.  The abstract was accepted, published, and accessible, so I would not feel a need to edit that information.   For other conferences, the suggestion of using accepted instead of presented is fine.  You could also add something like *(conference cancelled)* at the end.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1396.0,"score_ratio":1.6}
{"post_id":"fdt09l","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How should we handle canceled conferences on our CVs? Like many conferences upcoming, a conference of mine was canceled for May due to COVID-19 concerns.  Can I still put it on my CV? On one hand, it was peer reviewed and accepted... but on the other hand it seems a little disingenuous to suggest the work was presented and the conference went ahead as planned.   Is there a tasteful way to leave it on the CV, but reference that the work was accepted but not presented due to the conference being cancelled due to natural event (i.e. coronavirus). Obviously, this is not a new event, but as a junior scholar I am not sure how to handle it.  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"fjk7qrc","c_root_id_B":"fjjytek","created_at_utc_A":1583421871,"created_at_utc_B":1583416001,"score_A":8,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I guess for people like me in Computer Science, conference publications are actually archived official papers, so we just put it as a publication on our CV. I understand not all conferences are like that though.  Sorry to hear tho, one of my conferences was cancelled and another one is in talks of being cancelled and i\u2019m a little heartbroken about it.","human_ref_B":"I would say no unless you specify that it was only accepted and not presented","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5870.0,"score_ratio":2.6666666667}
{"post_id":"fdt09l","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How should we handle canceled conferences on our CVs? Like many conferences upcoming, a conference of mine was canceled for May due to COVID-19 concerns.  Can I still put it on my CV? On one hand, it was peer reviewed and accepted... but on the other hand it seems a little disingenuous to suggest the work was presented and the conference went ahead as planned.   Is there a tasteful way to leave it on the CV, but reference that the work was accepted but not presented due to the conference being cancelled due to natural event (i.e. coronavirus). Obviously, this is not a new event, but as a junior scholar I am not sure how to handle it.  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"fjk5h5n","c_root_id_B":"fjkac9q","created_at_utc_A":1583420475,"created_at_utc_B":1583423391,"score_A":5,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I title the section on my CV as Published Abstracts and Professional Presentations.  So for conferences that publish their abstracts (such as in a journal supplement), I format them like a publication.  The abstract was accepted, published, and accessible, so I would not feel a need to edit that information.   For other conferences, the suggestion of using accepted instead of presented is fine.  You could also add something like *(conference cancelled)* at the end.","human_ref_B":"I had this happen last year. A hurricane hit where one of my conferences was scheduled to take place. I bounced this question to my chair, who then consulted with the dean and provost's office. As far as our T&P guidelines go, conferences only count as scholarly activity if you actually present, so I ended up leaving it off. My chair and dean wrote a letter that will explain that I was accepted to the conference (I provided them with the program) and that the conference was canceled (I provided them with the cancellation emails). The provost agreed that the conference will not count against me, but there is also an understanding that I try to essentially \"make up\" this presentation. I did that this year by getting two papers accepted at that conference (the organizers were sympathetic to how this affected promotions).   It was a conundrum, to say the least. This kind of thing doesn't happen very often, but we actually did have a mechanism for dealing with it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2916.0,"score_ratio":1.6}
{"post_id":"fdt09l","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How should we handle canceled conferences on our CVs? Like many conferences upcoming, a conference of mine was canceled for May due to COVID-19 concerns.  Can I still put it on my CV? On one hand, it was peer reviewed and accepted... but on the other hand it seems a little disingenuous to suggest the work was presented and the conference went ahead as planned.   Is there a tasteful way to leave it on the CV, but reference that the work was accepted but not presented due to the conference being cancelled due to natural event (i.e. coronavirus). Obviously, this is not a new event, but as a junior scholar I am not sure how to handle it.  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"fjkac9q","c_root_id_B":"fjjytek","created_at_utc_A":1583423391,"created_at_utc_B":1583416001,"score_A":8,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I had this happen last year. A hurricane hit where one of my conferences was scheduled to take place. I bounced this question to my chair, who then consulted with the dean and provost's office. As far as our T&P guidelines go, conferences only count as scholarly activity if you actually present, so I ended up leaving it off. My chair and dean wrote a letter that will explain that I was accepted to the conference (I provided them with the program) and that the conference was canceled (I provided them with the cancellation emails). The provost agreed that the conference will not count against me, but there is also an understanding that I try to essentially \"make up\" this presentation. I did that this year by getting two papers accepted at that conference (the organizers were sympathetic to how this affected promotions).   It was a conundrum, to say the least. This kind of thing doesn't happen very often, but we actually did have a mechanism for dealing with it.","human_ref_B":"I would say no unless you specify that it was only accepted and not presented","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7390.0,"score_ratio":2.6666666667}
{"post_id":"fdt09l","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How should we handle canceled conferences on our CVs? Like many conferences upcoming, a conference of mine was canceled for May due to COVID-19 concerns.  Can I still put it on my CV? On one hand, it was peer reviewed and accepted... but on the other hand it seems a little disingenuous to suggest the work was presented and the conference went ahead as planned.   Is there a tasteful way to leave it on the CV, but reference that the work was accepted but not presented due to the conference being cancelled due to natural event (i.e. coronavirus). Obviously, this is not a new event, but as a junior scholar I am not sure how to handle it.  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"fjkiai5","c_root_id_B":"fjk5h5n","created_at_utc_A":1583427363,"created_at_utc_B":1583420475,"score_A":6,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Absolutely put it on. Your success was in being accepted, not in talking on a stage. There's no competition involved in traveling to the venue and working the computer. I'd mark it as cancelled, for the sake of transparency.","human_ref_B":"I title the section on my CV as Published Abstracts and Professional Presentations.  So for conferences that publish their abstracts (such as in a journal supplement), I format them like a publication.  The abstract was accepted, published, and accessible, so I would not feel a need to edit that information.   For other conferences, the suggestion of using accepted instead of presented is fine.  You could also add something like *(conference cancelled)* at the end.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6888.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"fdt09l","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How should we handle canceled conferences on our CVs? Like many conferences upcoming, a conference of mine was canceled for May due to COVID-19 concerns.  Can I still put it on my CV? On one hand, it was peer reviewed and accepted... but on the other hand it seems a little disingenuous to suggest the work was presented and the conference went ahead as planned.   Is there a tasteful way to leave it on the CV, but reference that the work was accepted but not presented due to the conference being cancelled due to natural event (i.e. coronavirus). Obviously, this is not a new event, but as a junior scholar I am not sure how to handle it.  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"fjjytek","c_root_id_B":"fjkiai5","created_at_utc_A":1583416001,"created_at_utc_B":1583427363,"score_A":3,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I would say no unless you specify that it was only accepted and not presented","human_ref_B":"Absolutely put it on. Your success was in being accepted, not in talking on a stage. There's no competition involved in traveling to the venue and working the computer. I'd mark it as cancelled, for the sake of transparency.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11362.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"fdt09l","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"How should we handle canceled conferences on our CVs? Like many conferences upcoming, a conference of mine was canceled for May due to COVID-19 concerns.  Can I still put it on my CV? On one hand, it was peer reviewed and accepted... but on the other hand it seems a little disingenuous to suggest the work was presented and the conference went ahead as planned.   Is there a tasteful way to leave it on the CV, but reference that the work was accepted but not presented due to the conference being cancelled due to natural event (i.e. coronavirus). Obviously, this is not a new event, but as a junior scholar I am not sure how to handle it.  Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"fjjytek","c_root_id_B":"fjk5h5n","created_at_utc_A":1583416001,"created_at_utc_B":1583420475,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I would say no unless you specify that it was only accepted and not presented","human_ref_B":"I title the section on my CV as Published Abstracts and Professional Presentations.  So for conferences that publish their abstracts (such as in a journal supplement), I format them like a publication.  The abstract was accepted, published, and accessible, so I would not feel a need to edit that information.   For other conferences, the suggestion of using accepted instead of presented is fine.  You could also add something like *(conference cancelled)* at the end.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4474.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"uozvwk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"What is better second author or second to last author? Suppose you worked a lot on a paper but cannot be first or last due to PI-ship reasons. Which position would you take second author or second to last author?","c_root_id_A":"i8hrfss","c_root_id_B":"i8hr5jk","created_at_utc_A":1652471842,"created_at_utc_B":1652471719,"score_A":364,"score_B":30,"human_ref_A":"First: Main contributor.  Last: PI or supervising professor.  Second: Made real contributions.  Second to last: Got coffee, maybe did some lit review.","human_ref_B":"Second author","labels":1,"seconds_difference":123.0,"score_ratio":12.1333333333}
{"post_id":"uozvwk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"What is better second author or second to last author? Suppose you worked a lot on a paper but cannot be first or last due to PI-ship reasons. Which position would you take second author or second to last author?","c_root_id_A":"i8hr5jk","c_root_id_B":"i8hsy64","created_at_utc_A":1652471719,"created_at_utc_B":1652472483,"score_A":30,"score_B":39,"human_ref_A":"Second author","human_ref_B":"Depends on your field.  Astro-physics?  Second is way more important.  Particle physics?  Completely equal.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":764.0,"score_ratio":1.3}
{"post_id":"uozvwk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"What is better second author or second to last author? Suppose you worked a lot on a paper but cannot be first or last due to PI-ship reasons. Which position would you take second author or second to last author?","c_root_id_A":"i8hywly","c_root_id_B":"i8htkid","created_at_utc_A":1652475077,"created_at_utc_B":1652472754,"score_A":11,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Second author contributes more than the second to last author. Second author would be better.","human_ref_B":"What about co-first or co-last author?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2323.0,"score_ratio":1.8333333333}
{"post_id":"uozvwk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"What is better second author or second to last author? Suppose you worked a lot on a paper but cannot be first or last due to PI-ship reasons. Which position would you take second author or second to last author?","c_root_id_A":"i8ikcu2","c_root_id_B":"i8htkid","created_at_utc_A":1652485001,"created_at_utc_B":1652472754,"score_A":11,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Since you mentioned medicine: second is better if you\u2019re a trainee (grad student, post doc, resident, etc.) Second last is better if you're an independent investigator\/PI\/professor. Generally, the order goes most important trainee contributor to least, then least important PI to most is my understanding. But also, at least for trainees, being second doesn't really compare much to being a first author; it more shows you can be a good collaborative scientist and support other projects than your own roughly speaking.","human_ref_B":"What about co-first or co-last author?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":12247.0,"score_ratio":1.8333333333}
{"post_id":"uozvwk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"What is better second author or second to last author? Suppose you worked a lot on a paper but cannot be first or last due to PI-ship reasons. Which position would you take second author or second to last author?","c_root_id_A":"i8ifzuz","c_root_id_B":"i8ikcu2","created_at_utc_A":1652482889,"created_at_utc_B":1652485001,"score_A":3,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"In any case, write an author contributions statement into your paper :)","human_ref_B":"Since you mentioned medicine: second is better if you\u2019re a trainee (grad student, post doc, resident, etc.) Second last is better if you're an independent investigator\/PI\/professor. Generally, the order goes most important trainee contributor to least, then least important PI to most is my understanding. But also, at least for trainees, being second doesn't really compare much to being a first author; it more shows you can be a good collaborative scientist and support other projects than your own roughly speaking.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2112.0,"score_ratio":3.6666666667}
{"post_id":"uozvwk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"What is better second author or second to last author? Suppose you worked a lot on a paper but cannot be first or last due to PI-ship reasons. Which position would you take second author or second to last author?","c_root_id_A":"i8ifyqw","c_root_id_B":"i8ikcu2","created_at_utc_A":1652482874,"created_at_utc_B":1652485001,"score_A":2,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"In my field, the order is based on contributions to the paper. So higher in the authorship means more contributions (as determined by the other authors or the first author specifically). I\u2019d rather be second than second to last, but it would also be based one what I did and not just what I want. Also it\u2019s rare in my field to have more than four authors anyway, although it still does happen.","human_ref_B":"Since you mentioned medicine: second is better if you\u2019re a trainee (grad student, post doc, resident, etc.) Second last is better if you're an independent investigator\/PI\/professor. Generally, the order goes most important trainee contributor to least, then least important PI to most is my understanding. But also, at least for trainees, being second doesn't really compare much to being a first author; it more shows you can be a good collaborative scientist and support other projects than your own roughly speaking.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2127.0,"score_ratio":5.5}
{"post_id":"uozvwk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"What is better second author or second to last author? Suppose you worked a lot on a paper but cannot be first or last due to PI-ship reasons. Which position would you take second author or second to last author?","c_root_id_A":"i8isxbz","c_root_id_B":"i8ifzuz","created_at_utc_A":1652489240,"created_at_utc_B":1652482889,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Second.   First is best.  In some fields last means something important too.   Otherwise the closer to first the better.","human_ref_B":"In any case, write an author contributions statement into your paper :)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6351.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"uozvwk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"What is better second author or second to last author? Suppose you worked a lot on a paper but cannot be first or last due to PI-ship reasons. Which position would you take second author or second to last author?","c_root_id_A":"i8ifyqw","c_root_id_B":"i8isxbz","created_at_utc_A":1652482874,"created_at_utc_B":1652489240,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"In my field, the order is based on contributions to the paper. So higher in the authorship means more contributions (as determined by the other authors or the first author specifically). I\u2019d rather be second than second to last, but it would also be based one what I did and not just what I want. Also it\u2019s rare in my field to have more than four authors anyway, although it still does happen.","human_ref_B":"Second.   First is best.  In some fields last means something important too.   Otherwise the closer to first the better.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6366.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"uozvwk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"What is better second author or second to last author? Suppose you worked a lot on a paper but cannot be first or last due to PI-ship reasons. Which position would you take second author or second to last author?","c_root_id_A":"i8ifyqw","c_root_id_B":"i8j0evc","created_at_utc_A":1652482874,"created_at_utc_B":1652492965,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"In my field, the order is based on contributions to the paper. So higher in the authorship means more contributions (as determined by the other authors or the first author specifically). I\u2019d rather be second than second to last, but it would also be based one what I did and not just what I want. Also it\u2019s rare in my field to have more than four authors anyway, although it still does happen.","human_ref_B":"Second to last is worse unless you are also a corresponding author (alongside the last). Only in that case is it worth considering depending on your career stage.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10091.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"uozvwk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"What is better second author or second to last author? Suppose you worked a lot on a paper but cannot be first or last due to PI-ship reasons. Which position would you take second author or second to last author?","c_root_id_A":"i8ifzuz","c_root_id_B":"i8ifyqw","created_at_utc_A":1652482889,"created_at_utc_B":1652482874,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"In any case, write an author contributions statement into your paper :)","human_ref_B":"In my field, the order is based on contributions to the paper. So higher in the authorship means more contributions (as determined by the other authors or the first author specifically). I\u2019d rather be second than second to last, but it would also be based one what I did and not just what I want. Also it\u2019s rare in my field to have more than four authors anyway, although it still does happen.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":15.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"uozvwk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"What is better second author or second to last author? Suppose you worked a lot on a paper but cannot be first or last due to PI-ship reasons. Which position would you take second author or second to last author?","c_root_id_A":"i8jijzc","c_root_id_B":"i8ifyqw","created_at_utc_A":1652502861,"created_at_utc_B":1652482874,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Completely dependent on the field","human_ref_B":"In my field, the order is based on contributions to the paper. So higher in the authorship means more contributions (as determined by the other authors or the first author specifically). I\u2019d rather be second than second to last, but it would also be based one what I did and not just what I want. Also it\u2019s rare in my field to have more than four authors anyway, although it still does happen.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":19987.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"uozvwk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"What is better second author or second to last author? Suppose you worked a lot on a paper but cannot be first or last due to PI-ship reasons. Which position would you take second author or second to last author?","c_root_id_A":"i8jijzc","c_root_id_B":"i8jarrc","created_at_utc_A":1652502861,"created_at_utc_B":1652498330,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Completely dependent on the field","human_ref_B":"What I was told in neuro related stuff is that its not a big difference if you arnt either first or last author. This was from an admittedly toxic PI though","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4531.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"uozvwk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"What is better second author or second to last author? Suppose you worked a lot on a paper but cannot be first or last due to PI-ship reasons. Which position would you take second author or second to last author?","c_root_id_A":"i8ifyqw","c_root_id_B":"i8l3h5n","created_at_utc_A":1652482874,"created_at_utc_B":1652542090,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"In my field, the order is based on contributions to the paper. So higher in the authorship means more contributions (as determined by the other authors or the first author specifically). I\u2019d rather be second than second to last, but it would also be based one what I did and not just what I want. Also it\u2019s rare in my field to have more than four authors anyway, although it still does happen.","human_ref_B":"Depends on career stage. Grad student or postdoc: second, PI: second to last.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":59216.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"uozvwk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"What is better second author or second to last author? Suppose you worked a lot on a paper but cannot be first or last due to PI-ship reasons. Which position would you take second author or second to last author?","c_root_id_A":"i8l3h5n","c_root_id_B":"i8jarrc","created_at_utc_A":1652542090,"created_at_utc_B":1652498330,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Depends on career stage. Grad student or postdoc: second, PI: second to last.","human_ref_B":"What I was told in neuro related stuff is that its not a big difference if you arnt either first or last author. This was from an admittedly toxic PI though","labels":1,"seconds_difference":43760.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"uozvwk","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"What is better second author or second to last author? Suppose you worked a lot on a paper but cannot be first or last due to PI-ship reasons. Which position would you take second author or second to last author?","c_root_id_A":"i8l3h5n","c_root_id_B":"i8ju1qe","created_at_utc_A":1652542090,"created_at_utc_B":1652511135,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Depends on career stage. Grad student or postdoc: second, PI: second to last.","human_ref_B":"If you did more work I\u2019d take second. If I did more supervisorship I\u2019d take second last","labels":1,"seconds_difference":30955.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"5arqpq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Presenting a paper at my first academic conference, nervous about what to expect. Advice? I have recently finished my MSc and will be presenting my dissertation as a paper for a panel discussion at a conference this weekend. It is a small conference so I am not expecting any \"big name academics\".   First of all, if anyone has any advice on presenting papers in a panel that would be great.  Secondly, if anyone has any academic networking tips that would also be great. I will be at the conference all weekend, I would ideally like to find some professors that are looking for research assistants...my anxiety makes it difficult for me to network!","c_root_id_A":"d9j7rh5","c_root_id_B":"d9j8toq","created_at_utc_A":1478133465,"created_at_utc_B":1478134741,"score_A":3,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"Congratz! Not sure how much time you have but make sure you're at least a minute short of the limit when you practice. Too many people spend 15 of their 18 minutes covering background everyone already knows and then are forced to rush through the empirical findings that everyone wants to see.","human_ref_B":"Expect no one to show up, expect people to grandstand in their questions and not really ask anything but instead summarize their own very tangentially-related thoughts, expect your panel-mates to run way over time, expect people to be on their phone and half-asleep.  You might have better luck than the above, but a LOT of panels are like that.  The best things you can do are to finish under the allotted time and not read straight from the paper in a monotone without looking up.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1276.0,"score_ratio":6.0}
{"post_id":"el31y6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"When to announce TT job on social media? So, I'm in the amazing position of having accepted and signed a written offer for a TT faculty position. The question is, when is it appropriate to make a more public announcement, like on Twitter? I'd love to make this news known widely to my broader professional network. Since accepting my offer, my new department has already reached out to ask about my lab space requirements and accepting grad students, so it sure seems official. Although my position is supposed to be \"approved by the Board of Trustees\" which should just be a formality, but...   Maybe I'm overthinking this. Opinions?   Thanks in advance!","c_root_id_A":"fdfec16","c_root_id_B":"fdfdpn6","created_at_utc_A":1578359698,"created_at_utc_B":1578359281,"score_A":28,"score_B":20,"human_ref_A":"I waited until the school announced it with a small news blurb","human_ref_B":"I\u2019d wait until the Board approves it. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s a formality, but you really have nothing to lose by waiting until then. Alternatively, you could announce it as \u201cpending Board approval\u201c.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":417.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
{"post_id":"el31y6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"When to announce TT job on social media? So, I'm in the amazing position of having accepted and signed a written offer for a TT faculty position. The question is, when is it appropriate to make a more public announcement, like on Twitter? I'd love to make this news known widely to my broader professional network. Since accepting my offer, my new department has already reached out to ask about my lab space requirements and accepting grad students, so it sure seems official. Although my position is supposed to be \"approved by the Board of Trustees\" which should just be a formality, but...   Maybe I'm overthinking this. Opinions?   Thanks in advance!","c_root_id_A":"fdfec16","c_root_id_B":"fdfdevd","created_at_utc_A":1578359698,"created_at_utc_B":1578359080,"score_A":28,"score_B":17,"human_ref_A":"I waited until the school announced it with a small news blurb","human_ref_B":"Once the contract is signed, but if you're concerned just ask your new department chair. I'm one of those and I welcome all manner of \"how do I\" and \"when do I\" questions from new colleagues-- once that contract is signed they are my responsibility.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":618.0,"score_ratio":1.6470588235}
{"post_id":"el31y6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"When to announce TT job on social media? So, I'm in the amazing position of having accepted and signed a written offer for a TT faculty position. The question is, when is it appropriate to make a more public announcement, like on Twitter? I'd love to make this news known widely to my broader professional network. Since accepting my offer, my new department has already reached out to ask about my lab space requirements and accepting grad students, so it sure seems official. Although my position is supposed to be \"approved by the Board of Trustees\" which should just be a formality, but...   Maybe I'm overthinking this. Opinions?   Thanks in advance!","c_root_id_A":"fdfec16","c_root_id_B":"fdfb7ds","created_at_utc_A":1578359698,"created_at_utc_B":1578357589,"score_A":28,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I waited until the school announced it with a small news blurb","human_ref_B":"Go for it, you already signed the contract :)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2109.0,"score_ratio":5.6}
{"post_id":"el31y6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"When to announce TT job on social media? So, I'm in the amazing position of having accepted and signed a written offer for a TT faculty position. The question is, when is it appropriate to make a more public announcement, like on Twitter? I'd love to make this news known widely to my broader professional network. Since accepting my offer, my new department has already reached out to ask about my lab space requirements and accepting grad students, so it sure seems official. Although my position is supposed to be \"approved by the Board of Trustees\" which should just be a formality, but...   Maybe I'm overthinking this. Opinions?   Thanks in advance!","c_root_id_A":"fdfdpn6","c_root_id_B":"fdfdevd","created_at_utc_A":1578359281,"created_at_utc_B":1578359080,"score_A":20,"score_B":17,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019d wait until the Board approves it. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s a formality, but you really have nothing to lose by waiting until then. Alternatively, you could announce it as \u201cpending Board approval\u201c.","human_ref_B":"Once the contract is signed, but if you're concerned just ask your new department chair. I'm one of those and I welcome all manner of \"how do I\" and \"when do I\" questions from new colleagues-- once that contract is signed they are my responsibility.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":201.0,"score_ratio":1.1764705882}
{"post_id":"el31y6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"When to announce TT job on social media? So, I'm in the amazing position of having accepted and signed a written offer for a TT faculty position. The question is, when is it appropriate to make a more public announcement, like on Twitter? I'd love to make this news known widely to my broader professional network. Since accepting my offer, my new department has already reached out to ask about my lab space requirements and accepting grad students, so it sure seems official. Although my position is supposed to be \"approved by the Board of Trustees\" which should just be a formality, but...   Maybe I'm overthinking this. Opinions?   Thanks in advance!","c_root_id_A":"fdfb7ds","c_root_id_B":"fdfdpn6","created_at_utc_A":1578357589,"created_at_utc_B":1578359281,"score_A":5,"score_B":20,"human_ref_A":"Go for it, you already signed the contract :)","human_ref_B":"I\u2019d wait until the Board approves it. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s a formality, but you really have nothing to lose by waiting until then. Alternatively, you could announce it as \u201cpending Board approval\u201c.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1692.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"el31y6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"When to announce TT job on social media? So, I'm in the amazing position of having accepted and signed a written offer for a TT faculty position. The question is, when is it appropriate to make a more public announcement, like on Twitter? I'd love to make this news known widely to my broader professional network. Since accepting my offer, my new department has already reached out to ask about my lab space requirements and accepting grad students, so it sure seems official. Although my position is supposed to be \"approved by the Board of Trustees\" which should just be a formality, but...   Maybe I'm overthinking this. Opinions?   Thanks in advance!","c_root_id_A":"fdfb7ds","c_root_id_B":"fdfdevd","created_at_utc_A":1578357589,"created_at_utc_B":1578359080,"score_A":5,"score_B":17,"human_ref_A":"Go for it, you already signed the contract :)","human_ref_B":"Once the contract is signed, but if you're concerned just ask your new department chair. I'm one of those and I welcome all manner of \"how do I\" and \"when do I\" questions from new colleagues-- once that contract is signed they are my responsibility.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1491.0,"score_ratio":3.4}
{"post_id":"el31y6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"When to announce TT job on social media? So, I'm in the amazing position of having accepted and signed a written offer for a TT faculty position. The question is, when is it appropriate to make a more public announcement, like on Twitter? I'd love to make this news known widely to my broader professional network. Since accepting my offer, my new department has already reached out to ask about my lab space requirements and accepting grad students, so it sure seems official. Although my position is supposed to be \"approved by the Board of Trustees\" which should just be a formality, but...   Maybe I'm overthinking this. Opinions?   Thanks in advance!","c_root_id_A":"fdfb7ds","c_root_id_B":"fdfh3hn","created_at_utc_A":1578357589,"created_at_utc_B":1578361543,"score_A":5,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"Go for it, you already signed the contract :)","human_ref_B":"I'd hold off, if only because of an example I witnessed.  In an AWOT-to-tenure hire, the final, rubberstampy committee turned the candidate down.  So basically do your best to keep mum until the only thing risking your job is that the school burns down.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3954.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"zw98za","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Help enforcing deadlines with coauthors I\u2019ve have multiple groups of collaborators under the same PI.  As first author I have had difficulty with coauthors not meeting deadlines and drawing out the manuscript. These are lab members more junior to me.   I\u2019ve tried multiple reminders as well as saying if you don\u2019t meet x deadline we\u2019ll reassign your section. Should I say this from the start?  The issue isn\u2019t really missing the deadline but lack of communication. If someone relays they can\u2019t meet a deadline ahead of time, I can step in and make sure it\u2019s finished.   I know many groups have the first author write the whole paper. The issue is my PI is going on leave so I will be taking over PI responsibilities for my projects and several others. I absolutely need help keeping my own projects going.   I\u2019d appreciate any advice on how to more effectively delegate. Or examples of how others have handled missed deadlines (do you immediately reassign?)","c_root_id_A":"j1tq9kr","c_root_id_B":"j1u8fdn","created_at_utc_A":1672131516,"created_at_utc_B":1672145905,"score_A":8,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"One of the most important lessons I learned as a grad student was that good communication is not a matter of personal effort: it is a matter of having a good system in place for regular check-ins. A weekly project meeting with all team members might be the way to do this. Or a dedicated slack channel for this specific project. Or whatever. Just some way to regularly check in as a team, troubleshoot, etc. By making productivity assessments an ongoing discussion, you can troubleshoot problems ahead of time rather than waiting until deadlines have been repeatedly missed.","human_ref_B":"Jeez, I'll get to it! (This post literally made me open our ongoing manuscript...)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14389.0,"score_ratio":2.25}
{"post_id":"zw98za","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"Help enforcing deadlines with coauthors I\u2019ve have multiple groups of collaborators under the same PI.  As first author I have had difficulty with coauthors not meeting deadlines and drawing out the manuscript. These are lab members more junior to me.   I\u2019ve tried multiple reminders as well as saying if you don\u2019t meet x deadline we\u2019ll reassign your section. Should I say this from the start?  The issue isn\u2019t really missing the deadline but lack of communication. If someone relays they can\u2019t meet a deadline ahead of time, I can step in and make sure it\u2019s finished.   I know many groups have the first author write the whole paper. The issue is my PI is going on leave so I will be taking over PI responsibilities for my projects and several others. I absolutely need help keeping my own projects going.   I\u2019d appreciate any advice on how to more effectively delegate. Or examples of how others have handled missed deadlines (do you immediately reassign?)","c_root_id_A":"j1ttsib","c_root_id_B":"j1u8fdn","created_at_utc_A":1672134544,"created_at_utc_B":1672145905,"score_A":4,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"I think what you need is a team task organiser and there are tons of them on the internet. Like online google spreadsheets where you set the taks and the deadline so people login and write its \"done\"  or \"finished\". Or you can use something like monday.com for some fee.","human_ref_B":"Jeez, I'll get to it! (This post literally made me open our ongoing manuscript...)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11361.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"tr1r37","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"I really am making very boring Research slides To all the folks out there, could you please give me tips to make a presentation visually appealing? I have this habit of making very standard slides (say text on the left hand side in points and one image on the right) with hardly any variation throughout the PPT.  If I'm trying to present a summary of the research paper is there some way to make it not look boring? I don't have many creativity ideas. I keep the headings same as the ones in research papers. I've seen in conferences some very eye catching presentations and they do not follow any fixed format, there may be a flow chart on one slide, a heirarchy table on other and things like that. Is there some course or resource for learning how to do this?  P.S.:  I'm in life sciences field","c_root_id_A":"i2kqrgd","c_root_id_B":"i2l65ys","created_at_utc_A":1648568170,"created_at_utc_B":1648574033,"score_A":8,"score_B":24,"human_ref_A":"On PowerPoint you can turn on Design Ideas  - it will give a series of suggestions on how to jazz up your slides.  I\u2019m a big fan of photos on slides. I try to use as many as possible and keep words on the slide to a minimum.  Finally, some people use Prezi for slides - I haven\u2019t used it myself but it always looks impressive.","human_ref_B":"Ugh please do not do ppt animations or design templates. To make a presentation interesting use mixed media (images, diagrams, text, cartoons), don't put walls of text or equations, keep slides sparse so the audience isn't trying to listen to you and interpret a dense slide at the same time, and most importantly make your talk interesting by focusing on the big picture, speaking conversationally, connecting with individual members of the audience with eye contact, varying your tone, introducing light humor, using appropriate gestures. Let your passion and humor come out.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5863.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"tr1r37","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"I really am making very boring Research slides To all the folks out there, could you please give me tips to make a presentation visually appealing? I have this habit of making very standard slides (say text on the left hand side in points and one image on the right) with hardly any variation throughout the PPT.  If I'm trying to present a summary of the research paper is there some way to make it not look boring? I don't have many creativity ideas. I keep the headings same as the ones in research papers. I've seen in conferences some very eye catching presentations and they do not follow any fixed format, there may be a flow chart on one slide, a heirarchy table on other and things like that. Is there some course or resource for learning how to do this?  P.S.:  I'm in life sciences field","c_root_id_A":"i2m79h3","c_root_id_B":"i2ma2co","created_at_utc_A":1648588083,"created_at_utc_B":1648589124,"score_A":18,"score_B":19,"human_ref_A":"I went to a workshop on assertion-evidence presentations and found it really helpful. Basically you make a statement for your title and use the rest of the slide to provide evidence graphically. https:\/\/www.assertion-evidence.com","human_ref_B":"I was taught (and they were right) to simplify your slides and data to a point where you think it is too simple and easy to explain and seems elementary....you are an expert so what you think is too simple to explain is just right for an audience to digest. Complex and cluttered data makes the audience tune out.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1041.0,"score_ratio":1.0555555556}
{"post_id":"tr1r37","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"I really am making very boring Research slides To all the folks out there, could you please give me tips to make a presentation visually appealing? I have this habit of making very standard slides (say text on the left hand side in points and one image on the right) with hardly any variation throughout the PPT.  If I'm trying to present a summary of the research paper is there some way to make it not look boring? I don't have many creativity ideas. I keep the headings same as the ones in research papers. I've seen in conferences some very eye catching presentations and they do not follow any fixed format, there may be a flow chart on one slide, a heirarchy table on other and things like that. Is there some course or resource for learning how to do this?  P.S.:  I'm in life sciences field","c_root_id_A":"i2ma2co","c_root_id_B":"i2kqrgd","created_at_utc_A":1648589124,"created_at_utc_B":1648568170,"score_A":19,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I was taught (and they were right) to simplify your slides and data to a point where you think it is too simple and easy to explain and seems elementary....you are an expert so what you think is too simple to explain is just right for an audience to digest. Complex and cluttered data makes the audience tune out.","human_ref_B":"On PowerPoint you can turn on Design Ideas  - it will give a series of suggestions on how to jazz up your slides.  I\u2019m a big fan of photos on slides. I try to use as many as possible and keep words on the slide to a minimum.  Finally, some people use Prezi for slides - I haven\u2019t used it myself but it always looks impressive.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":20954.0,"score_ratio":2.375}
{"post_id":"tr1r37","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"I really am making very boring Research slides To all the folks out there, could you please give me tips to make a presentation visually appealing? I have this habit of making very standard slides (say text on the left hand side in points and one image on the right) with hardly any variation throughout the PPT.  If I'm trying to present a summary of the research paper is there some way to make it not look boring? I don't have many creativity ideas. I keep the headings same as the ones in research papers. I've seen in conferences some very eye catching presentations and they do not follow any fixed format, there may be a flow chart on one slide, a heirarchy table on other and things like that. Is there some course or resource for learning how to do this?  P.S.:  I'm in life sciences field","c_root_id_A":"i2ma2co","c_root_id_B":"i2lxi8e","created_at_utc_A":1648589124,"created_at_utc_B":1648584400,"score_A":19,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I was taught (and they were right) to simplify your slides and data to a point where you think it is too simple and easy to explain and seems elementary....you are an expert so what you think is too simple to explain is just right for an audience to digest. Complex and cluttered data makes the audience tune out.","human_ref_B":"Use the visuals only as a way to backup and add value to what you are saying rather than as a summary of talking points. Don't confuse making slide content  with making you own speaker notes. What I means by this is  put only images or simple visually impactful things on slides , like a highlighted quote or single statistic in big numbers - maybe a chart (but truthfully charts often aren't really visual impactful).  Do not to make bullet point lists of the things you are saying and put them on your slide.  Before you make any slides plan your speakers note \/ what you are going to say. Don't do this by writing an essay that you will read out verbatim. That's will lead to wooden and horrible delivery  Instead, make bullet point lists as your  speaker notes, to plan out what you will say in a series of talking points.  Dont fall into the trap of confusing writing these with  making the visuals by putting these talking points on a slide. (Remember, only visually impactful stuff on slides.)  Planning your talk is not the same as making the visuals for it.   Instead , make that bullit point plan of what you are going to say seperately in a word document.  Once you have written that, you can then decide what visual slides you can make back up your points and make impactful visuals. Not all point will have a visual and that's ok.  Finally  transfer the speaker notes into the notes section of the ppt. (This way when you share the file your audience also has the notes )   Also choose a decent template.   Any finally, don't copy the style of other academic presentations. The very style of most academic presentations is bad. If you want inspiration for how to give good presentations , look at ted talks and trainers or facilitators.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4724.0,"score_ratio":2.7142857143}
{"post_id":"tr1r37","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"I really am making very boring Research slides To all the folks out there, could you please give me tips to make a presentation visually appealing? I have this habit of making very standard slides (say text on the left hand side in points and one image on the right) with hardly any variation throughout the PPT.  If I'm trying to present a summary of the research paper is there some way to make it not look boring? I don't have many creativity ideas. I keep the headings same as the ones in research papers. I've seen in conferences some very eye catching presentations and they do not follow any fixed format, there may be a flow chart on one slide, a heirarchy table on other and things like that. Is there some course or resource for learning how to do this?  P.S.:  I'm in life sciences field","c_root_id_A":"i2ma2co","c_root_id_B":"i2lxq6r","created_at_utc_A":1648589124,"created_at_utc_B":1648584485,"score_A":19,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I was taught (and they were right) to simplify your slides and data to a point where you think it is too simple and easy to explain and seems elementary....you are an expert so what you think is too simple to explain is just right for an audience to digest. Complex and cluttered data makes the audience tune out.","human_ref_B":"There\u2019s a book, TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking by Chris Anderson, that really shaped how I think about presentations. It isn\u2019t always relevant to academic talks because you definitely have to show data, but if you can find it at a library I recommend giving it a read.   I think there are really good points made by the others here as well but a couple rules of thumb that I try to stick to:  * Minimal figures\/images per slide. I try to stick to one image per slide. Help the listener focus on what you are trying to present and minimize how much they need to read while listening to you.  * No text or minimal text. They are there to listen to you. Occasionally I will put some text (e.g. a word or a question), but rarely anything that they need to really read.  * Don\u2019t be afraid to use blank slides. When your point is made, a blank slide can redirect their attention back to you.  Finally, look for new ways to present your data. Subreddits like r\/dataisbeautiful are great for inspiring new ways to show your info.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4639.0,"score_ratio":6.3333333333}
{"post_id":"tr1r37","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"I really am making very boring Research slides To all the folks out there, could you please give me tips to make a presentation visually appealing? I have this habit of making very standard slides (say text on the left hand side in points and one image on the right) with hardly any variation throughout the PPT.  If I'm trying to present a summary of the research paper is there some way to make it not look boring? I don't have many creativity ideas. I keep the headings same as the ones in research papers. I've seen in conferences some very eye catching presentations and they do not follow any fixed format, there may be a flow chart on one slide, a heirarchy table on other and things like that. Is there some course or resource for learning how to do this?  P.S.:  I'm in life sciences field","c_root_id_A":"i2kqrgd","c_root_id_B":"i2m79h3","created_at_utc_A":1648568170,"created_at_utc_B":1648588083,"score_A":8,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"On PowerPoint you can turn on Design Ideas  - it will give a series of suggestions on how to jazz up your slides.  I\u2019m a big fan of photos on slides. I try to use as many as possible and keep words on the slide to a minimum.  Finally, some people use Prezi for slides - I haven\u2019t used it myself but it always looks impressive.","human_ref_B":"I went to a workshop on assertion-evidence presentations and found it really helpful. Basically you make a statement for your title and use the rest of the slide to provide evidence graphically. https:\/\/www.assertion-evidence.com","labels":0,"seconds_difference":19913.0,"score_ratio":2.25}
{"post_id":"tr1r37","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"I really am making very boring Research slides To all the folks out there, could you please give me tips to make a presentation visually appealing? I have this habit of making very standard slides (say text on the left hand side in points and one image on the right) with hardly any variation throughout the PPT.  If I'm trying to present a summary of the research paper is there some way to make it not look boring? I don't have many creativity ideas. I keep the headings same as the ones in research papers. I've seen in conferences some very eye catching presentations and they do not follow any fixed format, there may be a flow chart on one slide, a heirarchy table on other and things like that. Is there some course or resource for learning how to do this?  P.S.:  I'm in life sciences field","c_root_id_A":"i2lxi8e","c_root_id_B":"i2m79h3","created_at_utc_A":1648584400,"created_at_utc_B":1648588083,"score_A":7,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"Use the visuals only as a way to backup and add value to what you are saying rather than as a summary of talking points. Don't confuse making slide content  with making you own speaker notes. What I means by this is  put only images or simple visually impactful things on slides , like a highlighted quote or single statistic in big numbers - maybe a chart (but truthfully charts often aren't really visual impactful).  Do not to make bullet point lists of the things you are saying and put them on your slide.  Before you make any slides plan your speakers note \/ what you are going to say. Don't do this by writing an essay that you will read out verbatim. That's will lead to wooden and horrible delivery  Instead, make bullet point lists as your  speaker notes, to plan out what you will say in a series of talking points.  Dont fall into the trap of confusing writing these with  making the visuals by putting these talking points on a slide. (Remember, only visually impactful stuff on slides.)  Planning your talk is not the same as making the visuals for it.   Instead , make that bullit point plan of what you are going to say seperately in a word document.  Once you have written that, you can then decide what visual slides you can make back up your points and make impactful visuals. Not all point will have a visual and that's ok.  Finally  transfer the speaker notes into the notes section of the ppt. (This way when you share the file your audience also has the notes )   Also choose a decent template.   Any finally, don't copy the style of other academic presentations. The very style of most academic presentations is bad. If you want inspiration for how to give good presentations , look at ted talks and trainers or facilitators.","human_ref_B":"I went to a workshop on assertion-evidence presentations and found it really helpful. Basically you make a statement for your title and use the rest of the slide to provide evidence graphically. https:\/\/www.assertion-evidence.com","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3683.0,"score_ratio":2.5714285714}
{"post_id":"tr1r37","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"I really am making very boring Research slides To all the folks out there, could you please give me tips to make a presentation visually appealing? I have this habit of making very standard slides (say text on the left hand side in points and one image on the right) with hardly any variation throughout the PPT.  If I'm trying to present a summary of the research paper is there some way to make it not look boring? I don't have many creativity ideas. I keep the headings same as the ones in research papers. I've seen in conferences some very eye catching presentations and they do not follow any fixed format, there may be a flow chart on one slide, a heirarchy table on other and things like that. Is there some course or resource for learning how to do this?  P.S.:  I'm in life sciences field","c_root_id_A":"i2lxq6r","c_root_id_B":"i2m79h3","created_at_utc_A":1648584485,"created_at_utc_B":1648588083,"score_A":3,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"There\u2019s a book, TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking by Chris Anderson, that really shaped how I think about presentations. It isn\u2019t always relevant to academic talks because you definitely have to show data, but if you can find it at a library I recommend giving it a read.   I think there are really good points made by the others here as well but a couple rules of thumb that I try to stick to:  * Minimal figures\/images per slide. I try to stick to one image per slide. Help the listener focus on what you are trying to present and minimize how much they need to read while listening to you.  * No text or minimal text. They are there to listen to you. Occasionally I will put some text (e.g. a word or a question), but rarely anything that they need to really read.  * Don\u2019t be afraid to use blank slides. When your point is made, a blank slide can redirect their attention back to you.  Finally, look for new ways to present your data. Subreddits like r\/dataisbeautiful are great for inspiring new ways to show your info.","human_ref_B":"I went to a workshop on assertion-evidence presentations and found it really helpful. Basically you make a statement for your title and use the rest of the slide to provide evidence graphically. https:\/\/www.assertion-evidence.com","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3598.0,"score_ratio":6.0}
{"post_id":"tr1r37","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"I really am making very boring Research slides To all the folks out there, could you please give me tips to make a presentation visually appealing? I have this habit of making very standard slides (say text on the left hand side in points and one image on the right) with hardly any variation throughout the PPT.  If I'm trying to present a summary of the research paper is there some way to make it not look boring? I don't have many creativity ideas. I keep the headings same as the ones in research papers. I've seen in conferences some very eye catching presentations and they do not follow any fixed format, there may be a flow chart on one slide, a heirarchy table on other and things like that. Is there some course or resource for learning how to do this?  P.S.:  I'm in life sciences field","c_root_id_A":"i2p2gvv","c_root_id_B":"i2lxq6r","created_at_utc_A":1648633970,"created_at_utc_B":1648584485,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I crack jokes, use memes and odd titles like main players instead of who invented a theory in psychology","human_ref_B":"There\u2019s a book, TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking by Chris Anderson, that really shaped how I think about presentations. It isn\u2019t always relevant to academic talks because you definitely have to show data, but if you can find it at a library I recommend giving it a read.   I think there are really good points made by the others here as well but a couple rules of thumb that I try to stick to:  * Minimal figures\/images per slide. I try to stick to one image per slide. Help the listener focus on what you are trying to present and minimize how much they need to read while listening to you.  * No text or minimal text. They are there to listen to you. Occasionally I will put some text (e.g. a word or a question), but rarely anything that they need to really read.  * Don\u2019t be afraid to use blank slides. When your point is made, a blank slide can redirect their attention back to you.  Finally, look for new ways to present your data. Subreddits like r\/dataisbeautiful are great for inspiring new ways to show your info.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":49485.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"tr1r37","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"I really am making very boring Research slides To all the folks out there, could you please give me tips to make a presentation visually appealing? I have this habit of making very standard slides (say text on the left hand side in points and one image on the right) with hardly any variation throughout the PPT.  If I'm trying to present a summary of the research paper is there some way to make it not look boring? I don't have many creativity ideas. I keep the headings same as the ones in research papers. I've seen in conferences some very eye catching presentations and they do not follow any fixed format, there may be a flow chart on one slide, a heirarchy table on other and things like that. Is there some course or resource for learning how to do this?  P.S.:  I'm in life sciences field","c_root_id_A":"i2mi0bp","c_root_id_B":"i2p2gvv","created_at_utc_A":1648591854,"created_at_utc_B":1648633970,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"- Use blank slides to bring attention back to you - Reduce bullet points as much as possible - you can use diagrams, icons, individual phrases and words on slides, etc - Highlight specific features of images or diagrams  - Use animations to bring words and images in and out of focus when you need them - You don't necessarily need headers on your slides if you're speaking over them anyway - Think about the way your presentation moves through the narrative - that might help as much as changing the slides","human_ref_B":"I crack jokes, use memes and odd titles like main players instead of who invented a theory in psychology","labels":0,"seconds_difference":42116.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"tr1r37","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"I really am making very boring Research slides To all the folks out there, could you please give me tips to make a presentation visually appealing? I have this habit of making very standard slides (say text on the left hand side in points and one image on the right) with hardly any variation throughout the PPT.  If I'm trying to present a summary of the research paper is there some way to make it not look boring? I don't have many creativity ideas. I keep the headings same as the ones in research papers. I've seen in conferences some very eye catching presentations and they do not follow any fixed format, there may be a flow chart on one slide, a heirarchy table on other and things like that. Is there some course or resource for learning how to do this?  P.S.:  I'm in life sciences field","c_root_id_A":"i2o0jfm","c_root_id_B":"i2p2gvv","created_at_utc_A":1648607763,"created_at_utc_B":1648633970,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"No more than 10 slides, no more than 20 minutes long, no less than a 30 point font. If you are reading off your slides, your audience is asleep. Don\u2019t use words where you can use a picture. Follow the rule of thirds to break the space up in a way thats interesting for the eye. There\u2019s a great Pechakucha on slide design at pechakucha.com","human_ref_B":"I crack jokes, use memes and odd titles like main players instead of who invented a theory in psychology","labels":0,"seconds_difference":26207.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"ctr5r9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Married people of academia, did you take your partners last name? For those in academia who are married, I am curious whether or not you took your partners last name (either hyphenated or completely changed). While it's definitely important, I'm less curious about general personal preferences and more curious about how being in academia specifically impacted that choice. Particularly if you were published and\/or already in a position before you got married and how that impacted your decision and how that choice has impacted your life in academia.  Has there been confusion over what your name is within the department? Has there been confusion over having name variations on publications? Is it possible to keep your name one way on academia related things (eg. A maiden name on publications) and changing your name legally to your partners name?","c_root_id_A":"exn34tg","c_root_id_B":"exn2fh4","created_at_utc_A":1566445196,"created_at_utc_B":1566444662,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"If you want to see a variety of responses, check out the ones on this post.  Edit: fixed link","human_ref_B":"I had 4 pubs when I got married, and was over halfway through grad school. Socially and legally my name is changed to my married name (with my maiden name as my new middle name). Professionally I ended up hyphenating my name (maiden-married) for the rest of my grad school time and pubs, and am now transitioning fully into using my married name in my postdoc. The hyphen worked well for me, as it saved a lot of confusion amongst my professors and peers, and kept my old publications linked to my new ones. I\u2019ve also seen it done every which way and it can work every which way professionally.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":534.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"ctr5r9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Married people of academia, did you take your partners last name? For those in academia who are married, I am curious whether or not you took your partners last name (either hyphenated or completely changed). While it's definitely important, I'm less curious about general personal preferences and more curious about how being in academia specifically impacted that choice. Particularly if you were published and\/or already in a position before you got married and how that impacted your decision and how that choice has impacted your life in academia.  Has there been confusion over what your name is within the department? Has there been confusion over having name variations on publications? Is it possible to keep your name one way on academia related things (eg. A maiden name on publications) and changing your name legally to your partners name?","c_root_id_A":"exn2fh4","c_root_id_B":"exn66r9","created_at_utc_A":1566444662,"created_at_utc_B":1566447183,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I had 4 pubs when I got married, and was over halfway through grad school. Socially and legally my name is changed to my married name (with my maiden name as my new middle name). Professionally I ended up hyphenating my name (maiden-married) for the rest of my grad school time and pubs, and am now transitioning fully into using my married name in my postdoc. The hyphen worked well for me, as it saved a lot of confusion amongst my professors and peers, and kept my old publications linked to my new ones. I\u2019ve also seen it done every which way and it can work every which way professionally.","human_ref_B":"Why is changing your name important? Neither of us changed our names, and she\u2019s not in academia. No reason for her to forfeit her history for me, and no reason for me for her.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2521.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"ctr5r9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Married people of academia, did you take your partners last name? For those in academia who are married, I am curious whether or not you took your partners last name (either hyphenated or completely changed). While it's definitely important, I'm less curious about general personal preferences and more curious about how being in academia specifically impacted that choice. Particularly if you were published and\/or already in a position before you got married and how that impacted your decision and how that choice has impacted your life in academia.  Has there been confusion over what your name is within the department? Has there been confusion over having name variations on publications? Is it possible to keep your name one way on academia related things (eg. A maiden name on publications) and changing your name legally to your partners name?","c_root_id_A":"exq4c89","c_root_id_B":"expmd8g","created_at_utc_A":1566497739,"created_at_utc_B":1566491954,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I got married when I was still in academia. I took my husband's last name legally and socially, but continued to use my original last name professionally. I continued to do that after I went to industry.  Generally, I don't encounter much confusion, but that's generally because the folks I work with only learn my legal last name when I need to do something \"official.\"","human_ref_B":"It really doesn't matter what you choose to do from a professional academic perspective. My partner and I did not change our names, but it was not a choice related to academia. I work with lots of people who have changed their names and experienced no professional problems. And, lots of people use their birth name professionally and partner's name socially- and it really doesn't matter which one is your legal name from a professional perspective. I think personal preference by far is the most important consideration here.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5785.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"ajhcqt","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.85,"history":"Update] First time on tenure-track market, progressing to on-campus interviews First of all, I want to thank each and every one of you who replied to [my previous post asking for phone interview advice. I read every comment several times, and took the advice to heart and I have to say it really helped. A lot of what you guys said was completely on point, and I came into the interviews much better prepared than I otherwise would have been.  Two of my phone interviews have progressed into on-campus interviews that are happening over the next two months. What sort of advice do you all have? I've never done this sort of thing before, and while I've done plenty of talks, I also have to meet big shots like the deans, and faculty members from fields outside my own.","c_root_id_A":"eewclg7","c_root_id_B":"eewdkzr","created_at_utc_A":1548386849,"created_at_utc_B":1548387665,"score_A":6,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Pack a snack! It can be kind of exhausting. Also, them lots of questions and show interest. You can try to look up the department online and see what they pride themselves on, like a cool club or internship program for their students.","human_ref_B":"when interviewing, the best tip a professor told me was that you are on interview the entire time. So, when you go to dinner with one or two people from the Department, even though the conversation can be light, you're still on interview. It's important to think about what you say. I tend to speak as I'm thinking so that was really valuable advice. If there are drinks involved, be sure to limit yourself. It sounds like a silly comment, but I kept it in mind and only had one drink.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":816.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"b3xlbz","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"What would you change about academia? Me? I'd give authors the chance to respond to research proposal reviews.","c_root_id_A":"ej31k8y","c_root_id_B":"ej2yxg4","created_at_utc_A":1553215739,"created_at_utc_B":1553213652,"score_A":51,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Put teaching first. Acknowledge good teachers. Provide career paths for them on a par with tenure track options available to scholars.","human_ref_B":"Mandatory cap on hours worked. I take real issue with the idea that you basically have to be married to\/obsessed with your work in order to succeed. People should be able to be successful academics while still having time for a life outside of their work.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2087.0,"score_ratio":4.25}
{"post_id":"b3xlbz","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"What would you change about academia? Me? I'd give authors the chance to respond to research proposal reviews.","c_root_id_A":"ej31k8y","c_root_id_B":"ej2wdsj","created_at_utc_A":1553215739,"created_at_utc_B":1553211642,"score_A":51,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Put teaching first. Acknowledge good teachers. Provide career paths for them on a par with tenure track options available to scholars.","human_ref_B":"I know there are drawbacks and it's not perfect, but double-blind peer review could really change things if a critical mass of top journals in any field adopted it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4097.0,"score_ratio":5.6666666667}
{"post_id":"b3xlbz","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"What would you change about academia? Me? I'd give authors the chance to respond to research proposal reviews.","c_root_id_A":"ej2yxg4","c_root_id_B":"ej3djqo","created_at_utc_A":1553213652,"created_at_utc_B":1553225500,"score_A":12,"score_B":25,"human_ref_A":"Mandatory cap on hours worked. I take real issue with the idea that you basically have to be married to\/obsessed with your work in order to succeed. People should be able to be successful academics while still having time for a life outside of their work.","human_ref_B":"Make scholars write in ways that can be understood by the majority of the population.  How can I share the value of research with my undergrads if none of them can read it? If even I end up skipping to the discussion and scratching my head over the methods?  Field-specific jargon is fine, but 5-line sentences like \"this intersticial framework of praxis posits the heuristical supposition that all nonbinary tertiaries are less than equivocal\" are rude.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11848.0,"score_ratio":2.0833333333}
{"post_id":"b3xlbz","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"What would you change about academia? Me? I'd give authors the chance to respond to research proposal reviews.","c_root_id_A":"ej3djqo","c_root_id_B":"ej38vrr","created_at_utc_A":1553225500,"created_at_utc_B":1553221574,"score_A":25,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"Make scholars write in ways that can be understood by the majority of the population.  How can I share the value of research with my undergrads if none of them can read it? If even I end up skipping to the discussion and scratching my head over the methods?  Field-specific jargon is fine, but 5-line sentences like \"this intersticial framework of praxis posits the heuristical supposition that all nonbinary tertiaries are less than equivocal\" are rude.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019d make research\/teaching appointments more varied, and subject to review. There are tenured folks that don\u2019t produce a damned thing, and they can and should teach a few more classes because of it. This helps departments and universities whenever people complain about how few classes are taught by tenure track faculty.  Similarly, someone who produces lots of research should have an easier time getting released from courses (with a commensurate increase in the expectations of how many publishable units they generate).","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3926.0,"score_ratio":1.9230769231}
{"post_id":"b3xlbz","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"What would you change about academia? Me? I'd give authors the chance to respond to research proposal reviews.","c_root_id_A":"ej3djqo","c_root_id_B":"ej2wdsj","created_at_utc_A":1553225500,"created_at_utc_B":1553211642,"score_A":25,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Make scholars write in ways that can be understood by the majority of the population.  How can I share the value of research with my undergrads if none of them can read it? If even I end up skipping to the discussion and scratching my head over the methods?  Field-specific jargon is fine, but 5-line sentences like \"this intersticial framework of praxis posits the heuristical supposition that all nonbinary tertiaries are less than equivocal\" are rude.","human_ref_B":"I know there are drawbacks and it's not perfect, but double-blind peer review could really change things if a critical mass of top journals in any field adopted it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":13858.0,"score_ratio":2.7777777778}
{"post_id":"b3xlbz","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"What would you change about academia? Me? I'd give authors the chance to respond to research proposal reviews.","c_root_id_A":"ej38vrr","c_root_id_B":"ej2yxg4","created_at_utc_A":1553221574,"created_at_utc_B":1553213652,"score_A":13,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019d make research\/teaching appointments more varied, and subject to review. There are tenured folks that don\u2019t produce a damned thing, and they can and should teach a few more classes because of it. This helps departments and universities whenever people complain about how few classes are taught by tenure track faculty.  Similarly, someone who produces lots of research should have an easier time getting released from courses (with a commensurate increase in the expectations of how many publishable units they generate).","human_ref_B":"Mandatory cap on hours worked. I take real issue with the idea that you basically have to be married to\/obsessed with your work in order to succeed. People should be able to be successful academics while still having time for a life outside of their work.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7922.0,"score_ratio":1.0833333333}
{"post_id":"b3xlbz","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"What would you change about academia? Me? I'd give authors the chance to respond to research proposal reviews.","c_root_id_A":"ej2wdsj","c_root_id_B":"ej2yxg4","created_at_utc_A":1553211642,"created_at_utc_B":1553213652,"score_A":9,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"I know there are drawbacks and it's not perfect, but double-blind peer review could really change things if a critical mass of top journals in any field adopted it.","human_ref_B":"Mandatory cap on hours worked. I take real issue with the idea that you basically have to be married to\/obsessed with your work in order to succeed. People should be able to be successful academics while still having time for a life outside of their work.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2010.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"b3xlbz","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"What would you change about academia? Me? I'd give authors the chance to respond to research proposal reviews.","c_root_id_A":"ej2wdsj","c_root_id_B":"ej38vrr","created_at_utc_A":1553211642,"created_at_utc_B":1553221574,"score_A":9,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"I know there are drawbacks and it's not perfect, but double-blind peer review could really change things if a critical mass of top journals in any field adopted it.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019d make research\/teaching appointments more varied, and subject to review. There are tenured folks that don\u2019t produce a damned thing, and they can and should teach a few more classes because of it. This helps departments and universities whenever people complain about how few classes are taught by tenure track faculty.  Similarly, someone who produces lots of research should have an easier time getting released from courses (with a commensurate increase in the expectations of how many publishable units they generate).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9932.0,"score_ratio":1.4444444444}
{"post_id":"b3xlbz","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"What would you change about academia? Me? I'd give authors the chance to respond to research proposal reviews.","c_root_id_A":"ej3ycoz","c_root_id_B":"ej3i0ts","created_at_utc_A":1553254142,"created_at_utc_B":1553229855,"score_A":7,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"The expectation that if you *really want it*, you\u2019d be willing to uproot yourself\/your family for grad school, then for post doc, then for a TT position, then maybe again.","human_ref_B":"As someone who just finished this....at least in my fields...language exams and comps are pointless but stressful.  I sit in class with you translating these ancient languages all day. You know I can read them. I literally only study these subjects. I\u2019ve read these books a million times. Yet my comps are over the top stress inducing.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":24287.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvuw02f","c_root_id_B":"dvurzbx","created_at_utc_A":1521312454,"created_at_utc_B":1521307910,"score_A":25,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"Luck, pure luck. And the willingness to move very far away. When I started my PhD my topic wasn't that exciting, when I finished it was red hot. I was able to postion my work strategically to be of interest to several different fields. The right job opened at the right time.   I figure, at the end of the day it's rare that someone is head and sholders above everyone else. We're all pretty smart and dashingly handsom. It just has to be the right job for the right person at the right time.","human_ref_B":"I taught throughout my PhD, I founded a company with a friend and brought it from her kitchen table to over a million turnover, and I went to a lot of conferences, especially niche conferences and made friends.   So I looked like the whole package, industry experience, teaching experience and some minor publications, plus the head of school was happy to vouch for me when I made it to the short list.  (Apparently the VC liked my application because it made him laugh, I do not remember being funny). Then I did a good presentation, an ok interview (it was a long day, I wasn\u2019t thrilled with myself) and was super friendly and chatty with everyone I met from the other candidates to the janitors while at the university. I did a lot of research and preparation before the interview. I knew their goals and made sure my questions very much showed that my goals aligned with theirs.   Being honest though, I also applied to places where I didn\u2019t even make the shortlist. So luck?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4544.0,"score_ratio":1.1904761905}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvuw02f","c_root_id_B":"dvurob8","created_at_utc_A":1521312454,"created_at_utc_B":1521307562,"score_A":25,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Luck, pure luck. And the willingness to move very far away. When I started my PhD my topic wasn't that exciting, when I finished it was red hot. I was able to postion my work strategically to be of interest to several different fields. The right job opened at the right time.   I figure, at the end of the day it's rare that someone is head and sholders above everyone else. We're all pretty smart and dashingly handsom. It just has to be the right job for the right person at the right time.","human_ref_B":"I went straight to a Research University TT job after my Ph.D. I think I was set apart from the rest because I had actual teaching experience (as an adjunct, not just a TA), publications in my field (with and without my advisors), grant funding (although small in dollar amount), experience mentoring an undergraduate researcher, and had presented my research at the known conferences for my field (as talks, not just posters). I also spent a lot of time reading job ads carefully before applying and only picking good fit positions, customizing my applications for each job I applied for, and preparing for my interviews (learning about the faculty I would meet, practicing potential questions\/answers, and polishing my job talk). I ended up being offered several positions while ABD that were set to start upon completion of my degree.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4892.0,"score_ratio":2.0833333333}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvuw02f","c_root_id_B":"dvuswpd","created_at_utc_A":1521312454,"created_at_utc_B":1521308949,"score_A":25,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Luck, pure luck. And the willingness to move very far away. When I started my PhD my topic wasn't that exciting, when I finished it was red hot. I was able to postion my work strategically to be of interest to several different fields. The right job opened at the right time.   I figure, at the end of the day it's rare that someone is head and sholders above everyone else. We're all pretty smart and dashingly handsom. It just has to be the right job for the right person at the right time.","human_ref_B":"I got my position in my second year of being on the market. I knew at least one of the people I was competing against (and in fact he and I are friends and had at least one of the same references).  I've never asked my dept chair (who also chaired the search committee) exactly what I did that beat out the competition. I do know that at the time, I was working for a private company and my university is very keen on hiring people with real-world experience whenever possible.  I'm an archaeologist, and I work in the region where the university is located, and they wanted someone to do local field projects to teach students how to do archaeology.  I think my job talk and teaching demo also really helped me. I'm super enthusiastic about my work, and I have some \"different\" (but supported, not wacky) ideas about the stuff I do. I was told to prep a 20 minute job talk and intended to do more or less how I'd present a paper at a conference, because I thought I'd have mostly faculty. Instead, I ended up in front of the search committee, one or two other faculty, and a room full of students.  I realized that the approach I was going to take wasn't going to work, and had to improvise a much more loose and engaging talk to keep the students interested. I think the approach had a lot to do with my coming across as knowledgeable and enthusiastic about my area of research, not to mention a decent teacher (this is a strong teaching school).  Finally, it helped that the position announcement could have been written by someone looking directly at my CV. It was like it had been tailored to my qualifications, despite the fact that I didn't know any of the people at the university prior to applying, and they likely did not have the foggiest idea that I existed.  So it was a combination of it being a good fit, a few things that I did well, and a lot of luck.  **edit:** It also helped that I was motivated. I really wanted out of the job I had at the time, and that no doubt pushed me. I also prepped like a crazy person. Researched the school, the faculty. Ran through my talks multiple times and was so comfortable with the material that I could have delivered any of it in multiple ways. And I was relaxed enough that I was able to joke around and let my sense of humor and personality come through.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3505.0,"score_ratio":2.7777777778}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvuuptm","c_root_id_B":"dvuw02f","created_at_utc_A":1521311006,"created_at_utc_B":1521312454,"score_A":5,"score_B":25,"human_ref_A":"Not straight out of my PhD, but in my first round of applying at the end of my first postdoc. Applied to 70 jobs in biology, got 8 skype interviews and 4 campus invites. 3 were at PUIs and focused on teaching, 1 on research.  I really wanted the one research-focused big state school position, but it was the first of everything for me, first skype interview, first campus interview, first time giving a chalk talk, etc., so my prep looked very much like that of u\/stasuke. Obsessive attention to detail and practice every step of the way. The only thing I would caution about his advice is that I'm skeptical that you can ever prepare so much as to remove luck from the equation, the job market is sooo competitive and you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't imagine that your competition is fighting every bit as hard as you are. Happy ending for me as well though, I got the offer I wanted.","human_ref_B":"Luck, pure luck. And the willingness to move very far away. When I started my PhD my topic wasn't that exciting, when I finished it was red hot. I was able to postion my work strategically to be of interest to several different fields. The right job opened at the right time.   I figure, at the end of the day it's rare that someone is head and sholders above everyone else. We're all pretty smart and dashingly handsom. It just has to be the right job for the right person at the right time.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1448.0,"score_ratio":5.0}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvurzbx","c_root_id_B":"dvv0zrh","created_at_utc_A":1521307910,"created_at_utc_B":1521318228,"score_A":21,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"I taught throughout my PhD, I founded a company with a friend and brought it from her kitchen table to over a million turnover, and I went to a lot of conferences, especially niche conferences and made friends.   So I looked like the whole package, industry experience, teaching experience and some minor publications, plus the head of school was happy to vouch for me when I made it to the short list.  (Apparently the VC liked my application because it made him laugh, I do not remember being funny). Then I did a good presentation, an ok interview (it was a long day, I wasn\u2019t thrilled with myself) and was super friendly and chatty with everyone I met from the other candidates to the janitors while at the university. I did a lot of research and preparation before the interview. I knew their goals and made sure my questions very much showed that my goals aligned with theirs.   Being honest though, I also applied to places where I didn\u2019t even make the shortlist. So luck?","human_ref_B":"Developing skills in the classes other people don't want to teach. Everyone wants to teach small groups of highly motivated, skilled students in their preferred area of expertise.  I went out and learned how to teach the unrewarding stuff like low level stats and writing, how to work with remedial students, how to motivate less interested students, etc. Not to mention all the basics in things like how to format powerpoint slides to best advantage, how prompt notetaking, how to give feedback, etc.   Most professors have little or no training as teachers, so that really helped me stand out.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10318.0,"score_ratio":1.0952380952}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvv07vk","c_root_id_B":"dvv0zrh","created_at_utc_A":1521317314,"created_at_utc_B":1521318228,"score_A":13,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"I received two tenure-track offers and two non-TT when I first went on the market my last year in grad school, with only one publication and one national conference presentation. The TT jobs were both at private liberal arts colleges, moderately selective but I wouldn't call them SLACs. They care way more about teaching, and everything in my application portfolio was designed to showcase my teaching, and I fucking nailed the teaching demos at the interviews.   Long story short, I didn't apply to jobs that I wasn't competitive for, I tailored my applications for the positions, and I'm good at teaching, which is relatively rare in my field.","human_ref_B":"Developing skills in the classes other people don't want to teach. Everyone wants to teach small groups of highly motivated, skilled students in their preferred area of expertise.  I went out and learned how to teach the unrewarding stuff like low level stats and writing, how to work with remedial students, how to motivate less interested students, etc. Not to mention all the basics in things like how to format powerpoint slides to best advantage, how prompt notetaking, how to give feedback, etc.   Most professors have little or no training as teachers, so that really helped me stand out.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":914.0,"score_ratio":1.7692307692}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvv0zrh","c_root_id_B":"dvurob8","created_at_utc_A":1521318228,"created_at_utc_B":1521307562,"score_A":23,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Developing skills in the classes other people don't want to teach. Everyone wants to teach small groups of highly motivated, skilled students in their preferred area of expertise.  I went out and learned how to teach the unrewarding stuff like low level stats and writing, how to work with remedial students, how to motivate less interested students, etc. Not to mention all the basics in things like how to format powerpoint slides to best advantage, how prompt notetaking, how to give feedback, etc.   Most professors have little or no training as teachers, so that really helped me stand out.","human_ref_B":"I went straight to a Research University TT job after my Ph.D. I think I was set apart from the rest because I had actual teaching experience (as an adjunct, not just a TA), publications in my field (with and without my advisors), grant funding (although small in dollar amount), experience mentoring an undergraduate researcher, and had presented my research at the known conferences for my field (as talks, not just posters). I also spent a lot of time reading job ads carefully before applying and only picking good fit positions, customizing my applications for each job I applied for, and preparing for my interviews (learning about the faculty I would meet, practicing potential questions\/answers, and polishing my job talk). I ended up being offered several positions while ABD that were set to start upon completion of my degree.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10666.0,"score_ratio":1.9166666667}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvv0zrh","c_root_id_B":"dvuswpd","created_at_utc_A":1521318228,"created_at_utc_B":1521308949,"score_A":23,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Developing skills in the classes other people don't want to teach. Everyone wants to teach small groups of highly motivated, skilled students in their preferred area of expertise.  I went out and learned how to teach the unrewarding stuff like low level stats and writing, how to work with remedial students, how to motivate less interested students, etc. Not to mention all the basics in things like how to format powerpoint slides to best advantage, how prompt notetaking, how to give feedback, etc.   Most professors have little or no training as teachers, so that really helped me stand out.","human_ref_B":"I got my position in my second year of being on the market. I knew at least one of the people I was competing against (and in fact he and I are friends and had at least one of the same references).  I've never asked my dept chair (who also chaired the search committee) exactly what I did that beat out the competition. I do know that at the time, I was working for a private company and my university is very keen on hiring people with real-world experience whenever possible.  I'm an archaeologist, and I work in the region where the university is located, and they wanted someone to do local field projects to teach students how to do archaeology.  I think my job talk and teaching demo also really helped me. I'm super enthusiastic about my work, and I have some \"different\" (but supported, not wacky) ideas about the stuff I do. I was told to prep a 20 minute job talk and intended to do more or less how I'd present a paper at a conference, because I thought I'd have mostly faculty. Instead, I ended up in front of the search committee, one or two other faculty, and a room full of students.  I realized that the approach I was going to take wasn't going to work, and had to improvise a much more loose and engaging talk to keep the students interested. I think the approach had a lot to do with my coming across as knowledgeable and enthusiastic about my area of research, not to mention a decent teacher (this is a strong teaching school).  Finally, it helped that the position announcement could have been written by someone looking directly at my CV. It was like it had been tailored to my qualifications, despite the fact that I didn't know any of the people at the university prior to applying, and they likely did not have the foggiest idea that I existed.  So it was a combination of it being a good fit, a few things that I did well, and a lot of luck.  **edit:** It also helped that I was motivated. I really wanted out of the job I had at the time, and that no doubt pushed me. I also prepped like a crazy person. Researched the school, the faculty. Ran through my talks multiple times and was so comfortable with the material that I could have delivered any of it in multiple ways. And I was relaxed enough that I was able to joke around and let my sense of humor and personality come through.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9279.0,"score_ratio":2.5555555556}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvuwyim","c_root_id_B":"dvv0zrh","created_at_utc_A":1521313549,"created_at_utc_B":1521318228,"score_A":10,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"I got a TT position right out of school at a PUI in psychology. I honestly don't think I did anything special to beat the competition. The only thing I can think of is that I taught a lot more than most in grad school.  In my 4th and 5th years, I was teaching my own classes at my PhD institution, which probably gave me some advantage at a place that values teaching.  I also really love teaching, and my research talk and teaching demonstrations went really well on the day I interviewed.  So, I would chalk it up to some luck and some preparation (as in, a lot of graduate teaching experience).","human_ref_B":"Developing skills in the classes other people don't want to teach. Everyone wants to teach small groups of highly motivated, skilled students in their preferred area of expertise.  I went out and learned how to teach the unrewarding stuff like low level stats and writing, how to work with remedial students, how to motivate less interested students, etc. Not to mention all the basics in things like how to format powerpoint slides to best advantage, how prompt notetaking, how to give feedback, etc.   Most professors have little or no training as teachers, so that really helped me stand out.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4679.0,"score_ratio":2.3}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvv0zrh","c_root_id_B":"dvuuptm","created_at_utc_A":1521318228,"created_at_utc_B":1521311006,"score_A":23,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Developing skills in the classes other people don't want to teach. Everyone wants to teach small groups of highly motivated, skilled students in their preferred area of expertise.  I went out and learned how to teach the unrewarding stuff like low level stats and writing, how to work with remedial students, how to motivate less interested students, etc. Not to mention all the basics in things like how to format powerpoint slides to best advantage, how prompt notetaking, how to give feedback, etc.   Most professors have little or no training as teachers, so that really helped me stand out.","human_ref_B":"Not straight out of my PhD, but in my first round of applying at the end of my first postdoc. Applied to 70 jobs in biology, got 8 skype interviews and 4 campus invites. 3 were at PUIs and focused on teaching, 1 on research.  I really wanted the one research-focused big state school position, but it was the first of everything for me, first skype interview, first campus interview, first time giving a chalk talk, etc., so my prep looked very much like that of u\/stasuke. Obsessive attention to detail and practice every step of the way. The only thing I would caution about his advice is that I'm skeptical that you can ever prepare so much as to remove luck from the equation, the job market is sooo competitive and you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't imagine that your competition is fighting every bit as hard as you are. Happy ending for me as well though, I got the offer I wanted.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7222.0,"score_ratio":4.6}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvurob8","c_root_id_B":"dvurzbx","created_at_utc_A":1521307562,"created_at_utc_B":1521307910,"score_A":12,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"I went straight to a Research University TT job after my Ph.D. I think I was set apart from the rest because I had actual teaching experience (as an adjunct, not just a TA), publications in my field (with and without my advisors), grant funding (although small in dollar amount), experience mentoring an undergraduate researcher, and had presented my research at the known conferences for my field (as talks, not just posters). I also spent a lot of time reading job ads carefully before applying and only picking good fit positions, customizing my applications for each job I applied for, and preparing for my interviews (learning about the faculty I would meet, practicing potential questions\/answers, and polishing my job talk). I ended up being offered several positions while ABD that were set to start upon completion of my degree.","human_ref_B":"I taught throughout my PhD, I founded a company with a friend and brought it from her kitchen table to over a million turnover, and I went to a lot of conferences, especially niche conferences and made friends.   So I looked like the whole package, industry experience, teaching experience and some minor publications, plus the head of school was happy to vouch for me when I made it to the short list.  (Apparently the VC liked my application because it made him laugh, I do not remember being funny). Then I did a good presentation, an ok interview (it was a long day, I wasn\u2019t thrilled with myself) and was super friendly and chatty with everyone I met from the other candidates to the janitors while at the university. I did a lot of research and preparation before the interview. I knew their goals and made sure my questions very much showed that my goals aligned with theirs.   Being honest though, I also applied to places where I didn\u2019t even make the shortlist. So luck?","labels":0,"seconds_difference":348.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvurob8","c_root_id_B":"dvv07vk","created_at_utc_A":1521307562,"created_at_utc_B":1521317314,"score_A":12,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"I went straight to a Research University TT job after my Ph.D. I think I was set apart from the rest because I had actual teaching experience (as an adjunct, not just a TA), publications in my field (with and without my advisors), grant funding (although small in dollar amount), experience mentoring an undergraduate researcher, and had presented my research at the known conferences for my field (as talks, not just posters). I also spent a lot of time reading job ads carefully before applying and only picking good fit positions, customizing my applications for each job I applied for, and preparing for my interviews (learning about the faculty I would meet, practicing potential questions\/answers, and polishing my job talk). I ended up being offered several positions while ABD that were set to start upon completion of my degree.","human_ref_B":"I received two tenure-track offers and two non-TT when I first went on the market my last year in grad school, with only one publication and one national conference presentation. The TT jobs were both at private liberal arts colleges, moderately selective but I wouldn't call them SLACs. They care way more about teaching, and everything in my application portfolio was designed to showcase my teaching, and I fucking nailed the teaching demos at the interviews.   Long story short, I didn't apply to jobs that I wasn't competitive for, I tailored my applications for the positions, and I'm good at teaching, which is relatively rare in my field.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9752.0,"score_ratio":1.0833333333}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvuswpd","c_root_id_B":"dvv07vk","created_at_utc_A":1521308949,"created_at_utc_B":1521317314,"score_A":9,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"I got my position in my second year of being on the market. I knew at least one of the people I was competing against (and in fact he and I are friends and had at least one of the same references).  I've never asked my dept chair (who also chaired the search committee) exactly what I did that beat out the competition. I do know that at the time, I was working for a private company and my university is very keen on hiring people with real-world experience whenever possible.  I'm an archaeologist, and I work in the region where the university is located, and they wanted someone to do local field projects to teach students how to do archaeology.  I think my job talk and teaching demo also really helped me. I'm super enthusiastic about my work, and I have some \"different\" (but supported, not wacky) ideas about the stuff I do. I was told to prep a 20 minute job talk and intended to do more or less how I'd present a paper at a conference, because I thought I'd have mostly faculty. Instead, I ended up in front of the search committee, one or two other faculty, and a room full of students.  I realized that the approach I was going to take wasn't going to work, and had to improvise a much more loose and engaging talk to keep the students interested. I think the approach had a lot to do with my coming across as knowledgeable and enthusiastic about my area of research, not to mention a decent teacher (this is a strong teaching school).  Finally, it helped that the position announcement could have been written by someone looking directly at my CV. It was like it had been tailored to my qualifications, despite the fact that I didn't know any of the people at the university prior to applying, and they likely did not have the foggiest idea that I existed.  So it was a combination of it being a good fit, a few things that I did well, and a lot of luck.  **edit:** It also helped that I was motivated. I really wanted out of the job I had at the time, and that no doubt pushed me. I also prepped like a crazy person. Researched the school, the faculty. Ran through my talks multiple times and was so comfortable with the material that I could have delivered any of it in multiple ways. And I was relaxed enough that I was able to joke around and let my sense of humor and personality come through.","human_ref_B":"I received two tenure-track offers and two non-TT when I first went on the market my last year in grad school, with only one publication and one national conference presentation. The TT jobs were both at private liberal arts colleges, moderately selective but I wouldn't call them SLACs. They care way more about teaching, and everything in my application portfolio was designed to showcase my teaching, and I fucking nailed the teaching demos at the interviews.   Long story short, I didn't apply to jobs that I wasn't competitive for, I tailored my applications for the positions, and I'm good at teaching, which is relatively rare in my field.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8365.0,"score_ratio":1.4444444444}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvv07vk","c_root_id_B":"dvuwyim","created_at_utc_A":1521317314,"created_at_utc_B":1521313549,"score_A":13,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"I received two tenure-track offers and two non-TT when I first went on the market my last year in grad school, with only one publication and one national conference presentation. The TT jobs were both at private liberal arts colleges, moderately selective but I wouldn't call them SLACs. They care way more about teaching, and everything in my application portfolio was designed to showcase my teaching, and I fucking nailed the teaching demos at the interviews.   Long story short, I didn't apply to jobs that I wasn't competitive for, I tailored my applications for the positions, and I'm good at teaching, which is relatively rare in my field.","human_ref_B":"I got a TT position right out of school at a PUI in psychology. I honestly don't think I did anything special to beat the competition. The only thing I can think of is that I taught a lot more than most in grad school.  In my 4th and 5th years, I was teaching my own classes at my PhD institution, which probably gave me some advantage at a place that values teaching.  I also really love teaching, and my research talk and teaching demonstrations went really well on the day I interviewed.  So, I would chalk it up to some luck and some preparation (as in, a lot of graduate teaching experience).","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3765.0,"score_ratio":1.3}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvv07vk","c_root_id_B":"dvuuptm","created_at_utc_A":1521317314,"created_at_utc_B":1521311006,"score_A":13,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I received two tenure-track offers and two non-TT when I first went on the market my last year in grad school, with only one publication and one national conference presentation. The TT jobs were both at private liberal arts colleges, moderately selective but I wouldn't call them SLACs. They care way more about teaching, and everything in my application portfolio was designed to showcase my teaching, and I fucking nailed the teaching demos at the interviews.   Long story short, I didn't apply to jobs that I wasn't competitive for, I tailored my applications for the positions, and I'm good at teaching, which is relatively rare in my field.","human_ref_B":"Not straight out of my PhD, but in my first round of applying at the end of my first postdoc. Applied to 70 jobs in biology, got 8 skype interviews and 4 campus invites. 3 were at PUIs and focused on teaching, 1 on research.  I really wanted the one research-focused big state school position, but it was the first of everything for me, first skype interview, first campus interview, first time giving a chalk talk, etc., so my prep looked very much like that of u\/stasuke. Obsessive attention to detail and practice every step of the way. The only thing I would caution about his advice is that I'm skeptical that you can ever prepare so much as to remove luck from the equation, the job market is sooo competitive and you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't imagine that your competition is fighting every bit as hard as you are. Happy ending for me as well though, I got the offer I wanted.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6308.0,"score_ratio":2.6}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvuswpd","c_root_id_B":"dvuwyim","created_at_utc_A":1521308949,"created_at_utc_B":1521313549,"score_A":9,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"I got my position in my second year of being on the market. I knew at least one of the people I was competing against (and in fact he and I are friends and had at least one of the same references).  I've never asked my dept chair (who also chaired the search committee) exactly what I did that beat out the competition. I do know that at the time, I was working for a private company and my university is very keen on hiring people with real-world experience whenever possible.  I'm an archaeologist, and I work in the region where the university is located, and they wanted someone to do local field projects to teach students how to do archaeology.  I think my job talk and teaching demo also really helped me. I'm super enthusiastic about my work, and I have some \"different\" (but supported, not wacky) ideas about the stuff I do. I was told to prep a 20 minute job talk and intended to do more or less how I'd present a paper at a conference, because I thought I'd have mostly faculty. Instead, I ended up in front of the search committee, one or two other faculty, and a room full of students.  I realized that the approach I was going to take wasn't going to work, and had to improvise a much more loose and engaging talk to keep the students interested. I think the approach had a lot to do with my coming across as knowledgeable and enthusiastic about my area of research, not to mention a decent teacher (this is a strong teaching school).  Finally, it helped that the position announcement could have been written by someone looking directly at my CV. It was like it had been tailored to my qualifications, despite the fact that I didn't know any of the people at the university prior to applying, and they likely did not have the foggiest idea that I existed.  So it was a combination of it being a good fit, a few things that I did well, and a lot of luck.  **edit:** It also helped that I was motivated. I really wanted out of the job I had at the time, and that no doubt pushed me. I also prepped like a crazy person. Researched the school, the faculty. Ran through my talks multiple times and was so comfortable with the material that I could have delivered any of it in multiple ways. And I was relaxed enough that I was able to joke around and let my sense of humor and personality come through.","human_ref_B":"I got a TT position right out of school at a PUI in psychology. I honestly don't think I did anything special to beat the competition. The only thing I can think of is that I taught a lot more than most in grad school.  In my 4th and 5th years, I was teaching my own classes at my PhD institution, which probably gave me some advantage at a place that values teaching.  I also really love teaching, and my research talk and teaching demonstrations went really well on the day I interviewed.  So, I would chalk it up to some luck and some preparation (as in, a lot of graduate teaching experience).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4600.0,"score_ratio":1.1111111111}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvuswpd","c_root_id_B":"dvv8grs","created_at_utc_A":1521308949,"created_at_utc_B":1521327199,"score_A":9,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"I got my position in my second year of being on the market. I knew at least one of the people I was competing against (and in fact he and I are friends and had at least one of the same references).  I've never asked my dept chair (who also chaired the search committee) exactly what I did that beat out the competition. I do know that at the time, I was working for a private company and my university is very keen on hiring people with real-world experience whenever possible.  I'm an archaeologist, and I work in the region where the university is located, and they wanted someone to do local field projects to teach students how to do archaeology.  I think my job talk and teaching demo also really helped me. I'm super enthusiastic about my work, and I have some \"different\" (but supported, not wacky) ideas about the stuff I do. I was told to prep a 20 minute job talk and intended to do more or less how I'd present a paper at a conference, because I thought I'd have mostly faculty. Instead, I ended up in front of the search committee, one or two other faculty, and a room full of students.  I realized that the approach I was going to take wasn't going to work, and had to improvise a much more loose and engaging talk to keep the students interested. I think the approach had a lot to do with my coming across as knowledgeable and enthusiastic about my area of research, not to mention a decent teacher (this is a strong teaching school).  Finally, it helped that the position announcement could have been written by someone looking directly at my CV. It was like it had been tailored to my qualifications, despite the fact that I didn't know any of the people at the university prior to applying, and they likely did not have the foggiest idea that I existed.  So it was a combination of it being a good fit, a few things that I did well, and a lot of luck.  **edit:** It also helped that I was motivated. I really wanted out of the job I had at the time, and that no doubt pushed me. I also prepped like a crazy person. Researched the school, the faculty. Ran through my talks multiple times and was so comfortable with the material that I could have delivered any of it in multiple ways. And I was relaxed enough that I was able to joke around and let my sense of humor and personality come through.","human_ref_B":"Almost everyone I know who went from a PhD to a TT job came out of an Ivy. This includes a fair number of people who were offered TT jobs despite no teaching experience beyond being a TA.   So one thing to do is make sure you attend an Ivy (at least this is the case in the humanities).   (to be clear: I neither went to an Ivy nor received a TT job after my PhD\u2014only reporting what I have seen)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":18250.0,"score_ratio":1.1111111111}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvuuptm","c_root_id_B":"dvuwyim","created_at_utc_A":1521311006,"created_at_utc_B":1521313549,"score_A":5,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"Not straight out of my PhD, but in my first round of applying at the end of my first postdoc. Applied to 70 jobs in biology, got 8 skype interviews and 4 campus invites. 3 were at PUIs and focused on teaching, 1 on research.  I really wanted the one research-focused big state school position, but it was the first of everything for me, first skype interview, first campus interview, first time giving a chalk talk, etc., so my prep looked very much like that of u\/stasuke. Obsessive attention to detail and practice every step of the way. The only thing I would caution about his advice is that I'm skeptical that you can ever prepare so much as to remove luck from the equation, the job market is sooo competitive and you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't imagine that your competition is fighting every bit as hard as you are. Happy ending for me as well though, I got the offer I wanted.","human_ref_B":"I got a TT position right out of school at a PUI in psychology. I honestly don't think I did anything special to beat the competition. The only thing I can think of is that I taught a lot more than most in grad school.  In my 4th and 5th years, I was teaching my own classes at my PhD institution, which probably gave me some advantage at a place that values teaching.  I also really love teaching, and my research talk and teaching demonstrations went really well on the day I interviewed.  So, I would chalk it up to some luck and some preparation (as in, a lot of graduate teaching experience).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2543.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvv8grs","c_root_id_B":"dvv1i01","created_at_utc_A":1521327199,"created_at_utc_B":1521318822,"score_A":10,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Almost everyone I know who went from a PhD to a TT job came out of an Ivy. This includes a fair number of people who were offered TT jobs despite no teaching experience beyond being a TA.   So one thing to do is make sure you attend an Ivy (at least this is the case in the humanities).   (to be clear: I neither went to an Ivy nor received a TT job after my PhD\u2014only reporting what I have seen)","human_ref_B":"I accepted a tt position at a global R1 a month after defending. Part of it was luck: their needs aligned with my strengths perfectly. A few faculty members also knew my PI very well, which I\u2019m sure helped. I was relaxed and affable during the interview.   I also did my PhD at highly ranked university with a very well known and productive PI. As a result, I published quite a bit during my program (7 times, about half fairly high stature). I also devoted significant time during years 1 and 2 applying for scholarships, fellowships, and grants - small and large. I racked up 130k in additional funding from these. I taught a lot also and won a teaching award. All these things were factors in getting interviews and offers. Being able to secure external funding and being an effective teacher can set applicants apart.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8377.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvv8grs","c_root_id_B":"dvuuptm","created_at_utc_A":1521327199,"created_at_utc_B":1521311006,"score_A":10,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Almost everyone I know who went from a PhD to a TT job came out of an Ivy. This includes a fair number of people who were offered TT jobs despite no teaching experience beyond being a TA.   So one thing to do is make sure you attend an Ivy (at least this is the case in the humanities).   (to be clear: I neither went to an Ivy nor received a TT job after my PhD\u2014only reporting what I have seen)","human_ref_B":"Not straight out of my PhD, but in my first round of applying at the end of my first postdoc. Applied to 70 jobs in biology, got 8 skype interviews and 4 campus invites. 3 were at PUIs and focused on teaching, 1 on research.  I really wanted the one research-focused big state school position, but it was the first of everything for me, first skype interview, first campus interview, first time giving a chalk talk, etc., so my prep looked very much like that of u\/stasuke. Obsessive attention to detail and practice every step of the way. The only thing I would caution about his advice is that I'm skeptical that you can ever prepare so much as to remove luck from the equation, the job market is sooo competitive and you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't imagine that your competition is fighting every bit as hard as you are. Happy ending for me as well though, I got the offer I wanted.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":16193.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvv1i01","c_root_id_B":"dvuuptm","created_at_utc_A":1521318822,"created_at_utc_B":1521311006,"score_A":8,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I accepted a tt position at a global R1 a month after defending. Part of it was luck: their needs aligned with my strengths perfectly. A few faculty members also knew my PI very well, which I\u2019m sure helped. I was relaxed and affable during the interview.   I also did my PhD at highly ranked university with a very well known and productive PI. As a result, I published quite a bit during my program (7 times, about half fairly high stature). I also devoted significant time during years 1 and 2 applying for scholarships, fellowships, and grants - small and large. I racked up 130k in additional funding from these. I taught a lot also and won a teaching award. All these things were factors in getting interviews and offers. Being able to secure external funding and being an effective teacher can set applicants apart.","human_ref_B":"Not straight out of my PhD, but in my first round of applying at the end of my first postdoc. Applied to 70 jobs in biology, got 8 skype interviews and 4 campus invites. 3 were at PUIs and focused on teaching, 1 on research.  I really wanted the one research-focused big state school position, but it was the first of everything for me, first skype interview, first campus interview, first time giving a chalk talk, etc., so my prep looked very much like that of u\/stasuke. Obsessive attention to detail and practice every step of the way. The only thing I would caution about his advice is that I'm skeptical that you can ever prepare so much as to remove luck from the equation, the job market is sooo competitive and you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't imagine that your competition is fighting every bit as hard as you are. Happy ending for me as well though, I got the offer I wanted.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7816.0,"score_ratio":1.6}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvuuptm","c_root_id_B":"dvvidnu","created_at_utc_A":1521311006,"created_at_utc_B":1521339213,"score_A":5,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Not straight out of my PhD, but in my first round of applying at the end of my first postdoc. Applied to 70 jobs in biology, got 8 skype interviews and 4 campus invites. 3 were at PUIs and focused on teaching, 1 on research.  I really wanted the one research-focused big state school position, but it was the first of everything for me, first skype interview, first campus interview, first time giving a chalk talk, etc., so my prep looked very much like that of u\/stasuke. Obsessive attention to detail and practice every step of the way. The only thing I would caution about his advice is that I'm skeptical that you can ever prepare so much as to remove luck from the equation, the job market is sooo competitive and you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't imagine that your competition is fighting every bit as hard as you are. Happy ending for me as well though, I got the offer I wanted.","human_ref_B":"Like everyone else here has said, luck played a major role. But the harder I worked the luckier I got.   During my PhD I formed strong relationships (and a couple of pubs) with a couple of the most well known and regarded academics in my field (big as in everyone in Psychology knows their names). Then I specialised in a rapidly growing, but new field where there was demand, but not many people (that was more luck), and I was willing to travel anywhere. I applied for 3 jobs part way into a postdoc, interviewer for two and got 1 offer overseas.   Luck definitely played a role, but I\u2019d set myself up to be able to apply anywhere in the world, and worked hard to demonstrate my skills and resolve to the people who would write glowing letters of recommendation for me. I published as much as I could (which was still a fraction as much as most people need to get a job at a major research university), and I prepped well for my interview basing my preparation on the types of questions others i knew in the country already had been asked in their interviews.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":28207.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
{"post_id":"854d00","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"Those of you who got TT jobs straight or shortly after doing your PhD, what do you think you did differently to beat the competition?","c_root_id_A":"dvw248n","c_root_id_B":"dvvksuf","created_at_utc_A":1521378495,"created_at_utc_B":1521342316,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"UK system works a bit differently, but suppose I fall into this - got a full time, permanent \"lecturer\" job (different to the US version - think TT assistant professor) right out of my PhD, without a postdoc.  In my opinion, it's down to:  1) Networking well.  As painful as it might be to admit, who I knew undoubtedly played a meaningful role in getting the job.  Respected people in the field who can vouch for your competence are invaluable.  2) Working hard, preparing well.  Goes without saying.  Won't claim I necessarily worked harder than anyone else - but I certainly worked as hard as I could.  3) Dumb luck.  The job which came up was perfect for me, and I could prove it.  If it were a different job, less perfect job, it may well have had a completely different outcome.  I'm aware that this isn't a satisfying answer, but in my opinion (formed over quite a few years now), unless you're world-changingly brilliant, luck is the single biggest factor to get your foot in the door.  Hard work and intelligent prep are the baseline - everyone who's competing for a TT job will have worked hard and prepped well.","human_ref_B":"I wanted to teach, and showed I could do so.  I wasn't into the R1 scene and really enjoyed my TA experiences, so I completed a teaching certification along with my degree (3 classes in pedagogy and a couple mentored teaching experiences) and worked with Preparing Future Faculty at my PhD university. I turned down tenure track jobs at schools I wasn't that into (one was supposed to be a practice interview, the other was not really what had been advertised) and took a postdoc that was split teaching\/research at an undergrad only college. Haven't had trouble in the regional public job market in two searches since then.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":36179.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"b7a4tu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"If I got accepted into a grad school, can I use that university as my affiliation in my papers? I got accepted into a graduate program (and accepted their offer), but I'm still working with a professor. My prof writes my grad school as my affiliation instead of my current institution when we're drafting papers...is this ethical?","c_root_id_A":"ejqbo7e","c_root_id_B":"ejq6u14","created_at_utc_A":1553952037,"created_at_utc_B":1553946263,"score_A":15,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I'd say it may be \"most ethical\" to list the affiliation as where you were affiliated when the work took place.  However, as long as you have the affiliation I don't think it matters much. But I do think that listing the affiliation before you start there is a little weird--but that's me.","human_ref_B":"I usually put the school I\u2019m physically at as my first affiliation, and others as second or lower affiliations. I wouldn\u2019t put a school on until my start date, but you can add schools later.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5774.0,"score_ratio":7.5}
{"post_id":"b7a4tu","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.93,"history":"If I got accepted into a grad school, can I use that university as my affiliation in my papers? I got accepted into a graduate program (and accepted their offer), but I'm still working with a professor. My prof writes my grad school as my affiliation instead of my current institution when we're drafting papers...is this ethical?","c_root_id_A":"ejq6u14","c_root_id_B":"ejqfsk0","created_at_utc_A":1553946263,"created_at_utc_B":1553955516,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I usually put the school I\u2019m physically at as my first affiliation, and others as second or lower affiliations. I wouldn\u2019t put a school on until my start date, but you can add schools later.","human_ref_B":"The way I handled this was I put my old institution as my affiliation and put my updated contact info with a note saying \u201cSOS is now at XYZ University.\u201d I did this for grad work and postdoc work.   I think whatever method you choose is fine, the way I did or using new affiliation, especially if you also say that the work was sponsored by ABC grant at RST University and listing your new university as your affiliation. I hope that made sense.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9253.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"ktgnmf","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"I feel like I am a chump. Don't know what to do. I am a STEM PhD student and is part of a two man team. I work on the architecture level and he works on the device level. I have added this guy to my papers as co-author even if he did diddly squat for the paper, because we were a team. He was even part of a book chapter I wrote based on one of my works because he was part of the original paper. He then goes on to publish at a conference with no involvement from me and doesn't include me as a co-author. I feel like such a chump. This guy is part of a conference paper, a journal article and the aforementioned book chapter without having to lift a finger, and he completely excludes me from this conference paper.  The worst part is, because he works on the device level, I will have to use his work for most of my architectural level proposals. So eventually he will have more publications than me (as he is co-author as part of the team), and I feel that most of my work would be derivative of his (which is fine in a team scenario). I don't feel very good about this whole set up. Should I talk to my advisor about this ? He suggested adding this guy to the conference paper, even though he made no contribution. But I feel like I will come across as whining.","c_root_id_A":"gim3h1m","c_root_id_B":"gilxddj","created_at_utc_A":1610159046,"created_at_utc_B":1610155870,"score_A":27,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I don't mean this to sound excessively blunt, but stop playing games with authorship. If someone makes a substantial intellectual contribution to your paper, add them as an author. If you make a substantial intellectual contribution to someone else's paper, demand authorship. Don't worry about someone else's achievements. Focus on your own research success. You're getting wound up over an insignificant thing. (I also found myself getting wound up over insignificant things in my own graduate research. It's a thing that happens. Try to step back and refocus. Compare your own achievements only to your own achievements.)","human_ref_B":"What role does the other guy have? Is he another student in the group, a collaborator, or something else?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3176.0,"score_ratio":13.5}
{"post_id":"ktgnmf","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"I feel like I am a chump. Don't know what to do. I am a STEM PhD student and is part of a two man team. I work on the architecture level and he works on the device level. I have added this guy to my papers as co-author even if he did diddly squat for the paper, because we were a team. He was even part of a book chapter I wrote based on one of my works because he was part of the original paper. He then goes on to publish at a conference with no involvement from me and doesn't include me as a co-author. I feel like such a chump. This guy is part of a conference paper, a journal article and the aforementioned book chapter without having to lift a finger, and he completely excludes me from this conference paper.  The worst part is, because he works on the device level, I will have to use his work for most of my architectural level proposals. So eventually he will have more publications than me (as he is co-author as part of the team), and I feel that most of my work would be derivative of his (which is fine in a team scenario). I don't feel very good about this whole set up. Should I talk to my advisor about this ? He suggested adding this guy to the conference paper, even though he made no contribution. But I feel like I will come across as whining.","c_root_id_A":"gilz8pc","c_root_id_B":"gim3h1m","created_at_utc_A":1610156840,"created_at_utc_B":1610159046,"score_A":2,"score_B":27,"human_ref_A":"Have you discussed this with him? Or with your advisor? Posting about it here does no good. Does his paper use your work in any way? If so, you have a strong case for being included. If not, you do not, regardless of what you have done (and the reverse is also true\u2014don\u2019t include people that did not contribute to the work).","human_ref_B":"I don't mean this to sound excessively blunt, but stop playing games with authorship. If someone makes a substantial intellectual contribution to your paper, add them as an author. If you make a substantial intellectual contribution to someone else's paper, demand authorship. Don't worry about someone else's achievements. Focus on your own research success. You're getting wound up over an insignificant thing. (I also found myself getting wound up over insignificant things in my own graduate research. It's a thing that happens. Try to step back and refocus. Compare your own achievements only to your own achievements.)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2206.0,"score_ratio":13.5}
{"post_id":"7pj3a8","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Does anyone have experience with PhD by publication? I'm referrimg to the scheme wherein a researcher defends a series of related publications rather than a single exhastive dissertation. What are the pitfalls to this method? Any stories or anecdotes you can relate?","c_root_id_A":"dsijct6","c_root_id_B":"dsi3roa","created_at_utc_A":1515670056,"created_at_utc_B":1515641193,"score_A":7,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"It's very common in engineering (though we don't call it PhD by publication, just a dissertation)  You pretty much staple your publications together into a coherent story and write a very exhaustive background section that links everything together.","human_ref_B":"It seems to vary across institutions - some encourage it, while others strongly discourage it.  I just finished a thesis by publication at my University, where it is encouraged, and it actually really helped me in retrospect. I find it **very** easy to get distracted and procrastinate, and having a rough timeline, and the pressure to write and submit from the beginning definitely helped. I already felt like I was drowning in the last couple of months, I can't even begin to imagine how I would have finished on time if I hadn't had a couple of papers prepared and ready to go as thesis chapters.  I'm not sure how it works at other institutions, but mine (intentionally) had no set formatting rules apart from the maximum word count, for max flexibility - you had a choice of   * stapling all of your papers together, with the original journal formatting, and adding overall introduction\/conclusion chapters * re-writing it into the standard monograph form  My university typically suggests a middling approach - copy and paste the bulk of your published papers as chapters, reformat to make all chapters consistent, remove repeating introductory sections, and add brief intros to each chapter\/paper.  By the time I sat down to write my thesis, I had three months until my submission date, and 3 published papers. It took about a month to standardise the formatting and collate the introductions, and another two to write up the remaining result for publication\/as a chapter (I did this simultaneously).  If I had not been focusing on publication earlier on (even if I hadn't thought I was prepared enough - in hindsight, I was), I would probably still be struggling through finishing my thesis.  **Another thing to note:** I know people who did thesis by manuscript, submitted their thesis, and then attempted to get their chapters published while applying for postdocs. They definitely struggled with motivation from being in that weird in-between period without definite closure - and it's especially hard to summon the motivation to get the publications ready if your scholarship\/grant has expired.   **Edit:** my school provided a really good powerpoint that included anonymous survey results from examiners. The big takeaway - they hate it when they have to read repeating sections.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":28863.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
{"post_id":"7pj3a8","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Does anyone have experience with PhD by publication? I'm referrimg to the scheme wherein a researcher defends a series of related publications rather than a single exhastive dissertation. What are the pitfalls to this method? Any stories or anecdotes you can relate?","c_root_id_A":"dsi38gp","c_root_id_B":"dsijct6","created_at_utc_A":1515640581,"created_at_utc_B":1515670056,"score_A":3,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"This is standard in economics.  Typically you'll have one job market paper, which you put the most effort into and shop around on the job market and two other separate papers.","human_ref_B":"It's very common in engineering (though we don't call it PhD by publication, just a dissertation)  You pretty much staple your publications together into a coherent story and write a very exhaustive background section that links everything together.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":29475.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"7pj3a8","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Does anyone have experience with PhD by publication? I'm referrimg to the scheme wherein a researcher defends a series of related publications rather than a single exhastive dissertation. What are the pitfalls to this method? Any stories or anecdotes you can relate?","c_root_id_A":"dsi3roa","c_root_id_B":"dsi38gp","created_at_utc_A":1515641193,"created_at_utc_B":1515640581,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"It seems to vary across institutions - some encourage it, while others strongly discourage it.  I just finished a thesis by publication at my University, where it is encouraged, and it actually really helped me in retrospect. I find it **very** easy to get distracted and procrastinate, and having a rough timeline, and the pressure to write and submit from the beginning definitely helped. I already felt like I was drowning in the last couple of months, I can't even begin to imagine how I would have finished on time if I hadn't had a couple of papers prepared and ready to go as thesis chapters.  I'm not sure how it works at other institutions, but mine (intentionally) had no set formatting rules apart from the maximum word count, for max flexibility - you had a choice of   * stapling all of your papers together, with the original journal formatting, and adding overall introduction\/conclusion chapters * re-writing it into the standard monograph form  My university typically suggests a middling approach - copy and paste the bulk of your published papers as chapters, reformat to make all chapters consistent, remove repeating introductory sections, and add brief intros to each chapter\/paper.  By the time I sat down to write my thesis, I had three months until my submission date, and 3 published papers. It took about a month to standardise the formatting and collate the introductions, and another two to write up the remaining result for publication\/as a chapter (I did this simultaneously).  If I had not been focusing on publication earlier on (even if I hadn't thought I was prepared enough - in hindsight, I was), I would probably still be struggling through finishing my thesis.  **Another thing to note:** I know people who did thesis by manuscript, submitted their thesis, and then attempted to get their chapters published while applying for postdocs. They definitely struggled with motivation from being in that weird in-between period without definite closure - and it's especially hard to summon the motivation to get the publications ready if your scholarship\/grant has expired.   **Edit:** my school provided a really good powerpoint that included anonymous survey results from examiners. The big takeaway - they hate it when they have to read repeating sections.","human_ref_B":"This is standard in economics.  Typically you'll have one job market paper, which you put the most effort into and shop around on the job market and two other separate papers.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":612.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"w9wb7","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Great Article: \"The post-doc system is dysfunctional and not sustainable in the long term\u201d  What are your thoughts or concerns on this subject? http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/us-pushes-for-more-scientists-but-the-jobs-arent-there\/2012\/07\/07\/gJQAZJpQUW_story_2.html","c_root_id_A":"c5brmvj","c_root_id_B":"c5bpavo","created_at_utc_A":1341884983,"created_at_utc_B":1341875024,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I always thought the postdoc system was just a way to learn expertise from the PI and postdoc, specifically to help bolster the skills and resume of the postdoc. Learn, publish and move on. I feel like, from reading the article, the career planning of that postdoc was lacking. Getting that tenure track position. I assume, takes hard work and luck in term of significance of your research. It's speculation for me until I finish my PhD.","human_ref_B":"The biggest issue in my mind is teaching students\/postdocs\/trainees to \"craft\" their career. It's so easy to fall into a lab, but it takes time to tailor your experiences to your aspirations. For example, there are ways to tailor your career towards teaching if you want a tenure-track position at a teaching institute, but many students go a traditional grad school-post-doc route and then assume they can teach as a fall back, or that they can get a job teaching when they have no experience.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9959.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"kh13rv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Thinking about pursuing a PhD, but I want to go to industry after. Am I making a mistake? I have research experience with ML in chem from undergrad. I am applying to top schools for Computational chemistry. Would like to work in AI for this or related subjects after. Should I still go for a PhD? Masters? Or go work?","c_root_id_A":"ggildxs","c_root_id_B":"ggio4yu","created_at_utc_A":1608497320,"created_at_utc_B":1608498639,"score_A":42,"score_B":63,"human_ref_A":"1. Find some people who are doing what you want to do and look at their cv. If you have a personal connection with someone ask how they would get to where they are. 2. Look at job ads and see what they want. Do they say they want a master's or phd? Maybe email a hiring manager or two to see what their ideal canadate would looks like. Apply to some positions if they are in reach.","human_ref_B":"This is what I suggest.  Get into industry now, or get a master's and then industry.  Spend 2 years in industry to get real world experience and learn something about what you want to do. Do you want to go into biotech startup? Large Pharma? Do you want to run a group of be on the bench?  Give yourself 2 years, then with your knowledge either stay in industry as your career grows, or bail out temporarily and get the Ph.D. if you see its of value to where you've decided to go.  Note that your industry experience will put you light years ahead of any one else going directly into a Ph.D. program.  If you decide to do the Ph.D, the industry experience will also put you miles ahead of any other freshly minted Ph.D without industry experience.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1319.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"kh13rv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Thinking about pursuing a PhD, but I want to go to industry after. Am I making a mistake? I have research experience with ML in chem from undergrad. I am applying to top schools for Computational chemistry. Would like to work in AI for this or related subjects after. Should I still go for a PhD? Masters? Or go work?","c_root_id_A":"gginxef","c_root_id_B":"ggio4yu","created_at_utc_A":1608498538,"created_at_utc_B":1608498639,"score_A":22,"score_B":63,"human_ref_A":"No you're not - only about 1\/3 of PhDs (at most) go on to academia (at least in my field)","human_ref_B":"This is what I suggest.  Get into industry now, or get a master's and then industry.  Spend 2 years in industry to get real world experience and learn something about what you want to do. Do you want to go into biotech startup? Large Pharma? Do you want to run a group of be on the bench?  Give yourself 2 years, then with your knowledge either stay in industry as your career grows, or bail out temporarily and get the Ph.D. if you see its of value to where you've decided to go.  Note that your industry experience will put you light years ahead of any one else going directly into a Ph.D. program.  If you decide to do the Ph.D, the industry experience will also put you miles ahead of any other freshly minted Ph.D without industry experience.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":101.0,"score_ratio":2.8636363636}
{"post_id":"kh13rv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Thinking about pursuing a PhD, but I want to go to industry after. Am I making a mistake? I have research experience with ML in chem from undergrad. I am applying to top schools for Computational chemistry. Would like to work in AI for this or related subjects after. Should I still go for a PhD? Masters? Or go work?","c_root_id_A":"ggio4yu","c_root_id_B":"ggink67","created_at_utc_A":1608498639,"created_at_utc_B":1608498364,"score_A":63,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"This is what I suggest.  Get into industry now, or get a master's and then industry.  Spend 2 years in industry to get real world experience and learn something about what you want to do. Do you want to go into biotech startup? Large Pharma? Do you want to run a group of be on the bench?  Give yourself 2 years, then with your knowledge either stay in industry as your career grows, or bail out temporarily and get the Ph.D. if you see its of value to where you've decided to go.  Note that your industry experience will put you light years ahead of any one else going directly into a Ph.D. program.  If you decide to do the Ph.D, the industry experience will also put you miles ahead of any other freshly minted Ph.D without industry experience.","human_ref_B":"All job postings i have seen have required a PhD.  if you want a machine learning job, i imagine a grad degree using machine learning is minimum to go up against all the other candidates.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":275.0,"score_ratio":7.0}
{"post_id":"kh13rv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Thinking about pursuing a PhD, but I want to go to industry after. Am I making a mistake? I have research experience with ML in chem from undergrad. I am applying to top schools for Computational chemistry. Would like to work in AI for this or related subjects after. Should I still go for a PhD? Masters? Or go work?","c_root_id_A":"gginxef","c_root_id_B":"ggircds","created_at_utc_A":1608498538,"created_at_utc_B":1608500242,"score_A":22,"score_B":24,"human_ref_A":"No you're not - only about 1\/3 of PhDs (at most) go on to academia (at least in my field)","human_ref_B":"You might want to consider an \"industrial PhD\". Basically conducting your research at a company. This would kickstart your transition as you already \"worked\" in industry for a few years and hopefully get relevant experience instead of a possibly unrelated project that has nothing to do with your future job.   The biggest challenge with transitioning from academia to industry is usually getting a foot in the door and companies fearing that you have no idea about the \"real world\" as they like to put it. With an industrial PhD you automatically have a foot in the door and can proof that you're fit to work at a company.  Otherwise my general advice is to not do a PhD unless you really need it for the job you want.   You usually help your career more of you start actually working in it earlier, as you'll start collecting years of experience and therefore can negotiate better conditions (and likely more savings).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1704.0,"score_ratio":1.0909090909}
{"post_id":"kh13rv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Thinking about pursuing a PhD, but I want to go to industry after. Am I making a mistake? I have research experience with ML in chem from undergrad. I am applying to top schools for Computational chemistry. Would like to work in AI for this or related subjects after. Should I still go for a PhD? Masters? Or go work?","c_root_id_A":"ggink67","c_root_id_B":"gginxef","created_at_utc_A":1608498364,"created_at_utc_B":1608498538,"score_A":9,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"All job postings i have seen have required a PhD.  if you want a machine learning job, i imagine a grad degree using machine learning is minimum to go up against all the other candidates.","human_ref_B":"No you're not - only about 1\/3 of PhDs (at most) go on to academia (at least in my field)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":174.0,"score_ratio":2.4444444444}
{"post_id":"kh13rv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Thinking about pursuing a PhD, but I want to go to industry after. Am I making a mistake? I have research experience with ML in chem from undergrad. I am applying to top schools for Computational chemistry. Would like to work in AI for this or related subjects after. Should I still go for a PhD? Masters? Or go work?","c_root_id_A":"ggircds","c_root_id_B":"ggink67","created_at_utc_A":1608500242,"created_at_utc_B":1608498364,"score_A":24,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"You might want to consider an \"industrial PhD\". Basically conducting your research at a company. This would kickstart your transition as you already \"worked\" in industry for a few years and hopefully get relevant experience instead of a possibly unrelated project that has nothing to do with your future job.   The biggest challenge with transitioning from academia to industry is usually getting a foot in the door and companies fearing that you have no idea about the \"real world\" as they like to put it. With an industrial PhD you automatically have a foot in the door and can proof that you're fit to work at a company.  Otherwise my general advice is to not do a PhD unless you really need it for the job you want.   You usually help your career more of you start actually working in it earlier, as you'll start collecting years of experience and therefore can negotiate better conditions (and likely more savings).","human_ref_B":"All job postings i have seen have required a PhD.  if you want a machine learning job, i imagine a grad degree using machine learning is minimum to go up against all the other candidates.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1878.0,"score_ratio":2.6666666667}
{"post_id":"kh13rv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Thinking about pursuing a PhD, but I want to go to industry after. Am I making a mistake? I have research experience with ML in chem from undergrad. I am applying to top schools for Computational chemistry. Would like to work in AI for this or related subjects after. Should I still go for a PhD? Masters? Or go work?","c_root_id_A":"ggjk15v","c_root_id_B":"ggj54bc","created_at_utc_A":1608515302,"created_at_utc_B":1608507323,"score_A":6,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"At my company (biotech, but very similar to pharma) all the interesting computational chemistry work is done by PhDs, so I would say do it, get a PhD if that\u2019s you want. In chemistry specifically, there is not that much mobility in your career without a PhD in RnD unless you are interested in working in manufacturing or are clever with your career, which requires work.  The skills you learn, even if you have a rough time landing a computational chem job will get you a programming\/data science job which can be interesting in its own right.","human_ref_B":"Check if the PhD programs you're applying to allow you to exit early with a Masters. It's a really nice option.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7979.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"kh13rv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Thinking about pursuing a PhD, but I want to go to industry after. Am I making a mistake? I have research experience with ML in chem from undergrad. I am applying to top schools for Computational chemistry. Would like to work in AI for this or related subjects after. Should I still go for a PhD? Masters? Or go work?","c_root_id_A":"ggjk15v","c_root_id_B":"ggitrz0","created_at_utc_A":1608515302,"created_at_utc_B":1608501452,"score_A":6,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"At my company (biotech, but very similar to pharma) all the interesting computational chemistry work is done by PhDs, so I would say do it, get a PhD if that\u2019s you want. In chemistry specifically, there is not that much mobility in your career without a PhD in RnD unless you are interested in working in manufacturing or are clever with your career, which requires work.  The skills you learn, even if you have a rough time landing a computational chem job will get you a programming\/data science job which can be interesting in its own right.","human_ref_B":"I don't think you are making a mistake. Nowadays many companies are doing research and they need PhDs. The only difference is that in academia you are doing research for knowledge and publications, but in industry is product oriented. Different objectives but the depth of the research is comparable. So at the end it depends on what you want to do. If you want to go to industry, focus on looking for a PhD that offers you the skills and experience for the job that you want to get.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":13850.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"kh13rv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Thinking about pursuing a PhD, but I want to go to industry after. Am I making a mistake? I have research experience with ML in chem from undergrad. I am applying to top schools for Computational chemistry. Would like to work in AI for this or related subjects after. Should I still go for a PhD? Masters? Or go work?","c_root_id_A":"ggjk15v","c_root_id_B":"ggjizvc","created_at_utc_A":1608515302,"created_at_utc_B":1608514734,"score_A":6,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"At my company (biotech, but very similar to pharma) all the interesting computational chemistry work is done by PhDs, so I would say do it, get a PhD if that\u2019s you want. In chemistry specifically, there is not that much mobility in your career without a PhD in RnD unless you are interested in working in manufacturing or are clever with your career, which requires work.  The skills you learn, even if you have a rough time landing a computational chem job will get you a programming\/data science job which can be interesting in its own right.","human_ref_B":"Nothing wrong with that. Build your industry networks early and figure out from them what sorts of skills and research will be useful. Your advisor may know some of this, but may be out of date.  If you can get the job without a PhD, investigate that option seriously.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":568.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"1uvqtv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"How should a new PhD student get started reading papers in his\/her field? My question follows on from a brief Twitter conversation with Ross Mounce, who mentioned that it \"would be great for students to d\/l a starter pack of the literature\". (https:\/\/twitter.com\/rmounce\/status\/420541439752536064)  I thought the idea was great \u2014\u00a0I would have loved to get a \"50 papers in molecular evolution that you'll definitely need to read before you finish your PhD\" when I started my degree... that would have really set me on the right track, and now (~2 years post-PhD) I could easily put together such a list.  I'm wondering whether anyone out there has ever received, or created, a \"starter pack\" of papers like that? If so, how did you give \/ get them? Is this something you think would be useful for incoming students or for someone switching subspecialties?  I can imagine one argument against starter-packs being that a new grad student should learn on their own how to dig through the literature of their field. While it's true that one does need to acquire that skill, I think any student would pick that up by the end of their PhD no matter what. And a set of \"must-read\" papers could serve to seed their explorations deeper into the literature.  I'd be curious to hear any thoughts or opinions on this \u2014 perhaps there's a missing resource that's waiting to be developed here?","c_root_id_A":"cem4bah","c_root_id_B":"cem4q7u","created_at_utc_A":1389363069,"created_at_utc_B":1389364454,"score_A":7,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"Interesting idea... In my program (just finishing my PhD(, those essential readings would be covered in the first one or two courses. I could see how it might benefit someone accepted into a program that wanted to get a head start, but I would probably tell that person to RELAX while they can!","human_ref_B":"I have three takes on this; first, no one can tell you what the 50 critical papers are. You are setting out on a course to be an international level scholar with a unique expertise. You don't know where you're going, so you don't know what the foundational papers are for your unique research program yet. Second, there are people in academia who don't like to read. I was amazed at the people in my area who had never read seminal papers that their work was based on. If you are one of the people who do like to read, you don't need anyone's help. Start with the textbooks and just go read the original papers they cite. You will read hundreds and hundreds of shitty papers to find a dozen gems. You will find that often modern interpretations of classic papers are exactly backwards (Stephan J. Gould wrote an essay on this once). You will find errors in authors, procedures, and interpretations that have been passed from one lazy academic to another. It's amazing how frequently papers get cited from other papers rather than being read- just like lazy undergraduates. You will spend hours in the library since the good stuff isn't available online. You will order stuff from interlibrary loan (and I don't care how good your school's library is). You may find yourself picking up a reading knowledge of a second language (much of the classic physiology literature is in German and French for instance). Third, if you can't get started on this journey yourself then you should reconsider grad school. Harsh, but true. Simply grab a textbook or a classic review paper (use World of Knowledge or whatever ISI calls it these days to grab a high impact review from 10-20 years ago) and start reading it and the stuff it cites. You don't want to follow the herd on this one, you are becoming a scholar so it's time you learned to dig stuff up for yourself and form your own opinions about it. Good luck!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1385.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"1uvqtv","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"How should a new PhD student get started reading papers in his\/her field? My question follows on from a brief Twitter conversation with Ross Mounce, who mentioned that it \"would be great for students to d\/l a starter pack of the literature\". (https:\/\/twitter.com\/rmounce\/status\/420541439752536064)  I thought the idea was great \u2014\u00a0I would have loved to get a \"50 papers in molecular evolution that you'll definitely need to read before you finish your PhD\" when I started my degree... that would have really set me on the right track, and now (~2 years post-PhD) I could easily put together such a list.  I'm wondering whether anyone out there has ever received, or created, a \"starter pack\" of papers like that? If so, how did you give \/ get them? Is this something you think would be useful for incoming students or for someone switching subspecialties?  I can imagine one argument against starter-packs being that a new grad student should learn on their own how to dig through the literature of their field. While it's true that one does need to acquire that skill, I think any student would pick that up by the end of their PhD no matter what. And a set of \"must-read\" papers could serve to seed their explorations deeper into the literature.  I'd be curious to hear any thoughts or opinions on this \u2014 perhaps there's a missing resource that's waiting to be developed here?","c_root_id_A":"cem4bah","c_root_id_B":"cemoj00","created_at_utc_A":1389363069,"created_at_utc_B":1389410815,"score_A":7,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Interesting idea... In my program (just finishing my PhD(, those essential readings would be covered in the first one or two courses. I could see how it might benefit someone accepted into a program that wanted to get a head start, but I would probably tell that person to RELAX while they can!","human_ref_B":"I wrote a rant about how to read papers a while back that touched on this.  The basic idea is that you start with a nucleation point paper, something important in your field.  Then you read it, have no idea what's going on, and chase citations that interest you and are relevant.  Thus the papers you need are a unique subset all of your own.   Here is the thing I wrote, I dont know how to link to it exactly...  I'm an experimental biophysicist, so it's not the same field, but I have a little advice. Learn how to read a paper. This is a skill that is NOT taught well in the undergraduate level at all. Here's what you do: Find a good journal. Generally you can do this by asking a good prof or the library has good people who are excellent at this. Find some paper that is a review paper of a topic you wanna learn. Make sure it's from a reputable source (ask said prof etc.) Preferably from the last ten years. These papers are usually overviews of entire subject areas. You will not understand this paper at all. I repeat: You will not understand this paper at all. That's ok.  The first step is to read it from front to back even after you get lost (by around the fourth sentence). Sound out each word like a first grader if you have to. But youre not done with this paper yet. Then go back and re-read the abstract. Then read the intro, then skip the body, and read the conclusion. Then read the entire paper again. At this point you are probably still hopelessly lost. That's ok.  The next step is chasing the citations. Start from the intro and every time the author(s) say something you dont understand, google it. Google the hell out of every word. If they list a citation, find it and pull it up. Do this paragraph by paragraph. This will suck balls. If the first cited paper is also completely confusing, repeat this like a recursive algorithm until you're reading Newton's original stuff. It shouldnt take THAT long.  After a week of dissecting this general overview paper and its branches, find a prof in the area you like and schedule a meeting with him where you can ask him the huge number of outstanding questions you now have. He should help you understand the point of the paper, and the structure of the arguments being presented. After he answers them, you will walk out of his office and the information will begin to decay with some characteristic time t~0.002 seconds. That's fine. Do it all again with more papers.  This will take a long long long time. But it will also work. The more vocab (yes vocab, 'tangent bundle' should be something you can not only recognize as a word, but recognize it's importance in various arguments etc) you learn, the more arguments you come across, the faster you'll make it through papers. You will eventually find yourself disagreeing with papers for legit reasons. This is when you know you have arrived. Not all papers are gospel. Most are full of shit. When you have the understanding to figure out who is making sense and who isnt you are ready to join the conversation. Then it's a matter of making your own statements (your own research) and writing them in a way that makes sense, is complete, and will convince others.  Notes on efficiency. Learning is not efficient. Undergrad is because people already learned it and figured out how to teach it fast. You got 400+ years of cool ideas in 4 years. That's 100x fast forward. The true speed of learning is 100x slower and makes you feel 100x dumber. That's ok. It's not speed that matters, it's how much work you put into it.  The hardest skill you can learn is self motivation. That plus some common sense and you'll be well on your way to a brilliant career. But if you get bored dissecting papers and would rather go on reddit, then that's your choice.   Edit: I know it's probably late for this edit, but I would like to point out that this exact protocol does not work for everything. It's the principle that matters. You have to expect that things going from gibberish to understandable will take work. What I have laid out is a sort of generic method for doing that. It will not work in all situations or for all fields exactly as stated. But sticking to your guns and going over things again and again usually does. How you do that exactly may vary. My method works very well in biophysics, but I figured there might be some structure preserving map from my way to the ways of math, even if it's a lot different when it gets there.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":47746.0,"score_ratio":1.1428571429}
{"post_id":"6onziw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.78,"history":"Do hiring committees investigate undergraduate institutions? My undergrad has been doing some political actions I don't want to be associated with. Sometimes I wonder if a hiring committee will go to look up info about my various institutions and will see that my undergrad has been doing things like getting Title 9 exemptions so they can fire transgender professors, or how they fired divorced professors, or discriminate against LGTB students. I didn't know it was that kind of place when I first went, and I've distanced myself from it as much as possible, but I don't know how much weight things like this have when committees look at my background.","c_root_id_A":"dkjiqyz","c_root_id_B":"dkitx24","created_at_utc_A":1500673665,"created_at_utc_B":1500647476,"score_A":12,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"I don't get why responders in this thread think this is a silly questions. It's actually not.   Real talk: some hiring or admissions committees I know and have worked on would absolutely think less of a degree from Liberty or BYU than from a similar, more a-political institution. In fact, I know some people who have earned degrees from Liberty University who won't even list the diploma on their resume anymore for exactly this reason.","human_ref_B":"No","labels":1,"seconds_difference":26189.0,"score_ratio":1.0909090909}
{"post_id":"6onziw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.78,"history":"Do hiring committees investigate undergraduate institutions? My undergrad has been doing some political actions I don't want to be associated with. Sometimes I wonder if a hiring committee will go to look up info about my various institutions and will see that my undergrad has been doing things like getting Title 9 exemptions so they can fire transgender professors, or how they fired divorced professors, or discriminate against LGTB students. I didn't know it was that kind of place when I first went, and I've distanced myself from it as much as possible, but I don't know how much weight things like this have when committees look at my background.","c_root_id_A":"dkiu8hq","c_root_id_B":"dkjiqyz","created_at_utc_A":1500647845,"created_at_utc_B":1500673665,"score_A":8,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Are you personally associated with those actions? Is the position you're wanting to obtain a high-profile, political position?   You really don't have anything to worry about.","human_ref_B":"I don't get why responders in this thread think this is a silly questions. It's actually not.   Real talk: some hiring or admissions committees I know and have worked on would absolutely think less of a degree from Liberty or BYU than from a similar, more a-political institution. In fact, I know some people who have earned degrees from Liberty University who won't even list the diploma on their resume anymore for exactly this reason.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":25820.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"6onziw","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.78,"history":"Do hiring committees investigate undergraduate institutions? My undergrad has been doing some political actions I don't want to be associated with. Sometimes I wonder if a hiring committee will go to look up info about my various institutions and will see that my undergrad has been doing things like getting Title 9 exemptions so they can fire transgender professors, or how they fired divorced professors, or discriminate against LGTB students. I didn't know it was that kind of place when I first went, and I've distanced myself from it as much as possible, but I don't know how much weight things like this have when committees look at my background.","c_root_id_A":"dkj96zx","c_root_id_B":"dkjiqyz","created_at_utc_A":1500663428,"created_at_utc_B":1500673665,"score_A":4,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"Are you asking if hiring committee for a professor job will care about where you got your undergrad?","human_ref_B":"I don't get why responders in this thread think this is a silly questions. It's actually not.   Real talk: some hiring or admissions committees I know and have worked on would absolutely think less of a degree from Liberty or BYU than from a similar, more a-political institution. In fact, I know some people who have earned degrees from Liberty University who won't even list the diploma on their resume anymore for exactly this reason.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10237.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"ejq6aa","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.87,"history":"What's the best\/worst\/most impressive way you know of that someone lost their scholarship or acceptance to a post-graduate program? Writing a story, and have never applied for anything beyond my Bachelors. Even a theoretical situation is helpful and interesting... but, come on, we all love the story of some kind of glorious flameout.","c_root_id_A":"fd0ip2w","c_root_id_B":"fd1mz8a","created_at_utc_A":1578119365,"created_at_utc_B":1578133597,"score_A":7,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"When I was in grad school, another grad student was kicked out of the program and escorted off campus by campus police. He threatened to hurt\/kill a professor if  they didn\u2019t give him a good grade on his final exam.","human_ref_B":"Years ago.  PhD student manipulated a figure in a manuscript (for something really trivial).  Manipulation detected by a high profile journal.  \\*poof\\* gone.....","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14232.0,"score_ratio":1.8571428571}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgg4hb","c_root_id_B":"epgiv1a","created_at_utc_A":1559212937,"created_at_utc_B":1559214091,"score_A":4,"score_B":38,"human_ref_A":"Last year on my Ph.D. and I have no clue where I am supposed to go. Just gonna follow my supervisor's advice.","human_ref_B":"1.5 year Post doc in another country (after submission of thesis), 1.5 year postdoc in another country, 3 months unemployment, 1 year lectureship in same country as previous, a few years senior lecturer, now Reader (associate prof). From thesis submission til Readership: 9 years. I\u2019ve been very fortunate. (My pro tip: network your arse off.)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1154.0,"score_ratio":9.5}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgkl6v","c_root_id_B":"epgg4hb","created_at_utc_A":1559214785,"created_at_utc_B":1559212937,"score_A":22,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"3 yr postdoc, 8 months unemployment (I moved to a new country for my husband\u2019s job), 1.5 yr postdoc.  My career hasn\u2019t gone where I thought it would mostly due to the move overseas, and other life factors which were more important than my pre-planned career ideas.","human_ref_B":"Last year on my Ph.D. and I have no clue where I am supposed to go. Just gonna follow my supervisor's advice.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1848.0,"score_ratio":5.5}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgna3x","c_root_id_B":"epgyq52","created_at_utc_A":1559215851,"created_at_utc_B":1559220123,"score_A":19,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"When I started my PhD in a different country then my own, I had the idea that this would help me when going back to easier get a permanent position. Over the 4 years doing my PhD, I saw how many time and stress went into applying for grants. By my last year I was certain that I would not be able to that stress almost every year. After 10 months of unemployement I now work for 1.5 years as a application engineer in a software company.  It was definitely not what I started out thinking I would end up. I have a master in pharmaceutical sciences and a PhD in theoretical chemistry. Nowadays I use my knowledge for our customers as our software is a lims and eln system. I still like chemistry and with my job I actually get to see many different labs and probably saw a lot more of the latest setups\/machines then if I would have started working in a lab myself. Also, I never liked the idea of 40 hours every week in a lab; that is why I went the theoretical route in the first place.  So, I never thought at 18 that this is what I ended up doing but it does fit me :)","human_ref_B":"1 year post-doc at my PhD institution. Starting TTAP position in July.   I realize I won the academic version of the lottery. I had an amazing (world-renowned) advisor who set me up nicely for success.   It helps to be in a growing field.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4272.0,"score_ratio":1.1052631579}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgyq52","c_root_id_B":"epgsv2i","created_at_utc_A":1559220123,"created_at_utc_B":1559217977,"score_A":21,"score_B":16,"human_ref_A":"1 year post-doc at my PhD institution. Starting TTAP position in July.   I realize I won the academic version of the lottery. I had an amazing (world-renowned) advisor who set me up nicely for success.   It helps to be in a growing field.","human_ref_B":"I moved internationally and started my first postdoc this year. I think I was pretty lucky that this exact opportunity came up when it did and I was a good fit for it. So I'm \"living the dream\" in that sense. On the other hand I'm supporting my family of four on my tiny salary. Skipping meals to stay afloat at the end of every month to feed my kids is not really how I saw my life panning out... I'm trying to focus on making the most out of this opportunity and hopefully getting some more stability in my next position.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2146.0,"score_ratio":1.3125}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgyq52","c_root_id_B":"epguof4","created_at_utc_A":1559220123,"created_at_utc_B":1559218660,"score_A":21,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"1 year post-doc at my PhD institution. Starting TTAP position in July.   I realize I won the academic version of the lottery. I had an amazing (world-renowned) advisor who set me up nicely for success.   It helps to be in a growing field.","human_ref_B":"Visiting\/term instructor for 1 year, and just finishing up my first year as a TT assistant professor at a SLAC.  Not where I thought I'd end up.  I started my PhD thinking research scientist and applied almost exclusively to community colleges during my last year of my PhD, as that's where I now wanted to end up.  I work at a four-year university.  (It was actually the only four-year school I applied to, on a whim).  I wouldn't change it for the world!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1463.0,"score_ratio":1.6153846154}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgnzhz","c_root_id_B":"epgyq52","created_at_utc_A":1559216124,"created_at_utc_B":1559220123,"score_A":9,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"I went into a postdoctoral position in an \u201capplied\u201d field for 2 years then moved to a lecturer position in the same department for a couple months. I wasn\u2019t really happy with that, and was lucky my undergrad institution was looking for someone so I went back there as a VAP for one semester and was lucky again to be hired TT. I actually have my dream job now - I always wanted to come back to where I got my undergrad to teach (it\u2019s no R1 but I\u2019m okay with that, I don\u2019t necessarily want R1 stress in my life, and I still do good research with undergrads!)","human_ref_B":"1 year post-doc at my PhD institution. Starting TTAP position in July.   I realize I won the academic version of the lottery. I had an amazing (world-renowned) advisor who set me up nicely for success.   It helps to be in a growing field.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3999.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgug8o","c_root_id_B":"epgyq52","created_at_utc_A":1559218574,"created_at_utc_B":1559220123,"score_A":7,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"I was hired- tenure track professor position. That was my goal. I started interviewing when collecting data for my dissertation.","human_ref_B":"1 year post-doc at my PhD institution. Starting TTAP position in July.   I realize I won the academic version of the lottery. I had an amazing (world-renowned) advisor who set me up nicely for success.   It helps to be in a growing field.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1549.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgg4hb","c_root_id_B":"epgyq52","created_at_utc_A":1559212937,"created_at_utc_B":1559220123,"score_A":4,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"Last year on my Ph.D. and I have no clue where I am supposed to go. Just gonna follow my supervisor's advice.","human_ref_B":"1 year post-doc at my PhD institution. Starting TTAP position in July.   I realize I won the academic version of the lottery. I had an amazing (world-renowned) advisor who set me up nicely for success.   It helps to be in a growing field.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7186.0,"score_ratio":5.25}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgg4hb","c_root_id_B":"epgna3x","created_at_utc_A":1559212937,"created_at_utc_B":1559215851,"score_A":4,"score_B":19,"human_ref_A":"Last year on my Ph.D. and I have no clue where I am supposed to go. Just gonna follow my supervisor's advice.","human_ref_B":"When I started my PhD in a different country then my own, I had the idea that this would help me when going back to easier get a permanent position. Over the 4 years doing my PhD, I saw how many time and stress went into applying for grants. By my last year I was certain that I would not be able to that stress almost every year. After 10 months of unemployement I now work for 1.5 years as a application engineer in a software company.  It was definitely not what I started out thinking I would end up. I have a master in pharmaceutical sciences and a PhD in theoretical chemistry. Nowadays I use my knowledge for our customers as our software is a lims and eln system. I still like chemistry and with my job I actually get to see many different labs and probably saw a lot more of the latest setups\/machines then if I would have started working in a lab myself. Also, I never liked the idea of 40 hours every week in a lab; that is why I went the theoretical route in the first place.  So, I never thought at 18 that this is what I ended up doing but it does fit me :)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2914.0,"score_ratio":4.75}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgnzhz","c_root_id_B":"epgsv2i","created_at_utc_A":1559216124,"created_at_utc_B":1559217977,"score_A":9,"score_B":16,"human_ref_A":"I went into a postdoctoral position in an \u201capplied\u201d field for 2 years then moved to a lecturer position in the same department for a couple months. I wasn\u2019t really happy with that, and was lucky my undergrad institution was looking for someone so I went back there as a VAP for one semester and was lucky again to be hired TT. I actually have my dream job now - I always wanted to come back to where I got my undergrad to teach (it\u2019s no R1 but I\u2019m okay with that, I don\u2019t necessarily want R1 stress in my life, and I still do good research with undergrads!)","human_ref_B":"I moved internationally and started my first postdoc this year. I think I was pretty lucky that this exact opportunity came up when it did and I was a good fit for it. So I'm \"living the dream\" in that sense. On the other hand I'm supporting my family of four on my tiny salary. Skipping meals to stay afloat at the end of every month to feed my kids is not really how I saw my life panning out... I'm trying to focus on making the most out of this opportunity and hopefully getting some more stability in my next position.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1853.0,"score_ratio":1.7777777778}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgsv2i","c_root_id_B":"epgg4hb","created_at_utc_A":1559217977,"created_at_utc_B":1559212937,"score_A":16,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I moved internationally and started my first postdoc this year. I think I was pretty lucky that this exact opportunity came up when it did and I was a good fit for it. So I'm \"living the dream\" in that sense. On the other hand I'm supporting my family of four on my tiny salary. Skipping meals to stay afloat at the end of every month to feed my kids is not really how I saw my life panning out... I'm trying to focus on making the most out of this opportunity and hopefully getting some more stability in my next position.","human_ref_B":"Last year on my Ph.D. and I have no clue where I am supposed to go. Just gonna follow my supervisor's advice.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5040.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"ephdb7k","c_root_id_B":"epguof4","created_at_utc_A":1559225315,"created_at_utc_B":1559218660,"score_A":14,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"Grad school -> industry scientist.  It was actually exactly what I wanted from the beginning, though my adviser was in denial the whole way.","human_ref_B":"Visiting\/term instructor for 1 year, and just finishing up my first year as a TT assistant professor at a SLAC.  Not where I thought I'd end up.  I started my PhD thinking research scientist and applied almost exclusively to community colleges during my last year of my PhD, as that's where I now wanted to end up.  I work at a four-year university.  (It was actually the only four-year school I applied to, on a whim).  I wouldn't change it for the world!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6655.0,"score_ratio":1.0769230769}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgnzhz","c_root_id_B":"ephdb7k","created_at_utc_A":1559216124,"created_at_utc_B":1559225315,"score_A":9,"score_B":14,"human_ref_A":"I went into a postdoctoral position in an \u201capplied\u201d field for 2 years then moved to a lecturer position in the same department for a couple months. I wasn\u2019t really happy with that, and was lucky my undergrad institution was looking for someone so I went back there as a VAP for one semester and was lucky again to be hired TT. I actually have my dream job now - I always wanted to come back to where I got my undergrad to teach (it\u2019s no R1 but I\u2019m okay with that, I don\u2019t necessarily want R1 stress in my life, and I still do good research with undergrads!)","human_ref_B":"Grad school -> industry scientist.  It was actually exactly what I wanted from the beginning, though my adviser was in denial the whole way.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9191.0,"score_ratio":1.5555555556}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgug8o","c_root_id_B":"ephdb7k","created_at_utc_A":1559218574,"created_at_utc_B":1559225315,"score_A":7,"score_B":14,"human_ref_A":"I was hired- tenure track professor position. That was my goal. I started interviewing when collecting data for my dissertation.","human_ref_B":"Grad school -> industry scientist.  It was actually exactly what I wanted from the beginning, though my adviser was in denial the whole way.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6741.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"eph33v8","c_root_id_B":"ephdb7k","created_at_utc_A":1559221760,"created_at_utc_B":1559225315,"score_A":6,"score_B":14,"human_ref_A":"It took me about 3 months after defending to find my first job, which was a 10 month teaching contract. I was offered a tt position at another institution about a month before my contract finished (I had been offered another year of teaching at the first place, which was my backup plan).","human_ref_B":"Grad school -> industry scientist.  It was actually exactly what I wanted from the beginning, though my adviser was in denial the whole way.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3555.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgg4hb","c_root_id_B":"ephdb7k","created_at_utc_A":1559212937,"created_at_utc_B":1559225315,"score_A":4,"score_B":14,"human_ref_A":"Last year on my Ph.D. and I have no clue where I am supposed to go. Just gonna follow my supervisor's advice.","human_ref_B":"Grad school -> industry scientist.  It was actually exactly what I wanted from the beginning, though my adviser was in denial the whole way.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12378.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgnzhz","c_root_id_B":"epguof4","created_at_utc_A":1559216124,"created_at_utc_B":1559218660,"score_A":9,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"I went into a postdoctoral position in an \u201capplied\u201d field for 2 years then moved to a lecturer position in the same department for a couple months. I wasn\u2019t really happy with that, and was lucky my undergrad institution was looking for someone so I went back there as a VAP for one semester and was lucky again to be hired TT. I actually have my dream job now - I always wanted to come back to where I got my undergrad to teach (it\u2019s no R1 but I\u2019m okay with that, I don\u2019t necessarily want R1 stress in my life, and I still do good research with undergrads!)","human_ref_B":"Visiting\/term instructor for 1 year, and just finishing up my first year as a TT assistant professor at a SLAC.  Not where I thought I'd end up.  I started my PhD thinking research scientist and applied almost exclusively to community colleges during my last year of my PhD, as that's where I now wanted to end up.  I work at a four-year university.  (It was actually the only four-year school I applied to, on a whim).  I wouldn't change it for the world!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2536.0,"score_ratio":1.4444444444}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epguof4","c_root_id_B":"epgug8o","created_at_utc_A":1559218660,"created_at_utc_B":1559218574,"score_A":13,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Visiting\/term instructor for 1 year, and just finishing up my first year as a TT assistant professor at a SLAC.  Not where I thought I'd end up.  I started my PhD thinking research scientist and applied almost exclusively to community colleges during my last year of my PhD, as that's where I now wanted to end up.  I work at a four-year university.  (It was actually the only four-year school I applied to, on a whim).  I wouldn't change it for the world!","human_ref_B":"I was hired- tenure track professor position. That was my goal. I started interviewing when collecting data for my dissertation.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":86.0,"score_ratio":1.8571428571}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgg4hb","c_root_id_B":"epguof4","created_at_utc_A":1559212937,"created_at_utc_B":1559218660,"score_A":4,"score_B":13,"human_ref_A":"Last year on my Ph.D. and I have no clue where I am supposed to go. Just gonna follow my supervisor's advice.","human_ref_B":"Visiting\/term instructor for 1 year, and just finishing up my first year as a TT assistant professor at a SLAC.  Not where I thought I'd end up.  I started my PhD thinking research scientist and applied almost exclusively to community colleges during my last year of my PhD, as that's where I now wanted to end up.  I work at a four-year university.  (It was actually the only four-year school I applied to, on a whim).  I wouldn't change it for the world!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5723.0,"score_ratio":3.25}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgg4hb","c_root_id_B":"epgnzhz","created_at_utc_A":1559212937,"created_at_utc_B":1559216124,"score_A":4,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Last year on my Ph.D. and I have no clue where I am supposed to go. Just gonna follow my supervisor's advice.","human_ref_B":"I went into a postdoctoral position in an \u201capplied\u201d field for 2 years then moved to a lecturer position in the same department for a couple months. I wasn\u2019t really happy with that, and was lucky my undergrad institution was looking for someone so I went back there as a VAP for one semester and was lucky again to be hired TT. I actually have my dream job now - I always wanted to come back to where I got my undergrad to teach (it\u2019s no R1 but I\u2019m okay with that, I don\u2019t necessarily want R1 stress in my life, and I still do good research with undergrads!)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3187.0,"score_ratio":2.25}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"eph33v8","c_root_id_B":"ephdlk3","created_at_utc_A":1559221760,"created_at_utc_B":1559225418,"score_A":6,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"It took me about 3 months after defending to find my first job, which was a 10 month teaching contract. I was offered a tt position at another institution about a month before my contract finished (I had been offered another year of teaching at the first place, which was my backup plan).","human_ref_B":"Postdoc 3 years. Staff Scientist at same institute but different lab 7 mos. Adjunct Lecturer\/ Unemployed 9 mos. Scientist 1- 1 year.  &#x200B;  Postdoc lab ran out of money and started a scramble to find anything- which was a short term position. Then I worked for almost a year (9 mos of applying) to find an industry job, and here I am.  &#x200B;  Edit: My PhD was at a top 30 public institution in CA, and I did my postdoc at the biggest of the big west coast R1 schools in neuroscience, which they specialize in, so the postdoc really is kind of the gold star on my CV right now, and I think just having that experience (albeit short) basically gets me in the door in terms of \"is he capable scientifically?\"     I kind of did the post doc because I had always dreamed of working at this particular university, and on top of that I got a fellowship, so I was through the roof for the position. I also wanted to be a professor, and I continued to want that until the funding dried up in our lab (and in other big name labs around us). This was right after Trump got elected and funding wasn't about to improve so I jumped to industry with the though that if other successful, smart, hardworking people can't keep successful labs afloat, how the hell am I going to get one started?      In hindsight, I kind of wish I had done an industry postdoc and skipped the whole academic thing, but then I would never know and doing my postdoc where I did has opened numerous doors for me.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3658.0,"score_ratio":1.1666666667}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgg4hb","c_root_id_B":"ephdlk3","created_at_utc_A":1559212937,"created_at_utc_B":1559225418,"score_A":4,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Last year on my Ph.D. and I have no clue where I am supposed to go. Just gonna follow my supervisor's advice.","human_ref_B":"Postdoc 3 years. Staff Scientist at same institute but different lab 7 mos. Adjunct Lecturer\/ Unemployed 9 mos. Scientist 1- 1 year.  &#x200B;  Postdoc lab ran out of money and started a scramble to find anything- which was a short term position. Then I worked for almost a year (9 mos of applying) to find an industry job, and here I am.  &#x200B;  Edit: My PhD was at a top 30 public institution in CA, and I did my postdoc at the biggest of the big west coast R1 schools in neuroscience, which they specialize in, so the postdoc really is kind of the gold star on my CV right now, and I think just having that experience (albeit short) basically gets me in the door in terms of \"is he capable scientifically?\"     I kind of did the post doc because I had always dreamed of working at this particular university, and on top of that I got a fellowship, so I was through the roof for the position. I also wanted to be a professor, and I continued to want that until the funding dried up in our lab (and in other big name labs around us). This was right after Trump got elected and funding wasn't about to improve so I jumped to industry with the though that if other successful, smart, hardworking people can't keep successful labs afloat, how the hell am I going to get one started?      In hindsight, I kind of wish I had done an industry postdoc and skipped the whole academic thing, but then I would never know and doing my postdoc where I did has opened numerous doors for me.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12481.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"ephsi2r","c_root_id_B":"eph33v8","created_at_utc_A":1559230584,"created_at_utc_B":1559221760,"score_A":7,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I published extensively while getting my doctorate, and in very prestigious publications. I also had excellent teaching reviews, and a good record of getting grants.   I was unable to secure a tenure track job and switched careers to something that has nothing to do at all with my PhD.   As I'm sure you know, for non-STEM PhDs, there is lots of work in academia, but few jobs that pay a living wage. So if you are considering a PhD in the Social Sciences or Humanities, I would strongly encourage you to make sure that your PhD will be legible to the private sector.","human_ref_B":"It took me about 3 months after defending to find my first job, which was a 10 month teaching contract. I was offered a tt position at another institution about a month before my contract finished (I had been offered another year of teaching at the first place, which was my backup plan).","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8824.0,"score_ratio":1.1666666667}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"ephsi2r","c_root_id_B":"epgg4hb","created_at_utc_A":1559230584,"created_at_utc_B":1559212937,"score_A":7,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I published extensively while getting my doctorate, and in very prestigious publications. I also had excellent teaching reviews, and a good record of getting grants.   I was unable to secure a tenure track job and switched careers to something that has nothing to do at all with my PhD.   As I'm sure you know, for non-STEM PhDs, there is lots of work in academia, but few jobs that pay a living wage. So if you are considering a PhD in the Social Sciences or Humanities, I would strongly encourage you to make sure that your PhD will be legible to the private sector.","human_ref_B":"Last year on my Ph.D. and I have no clue where I am supposed to go. Just gonna follow my supervisor's advice.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":17647.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"ephou44","c_root_id_B":"ephsi2r","created_at_utc_A":1559229332,"created_at_utc_B":1559230584,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"2 years of residency (sort-of like a postdoc), and am now starting a tenure track position at an R1. It actually went better than I expected, not worse.","human_ref_B":"I published extensively while getting my doctorate, and in very prestigious publications. I also had excellent teaching reviews, and a good record of getting grants.   I was unable to secure a tenure track job and switched careers to something that has nothing to do at all with my PhD.   As I'm sure you know, for non-STEM PhDs, there is lots of work in academia, but few jobs that pay a living wage. So if you are considering a PhD in the Social Sciences or Humanities, I would strongly encourage you to make sure that your PhD will be legible to the private sector.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1252.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgug8o","c_root_id_B":"epgg4hb","created_at_utc_A":1559218574,"created_at_utc_B":1559212937,"score_A":7,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I was hired- tenure track professor position. That was my goal. I started interviewing when collecting data for my dissertation.","human_ref_B":"Last year on my Ph.D. and I have no clue where I am supposed to go. Just gonna follow my supervisor's advice.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5637.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epgg4hb","c_root_id_B":"eph33v8","created_at_utc_A":1559212937,"created_at_utc_B":1559221760,"score_A":4,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Last year on my Ph.D. and I have no clue where I am supposed to go. Just gonna follow my supervisor's advice.","human_ref_B":"It took me about 3 months after defending to find my first job, which was a 10 month teaching contract. I was offered a tt position at another institution about a month before my contract finished (I had been offered another year of teaching at the first place, which was my backup plan).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8823.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epirpqp","c_root_id_B":"epgg4hb","created_at_utc_A":1559242502,"created_at_utc_B":1559212937,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Moved to US from UK for post-doc. Projects didn't work out and a few other things didn't go right during my time there. I spent three years there and then had six months unemployed in the UK waiting for a visa to start another post-doc in Australia. Half way through that three year contract in Australia now. Project going better but not sure where I will end up next.","human_ref_B":"Last year on my Ph.D. and I have no clue where I am supposed to go. Just gonna follow my supervisor's advice.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":29565.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epjpowf","c_root_id_B":"epgg4hb","created_at_utc_A":1559257288,"created_at_utc_B":1559212937,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Unemployed: \\~6 months (had a postdoc offer rescinded due to professor not getting funded, had to start new search)  (Academic) Postdoc: \\~2 years  National Lab: Current position, with no plans to leave (obtained via networking with postdoc advisor)  &#x200B;  Given where I am now, I never expected to be at a lab or even doing the type of research I am doing now (completely different field and methods). I wouldn't change how my career ended up.  &#x200B;  For the OP: All of my work was is in computational chemistry. My grad work was focused on using DFT for catalysis, and now I am focused on using MD for understanding of supercritical fluids (so nothing similar to my grad work)","human_ref_B":"Last year on my Ph.D. and I have no clue where I am supposed to go. Just gonna follow my supervisor's advice.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":44351.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epirpqp","c_root_id_B":"epiaa4y","created_at_utc_A":1559242502,"created_at_utc_B":1559236450,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Moved to US from UK for post-doc. Projects didn't work out and a few other things didn't go right during my time there. I spent three years there and then had six months unemployed in the UK waiting for a visa to start another post-doc in Australia. Half way through that three year contract in Australia now. Project going better but not sure where I will end up next.","human_ref_B":"5 yr post-doc to more-or-less switch fields and then a TT assistant prof gig (now tenured after 3.5 years as an assistant). Things more or less worked out as I\u2019d hoped, but I don\u2019t think they would have if I hadn\u2019t switched fields.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6052.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
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{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epiaa4y","c_root_id_B":"ephou44","created_at_utc_A":1559236450,"created_at_utc_B":1559229332,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"5 yr post-doc to more-or-less switch fields and then a TT assistant prof gig (now tenured after 3.5 years as an assistant). Things more or less worked out as I\u2019d hoped, but I don\u2019t think they would have if I hadn\u2019t switched fields.","human_ref_B":"2 years of residency (sort-of like a postdoc), and am now starting a tenure track position at an R1. It actually went better than I expected, not worse.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7118.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
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{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epi9kjz","c_root_id_B":"epjpowf","created_at_utc_A":1559236204,"created_at_utc_B":1559257288,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I really want to know about Humanities PhDs. I'm trying to finish by Sept, but then what. I can't work in a lab lol.","human_ref_B":"Unemployed: \\~6 months (had a postdoc offer rescinded due to professor not getting funded, had to start new search)  (Academic) Postdoc: \\~2 years  National Lab: Current position, with no plans to leave (obtained via networking with postdoc advisor)  &#x200B;  Given where I am now, I never expected to be at a lab or even doing the type of research I am doing now (completely different field and methods). I wouldn't change how my career ended up.  &#x200B;  For the OP: All of my work was is in computational chemistry. My grad work was focused on using DFT for catalysis, and now I am focused on using MD for understanding of supercritical fluids (so nothing similar to my grad work)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":21084.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epjpowf","c_root_id_B":"ephou44","created_at_utc_A":1559257288,"created_at_utc_B":1559229332,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Unemployed: \\~6 months (had a postdoc offer rescinded due to professor not getting funded, had to start new search)  (Academic) Postdoc: \\~2 years  National Lab: Current position, with no plans to leave (obtained via networking with postdoc advisor)  &#x200B;  Given where I am now, I never expected to be at a lab or even doing the type of research I am doing now (completely different field and methods). I wouldn't change how my career ended up.  &#x200B;  For the OP: All of my work was is in computational chemistry. My grad work was focused on using DFT for catalysis, and now I am focused on using MD for understanding of supercritical fluids (so nothing similar to my grad work)","human_ref_B":"2 years of residency (sort-of like a postdoc), and am now starting a tenure track position at an R1. It actually went better than I expected, not worse.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":27956.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"epi9kjz","c_root_id_B":"ephou44","created_at_utc_A":1559236204,"created_at_utc_B":1559229332,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I really want to know about Humanities PhDs. I'm trying to finish by Sept, but then what. I can't work in a lab lol.","human_ref_B":"2 years of residency (sort-of like a postdoc), and am now starting a tenure track position at an R1. It actually went better than I expected, not worse.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6872.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"buqy87","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.98,"history":"What was your career path after finishing your PhD? Did you get where you thought you would? I'm currently trying to decide which direction to go. So would love to hear from those who have gone through it what was the outcome of your previous decisions.","c_root_id_A":"ephou44","c_root_id_B":"epkp43z","created_at_utc_A":1559229332,"created_at_utc_B":1559278418,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"2 years of residency (sort-of like a postdoc), and am now starting a tenure track position at an R1. It actually went better than I expected, not worse.","human_ref_B":"2 year postdoc --> 2 years project scientist at a different university --> 5 years as a non-TT assistant prof at a different university --> just finishing my 1st year as a non-TT associate prof at the same university.   All of these stages were at R1s solely because I enjoy research.  Wasn't the path I thought I would be on - in grad school I was aiming for R1 or R2 TT positions. As I got older, learned a lot more, got married, and so on, other life factors became more important. Basically I realized that I wasn't willing to give up certain things life-wise to get a TT position.   I wouldn't change anything. In general I'm pretty happy, obviously there's always annoying things about my position (as with any position), but on the whole it's going quite well.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":49086.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"5iflq3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"How can I convince my boyfriend of 3+ years (and probably my future fiance) to move across the country for my PhD, and then eventually postdoc\/jobs? This is probably better suited for \/r\/relationships, but I want to know what people with academics or other prospective PhD students have to say about this.  For some more information, our relationship is incredibly serious, however we've been long distance for the past year and a half now while I've been doing my MS, and at this point, I really can't bear the thought of spending 5 more years away from him.  I applied to a school thats in his city that he really wanted me to apply to and go to, and while its a great school, and I think there are professors who are a good fit for my research interests, 1) I'm not sure if I'll get in (I got an interview invite, but I could still eliminated if the interview doesn't go well), 2) I am not yet sure I'd want to go there if I do get in, and I well base that decision based on how the other schools I interview at are, and how happy the students are (this school also has a strict policy for student vacation time that seems to be a bit low).  I intially tried to get him to move with me for my MS, but he wasn't ready for that at the time, his mother was very ill and he couldn't be too far from her, but now she has passed on, so I'm not sure why he's reluctant to move. He seems to not want to find a new job, which is odd to me. His job is very good for his level of education ($40K per year lab tech and he never went to college), and he some ambition for part of it, but on the other hand he hates certain parts of it and complains about the company being racist towards him and not letting him get the attention he needs to advance his career.  I think now would be the perfect time for him to quit this job and find a new one with me, but he is concerned about making less money at a new job. Granted I'll finally have that wonderfully close to the poverty line stipend to at least support myself. And the school in his city is the only one I could work at and I really dont think its reasonable to assume that I could get a postdoc and an academic position there at that same school for the rest of my life, never moving. Sorry if this got ranty, but I'm just looking for opinions of how I should navigate this mine-field?  Any advice or insight is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"db839zp","c_root_id_B":"db7vcdn","created_at_utc_A":1481803633,"created_at_utc_B":1481781569,"score_A":21,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"You can't really *convince* him. He needs to want to do it, because at the other end, he's going to have to find a new job, find new friends, and settle into a new life.  It'll be easier for you. Coming into a new program you'll have a cohort of other incoming students to bond with. It's hard moving to a new place without that kind of ready-made social group.  If he *wants* to move because he wants to stay with you, then you won't have to convince him, he's already convinced. If he *doesn't* want to move, then trying to convince him probably won't have any effect.  You need to talk about it with him, and he needs to decide what's important. The fact that you're long distance already means that I think this is a discussion that has long been coming. It seems like it's overdue at this point.  And frankly, it's been my experience (as someone who did a long distance relationship for three years in grad school) that LDRs are really good at dragging out something that might not have made it past the early dating mark if the two people were together more.  It's easy to ignore little issues when you have long periods of time between seeing each other. You're intentionally focused on having a good time, and on how much you've missed the person, and it's easier to forget about the little nagging things.  When you're around a person every day, those nagging things can become major issues. And when you've been doing the long distance thing for a while, and then someone moves, suddenly those nagging things (that you didn't really pay attention to) become a huge deal, because now you're well into the relationship and GODDAMMIT STOP LEAVING DIRTY DISHES IN THE SINK ALL DAY.  Basically, what I'm trying to say is: \"Are you sure you want him to move? And are you sure about the strength of the relationship?\"   Because if it comes apart, you still have your studies, your circle of grad school friends, and other things to keep you occupied.  He's stuck in a place with no friends, no network of connections for a job, etc.  You guys need to think about this *very* carefully.","human_ref_B":"i went to a conference last year where some really amazing and successful women talked about their academic careers as a blend of choice and chance. you can't control everything that happens or predict every outcome, but you can decide what's most important to you and stay true to that.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":22064.0,"score_ratio":2.1}
{"post_id":"5iflq3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"How can I convince my boyfriend of 3+ years (and probably my future fiance) to move across the country for my PhD, and then eventually postdoc\/jobs? This is probably better suited for \/r\/relationships, but I want to know what people with academics or other prospective PhD students have to say about this.  For some more information, our relationship is incredibly serious, however we've been long distance for the past year and a half now while I've been doing my MS, and at this point, I really can't bear the thought of spending 5 more years away from him.  I applied to a school thats in his city that he really wanted me to apply to and go to, and while its a great school, and I think there are professors who are a good fit for my research interests, 1) I'm not sure if I'll get in (I got an interview invite, but I could still eliminated if the interview doesn't go well), 2) I am not yet sure I'd want to go there if I do get in, and I well base that decision based on how the other schools I interview at are, and how happy the students are (this school also has a strict policy for student vacation time that seems to be a bit low).  I intially tried to get him to move with me for my MS, but he wasn't ready for that at the time, his mother was very ill and he couldn't be too far from her, but now she has passed on, so I'm not sure why he's reluctant to move. He seems to not want to find a new job, which is odd to me. His job is very good for his level of education ($40K per year lab tech and he never went to college), and he some ambition for part of it, but on the other hand he hates certain parts of it and complains about the company being racist towards him and not letting him get the attention he needs to advance his career.  I think now would be the perfect time for him to quit this job and find a new one with me, but he is concerned about making less money at a new job. Granted I'll finally have that wonderfully close to the poverty line stipend to at least support myself. And the school in his city is the only one I could work at and I really dont think its reasonable to assume that I could get a postdoc and an academic position there at that same school for the rest of my life, never moving. Sorry if this got ranty, but I'm just looking for opinions of how I should navigate this mine-field?  Any advice or insight is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"db7z6ux","c_root_id_B":"db839zp","created_at_utc_A":1481790748,"created_at_utc_B":1481803633,"score_A":8,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"Eventual PhDs move a few times in their career. First it is from school to school to study - you are in the middle of it. Then, it is one or two moves (depending on your field and the difficulty of finding an academic job in it) to find the initial Tenure Track position.  After that - you are done, or, maybe one more move at some later point.  Spouses of Ph.Ds have to understand that the academic jobs available to PhDs are limited, and that there is no way to properly predict where their PhD-holding spouse will wind up.  There are essentially three possible scenarios: (a) both spouses are PhDs\/academics, in which case we have the classic \"second body problem; (b) the spouse of the PhD can find work anywhere independent of location, and thus, moving around the country is not an issue, and (c) the spouse of the Ph.D. is to a large degree dependent on the PhD.  I do not want to give relationship advice, because I honestly do not think I am, in any way qualified to do so. But I can offer an observation, that a clear understanding of what it means to be a spouse of a Ph.D. is essential to continuing relationship.","human_ref_B":"You can't really *convince* him. He needs to want to do it, because at the other end, he's going to have to find a new job, find new friends, and settle into a new life.  It'll be easier for you. Coming into a new program you'll have a cohort of other incoming students to bond with. It's hard moving to a new place without that kind of ready-made social group.  If he *wants* to move because he wants to stay with you, then you won't have to convince him, he's already convinced. If he *doesn't* want to move, then trying to convince him probably won't have any effect.  You need to talk about it with him, and he needs to decide what's important. The fact that you're long distance already means that I think this is a discussion that has long been coming. It seems like it's overdue at this point.  And frankly, it's been my experience (as someone who did a long distance relationship for three years in grad school) that LDRs are really good at dragging out something that might not have made it past the early dating mark if the two people were together more.  It's easy to ignore little issues when you have long periods of time between seeing each other. You're intentionally focused on having a good time, and on how much you've missed the person, and it's easier to forget about the little nagging things.  When you're around a person every day, those nagging things can become major issues. And when you've been doing the long distance thing for a while, and then someone moves, suddenly those nagging things (that you didn't really pay attention to) become a huge deal, because now you're well into the relationship and GODDAMMIT STOP LEAVING DIRTY DISHES IN THE SINK ALL DAY.  Basically, what I'm trying to say is: \"Are you sure you want him to move? And are you sure about the strength of the relationship?\"   Because if it comes apart, you still have your studies, your circle of grad school friends, and other things to keep you occupied.  He's stuck in a place with no friends, no network of connections for a job, etc.  You guys need to think about this *very* carefully.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12885.0,"score_ratio":2.625}
{"post_id":"5iflq3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"How can I convince my boyfriend of 3+ years (and probably my future fiance) to move across the country for my PhD, and then eventually postdoc\/jobs? This is probably better suited for \/r\/relationships, but I want to know what people with academics or other prospective PhD students have to say about this.  For some more information, our relationship is incredibly serious, however we've been long distance for the past year and a half now while I've been doing my MS, and at this point, I really can't bear the thought of spending 5 more years away from him.  I applied to a school thats in his city that he really wanted me to apply to and go to, and while its a great school, and I think there are professors who are a good fit for my research interests, 1) I'm not sure if I'll get in (I got an interview invite, but I could still eliminated if the interview doesn't go well), 2) I am not yet sure I'd want to go there if I do get in, and I well base that decision based on how the other schools I interview at are, and how happy the students are (this school also has a strict policy for student vacation time that seems to be a bit low).  I intially tried to get him to move with me for my MS, but he wasn't ready for that at the time, his mother was very ill and he couldn't be too far from her, but now she has passed on, so I'm not sure why he's reluctant to move. He seems to not want to find a new job, which is odd to me. His job is very good for his level of education ($40K per year lab tech and he never went to college), and he some ambition for part of it, but on the other hand he hates certain parts of it and complains about the company being racist towards him and not letting him get the attention he needs to advance his career.  I think now would be the perfect time for him to quit this job and find a new one with me, but he is concerned about making less money at a new job. Granted I'll finally have that wonderfully close to the poverty line stipend to at least support myself. And the school in his city is the only one I could work at and I really dont think its reasonable to assume that I could get a postdoc and an academic position there at that same school for the rest of my life, never moving. Sorry if this got ranty, but I'm just looking for opinions of how I should navigate this mine-field?  Any advice or insight is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"db7z0va","c_root_id_B":"db839zp","created_at_utc_A":1481790267,"created_at_utc_B":1481803633,"score_A":6,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"His key concern appears to be how much he will be paid. You may need to research options that will result in similar pay for him in the location(s) you wish to move to.","human_ref_B":"You can't really *convince* him. He needs to want to do it, because at the other end, he's going to have to find a new job, find new friends, and settle into a new life.  It'll be easier for you. Coming into a new program you'll have a cohort of other incoming students to bond with. It's hard moving to a new place without that kind of ready-made social group.  If he *wants* to move because he wants to stay with you, then you won't have to convince him, he's already convinced. If he *doesn't* want to move, then trying to convince him probably won't have any effect.  You need to talk about it with him, and he needs to decide what's important. The fact that you're long distance already means that I think this is a discussion that has long been coming. It seems like it's overdue at this point.  And frankly, it's been my experience (as someone who did a long distance relationship for three years in grad school) that LDRs are really good at dragging out something that might not have made it past the early dating mark if the two people were together more.  It's easy to ignore little issues when you have long periods of time between seeing each other. You're intentionally focused on having a good time, and on how much you've missed the person, and it's easier to forget about the little nagging things.  When you're around a person every day, those nagging things can become major issues. And when you've been doing the long distance thing for a while, and then someone moves, suddenly those nagging things (that you didn't really pay attention to) become a huge deal, because now you're well into the relationship and GODDAMMIT STOP LEAVING DIRTY DISHES IN THE SINK ALL DAY.  Basically, what I'm trying to say is: \"Are you sure you want him to move? And are you sure about the strength of the relationship?\"   Because if it comes apart, you still have your studies, your circle of grad school friends, and other things to keep you occupied.  He's stuck in a place with no friends, no network of connections for a job, etc.  You guys need to think about this *very* carefully.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":13366.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"5iflq3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"How can I convince my boyfriend of 3+ years (and probably my future fiance) to move across the country for my PhD, and then eventually postdoc\/jobs? This is probably better suited for \/r\/relationships, but I want to know what people with academics or other prospective PhD students have to say about this.  For some more information, our relationship is incredibly serious, however we've been long distance for the past year and a half now while I've been doing my MS, and at this point, I really can't bear the thought of spending 5 more years away from him.  I applied to a school thats in his city that he really wanted me to apply to and go to, and while its a great school, and I think there are professors who are a good fit for my research interests, 1) I'm not sure if I'll get in (I got an interview invite, but I could still eliminated if the interview doesn't go well), 2) I am not yet sure I'd want to go there if I do get in, and I well base that decision based on how the other schools I interview at are, and how happy the students are (this school also has a strict policy for student vacation time that seems to be a bit low).  I intially tried to get him to move with me for my MS, but he wasn't ready for that at the time, his mother was very ill and he couldn't be too far from her, but now she has passed on, so I'm not sure why he's reluctant to move. He seems to not want to find a new job, which is odd to me. His job is very good for his level of education ($40K per year lab tech and he never went to college), and he some ambition for part of it, but on the other hand he hates certain parts of it and complains about the company being racist towards him and not letting him get the attention he needs to advance his career.  I think now would be the perfect time for him to quit this job and find a new one with me, but he is concerned about making less money at a new job. Granted I'll finally have that wonderfully close to the poverty line stipend to at least support myself. And the school in his city is the only one I could work at and I really dont think its reasonable to assume that I could get a postdoc and an academic position there at that same school for the rest of my life, never moving. Sorry if this got ranty, but I'm just looking for opinions of how I should navigate this mine-field?  Any advice or insight is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"db839zp","c_root_id_B":"db7uaai","created_at_utc_A":1481803633,"created_at_utc_B":1481779615,"score_A":21,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"You can't really *convince* him. He needs to want to do it, because at the other end, he's going to have to find a new job, find new friends, and settle into a new life.  It'll be easier for you. Coming into a new program you'll have a cohort of other incoming students to bond with. It's hard moving to a new place without that kind of ready-made social group.  If he *wants* to move because he wants to stay with you, then you won't have to convince him, he's already convinced. If he *doesn't* want to move, then trying to convince him probably won't have any effect.  You need to talk about it with him, and he needs to decide what's important. The fact that you're long distance already means that I think this is a discussion that has long been coming. It seems like it's overdue at this point.  And frankly, it's been my experience (as someone who did a long distance relationship for three years in grad school) that LDRs are really good at dragging out something that might not have made it past the early dating mark if the two people were together more.  It's easy to ignore little issues when you have long periods of time between seeing each other. You're intentionally focused on having a good time, and on how much you've missed the person, and it's easier to forget about the little nagging things.  When you're around a person every day, those nagging things can become major issues. And when you've been doing the long distance thing for a while, and then someone moves, suddenly those nagging things (that you didn't really pay attention to) become a huge deal, because now you're well into the relationship and GODDAMMIT STOP LEAVING DIRTY DISHES IN THE SINK ALL DAY.  Basically, what I'm trying to say is: \"Are you sure you want him to move? And are you sure about the strength of the relationship?\"   Because if it comes apart, you still have your studies, your circle of grad school friends, and other things to keep you occupied.  He's stuck in a place with no friends, no network of connections for a job, etc.  You guys need to think about this *very* carefully.","human_ref_B":"i'm really fortunate that my husband does remote freelance work so he can move anywhere without much fuss. i also have a friend who is in a quiet desperation kind of situation, not pursuing the PhD she wants because her long term boyfriend isn't interested in moving. basically, everyone has to make their own choices. you make yours, he makes his; maybe those things will be in sync, maybe they won't. all you can do is try to figure out what is most important to you and respect whatever decisions he makes.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":24018.0,"score_ratio":7.0}
{"post_id":"5iflq3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"How can I convince my boyfriend of 3+ years (and probably my future fiance) to move across the country for my PhD, and then eventually postdoc\/jobs? This is probably better suited for \/r\/relationships, but I want to know what people with academics or other prospective PhD students have to say about this.  For some more information, our relationship is incredibly serious, however we've been long distance for the past year and a half now while I've been doing my MS, and at this point, I really can't bear the thought of spending 5 more years away from him.  I applied to a school thats in his city that he really wanted me to apply to and go to, and while its a great school, and I think there are professors who are a good fit for my research interests, 1) I'm not sure if I'll get in (I got an interview invite, but I could still eliminated if the interview doesn't go well), 2) I am not yet sure I'd want to go there if I do get in, and I well base that decision based on how the other schools I interview at are, and how happy the students are (this school also has a strict policy for student vacation time that seems to be a bit low).  I intially tried to get him to move with me for my MS, but he wasn't ready for that at the time, his mother was very ill and he couldn't be too far from her, but now she has passed on, so I'm not sure why he's reluctant to move. He seems to not want to find a new job, which is odd to me. His job is very good for his level of education ($40K per year lab tech and he never went to college), and he some ambition for part of it, but on the other hand he hates certain parts of it and complains about the company being racist towards him and not letting him get the attention he needs to advance his career.  I think now would be the perfect time for him to quit this job and find a new one with me, but he is concerned about making less money at a new job. Granted I'll finally have that wonderfully close to the poverty line stipend to at least support myself. And the school in his city is the only one I could work at and I really dont think its reasonable to assume that I could get a postdoc and an academic position there at that same school for the rest of my life, never moving. Sorry if this got ranty, but I'm just looking for opinions of how I should navigate this mine-field?  Any advice or insight is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"db7uhqb","c_root_id_B":"db839zp","created_at_utc_A":1481779993,"created_at_utc_B":1481803633,"score_A":3,"score_B":21,"human_ref_A":"You can't.","human_ref_B":"You can't really *convince* him. He needs to want to do it, because at the other end, he's going to have to find a new job, find new friends, and settle into a new life.  It'll be easier for you. Coming into a new program you'll have a cohort of other incoming students to bond with. It's hard moving to a new place without that kind of ready-made social group.  If he *wants* to move because he wants to stay with you, then you won't have to convince him, he's already convinced. If he *doesn't* want to move, then trying to convince him probably won't have any effect.  You need to talk about it with him, and he needs to decide what's important. The fact that you're long distance already means that I think this is a discussion that has long been coming. It seems like it's overdue at this point.  And frankly, it's been my experience (as someone who did a long distance relationship for three years in grad school) that LDRs are really good at dragging out something that might not have made it past the early dating mark if the two people were together more.  It's easy to ignore little issues when you have long periods of time between seeing each other. You're intentionally focused on having a good time, and on how much you've missed the person, and it's easier to forget about the little nagging things.  When you're around a person every day, those nagging things can become major issues. And when you've been doing the long distance thing for a while, and then someone moves, suddenly those nagging things (that you didn't really pay attention to) become a huge deal, because now you're well into the relationship and GODDAMMIT STOP LEAVING DIRTY DISHES IN THE SINK ALL DAY.  Basically, what I'm trying to say is: \"Are you sure you want him to move? And are you sure about the strength of the relationship?\"   Because if it comes apart, you still have your studies, your circle of grad school friends, and other things to keep you occupied.  He's stuck in a place with no friends, no network of connections for a job, etc.  You guys need to think about this *very* carefully.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":23640.0,"score_ratio":7.0}
{"post_id":"5iflq3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"How can I convince my boyfriend of 3+ years (and probably my future fiance) to move across the country for my PhD, and then eventually postdoc\/jobs? This is probably better suited for \/r\/relationships, but I want to know what people with academics or other prospective PhD students have to say about this.  For some more information, our relationship is incredibly serious, however we've been long distance for the past year and a half now while I've been doing my MS, and at this point, I really can't bear the thought of spending 5 more years away from him.  I applied to a school thats in his city that he really wanted me to apply to and go to, and while its a great school, and I think there are professors who are a good fit for my research interests, 1) I'm not sure if I'll get in (I got an interview invite, but I could still eliminated if the interview doesn't go well), 2) I am not yet sure I'd want to go there if I do get in, and I well base that decision based on how the other schools I interview at are, and how happy the students are (this school also has a strict policy for student vacation time that seems to be a bit low).  I intially tried to get him to move with me for my MS, but he wasn't ready for that at the time, his mother was very ill and he couldn't be too far from her, but now she has passed on, so I'm not sure why he's reluctant to move. He seems to not want to find a new job, which is odd to me. His job is very good for his level of education ($40K per year lab tech and he never went to college), and he some ambition for part of it, but on the other hand he hates certain parts of it and complains about the company being racist towards him and not letting him get the attention he needs to advance his career.  I think now would be the perfect time for him to quit this job and find a new one with me, but he is concerned about making less money at a new job. Granted I'll finally have that wonderfully close to the poverty line stipend to at least support myself. And the school in his city is the only one I could work at and I really dont think its reasonable to assume that I could get a postdoc and an academic position there at that same school for the rest of my life, never moving. Sorry if this got ranty, but I'm just looking for opinions of how I should navigate this mine-field?  Any advice or insight is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"db7uaai","c_root_id_B":"db7vcdn","created_at_utc_A":1481779615,"created_at_utc_B":1481781569,"score_A":3,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"i'm really fortunate that my husband does remote freelance work so he can move anywhere without much fuss. i also have a friend who is in a quiet desperation kind of situation, not pursuing the PhD she wants because her long term boyfriend isn't interested in moving. basically, everyone has to make their own choices. you make yours, he makes his; maybe those things will be in sync, maybe they won't. all you can do is try to figure out what is most important to you and respect whatever decisions he makes.","human_ref_B":"i went to a conference last year where some really amazing and successful women talked about their academic careers as a blend of choice and chance. you can't control everything that happens or predict every outcome, but you can decide what's most important to you and stay true to that.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1954.0,"score_ratio":3.3333333333}
{"post_id":"5iflq3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"How can I convince my boyfriend of 3+ years (and probably my future fiance) to move across the country for my PhD, and then eventually postdoc\/jobs? This is probably better suited for \/r\/relationships, but I want to know what people with academics or other prospective PhD students have to say about this.  For some more information, our relationship is incredibly serious, however we've been long distance for the past year and a half now while I've been doing my MS, and at this point, I really can't bear the thought of spending 5 more years away from him.  I applied to a school thats in his city that he really wanted me to apply to and go to, and while its a great school, and I think there are professors who are a good fit for my research interests, 1) I'm not sure if I'll get in (I got an interview invite, but I could still eliminated if the interview doesn't go well), 2) I am not yet sure I'd want to go there if I do get in, and I well base that decision based on how the other schools I interview at are, and how happy the students are (this school also has a strict policy for student vacation time that seems to be a bit low).  I intially tried to get him to move with me for my MS, but he wasn't ready for that at the time, his mother was very ill and he couldn't be too far from her, but now she has passed on, so I'm not sure why he's reluctant to move. He seems to not want to find a new job, which is odd to me. His job is very good for his level of education ($40K per year lab tech and he never went to college), and he some ambition for part of it, but on the other hand he hates certain parts of it and complains about the company being racist towards him and not letting him get the attention he needs to advance his career.  I think now would be the perfect time for him to quit this job and find a new one with me, but he is concerned about making less money at a new job. Granted I'll finally have that wonderfully close to the poverty line stipend to at least support myself. And the school in his city is the only one I could work at and I really dont think its reasonable to assume that I could get a postdoc and an academic position there at that same school for the rest of my life, never moving. Sorry if this got ranty, but I'm just looking for opinions of how I should navigate this mine-field?  Any advice or insight is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"db7uhqb","c_root_id_B":"db7vcdn","created_at_utc_A":1481779993,"created_at_utc_B":1481781569,"score_A":3,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"You can't.","human_ref_B":"i went to a conference last year where some really amazing and successful women talked about their academic careers as a blend of choice and chance. you can't control everything that happens or predict every outcome, but you can decide what's most important to you and stay true to that.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1576.0,"score_ratio":3.3333333333}
{"post_id":"5iflq3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"How can I convince my boyfriend of 3+ years (and probably my future fiance) to move across the country for my PhD, and then eventually postdoc\/jobs? This is probably better suited for \/r\/relationships, but I want to know what people with academics or other prospective PhD students have to say about this.  For some more information, our relationship is incredibly serious, however we've been long distance for the past year and a half now while I've been doing my MS, and at this point, I really can't bear the thought of spending 5 more years away from him.  I applied to a school thats in his city that he really wanted me to apply to and go to, and while its a great school, and I think there are professors who are a good fit for my research interests, 1) I'm not sure if I'll get in (I got an interview invite, but I could still eliminated if the interview doesn't go well), 2) I am not yet sure I'd want to go there if I do get in, and I well base that decision based on how the other schools I interview at are, and how happy the students are (this school also has a strict policy for student vacation time that seems to be a bit low).  I intially tried to get him to move with me for my MS, but he wasn't ready for that at the time, his mother was very ill and he couldn't be too far from her, but now she has passed on, so I'm not sure why he's reluctant to move. He seems to not want to find a new job, which is odd to me. His job is very good for his level of education ($40K per year lab tech and he never went to college), and he some ambition for part of it, but on the other hand he hates certain parts of it and complains about the company being racist towards him and not letting him get the attention he needs to advance his career.  I think now would be the perfect time for him to quit this job and find a new one with me, but he is concerned about making less money at a new job. Granted I'll finally have that wonderfully close to the poverty line stipend to at least support myself. And the school in his city is the only one I could work at and I really dont think its reasonable to assume that I could get a postdoc and an academic position there at that same school for the rest of my life, never moving. Sorry if this got ranty, but I'm just looking for opinions of how I should navigate this mine-field?  Any advice or insight is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"db7z0va","c_root_id_B":"db7z6ux","created_at_utc_A":1481790267,"created_at_utc_B":1481790748,"score_A":6,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"His key concern appears to be how much he will be paid. You may need to research options that will result in similar pay for him in the location(s) you wish to move to.","human_ref_B":"Eventual PhDs move a few times in their career. First it is from school to school to study - you are in the middle of it. Then, it is one or two moves (depending on your field and the difficulty of finding an academic job in it) to find the initial Tenure Track position.  After that - you are done, or, maybe one more move at some later point.  Spouses of Ph.Ds have to understand that the academic jobs available to PhDs are limited, and that there is no way to properly predict where their PhD-holding spouse will wind up.  There are essentially three possible scenarios: (a) both spouses are PhDs\/academics, in which case we have the classic \"second body problem; (b) the spouse of the PhD can find work anywhere independent of location, and thus, moving around the country is not an issue, and (c) the spouse of the Ph.D. is to a large degree dependent on the PhD.  I do not want to give relationship advice, because I honestly do not think I am, in any way qualified to do so. But I can offer an observation, that a clear understanding of what it means to be a spouse of a Ph.D. is essential to continuing relationship.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":481.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"5iflq3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"How can I convince my boyfriend of 3+ years (and probably my future fiance) to move across the country for my PhD, and then eventually postdoc\/jobs? This is probably better suited for \/r\/relationships, but I want to know what people with academics or other prospective PhD students have to say about this.  For some more information, our relationship is incredibly serious, however we've been long distance for the past year and a half now while I've been doing my MS, and at this point, I really can't bear the thought of spending 5 more years away from him.  I applied to a school thats in his city that he really wanted me to apply to and go to, and while its a great school, and I think there are professors who are a good fit for my research interests, 1) I'm not sure if I'll get in (I got an interview invite, but I could still eliminated if the interview doesn't go well), 2) I am not yet sure I'd want to go there if I do get in, and I well base that decision based on how the other schools I interview at are, and how happy the students are (this school also has a strict policy for student vacation time that seems to be a bit low).  I intially tried to get him to move with me for my MS, but he wasn't ready for that at the time, his mother was very ill and he couldn't be too far from her, but now she has passed on, so I'm not sure why he's reluctant to move. He seems to not want to find a new job, which is odd to me. His job is very good for his level of education ($40K per year lab tech and he never went to college), and he some ambition for part of it, but on the other hand he hates certain parts of it and complains about the company being racist towards him and not letting him get the attention he needs to advance his career.  I think now would be the perfect time for him to quit this job and find a new one with me, but he is concerned about making less money at a new job. Granted I'll finally have that wonderfully close to the poverty line stipend to at least support myself. And the school in his city is the only one I could work at and I really dont think its reasonable to assume that I could get a postdoc and an academic position there at that same school for the rest of my life, never moving. Sorry if this got ranty, but I'm just looking for opinions of how I should navigate this mine-field?  Any advice or insight is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"db7uaai","c_root_id_B":"db7z6ux","created_at_utc_A":1481779615,"created_at_utc_B":1481790748,"score_A":3,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"i'm really fortunate that my husband does remote freelance work so he can move anywhere without much fuss. i also have a friend who is in a quiet desperation kind of situation, not pursuing the PhD she wants because her long term boyfriend isn't interested in moving. basically, everyone has to make their own choices. you make yours, he makes his; maybe those things will be in sync, maybe they won't. all you can do is try to figure out what is most important to you and respect whatever decisions he makes.","human_ref_B":"Eventual PhDs move a few times in their career. First it is from school to school to study - you are in the middle of it. Then, it is one or two moves (depending on your field and the difficulty of finding an academic job in it) to find the initial Tenure Track position.  After that - you are done, or, maybe one more move at some later point.  Spouses of Ph.Ds have to understand that the academic jobs available to PhDs are limited, and that there is no way to properly predict where their PhD-holding spouse will wind up.  There are essentially three possible scenarios: (a) both spouses are PhDs\/academics, in which case we have the classic \"second body problem; (b) the spouse of the PhD can find work anywhere independent of location, and thus, moving around the country is not an issue, and (c) the spouse of the Ph.D. is to a large degree dependent on the PhD.  I do not want to give relationship advice, because I honestly do not think I am, in any way qualified to do so. But I can offer an observation, that a clear understanding of what it means to be a spouse of a Ph.D. is essential to continuing relationship.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11133.0,"score_ratio":2.6666666667}
{"post_id":"5iflq3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"How can I convince my boyfriend of 3+ years (and probably my future fiance) to move across the country for my PhD, and then eventually postdoc\/jobs? This is probably better suited for \/r\/relationships, but I want to know what people with academics or other prospective PhD students have to say about this.  For some more information, our relationship is incredibly serious, however we've been long distance for the past year and a half now while I've been doing my MS, and at this point, I really can't bear the thought of spending 5 more years away from him.  I applied to a school thats in his city that he really wanted me to apply to and go to, and while its a great school, and I think there are professors who are a good fit for my research interests, 1) I'm not sure if I'll get in (I got an interview invite, but I could still eliminated if the interview doesn't go well), 2) I am not yet sure I'd want to go there if I do get in, and I well base that decision based on how the other schools I interview at are, and how happy the students are (this school also has a strict policy for student vacation time that seems to be a bit low).  I intially tried to get him to move with me for my MS, but he wasn't ready for that at the time, his mother was very ill and he couldn't be too far from her, but now she has passed on, so I'm not sure why he's reluctant to move. He seems to not want to find a new job, which is odd to me. His job is very good for his level of education ($40K per year lab tech and he never went to college), and he some ambition for part of it, but on the other hand he hates certain parts of it and complains about the company being racist towards him and not letting him get the attention he needs to advance his career.  I think now would be the perfect time for him to quit this job and find a new one with me, but he is concerned about making less money at a new job. Granted I'll finally have that wonderfully close to the poverty line stipend to at least support myself. And the school in his city is the only one I could work at and I really dont think its reasonable to assume that I could get a postdoc and an academic position there at that same school for the rest of my life, never moving. Sorry if this got ranty, but I'm just looking for opinions of how I should navigate this mine-field?  Any advice or insight is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"db7uhqb","c_root_id_B":"db7z6ux","created_at_utc_A":1481779993,"created_at_utc_B":1481790748,"score_A":3,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"You can't.","human_ref_B":"Eventual PhDs move a few times in their career. First it is from school to school to study - you are in the middle of it. Then, it is one or two moves (depending on your field and the difficulty of finding an academic job in it) to find the initial Tenure Track position.  After that - you are done, or, maybe one more move at some later point.  Spouses of Ph.Ds have to understand that the academic jobs available to PhDs are limited, and that there is no way to properly predict where their PhD-holding spouse will wind up.  There are essentially three possible scenarios: (a) both spouses are PhDs\/academics, in which case we have the classic \"second body problem; (b) the spouse of the PhD can find work anywhere independent of location, and thus, moving around the country is not an issue, and (c) the spouse of the Ph.D. is to a large degree dependent on the PhD.  I do not want to give relationship advice, because I honestly do not think I am, in any way qualified to do so. But I can offer an observation, that a clear understanding of what it means to be a spouse of a Ph.D. is essential to continuing relationship.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10755.0,"score_ratio":2.6666666667}
{"post_id":"5iflq3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"How can I convince my boyfriend of 3+ years (and probably my future fiance) to move across the country for my PhD, and then eventually postdoc\/jobs? This is probably better suited for \/r\/relationships, but I want to know what people with academics or other prospective PhD students have to say about this.  For some more information, our relationship is incredibly serious, however we've been long distance for the past year and a half now while I've been doing my MS, and at this point, I really can't bear the thought of spending 5 more years away from him.  I applied to a school thats in his city that he really wanted me to apply to and go to, and while its a great school, and I think there are professors who are a good fit for my research interests, 1) I'm not sure if I'll get in (I got an interview invite, but I could still eliminated if the interview doesn't go well), 2) I am not yet sure I'd want to go there if I do get in, and I well base that decision based on how the other schools I interview at are, and how happy the students are (this school also has a strict policy for student vacation time that seems to be a bit low).  I intially tried to get him to move with me for my MS, but he wasn't ready for that at the time, his mother was very ill and he couldn't be too far from her, but now she has passed on, so I'm not sure why he's reluctant to move. He seems to not want to find a new job, which is odd to me. His job is very good for his level of education ($40K per year lab tech and he never went to college), and he some ambition for part of it, but on the other hand he hates certain parts of it and complains about the company being racist towards him and not letting him get the attention he needs to advance his career.  I think now would be the perfect time for him to quit this job and find a new one with me, but he is concerned about making less money at a new job. Granted I'll finally have that wonderfully close to the poverty line stipend to at least support myself. And the school in his city is the only one I could work at and I really dont think its reasonable to assume that I could get a postdoc and an academic position there at that same school for the rest of my life, never moving. Sorry if this got ranty, but I'm just looking for opinions of how I should navigate this mine-field?  Any advice or insight is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"db7uaai","c_root_id_B":"db7z0va","created_at_utc_A":1481779615,"created_at_utc_B":1481790267,"score_A":3,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"i'm really fortunate that my husband does remote freelance work so he can move anywhere without much fuss. i also have a friend who is in a quiet desperation kind of situation, not pursuing the PhD she wants because her long term boyfriend isn't interested in moving. basically, everyone has to make their own choices. you make yours, he makes his; maybe those things will be in sync, maybe they won't. all you can do is try to figure out what is most important to you and respect whatever decisions he makes.","human_ref_B":"His key concern appears to be how much he will be paid. You may need to research options that will result in similar pay for him in the location(s) you wish to move to.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10652.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"5iflq3","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.8,"history":"How can I convince my boyfriend of 3+ years (and probably my future fiance) to move across the country for my PhD, and then eventually postdoc\/jobs? This is probably better suited for \/r\/relationships, but I want to know what people with academics or other prospective PhD students have to say about this.  For some more information, our relationship is incredibly serious, however we've been long distance for the past year and a half now while I've been doing my MS, and at this point, I really can't bear the thought of spending 5 more years away from him.  I applied to a school thats in his city that he really wanted me to apply to and go to, and while its a great school, and I think there are professors who are a good fit for my research interests, 1) I'm not sure if I'll get in (I got an interview invite, but I could still eliminated if the interview doesn't go well), 2) I am not yet sure I'd want to go there if I do get in, and I well base that decision based on how the other schools I interview at are, and how happy the students are (this school also has a strict policy for student vacation time that seems to be a bit low).  I intially tried to get him to move with me for my MS, but he wasn't ready for that at the time, his mother was very ill and he couldn't be too far from her, but now she has passed on, so I'm not sure why he's reluctant to move. He seems to not want to find a new job, which is odd to me. His job is very good for his level of education ($40K per year lab tech and he never went to college), and he some ambition for part of it, but on the other hand he hates certain parts of it and complains about the company being racist towards him and not letting him get the attention he needs to advance his career.  I think now would be the perfect time for him to quit this job and find a new one with me, but he is concerned about making less money at a new job. Granted I'll finally have that wonderfully close to the poverty line stipend to at least support myself. And the school in his city is the only one I could work at and I really dont think its reasonable to assume that I could get a postdoc and an academic position there at that same school for the rest of my life, never moving. Sorry if this got ranty, but I'm just looking for opinions of how I should navigate this mine-field?  Any advice or insight is appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"db7z0va","c_root_id_B":"db7uhqb","created_at_utc_A":1481790267,"created_at_utc_B":1481779993,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"His key concern appears to be how much he will be paid. You may need to research options that will result in similar pay for him in the location(s) you wish to move to.","human_ref_B":"You can't.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10274.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"c6mc12","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"What are some resorces I can use to help me figure out if a PhD is right for me? I am a Master\u2019s student who is trying to decide whether or not to pursue a PhD in my field (political science). Do any of you have suggestions for resources I can review that will help me decide if a PhD is right for me? Thanks in advance!","c_root_id_A":"es9rbpa","c_root_id_B":"es9sg0c","created_at_utc_A":1561742743,"created_at_utc_B":1561743468,"score_A":6,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"Find data about the prospects of landing a job you would like to work with your PhD. And know that the norm is for people with doctorates in political science to NOT be professors. Most people do something else.","human_ref_B":"This sub needs some side bar material for common questions that arise in academia. I had seen some nice PDFs containing frank opinions by some good folks on graduate studies, post docs, proposal writing etc. This was back when I was applying. If I find something I will post.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":725.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"c6mc12","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"What are some resorces I can use to help me figure out if a PhD is right for me? I am a Master\u2019s student who is trying to decide whether or not to pursue a PhD in my field (political science). Do any of you have suggestions for resources I can review that will help me decide if a PhD is right for me? Thanks in advance!","c_root_id_A":"es9sg0c","c_root_id_B":"es9o2al","created_at_utc_A":1561743468,"created_at_utc_B":1561740618,"score_A":10,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"This sub needs some side bar material for common questions that arise in academia. I had seen some nice PDFs containing frank opinions by some good folks on graduate studies, post docs, proposal writing etc. This was back when I was applying. If I find something I will post.","human_ref_B":"The best resources are probably your professors and other PhD students in your intended field. Discuss with them your goals and interests and they'll be able to give you an idea of what doing a PhD is like and whether it will help you achieve your goals\/how likely you are to succeed, and other alternatives you might consider.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2850.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"c6mc12","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"What are some resorces I can use to help me figure out if a PhD is right for me? I am a Master\u2019s student who is trying to decide whether or not to pursue a PhD in my field (political science). Do any of you have suggestions for resources I can review that will help me decide if a PhD is right for me? Thanks in advance!","c_root_id_A":"es9rbpa","c_root_id_B":"es9o2al","created_at_utc_A":1561742743,"created_at_utc_B":1561740618,"score_A":6,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Find data about the prospects of landing a job you would like to work with your PhD. And know that the norm is for people with doctorates in political science to NOT be professors. Most people do something else.","human_ref_B":"The best resources are probably your professors and other PhD students in your intended field. Discuss with them your goals and interests and they'll be able to give you an idea of what doing a PhD is like and whether it will help you achieve your goals\/how likely you are to succeed, and other alternatives you might consider.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2125.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"3rswrj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.78,"history":"I'm a high school senior and considering professorship in Economics or Psychology as a long-term-goal; what should I know? I'm a high school senior and considering professorship in Economics or Psychology as a long-term-goal; what should I know? Academia seems like the perfect career for me, but I don't personally know any professors so I'd like to hear from Reddit. Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"cwr2ell","c_root_id_B":"cwr2h80","created_at_utc_A":1446842398,"created_at_utc_B":1446842500,"score_A":5,"score_B":46,"human_ref_A":"I'm a senior about to get my BS, so I don't have any personal information about this, but I can tell you what I've heard (and I've heard it over and over). Becoming a professor in the liberal sciences\/arts is getting harder and harder. Departments are down-scaling the amount of tenured positions and increasing the number of adjunct positions, which are usually super part time and low paid. It would probably be easier to get a professorship in economics as opposed to psychology as there is a wealth of people with psych degrees so competition is high. Being a professor is a great goal, and one that I share with you as well. It will be hard- as a professor you work long hours, research a lot, write grants a lot, and you're taking work home with you all the time. There's a lot of pressure to publish often. Educate yourself on the realities of what it means to be a professor and if you're still down, go for it.  All that being said, this is a long way off. The best thing that you can do now to prepare is finish HS with good grades. Then go to college and make the most of it. Work hard, make good grades, keep your GPA above a 3.5, as close to a 4.0 as possible, join clubs and professional associations, take honors classes or join the honors college if your university has one, network, seek out research opportunities and internships. *All* of these things are key because if you want to be a professor you will have to be outstanding in your field. It will be a long hard road but I have found it very rewarding so far. The best thing about doing all this work is that even if you\/I never become a professor, we will have worked very hard and will have made ourselves stand out. This will set us up for a successful career wherever we land. Good luck!","human_ref_B":"I'm gonna start off by saying that you are at *far* too early of a stage to be thinking about a professorship.  First off, just your undergrad is 4 years of your life which you haven't even begun. Assuming you graduate from that (Which a decent chunk do not), a large majority decide they are done with school and go in to the workforce.  Next, a Masters, and then a Ph.D (Which you need for a faculty (\"professor\") position) is another 6-8 years, and it's *very* tough. One could make the argument that you can tough your way through an undergrad - this is not true in grad school. Unless you know you want to do it, you're going to have a very hard time (And even then...). Pay isn't very good, and the hours are long. I never recommend anyone plan on grad school until they know they like what they're doing. Plenty decide to go into the industry after finishing their degree.  Then you have post docs, which is another 2-4+ years. The pay is a little better, but still not great. And then you apply for faculty positions, which are HIGHLY competitive. If you manage to get one, you're then contending with long hours, an insane amount of work\/publishing schedule, tenure reviews, and god knows what else. By the time you get tenure, it's been another 10-15 years since your first post-doc, and even longer by the time you make full professor.  And all of this is assuming you clear every hurdle, which is no small feat. You may decide the life isn't for you, that you don't like school enough to do an advanced degree (or perhaps even finish your undergrad), or who knows what else. There's a LOT lying between you and being a professor right now, including a fair amount of luck.  My best recommendation would be to start your undergrad with the idea that you want to **consider** grad school. Focus on doing well in classes, and consider trying to get undergrad research opportunities if they are available. This will let you figure out if grad school\/research is the life you want, and set you up to apply when you finish undergrad. Once you're in grad school, you can start thinking about where you want to go from there.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":102.0,"score_ratio":9.2}
{"post_id":"3rswrj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.78,"history":"I'm a high school senior and considering professorship in Economics or Psychology as a long-term-goal; what should I know? I'm a high school senior and considering professorship in Economics or Psychology as a long-term-goal; what should I know? Academia seems like the perfect career for me, but I don't personally know any professors so I'd like to hear from Reddit. Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"cwr2ell","c_root_id_B":"cwr6m9b","created_at_utc_A":1446842398,"created_at_utc_B":1446848621,"score_A":5,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"I'm a senior about to get my BS, so I don't have any personal information about this, but I can tell you what I've heard (and I've heard it over and over). Becoming a professor in the liberal sciences\/arts is getting harder and harder. Departments are down-scaling the amount of tenured positions and increasing the number of adjunct positions, which are usually super part time and low paid. It would probably be easier to get a professorship in economics as opposed to psychology as there is a wealth of people with psych degrees so competition is high. Being a professor is a great goal, and one that I share with you as well. It will be hard- as a professor you work long hours, research a lot, write grants a lot, and you're taking work home with you all the time. There's a lot of pressure to publish often. Educate yourself on the realities of what it means to be a professor and if you're still down, go for it.  All that being said, this is a long way off. The best thing that you can do now to prepare is finish HS with good grades. Then go to college and make the most of it. Work hard, make good grades, keep your GPA above a 3.5, as close to a 4.0 as possible, join clubs and professional associations, take honors classes or join the honors college if your university has one, network, seek out research opportunities and internships. *All* of these things are key because if you want to be a professor you will have to be outstanding in your field. It will be a long hard road but I have found it very rewarding so far. The best thing about doing all this work is that even if you\/I never become a professor, we will have worked very hard and will have made ourselves stand out. This will set us up for a successful career wherever we land. Good luck!","human_ref_B":"Just concentrate on getting into a good university first. You are a million miles from academia at the minute - you've likely never seen the workings of it up close yet.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6223.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"3rswrj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.78,"history":"I'm a high school senior and considering professorship in Economics or Psychology as a long-term-goal; what should I know? I'm a high school senior and considering professorship in Economics or Psychology as a long-term-goal; what should I know? Academia seems like the perfect career for me, but I don't personally know any professors so I'd like to hear from Reddit. Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"cwrdw56","c_root_id_B":"cwrec1z","created_at_utc_A":1446861604,"created_at_utc_B":1446862443,"score_A":4,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I disagree with the top comment - it isn't too early. Rambling thoughts:  1. Next year: Decide on a major. Getting a research job in econ is probably less competitive than getting one in psych, and likely to remain so. There are also more backup options. So, if you are indifferent between the two, econ is likely to make your life easier. Either way, you should make sure not to ignore important auxillary skills like stats\/programming (for both), lots of of math (econ), and ??? (psych). As several people have said, behavioural economics is somewhere in between these two subjects... but you can study it from either side, so this doesn't need to play into your decision just yet. 2. Undergrad: Get advice on what to take, and keep on asking for that advice. There are lots of econ profs who blog and give career advice for people at this level; listen to them and your own profs over me. Do research at some point; there will almost certainly be opportunities at your university.  3. Grad: Realize that this is a bad idea, get a real job. Or not :)  In any case, I talk to a lot of undergrads in third or fourth year who had been thinking of going into academia, but who have shot themselves in the foot in various ways. The most common way to do this is to take a whole bunch of very similar, fairly easy courses. This can let you get a degree, and good grades, without doing much work... but also without learning what you should be learning.","human_ref_B":"I agree with some of the other voices here: It's far too early to think about professorship.   However, I will give you the warning I wish I had been given before starting my graduate program in the humanities. The university, as you understand it from popular culture and common knowledge, does not exist any more. A PhD does not mean you will be qualified and hired as a professor. A huge number of university classes once taught by professors are now taught by \"adjuncts,\" people with PhDs who do not have the pay or job stability of a professor.  A large portion of adjuncts, despite their high level of education, sometimes excellent CVs (resumes), and teaching experience live below the federal poverty line because there are very few decent jobs for all those who want to be professors. We had a professor position open in my department a couple of years ago, and 170 people applied for one job. Most would have made excellent professors, but most never will get that kind of job. Google \"university adjuncts\" if you want to read more, or start here:  http:\/\/m.huffpost.com\/us\/entry\/4255139   I tell you this not because it is directly relevant to you now, but because I want to encourage you to diversify your class choices in college, try for a major\/minor that has a good practicality and chance to get you a job, and try internships, work experience, and courses that make you a strong applicant for a variety of jobs. I took a \"pure academia\" route and it has been a nightmare applying to jobs (who look at my academic achievements and accolades and just view me as inexperienced and overeducated).  Edit: As an example of a way to make your college courses more practical: Double majoring in education and economics\/psych can give you the option of teaching high school if need be. Or, if you're interested in clinical psych, a job, volunteer position, or internship at a helpline or clinic can help you immensely (even if you only end up filing papers there).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":839.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"3rswrj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.78,"history":"I'm a high school senior and considering professorship in Economics or Psychology as a long-term-goal; what should I know? I'm a high school senior and considering professorship in Economics or Psychology as a long-term-goal; what should I know? Academia seems like the perfect career for me, but I don't personally know any professors so I'd like to hear from Reddit. Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"cwrdw56","c_root_id_B":"cwrbo5j","created_at_utc_A":1446861604,"created_at_utc_B":1446857420,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I disagree with the top comment - it isn't too early. Rambling thoughts:  1. Next year: Decide on a major. Getting a research job in econ is probably less competitive than getting one in psych, and likely to remain so. There are also more backup options. So, if you are indifferent between the two, econ is likely to make your life easier. Either way, you should make sure not to ignore important auxillary skills like stats\/programming (for both), lots of of math (econ), and ??? (psych). As several people have said, behavioural economics is somewhere in between these two subjects... but you can study it from either side, so this doesn't need to play into your decision just yet. 2. Undergrad: Get advice on what to take, and keep on asking for that advice. There are lots of econ profs who blog and give career advice for people at this level; listen to them and your own profs over me. Do research at some point; there will almost certainly be opportunities at your university.  3. Grad: Realize that this is a bad idea, get a real job. Or not :)  In any case, I talk to a lot of undergrads in third or fourth year who had been thinking of going into academia, but who have shot themselves in the foot in various ways. The most common way to do this is to take a whole bunch of very similar, fairly easy courses. This can let you get a degree, and good grades, without doing much work... but also without learning what you should be learning.","human_ref_B":"Here are a few tips from someone a bit ahead in the process who was seriously considering academia from the start.  If you are serious about economics be sure to at least minor in Math as it is extremely helpful.   Try to attend talks in both departments and get to know professors.   As others have said try to get research experience to find out if you like research.  Finally, try to take your research methods early to get research opportunities.  Finally have fun, college isn't just serious and do not be afraid to try out new fields and student groups.  Hope this helps.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4184.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"3rswrj","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.78,"history":"I'm a high school senior and considering professorship in Economics or Psychology as a long-term-goal; what should I know? I'm a high school senior and considering professorship in Economics or Psychology as a long-term-goal; what should I know? Academia seems like the perfect career for me, but I don't personally know any professors so I'd like to hear from Reddit. Thanks!","c_root_id_A":"cwrbo5j","c_root_id_B":"cwrec1z","created_at_utc_A":1446857420,"created_at_utc_B":1446862443,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Here are a few tips from someone a bit ahead in the process who was seriously considering academia from the start.  If you are serious about economics be sure to at least minor in Math as it is extremely helpful.   Try to attend talks in both departments and get to know professors.   As others have said try to get research experience to find out if you like research.  Finally, try to take your research methods early to get research opportunities.  Finally have fun, college isn't just serious and do not be afraid to try out new fields and student groups.  Hope this helps.","human_ref_B":"I agree with some of the other voices here: It's far too early to think about professorship.   However, I will give you the warning I wish I had been given before starting my graduate program in the humanities. The university, as you understand it from popular culture and common knowledge, does not exist any more. A PhD does not mean you will be qualified and hired as a professor. A huge number of university classes once taught by professors are now taught by \"adjuncts,\" people with PhDs who do not have the pay or job stability of a professor.  A large portion of adjuncts, despite their high level of education, sometimes excellent CVs (resumes), and teaching experience live below the federal poverty line because there are very few decent jobs for all those who want to be professors. We had a professor position open in my department a couple of years ago, and 170 people applied for one job. Most would have made excellent professors, but most never will get that kind of job. Google \"university adjuncts\" if you want to read more, or start here:  http:\/\/m.huffpost.com\/us\/entry\/4255139   I tell you this not because it is directly relevant to you now, but because I want to encourage you to diversify your class choices in college, try for a major\/minor that has a good practicality and chance to get you a job, and try internships, work experience, and courses that make you a strong applicant for a variety of jobs. I took a \"pure academia\" route and it has been a nightmare applying to jobs (who look at my academic achievements and accolades and just view me as inexperienced and overeducated).  Edit: As an example of a way to make your college courses more practical: Double majoring in education and economics\/psych can give you the option of teaching high school if need be. Or, if you're interested in clinical psych, a job, volunteer position, or internship at a helpline or clinic can help you immensely (even if you only end up filing papers there).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5023.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"4salz0","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"9 years' experience teaching at the community college level, only have a master's degree. Should I bother applying for lecturer\/instructor positions at four-year schools? I've been seeing job postings that say something like \"PhD preferred, ABD will be considered\". Is it worth it to submit an application due to my college teaching experience, or will I be immediately disqualified? For reference, my teaching experience had been in anatomy\/physiology and microbiology.","c_root_id_A":"d57sgnu","c_root_id_B":"d57tgnx","created_at_utc_A":1468241413,"created_at_utc_B":1468243457,"score_A":7,"score_B":25,"human_ref_A":"Yes, go ahead.  I know my school would hire you. So would the department where I went to grad school.","human_ref_B":"> \"PhD preferred, ABD will be considered\"  If the job ad says this, then you will not be considered.  This is meant for someone that it toward the end of their doctorate and would be expected to complete their doctorate within the first year of employment (typically).  A common example is someone that defends their dissertation over the summer before starting a job in August, but the university does not officially grant the degree until the December graduation.   Of course, there is nothing wrong with shooting off an email to the search committee chair and ask if they are willing to consider someone with a MS.  It would not be uncommon at all to see a person with a terminal MS teaching A&P at a four-year school, so keep looking.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2044.0,"score_ratio":3.5714285714}
{"post_id":"4salz0","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"9 years' experience teaching at the community college level, only have a master's degree. Should I bother applying for lecturer\/instructor positions at four-year schools? I've been seeing job postings that say something like \"PhD preferred, ABD will be considered\". Is it worth it to submit an application due to my college teaching experience, or will I be immediately disqualified? For reference, my teaching experience had been in anatomy\/physiology and microbiology.","c_root_id_A":"d5826n8","c_root_id_B":"d57sgnu","created_at_utc_A":1468256337,"created_at_utc_B":1468241413,"score_A":10,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":">PhD preferred, ABD will be considered  If you're not ABD, and the position has this statement explicitly in it, then no, I don't think it's worth it to you to bother. That statement means that they have enough people applying that they don't need to dig deeper than people who already have their PhD coursework done.","human_ref_B":"Yes, go ahead.  I know my school would hire you. So would the department where I went to grad school.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":14924.0,"score_ratio":1.4285714286}
{"post_id":"4salz0","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"9 years' experience teaching at the community college level, only have a master's degree. Should I bother applying for lecturer\/instructor positions at four-year schools? I've been seeing job postings that say something like \"PhD preferred, ABD will be considered\". Is it worth it to submit an application due to my college teaching experience, or will I be immediately disqualified? For reference, my teaching experience had been in anatomy\/physiology and microbiology.","c_root_id_A":"d57tj08","c_root_id_B":"d5826n8","created_at_utc_A":1468243582,"created_at_utc_B":1468256337,"score_A":3,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"Give it a shot. If you have your materials together already, it doesn't take that long to modify them for new applications. Doesn't make sense to me to be so easily dissuaded from new jobs that would only take a few hours to prep for.","human_ref_B":">PhD preferred, ABD will be considered  If you're not ABD, and the position has this statement explicitly in it, then no, I don't think it's worth it to you to bother. That statement means that they have enough people applying that they don't need to dig deeper than people who already have their PhD coursework done.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":12755.0,"score_ratio":3.3333333333}
{"post_id":"4salz0","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"9 years' experience teaching at the community college level, only have a master's degree. Should I bother applying for lecturer\/instructor positions at four-year schools? I've been seeing job postings that say something like \"PhD preferred, ABD will be considered\". Is it worth it to submit an application due to my college teaching experience, or will I be immediately disqualified? For reference, my teaching experience had been in anatomy\/physiology and microbiology.","c_root_id_A":"d5826n8","c_root_id_B":"d5803pd","created_at_utc_A":1468256337,"created_at_utc_B":1468253582,"score_A":10,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":">PhD preferred, ABD will be considered  If you're not ABD, and the position has this statement explicitly in it, then no, I don't think it's worth it to you to bother. That statement means that they have enough people applying that they don't need to dig deeper than people who already have their PhD coursework done.","human_ref_B":"Some lecturer positions at 4-year schools only require a master's.  Source: I start one such job in a month.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2755.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"4salz0","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"9 years' experience teaching at the community college level, only have a master's degree. Should I bother applying for lecturer\/instructor positions at four-year schools? I've been seeing job postings that say something like \"PhD preferred, ABD will be considered\". Is it worth it to submit an application due to my college teaching experience, or will I be immediately disqualified? For reference, my teaching experience had been in anatomy\/physiology and microbiology.","c_root_id_A":"d57sgnu","c_root_id_B":"d585owu","created_at_utc_A":1468241413,"created_at_utc_B":1468260944,"score_A":7,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Yes, go ahead.  I know my school would hire you. So would the department where I went to grad school.","human_ref_B":"The school I studied at (and was a lecturer at) had in their postings that a PhD was preferred but Masters would be considered.  It turned out it was an old posting that they didn't want to go through the bureaucratic process of updating the wording on and the first thing they had the admin receiving application do was throw out all the applicants that didn't have a PhD.  It certainly wouldn't hurt to apply, but there are a TON of PhDs running around these days taking jobs they traditionally wouldn't.  I wouldn't get your hopes up too high.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":19531.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"4salz0","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"9 years' experience teaching at the community college level, only have a master's degree. Should I bother applying for lecturer\/instructor positions at four-year schools? I've been seeing job postings that say something like \"PhD preferred, ABD will be considered\". Is it worth it to submit an application due to my college teaching experience, or will I be immediately disqualified? For reference, my teaching experience had been in anatomy\/physiology and microbiology.","c_root_id_A":"d585owu","c_root_id_B":"d57tj08","created_at_utc_A":1468260944,"created_at_utc_B":1468243582,"score_A":9,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"The school I studied at (and was a lecturer at) had in their postings that a PhD was preferred but Masters would be considered.  It turned out it was an old posting that they didn't want to go through the bureaucratic process of updating the wording on and the first thing they had the admin receiving application do was throw out all the applicants that didn't have a PhD.  It certainly wouldn't hurt to apply, but there are a TON of PhDs running around these days taking jobs they traditionally wouldn't.  I wouldn't get your hopes up too high.","human_ref_B":"Give it a shot. If you have your materials together already, it doesn't take that long to modify them for new applications. Doesn't make sense to me to be so easily dissuaded from new jobs that would only take a few hours to prep for.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":17362.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"4salz0","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"9 years' experience teaching at the community college level, only have a master's degree. Should I bother applying for lecturer\/instructor positions at four-year schools? I've been seeing job postings that say something like \"PhD preferred, ABD will be considered\". Is it worth it to submit an application due to my college teaching experience, or will I be immediately disqualified? For reference, my teaching experience had been in anatomy\/physiology and microbiology.","c_root_id_A":"d5803pd","c_root_id_B":"d585owu","created_at_utc_A":1468253582,"created_at_utc_B":1468260944,"score_A":4,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Some lecturer positions at 4-year schools only require a master's.  Source: I start one such job in a month.","human_ref_B":"The school I studied at (and was a lecturer at) had in their postings that a PhD was preferred but Masters would be considered.  It turned out it was an old posting that they didn't want to go through the bureaucratic process of updating the wording on and the first thing they had the admin receiving application do was throw out all the applicants that didn't have a PhD.  It certainly wouldn't hurt to apply, but there are a TON of PhDs running around these days taking jobs they traditionally wouldn't.  I wouldn't get your hopes up too high.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7362.0,"score_ratio":2.25}
{"post_id":"4salz0","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"9 years' experience teaching at the community college level, only have a master's degree. Should I bother applying for lecturer\/instructor positions at four-year schools? I've been seeing job postings that say something like \"PhD preferred, ABD will be considered\". Is it worth it to submit an application due to my college teaching experience, or will I be immediately disqualified? For reference, my teaching experience had been in anatomy\/physiology and microbiology.","c_root_id_A":"d5803pd","c_root_id_B":"d57tj08","created_at_utc_A":1468253582,"created_at_utc_B":1468243582,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Some lecturer positions at 4-year schools only require a master's.  Source: I start one such job in a month.","human_ref_B":"Give it a shot. If you have your materials together already, it doesn't take that long to modify them for new applications. Doesn't make sense to me to be so easily dissuaded from new jobs that would only take a few hours to prep for.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10000.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"o7ec7p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.88,"history":"What are grants opportunities like for humanities profs? I am currently doing a PhD in a social science program but am thinking that I end up apply for faculty positions like policy studies, women and gender studies, or other humanities program. I am familiar with funding streams for research involving human participants but am wondering about funding streams for the humanities. Do profs get enough grants to take on students? Enough to pay RAs?  I should clarify that I'm in Canada.","c_root_id_A":"h2ynq6j","c_root_id_B":"h2yd6bu","created_at_utc_A":1624596599,"created_at_utc_B":1624590194,"score_A":9,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I'm a PI, and I apply to SSHRC insight grants for social science projects in Canada. People in the humanities also apply for SSHRC, one of my best friends is a humanities prof (law) and win SSHRC insight grants regularly as well. Happy to answer any specific questions you might have. I've also served as a reviewer for SSHRC grants before.","human_ref_B":"Not much as far as I know in Canada, usually the annual funding given to one STEM lab exceed that given to a entire social science department.  Expect your students on TA a lot.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6405.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik97x3k","c_root_id_B":"ik9a62c","created_at_utc_A":1660486803,"created_at_utc_B":1660487812,"score_A":56,"score_B":62,"human_ref_A":"Powerpoint is pretty much the standard.  You can go fancier and use graphic design software or you can go open-source and do something in LaTeX but powerpoint is the norm.   Your institute might well have a template to start from.","human_ref_B":"I've used both PowerPoint and Canva for mine. Regardless, I would recommend looking at some blog posts about how to design a successful poster before you get started so you can learn the right font sizes, etc.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1009.0,"score_ratio":1.1071428571}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9a62c","c_root_id_B":"ik996ch","created_at_utc_A":1660487812,"created_at_utc_B":1660487369,"score_A":62,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"I've used both PowerPoint and Canva for mine. Regardless, I would recommend looking at some blog posts about how to design a successful poster before you get started so you can learn the right font sizes, etc.","human_ref_B":"I use Inkscape, which is like a free, open-source design program similar to Adobe Illustrator","labels":1,"seconds_difference":443.0,"score_ratio":2.6956521739}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9a62c","c_root_id_B":"ik99ws2","created_at_utc_A":1660487812,"created_at_utc_B":1660487697,"score_A":62,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"I've used both PowerPoint and Canva for mine. Regardless, I would recommend looking at some blog posts about how to design a successful poster before you get started so you can learn the right font sizes, etc.","human_ref_B":"One of my profs gave me a PowerPoint template that already had all the university logos and whatnot.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":115.0,"score_ratio":5.6363636364}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik96gau","c_root_id_B":"ik9a62c","created_at_utc_A":1660486101,"created_at_utc_B":1660487812,"score_A":2,"score_B":62,"human_ref_A":"I use PowerPoint on MacOS.","human_ref_B":"I've used both PowerPoint and Canva for mine. Regardless, I would recommend looking at some blog posts about how to design a successful poster before you get started so you can learn the right font sizes, etc.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1711.0,"score_ratio":31.0}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik98bi9","c_root_id_B":"ik9a62c","created_at_utc_A":1660486981,"created_at_utc_B":1660487812,"score_A":2,"score_B":62,"human_ref_A":"Generally, latex. There are many templates for slide-presentations","human_ref_B":"I've used both PowerPoint and Canva for mine. Regardless, I would recommend looking at some blog posts about how to design a successful poster before you get started so you can learn the right font sizes, etc.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":831.0,"score_ratio":31.0}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik96gau","c_root_id_B":"ik97x3k","created_at_utc_A":1660486101,"created_at_utc_B":1660486803,"score_A":2,"score_B":56,"human_ref_A":"I use PowerPoint on MacOS.","human_ref_B":"Powerpoint is pretty much the standard.  You can go fancier and use graphic design software or you can go open-source and do something in LaTeX but powerpoint is the norm.   Your institute might well have a template to start from.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":702.0,"score_ratio":28.0}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik996ch","c_root_id_B":"ik9ei5h","created_at_utc_A":1660487369,"created_at_utc_B":1660489731,"score_A":23,"score_B":41,"human_ref_A":"I use Inkscape, which is like a free, open-source design program similar to Adobe Illustrator","human_ref_B":"PowerPoint is fine, just set the slide size to whatever your poster dimensions are and export as a pdf for printing when you're done.   Adobe Illustrator is great\/better, and fairly intuitive if you're institution has a a site license","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2362.0,"score_ratio":1.7826086957}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9ei5h","c_root_id_B":"ik99ws2","created_at_utc_A":1660489731,"created_at_utc_B":1660487697,"score_A":41,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"PowerPoint is fine, just set the slide size to whatever your poster dimensions are and export as a pdf for printing when you're done.   Adobe Illustrator is great\/better, and fairly intuitive if you're institution has a a site license","human_ref_B":"One of my profs gave me a PowerPoint template that already had all the university logos and whatnot.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2034.0,"score_ratio":3.7272727273}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9e1xw","c_root_id_B":"ik9ei5h","created_at_utc_A":1660489536,"created_at_utc_B":1660489731,"score_A":4,"score_B":41,"human_ref_A":"I can recommend Affinity Designer\/Publisher. The former is especially useful for drawing things for journal\/conference publications.  But PowerPoint will do just fine for most cases.","human_ref_B":"PowerPoint is fine, just set the slide size to whatever your poster dimensions are and export as a pdf for printing when you're done.   Adobe Illustrator is great\/better, and fairly intuitive if you're institution has a a site license","labels":0,"seconds_difference":195.0,"score_ratio":10.25}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9ei5h","c_root_id_B":"ik96gau","created_at_utc_A":1660489731,"created_at_utc_B":1660486101,"score_A":41,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"PowerPoint is fine, just set the slide size to whatever your poster dimensions are and export as a pdf for printing when you're done.   Adobe Illustrator is great\/better, and fairly intuitive if you're institution has a a site license","human_ref_B":"I use PowerPoint on MacOS.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3630.0,"score_ratio":20.5}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9ei5h","c_root_id_B":"ik9atxn","created_at_utc_A":1660489731,"created_at_utc_B":1660488107,"score_A":41,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"PowerPoint is fine, just set the slide size to whatever your poster dimensions are and export as a pdf for printing when you're done.   Adobe Illustrator is great\/better, and fairly intuitive if you're institution has a a site license","human_ref_B":"I would recommend overleaf. The free version is great. It contains templates for posters. Latex backend.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1624.0,"score_ratio":13.6666666667}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik98bi9","c_root_id_B":"ik9ei5h","created_at_utc_A":1660486981,"created_at_utc_B":1660489731,"score_A":2,"score_B":41,"human_ref_A":"Generally, latex. There are many templates for slide-presentations","human_ref_B":"PowerPoint is fine, just set the slide size to whatever your poster dimensions are and export as a pdf for printing when you're done.   Adobe Illustrator is great\/better, and fairly intuitive if you're institution has a a site license","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2750.0,"score_ratio":20.5}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9njpa","c_root_id_B":"ik996ch","created_at_utc_A":1660493551,"created_at_utc_B":1660487369,"score_A":35,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"I use Adobe Illustrator.  Most campuses have an educational license. I'm super surprised to see so many Power Point answers here; I helped someone with a Power Point poster once and nearly had a heart attack out of frustration.","human_ref_B":"I use Inkscape, which is like a free, open-source design program similar to Adobe Illustrator","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6182.0,"score_ratio":1.5217391304}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9njpa","c_root_id_B":"ik99ws2","created_at_utc_A":1660493551,"created_at_utc_B":1660487697,"score_A":35,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"I use Adobe Illustrator.  Most campuses have an educational license. I'm super surprised to see so many Power Point answers here; I helped someone with a Power Point poster once and nearly had a heart attack out of frustration.","human_ref_B":"One of my profs gave me a PowerPoint template that already had all the university logos and whatnot.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5854.0,"score_ratio":3.1818181818}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9njpa","c_root_id_B":"ik9fj85","created_at_utc_A":1660493551,"created_at_utc_B":1660490176,"score_A":35,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"I use Adobe Illustrator.  Most campuses have an educational license. I'm super surprised to see so many Power Point answers here; I helped someone with a Power Point poster once and nearly had a heart attack out of frustration.","human_ref_B":"PowerPoint is normal.  Biorender has a new tool to make posters that I haven\u2019t used but will try out next time I make a poster. Great for making figures so might make designing posters easier.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3375.0,"score_ratio":4.375}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9njpa","c_root_id_B":"ik9e1xw","created_at_utc_A":1660493551,"created_at_utc_B":1660489536,"score_A":35,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I use Adobe Illustrator.  Most campuses have an educational license. I'm super surprised to see so many Power Point answers here; I helped someone with a Power Point poster once and nearly had a heart attack out of frustration.","human_ref_B":"I can recommend Affinity Designer\/Publisher. The former is especially useful for drawing things for journal\/conference publications.  But PowerPoint will do just fine for most cases.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4015.0,"score_ratio":8.75}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9njpa","c_root_id_B":"ik96gau","created_at_utc_A":1660493551,"created_at_utc_B":1660486101,"score_A":35,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I use Adobe Illustrator.  Most campuses have an educational license. I'm super surprised to see so many Power Point answers here; I helped someone with a Power Point poster once and nearly had a heart attack out of frustration.","human_ref_B":"I use PowerPoint on MacOS.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7450.0,"score_ratio":17.5}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9njpa","c_root_id_B":"ik9atxn","created_at_utc_A":1660493551,"created_at_utc_B":1660488107,"score_A":35,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I use Adobe Illustrator.  Most campuses have an educational license. I'm super surprised to see so many Power Point answers here; I helped someone with a Power Point poster once and nearly had a heart attack out of frustration.","human_ref_B":"I would recommend overleaf. The free version is great. It contains templates for posters. Latex backend.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5444.0,"score_ratio":11.6666666667}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9j5if","c_root_id_B":"ik9njpa","created_at_utc_A":1660491730,"created_at_utc_B":1660493551,"score_A":3,"score_B":35,"human_ref_A":"PowerPoint. Your University may have some template file formats for scientific posters, give it a Google and see what turns up. You don\u2019t necessarily have to use them even if your school has them (I don\u2019t because they are ugly) but they can be a helpful starting point for a first poster. There are also scientific poster templates online that you can find.","human_ref_B":"I use Adobe Illustrator.  Most campuses have an educational license. I'm super surprised to see so many Power Point answers here; I helped someone with a Power Point poster once and nearly had a heart attack out of frustration.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1821.0,"score_ratio":11.6666666667}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik98bi9","c_root_id_B":"ik9njpa","created_at_utc_A":1660486981,"created_at_utc_B":1660493551,"score_A":2,"score_B":35,"human_ref_A":"Generally, latex. There are many templates for slide-presentations","human_ref_B":"I use Adobe Illustrator.  Most campuses have an educational license. I'm super surprised to see so many Power Point answers here; I helped someone with a Power Point poster once and nearly had a heart attack out of frustration.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6570.0,"score_ratio":17.5}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik996ch","c_root_id_B":"ik96gau","created_at_utc_A":1660487369,"created_at_utc_B":1660486101,"score_A":23,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I use Inkscape, which is like a free, open-source design program similar to Adobe Illustrator","human_ref_B":"I use PowerPoint on MacOS.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1268.0,"score_ratio":11.5}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik98bi9","c_root_id_B":"ik996ch","created_at_utc_A":1660486981,"created_at_utc_B":1660487369,"score_A":2,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"Generally, latex. There are many templates for slide-presentations","human_ref_B":"I use Inkscape, which is like a free, open-source design program similar to Adobe Illustrator","labels":0,"seconds_difference":388.0,"score_ratio":11.5}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik96gau","c_root_id_B":"ik99ws2","created_at_utc_A":1660486101,"created_at_utc_B":1660487697,"score_A":2,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"I use PowerPoint on MacOS.","human_ref_B":"One of my profs gave me a PowerPoint template that already had all the university logos and whatnot.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1596.0,"score_ratio":5.5}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik99ws2","c_root_id_B":"ik98bi9","created_at_utc_A":1660487697,"created_at_utc_B":1660486981,"score_A":11,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"One of my profs gave me a PowerPoint template that already had all the university logos and whatnot.","human_ref_B":"Generally, latex. There are many templates for slide-presentations","labels":1,"seconds_difference":716.0,"score_ratio":5.5}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9fj85","c_root_id_B":"ik9e1xw","created_at_utc_A":1660490176,"created_at_utc_B":1660489536,"score_A":8,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"PowerPoint is normal.  Biorender has a new tool to make posters that I haven\u2019t used but will try out next time I make a poster. Great for making figures so might make designing posters easier.","human_ref_B":"I can recommend Affinity Designer\/Publisher. The former is especially useful for drawing things for journal\/conference publications.  But PowerPoint will do just fine for most cases.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":640.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9fj85","c_root_id_B":"ik96gau","created_at_utc_A":1660490176,"created_at_utc_B":1660486101,"score_A":8,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"PowerPoint is normal.  Biorender has a new tool to make posters that I haven\u2019t used but will try out next time I make a poster. Great for making figures so might make designing posters easier.","human_ref_B":"I use PowerPoint on MacOS.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4075.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9fj85","c_root_id_B":"ik9atxn","created_at_utc_A":1660490176,"created_at_utc_B":1660488107,"score_A":8,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"PowerPoint is normal.  Biorender has a new tool to make posters that I haven\u2019t used but will try out next time I make a poster. Great for making figures so might make designing posters easier.","human_ref_B":"I would recommend overleaf. The free version is great. It contains templates for posters. Latex backend.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2069.0,"score_ratio":2.6666666667}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik98bi9","c_root_id_B":"ik9fj85","created_at_utc_A":1660486981,"created_at_utc_B":1660490176,"score_A":2,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Generally, latex. There are many templates for slide-presentations","human_ref_B":"PowerPoint is normal.  Biorender has a new tool to make posters that I haven\u2019t used but will try out next time I make a poster. Great for making figures so might make designing posters easier.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3195.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9e1xw","c_root_id_B":"ik96gau","created_at_utc_A":1660489536,"created_at_utc_B":1660486101,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I can recommend Affinity Designer\/Publisher. The former is especially useful for drawing things for journal\/conference publications.  But PowerPoint will do just fine for most cases.","human_ref_B":"I use PowerPoint on MacOS.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3435.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9e1xw","c_root_id_B":"ik9atxn","created_at_utc_A":1660489536,"created_at_utc_B":1660488107,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I can recommend Affinity Designer\/Publisher. The former is especially useful for drawing things for journal\/conference publications.  But PowerPoint will do just fine for most cases.","human_ref_B":"I would recommend overleaf. The free version is great. It contains templates for posters. Latex backend.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1429.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik9e1xw","c_root_id_B":"ik98bi9","created_at_utc_A":1660489536,"created_at_utc_B":1660486981,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I can recommend Affinity Designer\/Publisher. The former is especially useful for drawing things for journal\/conference publications.  But PowerPoint will do just fine for most cases.","human_ref_B":"Generally, latex. There are many templates for slide-presentations","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2555.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik96gau","c_root_id_B":"ik9atxn","created_at_utc_A":1660486101,"created_at_utc_B":1660488107,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I use PowerPoint on MacOS.","human_ref_B":"I would recommend overleaf. The free version is great. It contains templates for posters. Latex backend.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2006.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik96gau","c_root_id_B":"ik9j5if","created_at_utc_A":1660486101,"created_at_utc_B":1660491730,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I use PowerPoint on MacOS.","human_ref_B":"PowerPoint. Your University may have some template file formats for scientific posters, give it a Google and see what turns up. You don\u2019t necessarily have to use them even if your school has them (I don\u2019t because they are ugly) but they can be a helpful starting point for a first poster. There are also scientific poster templates online that you can find.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5629.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik98bi9","c_root_id_B":"ik9atxn","created_at_utc_A":1660486981,"created_at_utc_B":1660488107,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Generally, latex. There are many templates for slide-presentations","human_ref_B":"I would recommend overleaf. The free version is great. It contains templates for posters. Latex backend.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1126.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"wo77n9","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Which application do I use for making a conference poster? I will be making my first conference poster, but I don't know which application would be best to make one.   I'd appreciate your suggestions, and I would preferably like something for MacOS.  Thanks greatly.","c_root_id_A":"ik98bi9","c_root_id_B":"ik9j5if","created_at_utc_A":1660486981,"created_at_utc_B":1660491730,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Generally, latex. There are many templates for slide-presentations","human_ref_B":"PowerPoint. Your University may have some template file formats for scientific posters, give it a Google and see what turns up. You don\u2019t necessarily have to use them even if your school has them (I don\u2019t because they are ugly) but they can be a helpful starting point for a first poster. There are also scientific poster templates online that you can find.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4749.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"sydc4t","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"How are lateral moves looked upon in PhD programs I'm in a PhD program now that feels like it's not the right fit. The advisors is good but the lab is further from what I wanted to work on than what I expected when I first applied. I'm nearing the end of my 2nd year (about to get a masters) and wanted to jump unis from where I am now to a program with a more in line advisor. I don't want to burn bridges but wanted to know how this might generally be looked upon or if its even possible.","c_root_id_A":"hxxupmi","c_root_id_B":"hxyfii4","created_at_utc_A":1645516044,"created_at_utc_B":1645532669,"score_A":3,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"It's looked upon favourably if it results in you getting good publications.","human_ref_B":"If you're in a program that grants a Masters part way through the PhD program, then you have every right to take that Master's degree and do whatever you want with it. But I would definitely get the Master's before leaving. Make sure it's on your transcript, and completely official.  That's what I did. I started out in a cell biology program, and hated it. I ended up switching to an ecology program for my PhD because I wanted to work outdoors. it worked out fine. But I also had a really great PI who was very understanding and helped make it a smooth transition.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":16625.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"9z9o2l","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"When citing a review in APA, do you cite the review, or the paper the review is citing? Usually if I'm reading a research paper and they cite something I want to cite, I read the original paper and cite it directly to make sure its correct and relevant, but I do not want to read 18 papers to write 2 sentences, so can I just cite the review?","c_root_id_A":"ea7nd71","c_root_id_B":"ea7n13e","created_at_utc_A":1542860949,"created_at_utc_B":1542860605,"score_A":19,"score_B":16,"human_ref_A":"The poster above me answered well, so I'll answer a slightly different way, if it helps.  Basically, if something has been shown a number of times and is starting to become an emerging observation or emerging knowledge in your subfield, then it is OK to just cite the review.  If you want to discuss a specific observation that the review mentions, you should cite the original paper rather than the review.  For example, I work in allergy, and I could easily say \"It has been shown that children who live on single-family farms are protected against allergy later in life\" and cite the review that lists all of the studies where people have shown that growing up on farms = less allergy.  If I want to say \"It has been shown that children who live on single-family Amish farms are protected against allergy compared to Hutterite children who live on large-scale industrial farms, even though they have a very similar diet and genetic background\" I should go and cite the original paper (even if learned this fun fact from the review) because it was a very specific observation from a limited set of studies.","human_ref_B":"Never cite anything you haven't actually read. If you've read the review, cite the review.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":344.0,"score_ratio":1.1875}
{"post_id":"c7s5pm","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.88,"history":"About to start a Ph. D. in Mathematics. I like pure maths but do not want to move into academia. Does choosing a topic in Pure Math (Operator Theory) close doors to industry?","c_root_id_A":"esi742v","c_root_id_B":"esibkeg","created_at_utc_A":1562008066,"created_at_utc_B":1562010530,"score_A":3,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I had an unfinished BS in video game programming (real time interactive simulation with a focus on physics) and ten years in a completely unrelated industry (marketing, SEO). Two years ago I decided it was time to get back into coding in a bigger way. I'm a data engineer now, making a good salary, and studying hard in my free time to push up into research in my main areas of interest.  It's... interesting. My marketing background actually gave me the biggest bang for my buck here. Here's the thing, no one will have any fucking clue what you know, but they'll likely be impressed. The real trick is to get used to thinking from the other person's perspective. How will they see what I'm saying? What are their hopes? Their fears? What are they looking for? Most of the time, HR has no clue what they're hiring for anyway. They want someone they can trust to solve problems, and the bar is... kind of low at most companies. If you can give the impression that you're competent and relevant, and if you're patient enough to take the job hunt seriously, anything's possible. I don't have any idea about a math specific job though, I'm obviously mostly a coder at the moment, though I've been building my network for a hop to one of the data science departments in the next year or something. You just have to be strategic about it, you know? I have my things I'm super excited to be self studying (representation learning, among other things) and then... I've got the boring stuff I learn because it makes it much easier to open the career doors I see ahead of me. AWS and docker at the moment. Last month I did a deep dive into multithreading in Python. It's fucking messy when you're in love with elegant solutions from math, but c'est la vie. In some ways being able to extract a clean set of definitions and axioms and a systemic understanding from a messy programming spec is one of the best things I've gotten from math when it comes to making money, haha.  If you DO choose to use your actual schooling for something too esoteric to be valuable though... consider picking up coding as a hobby at least. It's a really, really nice skill to fall back on, and if you're good, you can potentially track your way into a career where math actually IS relevant if you're a competent coder. That's been my limited experience at least. Check out leetcode if you want coding as a hobby by the way. Bite sized programming challenges where the math\/conceptual side is harder than the coding side can make for a good bridge if you're looking for a painless way to bolster your hire-ability. it's a whole lot easier to jump into the proper software engineering stuff after a year or two of poking around on the side, you know?  Either way, if you do go way down the rabbit hole, your number one danger will be focusing too hard on the specific stuff you know. Nobody will care, and you'll convince people you're too out of touch to be a practical hire. 'enter the conversation already going on in the mind of the customer' is the mantra. Nobody will care about operator theory, but if you can tie it in only when relevant, talk intelligently about it when asked, and stay razor focused on what the hiring agent (or whoever) actually cares about, there's nothing that'll bar the doors for you, so long as you hit the pavement hard enough.","human_ref_B":"Depending on the specific problem you tackle in operator theory, you could probably transition into industrial machine learning quite easily. To make yourself a competitive candidate, I suggest learning how to program and develop software.  More specifically, operator theory has a lot of applications in optimization, which is used extensively in machine learning. Of course, the line between pure and applied math becomes quite blurred here.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2464.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"c7s5pm","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.88,"history":"About to start a Ph. D. in Mathematics. I like pure maths but do not want to move into academia. Does choosing a topic in Pure Math (Operator Theory) close doors to industry?","c_root_id_A":"esibkeg","c_root_id_B":"esib59b","created_at_utc_A":1562010530,"created_at_utc_B":1562010297,"score_A":9,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Depending on the specific problem you tackle in operator theory, you could probably transition into industrial machine learning quite easily. To make yourself a competitive candidate, I suggest learning how to program and develop software.  More specifically, operator theory has a lot of applications in optimization, which is used extensively in machine learning. Of course, the line between pure and applied math becomes quite blurred here.","human_ref_B":"Why do you want to do a topic in pure math if you don't want to go into academia? It's been a while but I suspect the chance that you'll be able to use your degree outside of academia is very limited. That means you'll sink a whole bunch of time and money into something you'll likely never use.   &#x200B;  If you don't want to go into academia, I'd say do something more applied. Right now data science and machine learning are pretty big. And if you really like pure math, the chance that you'll be able to make a contribution also increases. Just my two cents.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":233.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"c7s5pm","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.88,"history":"About to start a Ph. D. in Mathematics. I like pure maths but do not want to move into academia. Does choosing a topic in Pure Math (Operator Theory) close doors to industry?","c_root_id_A":"esib59b","c_root_id_B":"esjrton","created_at_utc_A":1562010297,"created_at_utc_B":1562040234,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Why do you want to do a topic in pure math if you don't want to go into academia? It's been a while but I suspect the chance that you'll be able to use your degree outside of academia is very limited. That means you'll sink a whole bunch of time and money into something you'll likely never use.   &#x200B;  If you don't want to go into academia, I'd say do something more applied. Right now data science and machine learning are pretty big. And if you really like pure math, the chance that you'll be able to make a contribution also increases. Just my two cents.","human_ref_B":"Potential controversial comment ahead:  _Just DO it!!_  Forget about industry or academia. Do you _like_ operator theory? \u201cLove it\u201d? Go for it. Forget everyone\u2019s opinions.  Some other topic? Go for that then.   _But what about \u201cjobs\u201d_?  Here\u2019s the lesser known truth: Mathematicians have an uncanny ability to see through fluff and seize the underlying hypotheses\/assumptions and slowly \u201cbuild up\u201d the understanding to either prove\/disprove it. In the real world it translates into finding crucial \u201cevidence\u201d in support or against the hypotheses vs a mathematical proof.   Also, the art of \u201cmodeling\u201d a real problem in a mathematical way and using math tools to solve them and impact the \u201creality\u201d is grossly under-appreciated.   These skills are stupendously valuable. However, you must \u201cpay the dues\u201d - that is, when joining the industry you have to \u201clearn what you missed\u201d to catch up and be at par with the peers. Inside secret? You\u2019ll probably catch up faster than your own estimates. About 18-24 months or sooner. Accept this \u201cdue time\u201d and you\u2019ll be less anxious about \u201cmissing out\u201d.   Now, _hone_ your math ability to the fullest and genuinely enjoy your PhD.   $> Whoami (just for creds)  CS Ph.D + teacher + university visiting faculty + full time software engineer.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":29937.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"c7s5pm","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.88,"history":"About to start a Ph. D. in Mathematics. I like pure maths but do not want to move into academia. Does choosing a topic in Pure Math (Operator Theory) close doors to industry?","c_root_id_A":"esjrton","c_root_id_B":"esihath","created_at_utc_A":1562040234,"created_at_utc_B":1562013688,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Potential controversial comment ahead:  _Just DO it!!_  Forget about industry or academia. Do you _like_ operator theory? \u201cLove it\u201d? Go for it. Forget everyone\u2019s opinions.  Some other topic? Go for that then.   _But what about \u201cjobs\u201d_?  Here\u2019s the lesser known truth: Mathematicians have an uncanny ability to see through fluff and seize the underlying hypotheses\/assumptions and slowly \u201cbuild up\u201d the understanding to either prove\/disprove it. In the real world it translates into finding crucial \u201cevidence\u201d in support or against the hypotheses vs a mathematical proof.   Also, the art of \u201cmodeling\u201d a real problem in a mathematical way and using math tools to solve them and impact the \u201creality\u201d is grossly under-appreciated.   These skills are stupendously valuable. However, you must \u201cpay the dues\u201d - that is, when joining the industry you have to \u201clearn what you missed\u201d to catch up and be at par with the peers. Inside secret? You\u2019ll probably catch up faster than your own estimates. About 18-24 months or sooner. Accept this \u201cdue time\u201d and you\u2019ll be less anxious about \u201cmissing out\u201d.   Now, _hone_ your math ability to the fullest and genuinely enjoy your PhD.   $> Whoami (just for creds)  CS Ph.D + teacher + university visiting faculty + full time software engineer.","human_ref_B":"This can depend on the topic within Operator Theory. Others have mentioned the connections with optimization and machine learning. There are also important connections between operator theory and applied harmonic analysis, e.g. frame theory. I recall some approaches to the HRT conjecture use C* algebra methods. More broadly, the time-frequency operators that arise in applied harmonic analysis can be studied using operator theory.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":26546.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"c7s5pm","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.88,"history":"About to start a Ph. D. in Mathematics. I like pure maths but do not want to move into academia. Does choosing a topic in Pure Math (Operator Theory) close doors to industry?","c_root_id_A":"esivdjz","c_root_id_B":"esjrton","created_at_utc_A":1562020956,"created_at_utc_B":1562040234,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Most math phds don't go into academia. So, it must be that many find industry jobs regardless of field. I know people with math phds in representation theory, C^(*) algebras (as you mentioned in another comment), combinatorial group theory, homotopy theory, and differential equations all working in industry.  Though it will probably limit your choices to some degree if it isn't outright applicable.  A lot of jobs say \"You figured out that much math.  We can assume you can learn what you need swiftly enough.\"  For example, my friend in C^(*) algebras knew absolutely no programming, but now has a job that involves lots of coding.  My friend in combinatorial group theory now has a job that is almost exclusively physics based, though he had never taken a physics course outside of high school.","human_ref_B":"Potential controversial comment ahead:  _Just DO it!!_  Forget about industry or academia. Do you _like_ operator theory? \u201cLove it\u201d? Go for it. Forget everyone\u2019s opinions.  Some other topic? Go for that then.   _But what about \u201cjobs\u201d_?  Here\u2019s the lesser known truth: Mathematicians have an uncanny ability to see through fluff and seize the underlying hypotheses\/assumptions and slowly \u201cbuild up\u201d the understanding to either prove\/disprove it. In the real world it translates into finding crucial \u201cevidence\u201d in support or against the hypotheses vs a mathematical proof.   Also, the art of \u201cmodeling\u201d a real problem in a mathematical way and using math tools to solve them and impact the \u201creality\u201d is grossly under-appreciated.   These skills are stupendously valuable. However, you must \u201cpay the dues\u201d - that is, when joining the industry you have to \u201clearn what you missed\u201d to catch up and be at par with the peers. Inside secret? You\u2019ll probably catch up faster than your own estimates. About 18-24 months or sooner. Accept this \u201cdue time\u201d and you\u2019ll be less anxious about \u201cmissing out\u201d.   Now, _hone_ your math ability to the fullest and genuinely enjoy your PhD.   $> Whoami (just for creds)  CS Ph.D + teacher + university visiting faculty + full time software engineer.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":19278.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"7konun","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Fellow academics, share your priceless lessons in life. What are your most important rules in life drawn from your life experiences?","c_root_id_A":"drfzjxi","c_root_id_B":"drg2917","created_at_utc_A":1513636572,"created_at_utc_B":1513639575,"score_A":44,"score_B":88,"human_ref_A":"Is this for a Buzzfeed article?","human_ref_B":"Some people don't need work-life balance. But most people do or they burn out. If you continuously sacrifice your personal life for your academic career, you will likely be miserable.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3003.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"7konun","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Fellow academics, share your priceless lessons in life. What are your most important rules in life drawn from your life experiences?","c_root_id_A":"drg2917","c_root_id_B":"drg1u4j","created_at_utc_A":1513639575,"created_at_utc_B":1513639105,"score_A":88,"score_B":28,"human_ref_A":"Some people don't need work-life balance. But most people do or they burn out. If you continuously sacrifice your personal life for your academic career, you will likely be miserable.","human_ref_B":"The goal of the university\/college is to keep the university\/college going at all costs. The talent of a student or professor doesn't matter if they do something that undermines the financial health of the system.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":470.0,"score_ratio":3.1428571429}
{"post_id":"7konun","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Fellow academics, share your priceless lessons in life. What are your most important rules in life drawn from your life experiences?","c_root_id_A":"drg0rcz","c_root_id_B":"drg2917","created_at_utc_A":1513637889,"created_at_utc_B":1513639575,"score_A":24,"score_B":88,"human_ref_A":"Decide whether you want a family and a social life or an academic job.","human_ref_B":"Some people don't need work-life balance. But most people do or they burn out. If you continuously sacrifice your personal life for your academic career, you will likely be miserable.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1686.0,"score_ratio":3.6666666667}
{"post_id":"7konun","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Fellow academics, share your priceless lessons in life. What are your most important rules in life drawn from your life experiences?","c_root_id_A":"drggg3f","c_root_id_B":"drfzjxi","created_at_utc_A":1513656277,"created_at_utc_B":1513636572,"score_A":75,"score_B":44,"human_ref_A":"Don\u2019t work harder than the student for their success.","human_ref_B":"Is this for a Buzzfeed article?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":19705.0,"score_ratio":1.7045454545}
{"post_id":"7konun","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Fellow academics, share your priceless lessons in life. What are your most important rules in life drawn from your life experiences?","c_root_id_A":"drggg3f","c_root_id_B":"drgdsf9","created_at_utc_A":1513656277,"created_at_utc_B":1513653118,"score_A":75,"score_B":34,"human_ref_A":"Don\u2019t work harder than the student for their success.","human_ref_B":"Lord, Grant me the serenity to  accept the things I cannot change,  Courage, to change the things I can, and  Wisdom to hide the bodies of those people  I had to kill because they pissed me off.  -----  And also,  Help me to be careful of the toes I step on today,  As they may be connected to the ass that I may  have to kiss tomorrow.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3159.0,"score_ratio":2.2058823529}
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{"post_id":"7konun","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Fellow academics, share your priceless lessons in life. What are your most important rules in life drawn from your life experiences?","c_root_id_A":"drgq2qf","c_root_id_B":"drgppvm","created_at_utc_A":1513672892,"created_at_utc_B":1513672028,"score_A":10,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Most people think that they are doing the right thing most of the time.   Very useful when you question the decisions\/actions  someone else has made, and as a general strategy for approaching work politics. Did someone overlook an issue because a) they were unaware\/underexposed about it's existence (in which case I can attempt to help myself by *gracefully* explaining my concerns), b) they are also not able to influence the issue (in which case I can ask them to recommend someone who does have influence and offer a joint effort to *gracefully* explain our concerns), c) they are prioritizing something different than I am (in which case it may be to my benefit to evaluate my priorities and their alignment with my institution's), d) they are incompetent (at least on this issue, in which case I may be able to work around them by coordinating with others who have influence\/institutional relevance regarding the issue), e) they are malicious (at least on this issue, and I need to stay away from it\/them until I have evidence to the contrary).  This is the decision tree for dealing with peers\/administrators; approaches can be modified to work with students as well.","human_ref_B":"Learn how to say no.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":864.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
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{"post_id":"7konun","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Fellow academics, share your priceless lessons in life. What are your most important rules in life drawn from your life experiences?","c_root_id_A":"drgyyq0","c_root_id_B":"drgr5fd","created_at_utc_A":1513692249,"created_at_utc_B":1513675555,"score_A":9,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"everyone hears the emperor's new clothes story in childhood. what isn't emphasised enough is that there are in fact lots of emperors, and they spend lots of time telling each other how nice their clothes are. this is particularly acute in academia","human_ref_B":"You live one life, so make the most of it. That means different things for different people, but for me it means acknowledging I would rather enjoy my life and be a good academic than have no life and be a great one.  Know when to say no  Don't be afraid of saying yes.  Don't be a dick.   Be proactive in forming collaborations with people you have ideas to work with. Don't be afraid of sharing ideas.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":16694.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"7konun","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Fellow academics, share your priceless lessons in life. What are your most important rules in life drawn from your life experiences?","c_root_id_A":"drgx0jk","c_root_id_B":"drgyyq0","created_at_utc_A":1513689252,"created_at_utc_B":1513692249,"score_A":6,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"More education does not make a person behave more morally\/ethically better than the rest of the population. When I got into academia, I expected that the people I would encounter would be \u201cbetter\u201d people than the rest of the people in the world. Because they would be smarter, and more well-educated than the average person. But it turns out that the normal distribution of good-people, average-people, and jerks exists in colleges and universities just as it does anywhere else.","human_ref_B":"everyone hears the emperor's new clothes story in childhood. what isn't emphasised enough is that there are in fact lots of emperors, and they spend lots of time telling each other how nice their clothes are. this is particularly acute in academia","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2997.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"7konun","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Fellow academics, share your priceless lessons in life. What are your most important rules in life drawn from your life experiences?","c_root_id_A":"drgv14k","c_root_id_B":"drgppvm","created_at_utc_A":1513685435,"created_at_utc_B":1513672028,"score_A":9,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Don't let people waste your time, recognise when they are, and be robust (but polite) about stopping them.  I have a tip to go with the rule.  A solution to \"the hoverer\".  We all know about 20 of them, students and colleagues - you've finished your meeting, they've stood up to leave, but they're still in your office making small talk with no end in sight, and you have stuff to do.  Stand up, walk around your desk and casually lean backwards so you're almost sitting on the desk.  Makes it look like you're waiting to go somewhere once the conversation ends, so they'll end it quickly.  You just go and sit back down as they leave.  Can't remember how I discovered it, but over my career it's probably saved me more time than any other single thing.","human_ref_B":"Learn how to say no.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":13407.0,"score_ratio":1.125}
{"post_id":"7konun","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Fellow academics, share your priceless lessons in life. What are your most important rules in life drawn from your life experiences?","c_root_id_A":"drgv14k","c_root_id_B":"drgr5fd","created_at_utc_A":1513685435,"created_at_utc_B":1513675555,"score_A":9,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Don't let people waste your time, recognise when they are, and be robust (but polite) about stopping them.  I have a tip to go with the rule.  A solution to \"the hoverer\".  We all know about 20 of them, students and colleagues - you've finished your meeting, they've stood up to leave, but they're still in your office making small talk with no end in sight, and you have stuff to do.  Stand up, walk around your desk and casually lean backwards so you're almost sitting on the desk.  Makes it look like you're waiting to go somewhere once the conversation ends, so they'll end it quickly.  You just go and sit back down as they leave.  Can't remember how I discovered it, but over my career it's probably saved me more time than any other single thing.","human_ref_B":"You live one life, so make the most of it. That means different things for different people, but for me it means acknowledging I would rather enjoy my life and be a good academic than have no life and be a great one.  Know when to say no  Don't be afraid of saying yes.  Don't be a dick.   Be proactive in forming collaborations with people you have ideas to work with. Don't be afraid of sharing ideas.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9880.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"6wfu9p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How did you make money on the side through grad school? I will have a job at the school, but I'm looking to do more than just pay the bills. (Hey, conferences are expensive!!) What tips can you share for earning spending money?","c_root_id_A":"dm7pg26","c_root_id_B":"dm7qi8u","created_at_utc_A":1503880387,"created_at_utc_B":1503881785,"score_A":17,"score_B":20,"human_ref_A":"I worked a full time job. Yeah, time was at a premium.","human_ref_B":"TAing, RAing  helping out with admin stuff (handing back papers, helping at open days)  I worked at other uni offices in admin   freelance work at big crowdsourcing companies (I did some translation work)  tutoring  apply for external funding (charities etc.)   Did all of the above for three years and paid for tuition fees (Europe) and rent.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1398.0,"score_ratio":1.1764705882}
{"post_id":"6wfu9p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How did you make money on the side through grad school? I will have a job at the school, but I'm looking to do more than just pay the bills. (Hey, conferences are expensive!!) What tips can you share for earning spending money?","c_root_id_A":"dm7sjmg","c_root_id_B":"dm7sibo","created_at_utc_A":1503884653,"created_at_utc_B":1503884602,"score_A":13,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I plan to make a part time job out of applying for scholarships and research grants. The rest will be loans.  The math shows that (IF your degree will result in a high paying job) it is better to take loans and get done early than to work your way through and take longer or have less time to study.","human_ref_B":"Sold collectibles on eBay.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":51.0,"score_ratio":2.6}
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{"post_id":"6wfu9p","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"How did you make money on the side through grad school? I will have a job at the school, but I'm looking to do more than just pay the bills. (Hey, conferences are expensive!!) What tips can you share for earning spending money?","c_root_id_A":"dm85wiu","c_root_id_B":"dm87v8g","created_at_utc_A":1503906333,"created_at_utc_B":1503911954,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Private lessons and translation small jobs, if you have a second language.","human_ref_B":"At the beginning I worked 10h\/week at a cheese shop at Naschmarkt in Vienna. After I quit I became an usher at Burgtheater, again 10-12h\/week with working hours mostly from 7pm-11pm. Additionally I work as a tutor for uni which counts for 4h\/week.   I also once transcribed a Bachelor's thesis from hand-written into LaTeX which got me some extra money.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5621.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
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{"post_id":"8k87fb","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Where can we find open-access journals with raw data sets? Needed for statistics project. Hello, our team has been assigned to find, summarize, and give a presentation on a study that uses Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).  We need to summarize the raw data set of the researchers ourselves. Where can we find open-access journals that have raw data sets?  Thank you","c_root_id_A":"dz5vxo1","c_root_id_B":"dz6g44d","created_at_utc_A":1526606464,"created_at_utc_B":1526639242,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"https:\/\/sites.trinity.edu\/osl  \"Open Stats Lab (OSL) is a website created by Kevin P. McIntyre, Ph.D., that uses open data sets from articles published in Psychological Science to help teach introductory statistics. For each OSL lab, I've identified studies with open data badges, and then prepared activities that guide students through the analyses needed to reproduce the results reported in the original articles\",--OSL website","human_ref_B":"https:\/\/zenodo.org\/","labels":0,"seconds_difference":32778.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpv5re7","c_root_id_B":"hpv69dk","created_at_utc_A":1640390559,"created_at_utc_B":1640390841,"score_A":43,"score_B":196,"human_ref_A":"If you\u2019re an arrogant douche right out of your PhD, unless you\u2019ve won a Nobel, that\u2019s a huge red flag\u2026","human_ref_B":"I\u2019d rather hire someone with a less impressive resume (but still qualified) over someone who\u2019s monotonously boring, or rude, or self-aggrandizing 9 times out of 10.  Edit to add: if you\u2019re thinking \u201cwhy not hire the most qualified candidate?\u201d, what a lot of people misunderstand here is ability to get along with colleagues IS a job qualification in most fields.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":282.0,"score_ratio":4.5581395349}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpv67g4","c_root_id_B":"hpv69dk","created_at_utc_A":1640390811,"created_at_utc_B":1640390841,"score_A":15,"score_B":196,"human_ref_A":"There\u2019s a fine line between fit, which can often be code for \u201csimilar to the rest of the department\u201d, and \u201cis this person a raging asshole that will tear down our relationships with other departments and make us lose other folks who can\u2019t stand to work with them\u201d.   So yes, we\u2019re often hiring people who we\u2019re going to work with closely for the rest of our career. How they interact makes a huge difference. At the interview stage, it\u2019s likely all candidates have met needed criteria with respect to their ability to publish and get funding.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019d rather hire someone with a less impressive resume (but still qualified) over someone who\u2019s monotonously boring, or rude, or self-aggrandizing 9 times out of 10.  Edit to add: if you\u2019re thinking \u201cwhy not hire the most qualified candidate?\u201d, what a lot of people misunderstand here is ability to get along with colleagues IS a job qualification in most fields.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":30.0,"score_ratio":13.0666666667}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpw1ke1","c_root_id_B":"hpv67g4","created_at_utc_A":1640410617,"created_at_utc_B":1640390811,"score_A":28,"score_B":15,"human_ref_A":"I tell people on the market that the post-interview dinner is the most important part of the interview. All of the other finalists are (usually) equally academically qualified with all of the same credentials and letters from all the right scholars. That being the case, I have to spend the next 20 or so years in your presence and if I don't enjoy being around you I will pick the person I do like. Enough about your work, what do you like to do in your free time? Which bands do you listen to? Which films do you appreciate? What is the last show you binge watched? Can you laugh? Can you get excited talking about pop culture? What do you want to know about the town you are moving to? We had 100+ candidates. We whittled down to a few with equally impressive vitas. We know you can teach. We know you can publish. Now make me like you.","human_ref_B":"There\u2019s a fine line between fit, which can often be code for \u201csimilar to the rest of the department\u201d, and \u201cis this person a raging asshole that will tear down our relationships with other departments and make us lose other folks who can\u2019t stand to work with them\u201d.   So yes, we\u2019re often hiring people who we\u2019re going to work with closely for the rest of our career. How they interact makes a huge difference. At the interview stage, it\u2019s likely all candidates have met needed criteria with respect to their ability to publish and get funding.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":19806.0,"score_ratio":1.8666666667}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpv7fde","c_root_id_B":"hpw1ke1","created_at_utc_A":1640391520,"created_at_utc_B":1640410617,"score_A":5,"score_B":28,"human_ref_A":"The latter requires the former. Nobody is an irreplaceable genius and you just will not get a good CV, let alone funding, if you can\u2019t make people to like you.","human_ref_B":"I tell people on the market that the post-interview dinner is the most important part of the interview. All of the other finalists are (usually) equally academically qualified with all of the same credentials and letters from all the right scholars. That being the case, I have to spend the next 20 or so years in your presence and if I don't enjoy being around you I will pick the person I do like. Enough about your work, what do you like to do in your free time? Which bands do you listen to? Which films do you appreciate? What is the last show you binge watched? Can you laugh? Can you get excited talking about pop culture? What do you want to know about the town you are moving to? We had 100+ candidates. We whittled down to a few with equally impressive vitas. We know you can teach. We know you can publish. Now make me like you.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":19097.0,"score_ratio":5.6}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpw1ke1","c_root_id_B":"hpvw3gp","created_at_utc_A":1640410617,"created_at_utc_B":1640406948,"score_A":28,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I tell people on the market that the post-interview dinner is the most important part of the interview. All of the other finalists are (usually) equally academically qualified with all of the same credentials and letters from all the right scholars. That being the case, I have to spend the next 20 or so years in your presence and if I don't enjoy being around you I will pick the person I do like. Enough about your work, what do you like to do in your free time? Which bands do you listen to? Which films do you appreciate? What is the last show you binge watched? Can you laugh? Can you get excited talking about pop culture? What do you want to know about the town you are moving to? We had 100+ candidates. We whittled down to a few with equally impressive vitas. We know you can teach. We know you can publish. Now make me like you.","human_ref_B":"I feel like I got into a masters program because my interview went so well. Public\/interpersonal speaking is huge for almost any position","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3669.0,"score_ratio":9.3333333333}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpw7ram","c_root_id_B":"hpv7fde","created_at_utc_A":1640415327,"created_at_utc_B":1640391520,"score_A":9,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"We hire a better personality fit over a better CV. Your CV still has to be good. But personal skills can bump you up over a slightly better CV.","human_ref_B":"The latter requires the former. Nobody is an irreplaceable genius and you just will not get a good CV, let alone funding, if you can\u2019t make people to like you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":23807.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpw7hky","c_root_id_B":"hpw7ram","created_at_utc_A":1640415101,"created_at_utc_B":1640415327,"score_A":5,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"By the time you are at interview, you are already considered to be a good fit for the position.  The interview is going to be 50% about your personality and 50% about do you match the paper profile.","human_ref_B":"We hire a better personality fit over a better CV. Your CV still has to be good. But personal skills can bump you up over a slightly better CV.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":226.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpvw3gp","c_root_id_B":"hpw7ram","created_at_utc_A":1640406948,"created_at_utc_B":1640415327,"score_A":3,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I feel like I got into a masters program because my interview went so well. Public\/interpersonal speaking is huge for almost any position","human_ref_B":"We hire a better personality fit over a better CV. Your CV still has to be good. But personal skills can bump you up over a slightly better CV.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8379.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpv7fde","c_root_id_B":"hpwl9gs","created_at_utc_A":1640391520,"created_at_utc_B":1640427785,"score_A":5,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"The latter requires the former. Nobody is an irreplaceable genius and you just will not get a good CV, let alone funding, if you can\u2019t make people to like you.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019ve sat on faculty search committees. Everybody getting an on ground interview has been qualified on paper and in our phone screen, now zoom interview. A small few had too many academic red flags after meeting in person, but typically, if you bring in three candidates, all three can do the job. Departments want more than someone that can do the job. They want someone who can thrive, get tenure, and eventually support junior faculty in their own time. If someone\u2019s personality raises red flags with existing faculty during the interview it is an indicator that they won\u2019t thrive. They will chase away students, post-docs, and potential internal collaborators. External collaborators will dry up once it is dependent on them to maintain the relationship. They won\u2019t provide service to the department piss off other departments, deans, and provost. No one will go out of their way to provide them with guidance or mentorship, which all junior faculty need internally and externally. If I\u2019m picking between qualified people, I\u2019m picking the person that I think is going to love it in our city, at our size and type of institution, our department, their role in it, and be most likely to be well liked in return. Behavior and interaction with others will tell you that more CV or funding.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":36265.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpwl9gs","c_root_id_B":"hpw7hky","created_at_utc_A":1640427785,"created_at_utc_B":1640415101,"score_A":9,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019ve sat on faculty search committees. Everybody getting an on ground interview has been qualified on paper and in our phone screen, now zoom interview. A small few had too many academic red flags after meeting in person, but typically, if you bring in three candidates, all three can do the job. Departments want more than someone that can do the job. They want someone who can thrive, get tenure, and eventually support junior faculty in their own time. If someone\u2019s personality raises red flags with existing faculty during the interview it is an indicator that they won\u2019t thrive. They will chase away students, post-docs, and potential internal collaborators. External collaborators will dry up once it is dependent on them to maintain the relationship. They won\u2019t provide service to the department piss off other departments, deans, and provost. No one will go out of their way to provide them with guidance or mentorship, which all junior faculty need internally and externally. If I\u2019m picking between qualified people, I\u2019m picking the person that I think is going to love it in our city, at our size and type of institution, our department, their role in it, and be most likely to be well liked in return. Behavior and interaction with others will tell you that more CV or funding.","human_ref_B":"By the time you are at interview, you are already considered to be a good fit for the position.  The interview is going to be 50% about your personality and 50% about do you match the paper profile.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":12684.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpvw3gp","c_root_id_B":"hpwl9gs","created_at_utc_A":1640406948,"created_at_utc_B":1640427785,"score_A":3,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I feel like I got into a masters program because my interview went so well. Public\/interpersonal speaking is huge for almost any position","human_ref_B":"I\u2019ve sat on faculty search committees. Everybody getting an on ground interview has been qualified on paper and in our phone screen, now zoom interview. A small few had too many academic red flags after meeting in person, but typically, if you bring in three candidates, all three can do the job. Departments want more than someone that can do the job. They want someone who can thrive, get tenure, and eventually support junior faculty in their own time. If someone\u2019s personality raises red flags with existing faculty during the interview it is an indicator that they won\u2019t thrive. They will chase away students, post-docs, and potential internal collaborators. External collaborators will dry up once it is dependent on them to maintain the relationship. They won\u2019t provide service to the department piss off other departments, deans, and provost. No one will go out of their way to provide them with guidance or mentorship, which all junior faculty need internally and externally. If I\u2019m picking between qualified people, I\u2019m picking the person that I think is going to love it in our city, at our size and type of institution, our department, their role in it, and be most likely to be well liked in return. Behavior and interaction with others will tell you that more CV or funding.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":20837.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpwhj2l","c_root_id_B":"hpwl9gs","created_at_utc_A":1640424129,"created_at_utc_B":1640427785,"score_A":3,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Typically, once people are invited for an interview they are all regarded as qualified for the academic job. I have been on tons of search committees in different countries, and a decisive point was how that person would fit in the department, and that very much includes pertinent aspects of their personality.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019ve sat on faculty search committees. Everybody getting an on ground interview has been qualified on paper and in our phone screen, now zoom interview. A small few had too many academic red flags after meeting in person, but typically, if you bring in three candidates, all three can do the job. Departments want more than someone that can do the job. They want someone who can thrive, get tenure, and eventually support junior faculty in their own time. If someone\u2019s personality raises red flags with existing faculty during the interview it is an indicator that they won\u2019t thrive. They will chase away students, post-docs, and potential internal collaborators. External collaborators will dry up once it is dependent on them to maintain the relationship. They won\u2019t provide service to the department piss off other departments, deans, and provost. No one will go out of their way to provide them with guidance or mentorship, which all junior faculty need internally and externally. If I\u2019m picking between qualified people, I\u2019m picking the person that I think is going to love it in our city, at our size and type of institution, our department, their role in it, and be most likely to be well liked in return. Behavior and interaction with others will tell you that more CV or funding.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3656.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpv7fde","c_root_id_B":"hpx53zw","created_at_utc_A":1640391520,"created_at_utc_B":1640443785,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"The latter requires the former. Nobody is an irreplaceable genius and you just will not get a good CV, let alone funding, if you can\u2019t make people to like you.","human_ref_B":"Resume gets you to the interview. Personality gets you the offer.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":52265.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpw7hky","c_root_id_B":"hpx53zw","created_at_utc_A":1640415101,"created_at_utc_B":1640443785,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"By the time you are at interview, you are already considered to be a good fit for the position.  The interview is going to be 50% about your personality and 50% about do you match the paper profile.","human_ref_B":"Resume gets you to the interview. Personality gets you the offer.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":28684.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpx53zw","c_root_id_B":"hpvw3gp","created_at_utc_A":1640443785,"created_at_utc_B":1640406948,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Resume gets you to the interview. Personality gets you the offer.","human_ref_B":"I feel like I got into a masters program because my interview went so well. Public\/interpersonal speaking is huge for almost any position","labels":1,"seconds_difference":36837.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpwhj2l","c_root_id_B":"hpx53zw","created_at_utc_A":1640424129,"created_at_utc_B":1640443785,"score_A":3,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Typically, once people are invited for an interview they are all regarded as qualified for the academic job. I have been on tons of search committees in different countries, and a decisive point was how that person would fit in the department, and that very much includes pertinent aspects of their personality.","human_ref_B":"Resume gets you to the interview. Personality gets you the offer.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":19656.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
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{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpw7hky","c_root_id_B":"hpwvqgp","created_at_utc_A":1640415101,"created_at_utc_B":1640437377,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"By the time you are at interview, you are already considered to be a good fit for the position.  The interview is going to be 50% about your personality and 50% about do you match the paper profile.","human_ref_B":"The CV specs only matter for securing a spot in the interview stage. Once you're there, the playing field is leveled and it's 100% about personality\/likeability.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":22276.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpw7hky","c_root_id_B":"hpvw3gp","created_at_utc_A":1640415101,"created_at_utc_B":1640406948,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"By the time you are at interview, you are already considered to be a good fit for the position.  The interview is going to be 50% about your personality and 50% about do you match the paper profile.","human_ref_B":"I feel like I got into a masters program because my interview went so well. Public\/interpersonal speaking is huge for almost any position","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8153.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpwvqgp","c_root_id_B":"hpvw3gp","created_at_utc_A":1640437377,"created_at_utc_B":1640406948,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"The CV specs only matter for securing a spot in the interview stage. Once you're there, the playing field is leveled and it's 100% about personality\/likeability.","human_ref_B":"I feel like I got into a masters program because my interview went so well. Public\/interpersonal speaking is huge for almost any position","labels":1,"seconds_difference":30429.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpwvqgp","c_root_id_B":"hpwhj2l","created_at_utc_A":1640437377,"created_at_utc_B":1640424129,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"The CV specs only matter for securing a spot in the interview stage. Once you're there, the playing field is leveled and it's 100% about personality\/likeability.","human_ref_B":"Typically, once people are invited for an interview they are all regarded as qualified for the academic job. I have been on tons of search committees in different countries, and a decisive point was how that person would fit in the department, and that very much includes pertinent aspects of their personality.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":13248.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpxqose","c_root_id_B":"hpvw3gp","created_at_utc_A":1640455325,"created_at_utc_B":1640406948,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I think that by the time you get to the campus interview stage, one's ability to interact with your potential colleagues is an extremely important factor in the final deliberation. That, together with how you are able to communicate with a broad audience, and field questions about your work, are the main reason why we even have in-person campus interviews, as opposed to just basing the hiring decision entirely on one's application materials.","human_ref_B":"I feel like I got into a masters program because my interview went so well. Public\/interpersonal speaking is huge for almost any position","labels":1,"seconds_difference":48377.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpwhj2l","c_root_id_B":"hpxqose","created_at_utc_A":1640424129,"created_at_utc_B":1640455325,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Typically, once people are invited for an interview they are all regarded as qualified for the academic job. I have been on tons of search committees in different countries, and a decisive point was how that person would fit in the department, and that very much includes pertinent aspects of their personality.","human_ref_B":"I think that by the time you get to the campus interview stage, one's ability to interact with your potential colleagues is an extremely important factor in the final deliberation. That, together with how you are able to communicate with a broad audience, and field questions about your work, are the main reason why we even have in-person campus interviews, as opposed to just basing the hiring decision entirely on one's application materials.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":31196.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"rnxy8f","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.99,"history":"How much does personality\/geniality\/general likability count in interviews? Is it like a normal job interview where that's kind of a big deal once you reach the interview stage (I had a mentor who said it absolutely was because they didn't want to have to work with someone for 10+ years who wasn't easy to get along with), or are faculty generally keeping it in mind but more focused on someone's CV\/ability to obtain funding\/etc?","c_root_id_A":"hpwzghg","c_root_id_B":"hpxqose","created_at_utc_A":1640440108,"created_at_utc_B":1640455325,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I read geniality as genitalia\ud83d\udc80","human_ref_B":"I think that by the time you get to the campus interview stage, one's ability to interact with your potential colleagues is an extremely important factor in the final deliberation. That, together with how you are able to communicate with a broad audience, and field questions about your work, are the main reason why we even have in-person campus interviews, as opposed to just basing the hiring decision entirely on one's application materials.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":15217.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"fg3twd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.78,"history":"Im confused as to why a primary source (direct quote) doesnt have the same weight (or isnt considered) as an academic source Hello everyone, Basically, i am writing a college essay about the power of speech and how people have used it over time to either influence or spread a message. As an example i used chilean folk musician Victor Jara. For those who dont know victor jara was among other things (professor, activist) was a left wing chilean musician who frequently would criticize the govt with his music. I wanted to use a quote from one of his songs where he describes how many countries in latin America had to deal with dictatorships back then. Apparently i cant use the quote because although it is a DIRECT quote that he wrote, it is unfortunately not an academic source. My professor explained to me that had someone written an academic document about him or that song then it would work. Frankly, that makes absolutely no sense to me because if im talking about his ideas and what he stood for, wouldnt a direct quote from his work be immensely helpful in showing his message and why he remains relevant today? But yeah, thanks in advance","c_root_id_A":"fk29n17","c_root_id_B":"fk298v5","created_at_utc_A":1583796135,"created_at_utc_B":1583795888,"score_A":14,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"It sounds like what you're using the quote to do (prove the number of dictatorships) is something you don't need a primary source to do, and that is better done either by or supported by a secondary source, if that quote is integral to your argument. So it might be that that is what your professor is pointing out.   But other than that, as long as you are distinguishing your analysis of the musician from references to scholarly work (and as long as you are using other scholarly work), I can't see that being a problem.","human_ref_B":"are you Chilean? because I doubt they would've said that here lol many academic documents about him and his songs have been written. I think maybe they told you that because, regardless of Jara's importance, his word alone is not an authority in that matter. It could be used as an example of awareness of the situation of other countries, but with a more \"believable\" source.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":247.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"fg3twd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.78,"history":"Im confused as to why a primary source (direct quote) doesnt have the same weight (or isnt considered) as an academic source Hello everyone, Basically, i am writing a college essay about the power of speech and how people have used it over time to either influence or spread a message. As an example i used chilean folk musician Victor Jara. For those who dont know victor jara was among other things (professor, activist) was a left wing chilean musician who frequently would criticize the govt with his music. I wanted to use a quote from one of his songs where he describes how many countries in latin America had to deal with dictatorships back then. Apparently i cant use the quote because although it is a DIRECT quote that he wrote, it is unfortunately not an academic source. My professor explained to me that had someone written an academic document about him or that song then it would work. Frankly, that makes absolutely no sense to me because if im talking about his ideas and what he stood for, wouldnt a direct quote from his work be immensely helpful in showing his message and why he remains relevant today? But yeah, thanks in advance","c_root_id_A":"fk2k6yy","c_root_id_B":"fk298v5","created_at_utc_A":1583802842,"created_at_utc_B":1583795888,"score_A":12,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Correct me if I\u2019m misreading, but it sounds like you want to use his quote to show that his ideas were influential, in which case you must cite some other source that supports the statement that his ideas were influential.","human_ref_B":"are you Chilean? because I doubt they would've said that here lol many academic documents about him and his songs have been written. I think maybe they told you that because, regardless of Jara's importance, his word alone is not an authority in that matter. It could be used as an example of awareness of the situation of other countries, but with a more \"believable\" source.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6954.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"ywond5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Reference manager Hi!     I've used Mendeley Desktop for many years but our division is now switching to EndNote as Mendeley Desktop won't be supported anymore (in addition to now not being able to transfer the library anymore). I'm now using both Mendeley Desktop and EndNote in parallell while moving my library from Mendeley to EndNote.    However, EndNote feels clunky and lacks all the nice features of Mendeley such as having a list where you can review all your annotations for a document and immediately jump to a highlighted part of the document, changing colors of the highlights and searching within a document (highlighting the searched prompt and jumping to the page of the searched prompt when searching for it within the document). I miss these features and thus keep going back to my Mendeley software (although I know I should find an alternative as it is discontinued).      We never considered Zotero as you could not read PDF:s within the software, however, I saw that Zotero's latest version looks similar to Mendeley Desktop and that you are able to read PDFs within the software now. Does anyone have experience with it (and previous experience with Mendeley Desktop)?","c_root_id_A":"iwmhfb2","c_root_id_B":"iwm6ghk","created_at_utc_A":1668625405,"created_at_utc_B":1668621058,"score_A":7,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Yup, zotero is awesome. It's also open-sourced and developed by and independent non-profit. Reliably= 1000%   Whereas Mendeley, well....","human_ref_B":"I made this switch and it's been very smooth. They have recently incorporated more note taking ability. It's no frills but it works pretty well with few bugs in mainstream use","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4347.0,"score_ratio":1.75}
{"post_id":"ywond5","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Reference manager Hi!     I've used Mendeley Desktop for many years but our division is now switching to EndNote as Mendeley Desktop won't be supported anymore (in addition to now not being able to transfer the library anymore). I'm now using both Mendeley Desktop and EndNote in parallell while moving my library from Mendeley to EndNote.    However, EndNote feels clunky and lacks all the nice features of Mendeley such as having a list where you can review all your annotations for a document and immediately jump to a highlighted part of the document, changing colors of the highlights and searching within a document (highlighting the searched prompt and jumping to the page of the searched prompt when searching for it within the document). I miss these features and thus keep going back to my Mendeley software (although I know I should find an alternative as it is discontinued).      We never considered Zotero as you could not read PDF:s within the software, however, I saw that Zotero's latest version looks similar to Mendeley Desktop and that you are able to read PDFs within the software now. Does anyone have experience with it (and previous experience with Mendeley Desktop)?","c_root_id_A":"iwmfy7s","c_root_id_B":"iwmhfb2","created_at_utc_A":1668624821,"created_at_utc_B":1668625405,"score_A":3,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I used to use Mendeley, then was forced to use endnote for work, now i use Zotero by choice. I like it a lot!!","human_ref_B":"Yup, zotero is awesome. It's also open-sourced and developed by and independent non-profit. Reliably= 1000%   Whereas Mendeley, well....","labels":0,"seconds_difference":584.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"el3rje","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Switching from industry to tenure-track positions - does it happen, and how was it for you? I'm interested in whether it is possible to switch back from a research scientist position with a reputable company in industry, to being in academia again without needing to do multiple post docs.   If anyone has done this transition - what were the biggest obstacles? Did you publish while in industry? For reference, I'm in computer science, in case that changes the answers.","c_root_id_A":"fdfgzzz","c_root_id_B":"fdficcc","created_at_utc_A":1578361481,"created_at_utc_B":1578362382,"score_A":20,"score_B":31,"human_ref_A":"I only know of one person who did it successfully and they were a well established investigator with a significant publication record in big pharma. I think it worked for him because it was prestigious for him to join the school, he has a long publication record, he was skilled in an area that they needed someone (hts) and it was a very applied field, pharmaceutical research.","human_ref_B":"I think for CS you might find it a bit easier right now.  A TT position is likely to pay much, much less than industry for CS, so there is some good demand for talented CS folks especially at lower-tier universities. If your research area is related to cyber security, machine learning, or cyber physical systems and you write a nice application I think you have a good chance to get some interviews. From there it would be a matter of showing how your industry experience is related to the research you want to do.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":901.0,"score_ratio":1.55}
{"post_id":"el3rje","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Switching from industry to tenure-track positions - does it happen, and how was it for you? I'm interested in whether it is possible to switch back from a research scientist position with a reputable company in industry, to being in academia again without needing to do multiple post docs.   If anyone has done this transition - what were the biggest obstacles? Did you publish while in industry? For reference, I'm in computer science, in case that changes the answers.","c_root_id_A":"fdfgwyv","c_root_id_B":"fdficcc","created_at_utc_A":1578361425,"created_at_utc_B":1578362382,"score_A":9,"score_B":31,"human_ref_A":"I don\u2019t really know the answer to your question specifically, as there are many variables that are important to consider, but TT jobs can be hard to come by. A lot of schools want a track record of publications, but teaching colleges are less strict on this, as they emphasize on the teaching aspect more than research. I would recommend looking at professors CVs online and see if some profs have worked in industry prior to uni.  However, I am curious why you are considering going back to academia; i have been considering switching the opposite way, but am concerned about the adjustment and being in a situation similar to yours of wanting to come back and how that may play out.   I am sure your experience would be a valuable asset to students. Best of luck :)","human_ref_B":"I think for CS you might find it a bit easier right now.  A TT position is likely to pay much, much less than industry for CS, so there is some good demand for talented CS folks especially at lower-tier universities. If your research area is related to cyber security, machine learning, or cyber physical systems and you write a nice application I think you have a good chance to get some interviews. From there it would be a matter of showing how your industry experience is related to the research you want to do.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":957.0,"score_ratio":3.4444444444}
{"post_id":"el3rje","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Switching from industry to tenure-track positions - does it happen, and how was it for you? I'm interested in whether it is possible to switch back from a research scientist position with a reputable company in industry, to being in academia again without needing to do multiple post docs.   If anyone has done this transition - what were the biggest obstacles? Did you publish while in industry? For reference, I'm in computer science, in case that changes the answers.","c_root_id_A":"fdfgwyv","c_root_id_B":"fdfgzzz","created_at_utc_A":1578361425,"created_at_utc_B":1578361481,"score_A":9,"score_B":20,"human_ref_A":"I don\u2019t really know the answer to your question specifically, as there are many variables that are important to consider, but TT jobs can be hard to come by. A lot of schools want a track record of publications, but teaching colleges are less strict on this, as they emphasize on the teaching aspect more than research. I would recommend looking at professors CVs online and see if some profs have worked in industry prior to uni.  However, I am curious why you are considering going back to academia; i have been considering switching the opposite way, but am concerned about the adjustment and being in a situation similar to yours of wanting to come back and how that may play out.   I am sure your experience would be a valuable asset to students. Best of luck :)","human_ref_B":"I only know of one person who did it successfully and they were a well established investigator with a significant publication record in big pharma. I think it worked for him because it was prestigious for him to join the school, he has a long publication record, he was skilled in an area that they needed someone (hts) and it was a very applied field, pharmaceutical research.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":56.0,"score_ratio":2.2222222222}
{"post_id":"1z964b","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.88,"history":"Interview with S. Brenner: \"Today the Americans have developed a new culture in science based on the slavery of graduate students.\" http:\/\/kingsreview.co.uk\/magazine\/blog\/2014\/02\/24\/how-academia-and-publishing-are-destroying-scientific-innovation-a-conversation-with-sydney-brenner\/","c_root_id_A":"cfrtpzq","c_root_id_B":"cfrn5nx","created_at_utc_A":1393696878,"created_at_utc_B":1393668156,"score_A":13,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Yes, my life is so hard as a graduate student getting access to funding, resources, and expertise in exchange for working in a field that is more important to my advisor than myself (even though I chose to work with them due to congruent interests).  If and when I've had flashes of insight I never felt constrained to speak to my advisor about my idea's viability. My thesis and dissertation were all 100% original ideas, and areas I was genuinely interested in. But there's a reason graduate students don't have free reign and that's because they lack experience and full training. A lot of my ideas, in retrospect, were not feasible, elementary, or already investigated.","human_ref_B":"So perhaps the Americans started it but can confirm that it doesn't seem only the Americas practice it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":28722.0,"score_ratio":2.6}
{"post_id":"k8eonn","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Interested in quantum physics, fields and mechanics, is there a field of engineering that combines this? It said on the undergrad thread that we should comment our questions there if they don\u2019t deserve a thread, if this doesn\u2019t qualify for a thread I\u2019ll just post it there.    I was going to go into aerospace, as I have a huge fascination with space and all the physics behind what lies with it. After researching a bit I found that it barely covers any of the truly interesting subjects about space and that it\u2019s mostly related to mechanical engineering, which I also really like. My question is if there is something that can join all this and at least allow me to properly learn things like light, waves and quantum fields. Thank you for any help, I need to apply to a university really soon and it is quite a rough time, any help would be appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"gexmhgr","c_root_id_B":"gey07n1","created_at_utc_A":1607341572,"created_at_utc_B":1607351888,"score_A":3,"score_B":19,"human_ref_A":"What do you mean it doesn\u2019t cover space subjects ? Does the university offer orbital mechanics \/ space flight stuff ?   If you want quantum physics and quantum field stuff you should combine a aerospace bachelor with a master\u2019s degree in physics + aerospace engineering master or try to get into a physics only master\u2019s program. They don\u2019t offer that hardcore physics stuff in regular engineering programs.   In my country you cannot go from aerospace undergrad to a physics grad school, you need the physics undergrad degree.  I am a mechanical engineering undergrad and I am going to do a bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s in physics and mathematics after I get my mechanical engineering undergrad degree. I am yearning for deep physics subjects and engineering only covers the mechanics stuff to build the world what we have today.   The abstract hardcore stuff is found in a physics degree, especially at master\u2019s level.","human_ref_B":"I feel like you've got a lot of buzzwords maybe going on here that don't necessarily add up to a cohesive thing. Just to lay things out:  You'll do lots of **quantum mechanics** if you do anything related to material science, solid-state physics, solid-state\/semiconductor devices, electrical engineering (if you focus on said soild-state devices), condensed matter physics, particle physics, nuclear physics, cosmology, quantum computing or \"atomic, molecular and optics\" (so-called AMO) physics, engineering physics and \"applied\" physics (which is a degree some schools offer). That's not an exhaustive list, but gives you a sense.  By \"fields\" I assume you mean electrodynamics and not quantum field theory. You'll do lots of **electrodynamics** in electrical engineering (esp. radio or microwave engineering), solid-state physics, solid-state\/semiconductor devices, optics and quantum optics. Again, not exhaustive but hopefully helpful.  If by \"mechanics\" you mean rigid-body mechanics, stress\/strain, etc. You'll do this in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering and mechatronics.  At this point it is worth pointing out that there is at least one field that combines **all three** of these so far in a single device and that would be the sub-field of solid-state devices called MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) or NanoElectroMechanical Systems (NEMS).  Finally you mention **space**. If that means you want to work for Space X or NASA in the future well there are a lot of roads to that. Satellites need electronics and control systems, aerodynamics, etc. So really any form of engineering could lead to space physics, not just aerospace engineering but also electrical, mechanical, mechatronic, control, system, etc. In fact the only field of engineering I have trouble seeing NOT being potentially to work in that field in the right situation is maybe civil engineering (until we start building roads on the moon :)). There is also of course astronomy and astrophysics which may also include heavy amounts of electrodyanmics or quantum physics (in nuclear astrophysics for example).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10316.0,"score_ratio":6.3333333333}
{"post_id":"k8eonn","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Interested in quantum physics, fields and mechanics, is there a field of engineering that combines this? It said on the undergrad thread that we should comment our questions there if they don\u2019t deserve a thread, if this doesn\u2019t qualify for a thread I\u2019ll just post it there.    I was going to go into aerospace, as I have a huge fascination with space and all the physics behind what lies with it. After researching a bit I found that it barely covers any of the truly interesting subjects about space and that it\u2019s mostly related to mechanical engineering, which I also really like. My question is if there is something that can join all this and at least allow me to properly learn things like light, waves and quantum fields. Thank you for any help, I need to apply to a university really soon and it is quite a rough time, any help would be appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"gey07n1","c_root_id_B":"gexsj4x","created_at_utc_A":1607351888,"created_at_utc_B":1607346849,"score_A":19,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I feel like you've got a lot of buzzwords maybe going on here that don't necessarily add up to a cohesive thing. Just to lay things out:  You'll do lots of **quantum mechanics** if you do anything related to material science, solid-state physics, solid-state\/semiconductor devices, electrical engineering (if you focus on said soild-state devices), condensed matter physics, particle physics, nuclear physics, cosmology, quantum computing or \"atomic, molecular and optics\" (so-called AMO) physics, engineering physics and \"applied\" physics (which is a degree some schools offer). That's not an exhaustive list, but gives you a sense.  By \"fields\" I assume you mean electrodynamics and not quantum field theory. You'll do lots of **electrodynamics** in electrical engineering (esp. radio or microwave engineering), solid-state physics, solid-state\/semiconductor devices, optics and quantum optics. Again, not exhaustive but hopefully helpful.  If by \"mechanics\" you mean rigid-body mechanics, stress\/strain, etc. You'll do this in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering and mechatronics.  At this point it is worth pointing out that there is at least one field that combines **all three** of these so far in a single device and that would be the sub-field of solid-state devices called MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) or NanoElectroMechanical Systems (NEMS).  Finally you mention **space**. If that means you want to work for Space X or NASA in the future well there are a lot of roads to that. Satellites need electronics and control systems, aerodynamics, etc. So really any form of engineering could lead to space physics, not just aerospace engineering but also electrical, mechanical, mechatronic, control, system, etc. In fact the only field of engineering I have trouble seeing NOT being potentially to work in that field in the right situation is maybe civil engineering (until we start building roads on the moon :)). There is also of course astronomy and astrophysics which may also include heavy amounts of electrodyanmics or quantum physics (in nuclear astrophysics for example).","human_ref_B":"Engineering physics.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5039.0,"score_ratio":9.5}
{"post_id":"k8eonn","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"Interested in quantum physics, fields and mechanics, is there a field of engineering that combines this? It said on the undergrad thread that we should comment our questions there if they don\u2019t deserve a thread, if this doesn\u2019t qualify for a thread I\u2019ll just post it there.    I was going to go into aerospace, as I have a huge fascination with space and all the physics behind what lies with it. After researching a bit I found that it barely covers any of the truly interesting subjects about space and that it\u2019s mostly related to mechanical engineering, which I also really like. My question is if there is something that can join all this and at least allow me to properly learn things like light, waves and quantum fields. Thank you for any help, I need to apply to a university really soon and it is quite a rough time, any help would be appreciated.","c_root_id_A":"gexsj4x","c_root_id_B":"geztg3y","created_at_utc_A":1607346849,"created_at_utc_B":1607381995,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Engineering physics.","human_ref_B":"The other answers here are helpful, but I just want to reiterate that you're citing a lot of buzzwords for your career aspirations. Buzzwords are too broad and vague to make informed career choices - each of these words is subdivided and subdivided into a variety of subdisciplines, none of which you may end up find exciting or some of which end up consisting mostly of gruntwork because all the problems were solved long ago.  Instead of citing these broad terms, pick a specific *product* you'd like to see built or you'd like to contribute in these areas. Cold email \/ cold call people who are directly connected to building said product right now and set up an informational interview (a meeting where you learn about how they got to their careers and what their work is like). Solicit their advice. Apply it to your career decisions.   If you do it this way, you will have acquired work connections, advance knowledge of your job prospects post-graduation, intel on what the real problems are in your field minus the marketing, and focus during your degree on how you can add value. That gives you a leg up in every way *and* guarantees you're working towards something you'll actually enjoy at the end of it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":35146.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"gs60im","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Do you think the academic job market will ever improve? I find that right now the system feels very tough. It seems like there are fewer and fewer permanent positions and a sharp increase in short-term\/non-permanent contracts, coupled with an ever increasing flood of new graduates every year and tougher competition for positions and funding. I get that academia is inherently competitive, but am I mistaken that it's getting a bit out of control (particularly the exploitation aspect of universities and publishers and increasing demand for quantity over quality of publications) and that already very limited job security is taking a sharp downward plunge? Do you feel this too and do you feel it may improve in the future? (Personally, my degrees are in the STEM field but I think this more or less is interdisciplinary after hearing similar complaints from friends in humanities)","c_root_id_A":"fs3e26i","c_root_id_B":"fs3g13w","created_at_utc_A":1590677436,"created_at_utc_B":1590678412,"score_A":26,"score_B":38,"human_ref_A":"Every time I see the word \u201cvisiting,\u201d I want to cry.","human_ref_B":"Develop transferable skills while you are in grad school and gtfo asap. The competition for the handful of permanent positions that are available is insane. I don't think it's worth spending your years chasing unicorns.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":976.0,"score_ratio":1.4615384615}
{"post_id":"gs60im","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Do you think the academic job market will ever improve? I find that right now the system feels very tough. It seems like there are fewer and fewer permanent positions and a sharp increase in short-term\/non-permanent contracts, coupled with an ever increasing flood of new graduates every year and tougher competition for positions and funding. I get that academia is inherently competitive, but am I mistaken that it's getting a bit out of control (particularly the exploitation aspect of universities and publishers and increasing demand for quantity over quality of publications) and that already very limited job security is taking a sharp downward plunge? Do you feel this too and do you feel it may improve in the future? (Personally, my degrees are in the STEM field but I think this more or less is interdisciplinary after hearing similar complaints from friends in humanities)","c_root_id_A":"fs3em3g","c_root_id_B":"fs3g13w","created_at_utc_A":1590677705,"created_at_utc_B":1590678412,"score_A":14,"score_B":38,"human_ref_A":"Obviously, I don't really know, but I think we will see the market bouncing back after this shock within the next few years, though it is also highly likely that it will not reach pre-COVID levels, which were already quite bleak.","human_ref_B":"Develop transferable skills while you are in grad school and gtfo asap. The competition for the handful of permanent positions that are available is insane. I don't think it's worth spending your years chasing unicorns.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":707.0,"score_ratio":2.7142857143}
{"post_id":"gs60im","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Do you think the academic job market will ever improve? I find that right now the system feels very tough. It seems like there are fewer and fewer permanent positions and a sharp increase in short-term\/non-permanent contracts, coupled with an ever increasing flood of new graduates every year and tougher competition for positions and funding. I get that academia is inherently competitive, but am I mistaken that it's getting a bit out of control (particularly the exploitation aspect of universities and publishers and increasing demand for quantity over quality of publications) and that already very limited job security is taking a sharp downward plunge? Do you feel this too and do you feel it may improve in the future? (Personally, my degrees are in the STEM field but I think this more or less is interdisciplinary after hearing similar complaints from friends in humanities)","c_root_id_A":"fs502m4","c_root_id_B":"fs3em3g","created_at_utc_A":1590705180,"created_at_utc_B":1590677705,"score_A":16,"score_B":14,"human_ref_A":"Unless we transition to a different economic system, this will only get worse in the long run. Neoliberalism relies on false scarcity to drive hyper competitive environments and exploitable workers. Academia is part of this.","human_ref_B":"Obviously, I don't really know, but I think we will see the market bouncing back after this shock within the next few years, though it is also highly likely that it will not reach pre-COVID levels, which were already quite bleak.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":27475.0,"score_ratio":1.1428571429}
{"post_id":"gs60im","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.94,"history":"Do you think the academic job market will ever improve? I find that right now the system feels very tough. It seems like there are fewer and fewer permanent positions and a sharp increase in short-term\/non-permanent contracts, coupled with an ever increasing flood of new graduates every year and tougher competition for positions and funding. I get that academia is inherently competitive, but am I mistaken that it's getting a bit out of control (particularly the exploitation aspect of universities and publishers and increasing demand for quantity over quality of publications) and that already very limited job security is taking a sharp downward plunge? Do you feel this too and do you feel it may improve in the future? (Personally, my degrees are in the STEM field but I think this more or less is interdisciplinary after hearing similar complaints from friends in humanities)","c_root_id_A":"fs502m4","c_root_id_B":"fs3j2e9","created_at_utc_A":1590705180,"created_at_utc_B":1590679875,"score_A":16,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Unless we transition to a different economic system, this will only get worse in the long run. Neoliberalism relies on false scarcity to drive hyper competitive environments and exploitable workers. Academia is part of this.","human_ref_B":"In which country?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":25305.0,"score_ratio":1.7777777778}
{"post_id":"rswq9n","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"What keyboard do you use to write? For the past few days, I've been typing away in on my laptop. Its an ROG and the key presses on the keyboard feels *pleasurable.* I went back to my lab workstation and immediately disliked the \"default dell keyboard\" that many universities have? Do you have any recommendations for a keyboard? As a PhD students I am on a budget (preferably a keyboard \\~100USD).   I hesitate to ask this question in r\/programming or r\/pcmasterrace (or any other community) because they like the mechanical keyboard, which imo is too loud (the click-clacks are annoying).","c_root_id_A":"hqp0dt9","c_root_id_B":"hqp31k1","created_at_utc_A":1640966851,"created_at_utc_B":1640967965,"score_A":2,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I have a Logitech K750 that I've been using for like a decade. Wireless and solar powered (the lights in the room are sufficient).","human_ref_B":"I use a ducky one 2 SF with silent red switches. Doesn't make enough sound to bother anyone unless you type furiously \ud83d\ude42","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1114.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"rswq9n","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"What keyboard do you use to write? For the past few days, I've been typing away in on my laptop. Its an ROG and the key presses on the keyboard feels *pleasurable.* I went back to my lab workstation and immediately disliked the \"default dell keyboard\" that many universities have? Do you have any recommendations for a keyboard? As a PhD students I am on a budget (preferably a keyboard \\~100USD).   I hesitate to ask this question in r\/programming or r\/pcmasterrace (or any other community) because they like the mechanical keyboard, which imo is too loud (the click-clacks are annoying).","c_root_id_A":"hqpo4u5","c_root_id_B":"hqp0dt9","created_at_utc_A":1640976531,"created_at_utc_B":1640966851,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Iris split ergonomic: https:\/\/keeb.io\/collections\/iris-split-ergonomic-keyboard  It would be a bit more than your stated budget, but I absolutely love mine. Very comfortable to type on due to the columnar stagger. While it is mechanical, mine is barely louder than my laptop keyboard since I use Zilent switches from ZealPC. There are a wide variety of mechanical switches out there that rage from rage-inducing, ear-splitting clicks and clacks to very quiet, slight thocks.","human_ref_B":"I have a Logitech K750 that I've been using for like a decade. Wireless and solar powered (the lights in the room are sufficient).","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9680.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"rswq9n","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"What keyboard do you use to write? For the past few days, I've been typing away in on my laptop. Its an ROG and the key presses on the keyboard feels *pleasurable.* I went back to my lab workstation and immediately disliked the \"default dell keyboard\" that many universities have? Do you have any recommendations for a keyboard? As a PhD students I am on a budget (preferably a keyboard \\~100USD).   I hesitate to ask this question in r\/programming or r\/pcmasterrace (or any other community) because they like the mechanical keyboard, which imo is too loud (the click-clacks are annoying).","c_root_id_A":"hqpo4u5","c_root_id_B":"hqp5k2d","created_at_utc_A":1640976531,"created_at_utc_B":1640968994,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Iris split ergonomic: https:\/\/keeb.io\/collections\/iris-split-ergonomic-keyboard  It would be a bit more than your stated budget, but I absolutely love mine. Very comfortable to type on due to the columnar stagger. While it is mechanical, mine is barely louder than my laptop keyboard since I use Zilent switches from ZealPC. There are a wide variety of mechanical switches out there that rage from rage-inducing, ear-splitting clicks and clacks to very quiet, slight thocks.","human_ref_B":"Mines a qwerty type master 2000 pro","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7537.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"rswq9n","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"What keyboard do you use to write? For the past few days, I've been typing away in on my laptop. Its an ROG and the key presses on the keyboard feels *pleasurable.* I went back to my lab workstation and immediately disliked the \"default dell keyboard\" that many universities have? Do you have any recommendations for a keyboard? As a PhD students I am on a budget (preferably a keyboard \\~100USD).   I hesitate to ask this question in r\/programming or r\/pcmasterrace (or any other community) because they like the mechanical keyboard, which imo is too loud (the click-clacks are annoying).","c_root_id_A":"hqpo4u5","c_root_id_B":"hqplr3q","created_at_utc_A":1640976531,"created_at_utc_B":1640975558,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Iris split ergonomic: https:\/\/keeb.io\/collections\/iris-split-ergonomic-keyboard  It would be a bit more than your stated budget, but I absolutely love mine. Very comfortable to type on due to the columnar stagger. While it is mechanical, mine is barely louder than my laptop keyboard since I use Zilent switches from ZealPC. There are a wide variety of mechanical switches out there that rage from rage-inducing, ear-splitting clicks and clacks to very quiet, slight thocks.","human_ref_B":"I like a tighter one that isn't all that different from the laptop one. That way I don't have to reprogram my brain from ukelele to chello. I currently use a Logitech K400+ wireless for this reason. (I need a wireless one to dodge the cats when I work from home.)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":973.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"rswq9n","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"What keyboard do you use to write? For the past few days, I've been typing away in on my laptop. Its an ROG and the key presses on the keyboard feels *pleasurable.* I went back to my lab workstation and immediately disliked the \"default dell keyboard\" that many universities have? Do you have any recommendations for a keyboard? As a PhD students I am on a budget (preferably a keyboard \\~100USD).   I hesitate to ask this question in r\/programming or r\/pcmasterrace (or any other community) because they like the mechanical keyboard, which imo is too loud (the click-clacks are annoying).","c_root_id_A":"hqq9ur0","c_root_id_B":"hqp0dt9","created_at_utc_A":1640985656,"created_at_utc_B":1640966851,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Microsoft Sculpt ergonomic keyboard! Highly recommend.","human_ref_B":"I have a Logitech K750 that I've been using for like a decade. Wireless and solar powered (the lights in the room are sufficient).","labels":1,"seconds_difference":18805.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"rswq9n","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"What keyboard do you use to write? For the past few days, I've been typing away in on my laptop. Its an ROG and the key presses on the keyboard feels *pleasurable.* I went back to my lab workstation and immediately disliked the \"default dell keyboard\" that many universities have? Do you have any recommendations for a keyboard? As a PhD students I am on a budget (preferably a keyboard \\~100USD).   I hesitate to ask this question in r\/programming or r\/pcmasterrace (or any other community) because they like the mechanical keyboard, which imo is too loud (the click-clacks are annoying).","c_root_id_A":"hqq9ur0","c_root_id_B":"hqp5k2d","created_at_utc_A":1640985656,"created_at_utc_B":1640968994,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Microsoft Sculpt ergonomic keyboard! Highly recommend.","human_ref_B":"Mines a qwerty type master 2000 pro","labels":1,"seconds_difference":16662.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"rswq9n","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"What keyboard do you use to write? For the past few days, I've been typing away in on my laptop. Its an ROG and the key presses on the keyboard feels *pleasurable.* I went back to my lab workstation and immediately disliked the \"default dell keyboard\" that many universities have? Do you have any recommendations for a keyboard? As a PhD students I am on a budget (preferably a keyboard \\~100USD).   I hesitate to ask this question in r\/programming or r\/pcmasterrace (or any other community) because they like the mechanical keyboard, which imo is too loud (the click-clacks are annoying).","c_root_id_A":"hqq9ur0","c_root_id_B":"hqplr3q","created_at_utc_A":1640985656,"created_at_utc_B":1640975558,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Microsoft Sculpt ergonomic keyboard! Highly recommend.","human_ref_B":"I like a tighter one that isn't all that different from the laptop one. That way I don't have to reprogram my brain from ukelele to chello. I currently use a Logitech K400+ wireless for this reason. (I need a wireless one to dodge the cats when I work from home.)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10098.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"rswq9n","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"What keyboard do you use to write? For the past few days, I've been typing away in on my laptop. Its an ROG and the key presses on the keyboard feels *pleasurable.* I went back to my lab workstation and immediately disliked the \"default dell keyboard\" that many universities have? Do you have any recommendations for a keyboard? As a PhD students I am on a budget (preferably a keyboard \\~100USD).   I hesitate to ask this question in r\/programming or r\/pcmasterrace (or any other community) because they like the mechanical keyboard, which imo is too loud (the click-clacks are annoying).","c_root_id_A":"hqptjoa","c_root_id_B":"hqq9ur0","created_at_utc_A":1640978763,"created_at_utc_B":1640985656,"score_A":2,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I have a mechanical key board from Varmillo, with MX brown switches. I love it. I have one here at my home office, and one on campus at my actual office. I will type on my laptop when I\u2019m out and about, but when I am writing something like a paper I prefer to use my mechanical keyboard and and external monitor.","human_ref_B":"Microsoft Sculpt ergonomic keyboard! Highly recommend.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6893.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"ojgsc","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Hey Academics, what is your favourite tool for compiling scholarly references?  I guess there are lots of them out there, but what is your experience on the best one to use?","c_root_id_A":"c3hrjx6","c_root_id_B":"c3hrbnm","created_at_utc_A":1326737013,"created_at_utc_B":1326735646,"score_A":15,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I use Mendeley and it's awesome.","human_ref_B":"To be honest: a big ol' .bibtex file.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1367.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"ojgsc","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Hey Academics, what is your favourite tool for compiling scholarly references?  I guess there are lots of them out there, but what is your experience on the best one to use?","c_root_id_A":"c3hrjx6","c_root_id_B":"c3hrj94","created_at_utc_A":1326737013,"created_at_utc_B":1326736906,"score_A":15,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I use Mendeley and it's awesome.","human_ref_B":"I use Papers and it's amazing, but is mac-only.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":107.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"ojgsc","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.84,"history":"Hey Academics, what is your favourite tool for compiling scholarly references?  I guess there are lots of them out there, but what is your experience on the best one to use?","c_root_id_A":"c3hrzcv","c_root_id_B":"c3hrj94","created_at_utc_A":1326739487,"created_at_utc_B":1326736906,"score_A":7,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Zotero. It's open-source, works on any OS, and has support for capturing citations straight out of webpages.","human_ref_B":"I use Papers and it's amazing, but is mac-only.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2581.0,"score_ratio":1.4}
{"post_id":"qxdxme","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"European PhDs - can supervisors\/reviewers prevent students from defending or passing the defense even if they have completed all the requirements? The reason I specify European programs is because I think that the requirements for US PhDs (not sure about other countries) are a bit more vague.   My funding runs out in just over 3 months, and I've published more than the paper minimum needed to defend. However, I'm wondering if supervisors can prevent students from defending anyway if they feel that they haven't done enough work or if they feel the student hasn't mastered a certain subject.  My supervisors have been pretty vocal about the fact that I haven't done enough work for the PhD, which I feel is unfair for a number of reasons. Also, while editing a paper of mine recently, it became crystal clear to my supervisors and me that I am missing some pretty fundamental knowledge relating to my field (it's just not an aspect that I've focused on during my work).   So can my supervisors tell the doctoral school or my thesis reviewers that I am not ready to defend? Can they tell my reviewers not to pass me because I don't have a solid-enough understanding of this field? Can reviewers decide on their own that a student hasn't done enough work even if they have published more than enough papers?  For what it's worth, I am not only planning on leaving academia afterward but also this field entirely.","c_root_id_A":"hl8z1uu","c_root_id_B":"hl99w1j","created_at_utc_A":1637326311,"created_at_utc_B":1637331810,"score_A":17,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"> European programs  I'll answer from the German perspective since you're not telling us the country.  > My supervisors have been pretty vocal about the fact that I haven't done enough work for the PhD, which I feel is unfair for a number of reasons.  It doesn't matter you think it's unfair, it's your supervisor who decides whether you did enough work or not. If you go behind their back and submit they can simply fail you and you're fucked. There is nothing worse than failing your PhD defense.   > Can they tell my reviewers not to pass me because I don't have a solid-enough understanding of this field?   No. But they can ask really mean questions during your defense and it will be plainly obvious for everyone that you do not deserve a doctorate.  > Can reviewers decide on their own that a student hasn't done enough work even if they have published more than enough papers?  Yes. Enough work is not measured by the number of papers but by the aggregated contribution to our understanding of the field in question.","human_ref_B":"Just FYI, the only time I\u2019ve seen people outright fail is when they submit without their supervisors approval. They know when you and the thesis are ready.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5499.0,"score_ratio":1.3529411765}
{"post_id":"qxdxme","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"European PhDs - can supervisors\/reviewers prevent students from defending or passing the defense even if they have completed all the requirements? The reason I specify European programs is because I think that the requirements for US PhDs (not sure about other countries) are a bit more vague.   My funding runs out in just over 3 months, and I've published more than the paper minimum needed to defend. However, I'm wondering if supervisors can prevent students from defending anyway if they feel that they haven't done enough work or if they feel the student hasn't mastered a certain subject.  My supervisors have been pretty vocal about the fact that I haven't done enough work for the PhD, which I feel is unfair for a number of reasons. Also, while editing a paper of mine recently, it became crystal clear to my supervisors and me that I am missing some pretty fundamental knowledge relating to my field (it's just not an aspect that I've focused on during my work).   So can my supervisors tell the doctoral school or my thesis reviewers that I am not ready to defend? Can they tell my reviewers not to pass me because I don't have a solid-enough understanding of this field? Can reviewers decide on their own that a student hasn't done enough work even if they have published more than enough papers?  For what it's worth, I am not only planning on leaving academia afterward but also this field entirely.","c_root_id_A":"hl8sl73","c_root_id_B":"hl99w1j","created_at_utc_A":1637322260,"created_at_utc_B":1637331810,"score_A":10,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"In my country it's basically your dissertation's reviewers who decide if you need more time.","human_ref_B":"Just FYI, the only time I\u2019ve seen people outright fail is when they submit without their supervisors approval. They know when you and the thesis are ready.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9550.0,"score_ratio":2.3}
{"post_id":"qxdxme","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"European PhDs - can supervisors\/reviewers prevent students from defending or passing the defense even if they have completed all the requirements? The reason I specify European programs is because I think that the requirements for US PhDs (not sure about other countries) are a bit more vague.   My funding runs out in just over 3 months, and I've published more than the paper minimum needed to defend. However, I'm wondering if supervisors can prevent students from defending anyway if they feel that they haven't done enough work or if they feel the student hasn't mastered a certain subject.  My supervisors have been pretty vocal about the fact that I haven't done enough work for the PhD, which I feel is unfair for a number of reasons. Also, while editing a paper of mine recently, it became crystal clear to my supervisors and me that I am missing some pretty fundamental knowledge relating to my field (it's just not an aspect that I've focused on during my work).   So can my supervisors tell the doctoral school or my thesis reviewers that I am not ready to defend? Can they tell my reviewers not to pass me because I don't have a solid-enough understanding of this field? Can reviewers decide on their own that a student hasn't done enough work even if they have published more than enough papers?  For what it's worth, I am not only planning on leaving academia afterward but also this field entirely.","c_root_id_A":"hl94mq7","c_root_id_B":"hl99w1j","created_at_utc_A":1637329277,"created_at_utc_B":1637331810,"score_A":5,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"It's maybe University-dependent, but in the UK, your supervisor's agreeement\/signature is required to submit your thesis (and the supervisor arranges the viva).  Also, your supervisor knows far better than you what it takes to pass. Listen to them. If you're not ready, you're not ready.","human_ref_B":"Just FYI, the only time I\u2019ve seen people outright fail is when they submit without their supervisors approval. They know when you and the thesis are ready.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2533.0,"score_ratio":4.6}
{"post_id":"qxdxme","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.91,"history":"European PhDs - can supervisors\/reviewers prevent students from defending or passing the defense even if they have completed all the requirements? The reason I specify European programs is because I think that the requirements for US PhDs (not sure about other countries) are a bit more vague.   My funding runs out in just over 3 months, and I've published more than the paper minimum needed to defend. However, I'm wondering if supervisors can prevent students from defending anyway if they feel that they haven't done enough work or if they feel the student hasn't mastered a certain subject.  My supervisors have been pretty vocal about the fact that I haven't done enough work for the PhD, which I feel is unfair for a number of reasons. Also, while editing a paper of mine recently, it became crystal clear to my supervisors and me that I am missing some pretty fundamental knowledge relating to my field (it's just not an aspect that I've focused on during my work).   So can my supervisors tell the doctoral school or my thesis reviewers that I am not ready to defend? Can they tell my reviewers not to pass me because I don't have a solid-enough understanding of this field? Can reviewers decide on their own that a student hasn't done enough work even if they have published more than enough papers?  For what it's worth, I am not only planning on leaving academia afterward but also this field entirely.","c_root_id_A":"hl8z1uu","c_root_id_B":"hl8sl73","created_at_utc_A":1637326311,"created_at_utc_B":1637322260,"score_A":17,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"> European programs  I'll answer from the German perspective since you're not telling us the country.  > My supervisors have been pretty vocal about the fact that I haven't done enough work for the PhD, which I feel is unfair for a number of reasons.  It doesn't matter you think it's unfair, it's your supervisor who decides whether you did enough work or not. If you go behind their back and submit they can simply fail you and you're fucked. There is nothing worse than failing your PhD defense.   > Can they tell my reviewers not to pass me because I don't have a solid-enough understanding of this field?   No. But they can ask really mean questions during your defense and it will be plainly obvious for everyone that you do not deserve a doctorate.  > Can reviewers decide on their own that a student hasn't done enough work even if they have published more than enough papers?  Yes. Enough work is not measured by the number of papers but by the aggregated contribution to our understanding of the field in question.","human_ref_B":"In my country it's basically your dissertation's reviewers who decide if you need more time.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4051.0,"score_ratio":1.7}
{"post_id":"6q5mmm","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"STEM PhD Thinking of Leaving Academia - Where do we need boots on the ground? I am a PhD candidate finishing up my degree in materials science at a top school in the US.   I came into the degree with the intention of becoming a professor\/research type, but I honestly don't think I love it enough to put up with the baggage that comes along with the academic world right now.   I am passionate about education.  I have been very active over the past few years in outreach programs to high school students and younger, and helped to start a short after school course on Green Energy Tech.   My question to you all is:  I am a STEM PhD student with reasonably good communication skills and a passion for teaching and explaining science.  Where do we need people like this?  Where can I best utilize my PhD?  Where do we need boots on the ground?","c_root_id_A":"dkura4s","c_root_id_B":"dkuuuqh","created_at_utc_A":1501267357,"created_at_utc_B":1501271205,"score_A":9,"score_B":22,"human_ref_A":"Short answer, anywhere. Specifically, have you thought about something like an outreach\/educational coordinator at a research institute or university? For example, at my PhD institute, we had several programs that would produce STEM workshops and courses for students of various levels (from K12 through graduate). Given your background and passion for teaching, it would be a natural fit of both skill sets.","human_ref_B":"I was in your exact position a few years ago (same field, even).  Now I teach engineering at a small college with minimal (though not zero) research expectations.  My observation is that jobs like mine are becoming more of a thing, but it *is* still academia, and the competition for such positions is only moderately less intense as for research professors.  If you're not already a member, definitely join the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) - they have a materials division as well as a community engagement division - and many more.  I've been to the annual meeting a few times now and have been amazed at the broad range of careers I see there.  Most are from universities, but there are some who come from industry other organizations, including museums.  ASEE is also a good source for post-doc and job announcements which may interest you (I've found the divisions are better at communicating them than the overall organization).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3848.0,"score_ratio":2.4444444444}
{"post_id":"6q5mmm","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"STEM PhD Thinking of Leaving Academia - Where do we need boots on the ground? I am a PhD candidate finishing up my degree in materials science at a top school in the US.   I came into the degree with the intention of becoming a professor\/research type, but I honestly don't think I love it enough to put up with the baggage that comes along with the academic world right now.   I am passionate about education.  I have been very active over the past few years in outreach programs to high school students and younger, and helped to start a short after school course on Green Energy Tech.   My question to you all is:  I am a STEM PhD student with reasonably good communication skills and a passion for teaching and explaining science.  Where do we need people like this?  Where can I best utilize my PhD?  Where do we need boots on the ground?","c_root_id_A":"dkvut99","c_root_id_B":"dkvcjyt","created_at_utc_A":1501334521,"created_at_utc_B":1501294262,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"There are a lot of opportunities in government, either directly or through contracting companies. Things like public outreach, advocacy to congress, research administration, or regulatory agencies. I do grant management for a federal funding agency and love my job. I'm up to date on the latest research in my field, spend my day talking to PIs from all over the country, go to meetings every year, and read grant proposals instead of writing them.  One tough part about getting these jobs is knowing they exist in the first place. I found out about mine because I live near DC and networked appropriately. Have you looked into AAAS Policy Fellowships?. I wasn't a fellow, but I have a lot of friends and colleagues who were. It's a great way to get started on this kind of career because it exposes you to a lot of opportunities you didn't even know were available.","human_ref_B":">  Where do we need people like this? Where can I best utilize my PhD? Where do we need boots on the ground?  Academia","labels":1,"seconds_difference":40259.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"nkok6w","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"Job accepted but contract not signed + got a better offer Back in January, I was offered a postdoc position. I was being considered for many other postdoc positions and fellowships, but, given the job market being as awful as it is right now, I accepted the postdoc position. They gave me 3 days to give them an answer, which also didn't help me think through all of my options. The job was in Japan, and I'm based in Europe, for context.  As I expected, I got rejections for most postdoc positions, which validate my decision of accepting the postdoc in Japan. That is, until last week. Then, last week, I received the great news that my fellowship proposal would be funded. This is a great opportunity - the department is full of experts in my field (which isn't the case in Japan), the fellowship allows me to work on my own ideas (while in Japan I would be working for someone else), and the fellowship is supposed to pave the way for a permanent position. On top of that, it is based in the UK. I already lived for a while in the UK and would love to live there permanently. On top of all of this, my father is dying of cancer and being on the other side of the world doesn't really help. More likely than not, I will probably only see him 2-3 times more before he dies - if I were based in Japan, I wouldn't probably see him again given that my family is working-class and I would spend much of my savings in moving to Japan.   I know, of course, what I'm going to do. I will accept the fellowship; it is really a no brainer. But, as much as possible, I would like to minimise the damage and salvage my relationship with the PI from Japan. Is these type of situations normal? Can I expect them to be understanding and sympathise with my position?  What would you do?","c_root_id_A":"gzdwjro","c_root_id_B":"gzdwu37","created_at_utc_A":1621947070,"created_at_utc_B":1621947225,"score_A":16,"score_B":19,"human_ref_A":"I would be honest, quick, and efficient. Explain a little, be kind and generous.    I'd also be a little careful about thinking of this as a benefit: \"the fellowship allows me to work on my own ideas (while in Japan I would be working for someone else)\". some people need guidance, some do not.","human_ref_B":"Cite change in circumstances really - Your dad's illness. I wouldn't mention the new offer though. Its not their biz","labels":0,"seconds_difference":155.0,"score_ratio":1.1875}
{"post_id":"1v46is","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Are professors subject to the \"hedonic treadmill\" professionally? The hedonic treadmill basically posits that human happiness is fairly stable; after we achieve some goal we fall back to a base level of satisfaction and then strive toward a new goal. In essence, we keep plugging along on the treadmill in order to maintain the same relative level of satisfaction with our lives.  I'm an academic. Most of my friends are academics. We have had *countless* discussions about how each of the professional milestones (earning a Ph.D., landing a TT job, tenure, promotion to associate, promotion to full, publishing a book, etc.) are only temporarily fulfilling. After each of these markers comes and goes, we are left wondering \"what's next?\" and striving toward the next rung of the ladder.  The problem-- for some at least --comes with promotion to full professor, because there are no rungs on the ladder above that. Is that dissatisfaction simply a reflection of being on the hedonic treadmill? Is it a symptom of a certain type-A personality required to make it that far professionally to be unhappy with no further goals?","c_root_id_A":"ceomm45","c_root_id_B":"ceokj4r","created_at_utc_A":1389640376,"created_at_utc_B":1389635736,"score_A":9,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I would like to address the premise of the question.  I think the issue may not be the hedonic treadmill, but that the time between the inception of an academic goal and reaching it (plus the often immense effort to get there) changes us.  When we reach our destination, we are no longer the same person who set the goal, thus it doesn't end-up satisfying us the way we originally expected.  An example of this is getting a PhD.  When you are starting grad school, the process of how to actually finish your PhD seems pretty overwhelming and difficult.  It should, at that point.  But time passes and you master the skills and gather the information needed while overcoming the inevitable obstacles.  In this process, you grow and change as a professional and a person in many ways, both because of the arduous experience and merely the passage of time and other experiences. Plus, you had probably already begun to think about the next goal as soon as the end of the PhD was in view. The subsequent goal had since begun to supplant the proximate one.  By the time you have finished defending and editing your dissertation, it wasn't nearly the overwhelming task you imagined when you first set that goal for yourself, and you were already well into thinking about and planning for your next step.  This process repeats over and over: getting an academic job, tenure, your first big grant, etc.  If it didn't take so much time and effort to do these things, if we didn't need to sacrifice along the way (as well as feel the delight of smaller milestones met, of course), I don't think we would much more \"satisfied\" with our accomplishments.  Although I also think that getting what we wish for extremely easily and quickly can lead to chronic dissatisfaction, extreme amounts of time and effort -- paradoxically -- can have the same effect.","human_ref_B":"I think the key is to develop an internal sense of motivation that does not depend on specific recognition (such as a promotion) from others. That's what keeps me going (well, that and the need to raise some of my salary-not to mention that of my graduate students-from external funding). Not everyone does this, of course, but the things I am striving to achieve I am working towards because they are personally satisfying, not because someone will pat me on the back.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4640.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"1v46is","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Are professors subject to the \"hedonic treadmill\" professionally? The hedonic treadmill basically posits that human happiness is fairly stable; after we achieve some goal we fall back to a base level of satisfaction and then strive toward a new goal. In essence, we keep plugging along on the treadmill in order to maintain the same relative level of satisfaction with our lives.  I'm an academic. Most of my friends are academics. We have had *countless* discussions about how each of the professional milestones (earning a Ph.D., landing a TT job, tenure, promotion to associate, promotion to full, publishing a book, etc.) are only temporarily fulfilling. After each of these markers comes and goes, we are left wondering \"what's next?\" and striving toward the next rung of the ladder.  The problem-- for some at least --comes with promotion to full professor, because there are no rungs on the ladder above that. Is that dissatisfaction simply a reflection of being on the hedonic treadmill? Is it a symptom of a certain type-A personality required to make it that far professionally to be unhappy with no further goals?","c_root_id_A":"ceomm45","c_root_id_B":"ceokwzp","created_at_utc_A":1389640376,"created_at_utc_B":1389636633,"score_A":9,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I would like to address the premise of the question.  I think the issue may not be the hedonic treadmill, but that the time between the inception of an academic goal and reaching it (plus the often immense effort to get there) changes us.  When we reach our destination, we are no longer the same person who set the goal, thus it doesn't end-up satisfying us the way we originally expected.  An example of this is getting a PhD.  When you are starting grad school, the process of how to actually finish your PhD seems pretty overwhelming and difficult.  It should, at that point.  But time passes and you master the skills and gather the information needed while overcoming the inevitable obstacles.  In this process, you grow and change as a professional and a person in many ways, both because of the arduous experience and merely the passage of time and other experiences. Plus, you had probably already begun to think about the next goal as soon as the end of the PhD was in view. The subsequent goal had since begun to supplant the proximate one.  By the time you have finished defending and editing your dissertation, it wasn't nearly the overwhelming task you imagined when you first set that goal for yourself, and you were already well into thinking about and planning for your next step.  This process repeats over and over: getting an academic job, tenure, your first big grant, etc.  If it didn't take so much time and effort to do these things, if we didn't need to sacrifice along the way (as well as feel the delight of smaller milestones met, of course), I don't think we would much more \"satisfied\" with our accomplishments.  Although I also think that getting what we wish for extremely easily and quickly can lead to chronic dissatisfaction, extreme amounts of time and effort -- paradoxically -- can have the same effect.","human_ref_B":"This is something that's been on my mind, as well.  Most recently, I've been thinking that one of the primary purposes of grad school is to either inculcate or select for a focus off the hedonic treadmill and towards a viewpoint far more achievement-oriented.  This really culminates in the anticlimax of the dissertation defense:  at least for everyone I know, there was no real celebration or ritual making the defense meaningful as a success in itself.  Instead, the final questions are all about how to turn it into a book and how it could be leveraged into a job.  Almost all of my colleagues (in my department and others) felt unbelievably empty and disappointed after their defense.  I realized that what I'm about to say is a profoundly unpopular view widely, but:  I think that after promotion to full, it's really healthy for many more academics to turn to administration as a way to keep growing and moving.  I don't know that this necessarily means a shift into the dean's office, but it's the obvious way to find, if not new rungs, then at least new ladders and new projects.  For a lot of us, we're going to spend ~20 years of our lives as full professors, and having some additional structure might be healthy or desirable for that time.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3743.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"1v46is","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Are professors subject to the \"hedonic treadmill\" professionally? The hedonic treadmill basically posits that human happiness is fairly stable; after we achieve some goal we fall back to a base level of satisfaction and then strive toward a new goal. In essence, we keep plugging along on the treadmill in order to maintain the same relative level of satisfaction with our lives.  I'm an academic. Most of my friends are academics. We have had *countless* discussions about how each of the professional milestones (earning a Ph.D., landing a TT job, tenure, promotion to associate, promotion to full, publishing a book, etc.) are only temporarily fulfilling. After each of these markers comes and goes, we are left wondering \"what's next?\" and striving toward the next rung of the ladder.  The problem-- for some at least --comes with promotion to full professor, because there are no rungs on the ladder above that. Is that dissatisfaction simply a reflection of being on the hedonic treadmill? Is it a symptom of a certain type-A personality required to make it that far professionally to be unhappy with no further goals?","c_root_id_A":"ceomm45","c_root_id_B":"ceojgl5","created_at_utc_A":1389640376,"created_at_utc_B":1389633131,"score_A":9,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I would like to address the premise of the question.  I think the issue may not be the hedonic treadmill, but that the time between the inception of an academic goal and reaching it (plus the often immense effort to get there) changes us.  When we reach our destination, we are no longer the same person who set the goal, thus it doesn't end-up satisfying us the way we originally expected.  An example of this is getting a PhD.  When you are starting grad school, the process of how to actually finish your PhD seems pretty overwhelming and difficult.  It should, at that point.  But time passes and you master the skills and gather the information needed while overcoming the inevitable obstacles.  In this process, you grow and change as a professional and a person in many ways, both because of the arduous experience and merely the passage of time and other experiences. Plus, you had probably already begun to think about the next goal as soon as the end of the PhD was in view. The subsequent goal had since begun to supplant the proximate one.  By the time you have finished defending and editing your dissertation, it wasn't nearly the overwhelming task you imagined when you first set that goal for yourself, and you were already well into thinking about and planning for your next step.  This process repeats over and over: getting an academic job, tenure, your first big grant, etc.  If it didn't take so much time and effort to do these things, if we didn't need to sacrifice along the way (as well as feel the delight of smaller milestones met, of course), I don't think we would much more \"satisfied\" with our accomplishments.  Although I also think that getting what we wish for extremely easily and quickly can lead to chronic dissatisfaction, extreme amounts of time and effort -- paradoxically -- can have the same effect.","human_ref_B":"First, the idea that most professors are \"type-A personalities\" is pretty amusing.  Second, this might be a better question for \/r\/Buddhism. As long as one is getting one's satisfaction (interesting term to use in this sense) from such things, one will never break the cycle of what they call Dukkha. We desire, we achieve, we desire more. Instead of having stable happiness, we have endless suffering. Yeats has a poem about this: http:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/poem\/what-then\/  There's only one cure, as long as we're on your treadmill. But last time I checked, every treadmill has an \"off\" switch...  ;)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7245.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"1v46is","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Are professors subject to the \"hedonic treadmill\" professionally? The hedonic treadmill basically posits that human happiness is fairly stable; after we achieve some goal we fall back to a base level of satisfaction and then strive toward a new goal. In essence, we keep plugging along on the treadmill in order to maintain the same relative level of satisfaction with our lives.  I'm an academic. Most of my friends are academics. We have had *countless* discussions about how each of the professional milestones (earning a Ph.D., landing a TT job, tenure, promotion to associate, promotion to full, publishing a book, etc.) are only temporarily fulfilling. After each of these markers comes and goes, we are left wondering \"what's next?\" and striving toward the next rung of the ladder.  The problem-- for some at least --comes with promotion to full professor, because there are no rungs on the ladder above that. Is that dissatisfaction simply a reflection of being on the hedonic treadmill? Is it a symptom of a certain type-A personality required to make it that far professionally to be unhappy with no further goals?","c_root_id_A":"ceokj4r","c_root_id_B":"ceojgl5","created_at_utc_A":1389635736,"created_at_utc_B":1389633131,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I think the key is to develop an internal sense of motivation that does not depend on specific recognition (such as a promotion) from others. That's what keeps me going (well, that and the need to raise some of my salary-not to mention that of my graduate students-from external funding). Not everyone does this, of course, but the things I am striving to achieve I am working towards because they are personally satisfying, not because someone will pat me on the back.","human_ref_B":"First, the idea that most professors are \"type-A personalities\" is pretty amusing.  Second, this might be a better question for \/r\/Buddhism. As long as one is getting one's satisfaction (interesting term to use in this sense) from such things, one will never break the cycle of what they call Dukkha. We desire, we achieve, we desire more. Instead of having stable happiness, we have endless suffering. Yeats has a poem about this: http:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/poem\/what-then\/  There's only one cure, as long as we're on your treadmill. But last time I checked, every treadmill has an \"off\" switch...  ;)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2605.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"1v46is","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Are professors subject to the \"hedonic treadmill\" professionally? The hedonic treadmill basically posits that human happiness is fairly stable; after we achieve some goal we fall back to a base level of satisfaction and then strive toward a new goal. In essence, we keep plugging along on the treadmill in order to maintain the same relative level of satisfaction with our lives.  I'm an academic. Most of my friends are academics. We have had *countless* discussions about how each of the professional milestones (earning a Ph.D., landing a TT job, tenure, promotion to associate, promotion to full, publishing a book, etc.) are only temporarily fulfilling. After each of these markers comes and goes, we are left wondering \"what's next?\" and striving toward the next rung of the ladder.  The problem-- for some at least --comes with promotion to full professor, because there are no rungs on the ladder above that. Is that dissatisfaction simply a reflection of being on the hedonic treadmill? Is it a symptom of a certain type-A personality required to make it that far professionally to be unhappy with no further goals?","c_root_id_A":"ceokwzp","c_root_id_B":"ceojgl5","created_at_utc_A":1389636633,"created_at_utc_B":1389633131,"score_A":5,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"This is something that's been on my mind, as well.  Most recently, I've been thinking that one of the primary purposes of grad school is to either inculcate or select for a focus off the hedonic treadmill and towards a viewpoint far more achievement-oriented.  This really culminates in the anticlimax of the dissertation defense:  at least for everyone I know, there was no real celebration or ritual making the defense meaningful as a success in itself.  Instead, the final questions are all about how to turn it into a book and how it could be leveraged into a job.  Almost all of my colleagues (in my department and others) felt unbelievably empty and disappointed after their defense.  I realized that what I'm about to say is a profoundly unpopular view widely, but:  I think that after promotion to full, it's really healthy for many more academics to turn to administration as a way to keep growing and moving.  I don't know that this necessarily means a shift into the dean's office, but it's the obvious way to find, if not new rungs, then at least new ladders and new projects.  For a lot of us, we're going to spend ~20 years of our lives as full professors, and having some additional structure might be healthy or desirable for that time.","human_ref_B":"First, the idea that most professors are \"type-A personalities\" is pretty amusing.  Second, this might be a better question for \/r\/Buddhism. As long as one is getting one's satisfaction (interesting term to use in this sense) from such things, one will never break the cycle of what they call Dukkha. We desire, we achieve, we desire more. Instead of having stable happiness, we have endless suffering. Yeats has a poem about this: http:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/poem\/what-then\/  There's only one cure, as long as we're on your treadmill. But last time I checked, every treadmill has an \"off\" switch...  ;)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3502.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"1v46is","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Are professors subject to the \"hedonic treadmill\" professionally? The hedonic treadmill basically posits that human happiness is fairly stable; after we achieve some goal we fall back to a base level of satisfaction and then strive toward a new goal. In essence, we keep plugging along on the treadmill in order to maintain the same relative level of satisfaction with our lives.  I'm an academic. Most of my friends are academics. We have had *countless* discussions about how each of the professional milestones (earning a Ph.D., landing a TT job, tenure, promotion to associate, promotion to full, publishing a book, etc.) are only temporarily fulfilling. After each of these markers comes and goes, we are left wondering \"what's next?\" and striving toward the next rung of the ladder.  The problem-- for some at least --comes with promotion to full professor, because there are no rungs on the ladder above that. Is that dissatisfaction simply a reflection of being on the hedonic treadmill? Is it a symptom of a certain type-A personality required to make it that far professionally to be unhappy with no further goals?","c_root_id_A":"ceojgl5","c_root_id_B":"ceovkpa","created_at_utc_A":1389633131,"created_at_utc_B":1389659955,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"First, the idea that most professors are \"type-A personalities\" is pretty amusing.  Second, this might be a better question for \/r\/Buddhism. As long as one is getting one's satisfaction (interesting term to use in this sense) from such things, one will never break the cycle of what they call Dukkha. We desire, we achieve, we desire more. Instead of having stable happiness, we have endless suffering. Yeats has a poem about this: http:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/poem\/what-then\/  There's only one cure, as long as we're on your treadmill. But last time I checked, every treadmill has an \"off\" switch...  ;)","human_ref_B":"I have noticed a shift in focus somewhat with the more senior members of my department. They have reached distinguished professor, which is as high as my university goes, and are very proud of it. I've noticed they are focusing more on creating popular history now, things that will market well. They are collaborating more with each other. They are consulting a lot more with museums and organizations.  I feel like now that they feel appreciated by the university, they are looking for validation outside of it by reaching out into the rest of the world for recognition.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":26824.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"1v46is","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Are professors subject to the \"hedonic treadmill\" professionally? The hedonic treadmill basically posits that human happiness is fairly stable; after we achieve some goal we fall back to a base level of satisfaction and then strive toward a new goal. In essence, we keep plugging along on the treadmill in order to maintain the same relative level of satisfaction with our lives.  I'm an academic. Most of my friends are academics. We have had *countless* discussions about how each of the professional milestones (earning a Ph.D., landing a TT job, tenure, promotion to associate, promotion to full, publishing a book, etc.) are only temporarily fulfilling. After each of these markers comes and goes, we are left wondering \"what's next?\" and striving toward the next rung of the ladder.  The problem-- for some at least --comes with promotion to full professor, because there are no rungs on the ladder above that. Is that dissatisfaction simply a reflection of being on the hedonic treadmill? Is it a symptom of a certain type-A personality required to make it that far professionally to be unhappy with no further goals?","c_root_id_A":"ceovkpa","c_root_id_B":"ceoves2","created_at_utc_A":1389659955,"created_at_utc_B":1389659571,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I have noticed a shift in focus somewhat with the more senior members of my department. They have reached distinguished professor, which is as high as my university goes, and are very proud of it. I've noticed they are focusing more on creating popular history now, things that will market well. They are collaborating more with each other. They are consulting a lot more with museums and organizations.  I feel like now that they feel appreciated by the university, they are looking for validation outside of it by reaching out into the rest of the world for recognition.","human_ref_B":"My opinion is we need to do away with this metaphysical and quasi-theological crap about 'fulfillment'. We need to stop being conditioned by capitalist mechanisms of gratification into believing that happiness is a lifestyle. Happiness is not - it's only ever momentary or fragmentary, a brief passing. You can be sad and despairing in moments of greatest achievement, and happy and laughing at the most immense toil. Emotions are not a metaphysical ideal to aspire to as if it's a constant state of enlightenment. Feeling happy about finishing a piece of work and then feeling normal or sad or impatient or tired or nervous or any other emotion a week after is NOT wrong. That's how our emotions work. If you feel happy absolutely all the time, or feel some 'cumulative' sense of satisfaction or fulfillment from everything you have done in life, you probably have something wrong with you, or you're over-medicated. Happiness is not something that is possessed - it is experienced, temporally.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":384.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"cdl8kd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"It is legal to hire someone to proofread your paper before sending it to a journal? Is there something I am missing here? Someone else wanted a proofreader for their paper and I volunteered to do it for a small amount. There is no illegal aspect to it, right? And I hope they won't get in trouble for it\/it won't harm their reputation?     Sorry if it is not the correct forum for these questions and thanks for all your help in advance!","c_root_id_A":"etumc0q","c_root_id_B":"etunjg6","created_at_utc_A":1563215520,"created_at_utc_B":1563216226,"score_A":7,"score_B":61,"human_ref_A":"Chiming in as an international student. For someone on a student visa, proofreading work might potentially take them over working hour limits some countries impose.  Otherwise it's fully legal. It's certainly advisable for authors to seek out proofreaders, whether as a professional service or as an exchange of favours between peers and friends.","human_ref_B":"To be clear--if your proofreading consists of offering feedback and suggestions on improving the writing quality--totally okay.  If you make substantial content or research idea suggestions, then you start looking more like a coauthor than a proofreader.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":706.0,"score_ratio":8.7142857143}
{"post_id":"cdl8kd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"It is legal to hire someone to proofread your paper before sending it to a journal? Is there something I am missing here? Someone else wanted a proofreader for their paper and I volunteered to do it for a small amount. There is no illegal aspect to it, right? And I hope they won't get in trouble for it\/it won't harm their reputation?     Sorry if it is not the correct forum for these questions and thanks for all your help in advance!","c_root_id_A":"etumc0q","c_root_id_B":"etunp9j","created_at_utc_A":1563215520,"created_at_utc_B":1563216321,"score_A":7,"score_B":8,"human_ref_A":"Chiming in as an international student. For someone on a student visa, proofreading work might potentially take them over working hour limits some countries impose.  Otherwise it's fully legal. It's certainly advisable for authors to seek out proofreaders, whether as a professional service or as an exchange of favours between peers and friends.","human_ref_B":"It's legal, unless it's generally currently illegal for you to do paid work, or more paid work than you are already doing (per conditions of student visa in some countries and some universities' and funding sources' regulations).  The only way it can harm their reputation is if you do a bad job about it (so that the paper will still have too many mistakes, or you change the meaning of something important).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":801.0,"score_ratio":1.1428571429}
{"post_id":"cdl8kd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"It is legal to hire someone to proofread your paper before sending it to a journal? Is there something I am missing here? Someone else wanted a proofreader for their paper and I volunteered to do it for a small amount. There is no illegal aspect to it, right? And I hope they won't get in trouble for it\/it won't harm their reputation?     Sorry if it is not the correct forum for these questions and thanks for all your help in advance!","c_root_id_A":"etv8u22","c_root_id_B":"eturzxa","created_at_utc_A":1563229157,"created_at_utc_B":1563218801,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"This is how I mostly make my living at the moment, proofreading, or rather, language editing papers written in English by German scholars.   Proofreading and editing is standard practice for written work in the literary world, in journalism, and beyond. On top of that, many journal publishers offer their own proofreading\/editing\/language editing services for a fee.  Occasionally in the comments I might make theoretical or methodological suggestions or just give my opinion just because I am familiar with the field. It never seemed ethically dubious to do so because as I say, I am just offering an opinion. Plus, my clients' lack of clarity (because of their poor grasp of English) might just be a contributing factor in a theoretical oversight.  Edit: So, my point is, your friend should not be worried at all.","human_ref_B":"Even Elsevier has a proofreading service.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10356.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"cdl8kd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"It is legal to hire someone to proofread your paper before sending it to a journal? Is there something I am missing here? Someone else wanted a proofreader for their paper and I volunteered to do it for a small amount. There is no illegal aspect to it, right? And I hope they won't get in trouble for it\/it won't harm their reputation?     Sorry if it is not the correct forum for these questions and thanks for all your help in advance!","c_root_id_A":"etv8u22","c_root_id_B":"etunv1x","created_at_utc_A":1563229157,"created_at_utc_B":1563216413,"score_A":5,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"This is how I mostly make my living at the moment, proofreading, or rather, language editing papers written in English by German scholars.   Proofreading and editing is standard practice for written work in the literary world, in journalism, and beyond. On top of that, many journal publishers offer their own proofreading\/editing\/language editing services for a fee.  Occasionally in the comments I might make theoretical or methodological suggestions or just give my opinion just because I am familiar with the field. It never seemed ethically dubious to do so because as I say, I am just offering an opinion. Plus, my clients' lack of clarity (because of their poor grasp of English) might just be a contributing factor in a theoretical oversight.  Edit: So, my point is, your friend should not be worried at all.","human_ref_B":"This is legal.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":12744.0,"score_ratio":1.25}
{"post_id":"cdl8kd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"It is legal to hire someone to proofread your paper before sending it to a journal? Is there something I am missing here? Someone else wanted a proofreader for their paper and I volunteered to do it for a small amount. There is no illegal aspect to it, right? And I hope they won't get in trouble for it\/it won't harm their reputation?     Sorry if it is not the correct forum for these questions and thanks for all your help in advance!","c_root_id_A":"etv8u22","c_root_id_B":"etuukl5","created_at_utc_A":1563229157,"created_at_utc_B":1563220295,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"This is how I mostly make my living at the moment, proofreading, or rather, language editing papers written in English by German scholars.   Proofreading and editing is standard practice for written work in the literary world, in journalism, and beyond. On top of that, many journal publishers offer their own proofreading\/editing\/language editing services for a fee.  Occasionally in the comments I might make theoretical or methodological suggestions or just give my opinion just because I am familiar with the field. It never seemed ethically dubious to do so because as I say, I am just offering an opinion. Plus, my clients' lack of clarity (because of their poor grasp of English) might just be a contributing factor in a theoretical oversight.  Edit: So, my point is, your friend should not be worried at all.","human_ref_B":"Having someone proof-read your papers, at least correcting the grammar and such is fine, and in some cases even encouraged, one time an academic I know was told by the journal he had submitted a paper to as part of their feedback to have a native english speaker proof-read it to remove grammatical\/spelling errors and stuff.  The thing I am not entirely clear on is how it would be paid, if the writer tries to pay someone using funds that are not supposed to be going to something like this, then that is the only thing I see being problematic.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8862.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"cdl8kd","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"It is legal to hire someone to proofread your paper before sending it to a journal? Is there something I am missing here? Someone else wanted a proofreader for their paper and I volunteered to do it for a small amount. There is no illegal aspect to it, right? And I hope they won't get in trouble for it\/it won't harm their reputation?     Sorry if it is not the correct forum for these questions and thanks for all your help in advance!","c_root_id_A":"etunv1x","c_root_id_B":"etunvyc","created_at_utc_A":1563216413,"created_at_utc_B":1563216427,"score_A":4,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"This is legal.","human_ref_B":"I've considered paying someone to convert a manuscript from APA to Chicago prior to sending it to a journal that only publishes in Chicago, because doing that makes me want to pull my own fingernails out.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":14.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nv0lii","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.79,"history":"\"Abstract accepted for research topic issue\". Is Frontiers trying to scam me? I got an email yesterday from a Frontiers journal. saying that the abstract *I submitted* for a \u201cresearch topic\u201d issue that they\u2019re having was accepted by the issue editor. And that I have until september 30th to submit the paper. **That will be subject to all the ordinary author processing charges!!!**  I absolutely do not remember ever submitting an abstract to them. The very weird thing is that the title they claim I\u2019ve sent them is the exact title of a project for which I\u2019ve won a grant. However, it hasn\u2019t started yet because we have issues with the drug regulatory agency.  Therefore, as it hasn\u2019t started, it shouldn\u2019t be known or even public! I don\u2019t especially like Frontiers but it\u2019s still a legitimate editor, not a predatory one. They shouldn\u2019t be grabbing keywords from the internet to scam you into submitting something...  I\u2019ve triple checked my email archives and I found no instances of corresponding with any of the issue editors or frontiers in general ever. What\u2019s going on? Is this legit so should I write them to clarify? Is this a scam so I should just delete the email and ignore, to avoid acknowledging them?  BTW, they clarify that the paper will be treated as a submission and therefore reviewed and it could be rejected. So it\u2019s not an invited perspective or a review\u2026.","c_root_id_A":"h10ghxu","c_root_id_B":"h10gd4s","created_at_utc_A":1623144162,"created_at_utc_B":1623144040,"score_A":30,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Scam. Ignore. You've already wasted more time on this than you should.  These places scrape grant and conference submissions for titles then speculatively invite you to pay to publish. Definition of predatory publishing. I had one a couple of months ago where they were asking me to edit a special volume based on a conference session we proposed 2 years ago (that didn't even run as there wasn't enough interest).  Simple rule - ignore invitation to publish emails.","human_ref_B":"I would first check with your (not sure on your position) so, PI\/group leader\/advisor?  Think Frontiers copies all authors in to all correspondence, so would check that first, then yes - follow up with them.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":122.0,"score_ratio":6.0}
{"post_id":"xsiby6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Any good postdoc experiences? I got the one postdoc that I thought would make it worth staying in academia for another \\~2 years.   Super cool research, not many places that do this type of work, great people, gives me the opportunity to develop my skills in an area adjacent to my PhD. I'm grateful for the offer, especially when I didn't think I had a chance when I first applied.   But man am I dragging my feet on signing the paperwork. The 'salary' is so depressing, so it's hard to formally accept and officially close the door on the idea I'll find a position that makes good money right out of my PhD.   I'd love to hear stories from people who did postdocs and had a great experience\/felt it was truly worthwhile! If a postdoc helped you get your dream job, taught you something you'd always wanted to learn, gave you the chance to lead your own projects, or opened doors you didn't know existed during your PhD, it would be a real confidence boost to hear about that right now.  FYI I'm in an epidemiology program in the US.   Thank you in advance!","c_root_id_A":"iqkuj5m","c_root_id_B":"iql052l","created_at_utc_A":1664590972,"created_at_utc_B":1664594062,"score_A":9,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"I postdoc'd for the government. Pay and benefits were good, and I got to do applied research that could conceivably actually benefit people \"in the real world\". Met a bunch of cool folks and learned some useful skills that helped get my current job.","human_ref_B":"I haven't started a postdoc, but am actually seriously considering it after a short stint in industry. Industry definitely has its perks - the vastly better pay, generally better work life balance, more diversity of options. But honestly, coming out of my PhD, it was relatively....boring. The overall premise of the company was definitely interesting, but as an individual scientist within, it very much just felt like a job. There is a certain spark about academic research that can get buried by the more realistic practicalities of an actual industry role. I miss the constant stream of new people you meet daily through seminars, etc, I miss just trying random things in lab I was curious about without having to ask a chain of command for permission, I miss the high level science convos, I miss the level of personal investment I had in my work.   I have a potential postdoc opportunity in front of me - with a dream PI - and am feeling stronger about taking it by the day. One of the motivations, to be fair, is to keep the door open for a TT position and stay in academia permanently. I know the likelihood is that I'll end up back in industry, so I do wonder what the point would be, if ultimately, I just end up back at the same place anyway.   People generally don't regret transitioning from academia to industry - lifestyle and salary-wise, it's very attractive. But, if you're like me and had a pretty good, fun PhD experience, industry can feel less stimulating at times. Big picture - industry is working on big impactful problems with lots of resources, but as an individual, sometimes you feel a bit walled in on your day-to-day work.   Just depends on what you're looking for at your stage in life. I don't necessarily strive to retire early nor really have expensive tastes in life, so I have a bit more tolerance than the average person to make the financially disastrous choice of leaving a 6 figure job for a postdoc.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3090.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"xsiby6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Any good postdoc experiences? I got the one postdoc that I thought would make it worth staying in academia for another \\~2 years.   Super cool research, not many places that do this type of work, great people, gives me the opportunity to develop my skills in an area adjacent to my PhD. I'm grateful for the offer, especially when I didn't think I had a chance when I first applied.   But man am I dragging my feet on signing the paperwork. The 'salary' is so depressing, so it's hard to formally accept and officially close the door on the idea I'll find a position that makes good money right out of my PhD.   I'd love to hear stories from people who did postdocs and had a great experience\/felt it was truly worthwhile! If a postdoc helped you get your dream job, taught you something you'd always wanted to learn, gave you the chance to lead your own projects, or opened doors you didn't know existed during your PhD, it would be a real confidence boost to hear about that right now.  FYI I'm in an epidemiology program in the US.   Thank you in advance!","c_root_id_A":"iqkzny6","c_root_id_B":"iql052l","created_at_utc_A":1664593788,"created_at_utc_B":1664594062,"score_A":6,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"I absolutely love my post doc. I just started a few months ago but the environment is great and the work is satisfying. My PIs treat me like their colleagues and are super supportive. The salary isn\u2019t great, but I\u2019m getting paid to do stuff I was just paying to do during my PhD (it\u2019s Canada, grad stipends aren\u2019t great, post docs aren\u2019t paid well).","human_ref_B":"I haven't started a postdoc, but am actually seriously considering it after a short stint in industry. Industry definitely has its perks - the vastly better pay, generally better work life balance, more diversity of options. But honestly, coming out of my PhD, it was relatively....boring. The overall premise of the company was definitely interesting, but as an individual scientist within, it very much just felt like a job. There is a certain spark about academic research that can get buried by the more realistic practicalities of an actual industry role. I miss the constant stream of new people you meet daily through seminars, etc, I miss just trying random things in lab I was curious about without having to ask a chain of command for permission, I miss the high level science convos, I miss the level of personal investment I had in my work.   I have a potential postdoc opportunity in front of me - with a dream PI - and am feeling stronger about taking it by the day. One of the motivations, to be fair, is to keep the door open for a TT position and stay in academia permanently. I know the likelihood is that I'll end up back in industry, so I do wonder what the point would be, if ultimately, I just end up back at the same place anyway.   People generally don't regret transitioning from academia to industry - lifestyle and salary-wise, it's very attractive. But, if you're like me and had a pretty good, fun PhD experience, industry can feel less stimulating at times. Big picture - industry is working on big impactful problems with lots of resources, but as an individual, sometimes you feel a bit walled in on your day-to-day work.   Just depends on what you're looking for at your stage in life. I don't necessarily strive to retire early nor really have expensive tastes in life, so I have a bit more tolerance than the average person to make the financially disastrous choice of leaving a 6 figure job for a postdoc.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":274.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"xsiby6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Any good postdoc experiences? I got the one postdoc that I thought would make it worth staying in academia for another \\~2 years.   Super cool research, not many places that do this type of work, great people, gives me the opportunity to develop my skills in an area adjacent to my PhD. I'm grateful for the offer, especially when I didn't think I had a chance when I first applied.   But man am I dragging my feet on signing the paperwork. The 'salary' is so depressing, so it's hard to formally accept and officially close the door on the idea I'll find a position that makes good money right out of my PhD.   I'd love to hear stories from people who did postdocs and had a great experience\/felt it was truly worthwhile! If a postdoc helped you get your dream job, taught you something you'd always wanted to learn, gave you the chance to lead your own projects, or opened doors you didn't know existed during your PhD, it would be a real confidence boost to hear about that right now.  FYI I'm in an epidemiology program in the US.   Thank you in advance!","c_root_id_A":"iql052l","c_root_id_B":"iqkuhb3","created_at_utc_A":1664594062,"created_at_utc_B":1664590945,"score_A":12,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I haven't started a postdoc, but am actually seriously considering it after a short stint in industry. Industry definitely has its perks - the vastly better pay, generally better work life balance, more diversity of options. But honestly, coming out of my PhD, it was relatively....boring. The overall premise of the company was definitely interesting, but as an individual scientist within, it very much just felt like a job. There is a certain spark about academic research that can get buried by the more realistic practicalities of an actual industry role. I miss the constant stream of new people you meet daily through seminars, etc, I miss just trying random things in lab I was curious about without having to ask a chain of command for permission, I miss the high level science convos, I miss the level of personal investment I had in my work.   I have a potential postdoc opportunity in front of me - with a dream PI - and am feeling stronger about taking it by the day. One of the motivations, to be fair, is to keep the door open for a TT position and stay in academia permanently. I know the likelihood is that I'll end up back in industry, so I do wonder what the point would be, if ultimately, I just end up back at the same place anyway.   People generally don't regret transitioning from academia to industry - lifestyle and salary-wise, it's very attractive. But, if you're like me and had a pretty good, fun PhD experience, industry can feel less stimulating at times. Big picture - industry is working on big impactful problems with lots of resources, but as an individual, sometimes you feel a bit walled in on your day-to-day work.   Just depends on what you're looking for at your stage in life. I don't necessarily strive to retire early nor really have expensive tastes in life, so I have a bit more tolerance than the average person to make the financially disastrous choice of leaving a 6 figure job for a postdoc.","human_ref_B":"I got an offer for 48K and asked for 54K and it was accepted. Money is not small issue and if you think your life will be miserable in the location for the salary you have offered then do not take it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3117.0,"score_ratio":2.4}
{"post_id":"xsiby6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Any good postdoc experiences? I got the one postdoc that I thought would make it worth staying in academia for another \\~2 years.   Super cool research, not many places that do this type of work, great people, gives me the opportunity to develop my skills in an area adjacent to my PhD. I'm grateful for the offer, especially when I didn't think I had a chance when I first applied.   But man am I dragging my feet on signing the paperwork. The 'salary' is so depressing, so it's hard to formally accept and officially close the door on the idea I'll find a position that makes good money right out of my PhD.   I'd love to hear stories from people who did postdocs and had a great experience\/felt it was truly worthwhile! If a postdoc helped you get your dream job, taught you something you'd always wanted to learn, gave you the chance to lead your own projects, or opened doors you didn't know existed during your PhD, it would be a real confidence boost to hear about that right now.  FYI I'm in an epidemiology program in the US.   Thank you in advance!","c_root_id_A":"iqkuhb3","c_root_id_B":"iqkuj5m","created_at_utc_A":1664590945,"created_at_utc_B":1664590972,"score_A":5,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I got an offer for 48K and asked for 54K and it was accepted. Money is not small issue and if you think your life will be miserable in the location for the salary you have offered then do not take it.","human_ref_B":"I postdoc'd for the government. Pay and benefits were good, and I got to do applied research that could conceivably actually benefit people \"in the real world\". Met a bunch of cool folks and learned some useful skills that helped get my current job.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":27.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"xsiby6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Any good postdoc experiences? I got the one postdoc that I thought would make it worth staying in academia for another \\~2 years.   Super cool research, not many places that do this type of work, great people, gives me the opportunity to develop my skills in an area adjacent to my PhD. I'm grateful for the offer, especially when I didn't think I had a chance when I first applied.   But man am I dragging my feet on signing the paperwork. The 'salary' is so depressing, so it's hard to formally accept and officially close the door on the idea I'll find a position that makes good money right out of my PhD.   I'd love to hear stories from people who did postdocs and had a great experience\/felt it was truly worthwhile! If a postdoc helped you get your dream job, taught you something you'd always wanted to learn, gave you the chance to lead your own projects, or opened doors you didn't know existed during your PhD, it would be a real confidence boost to hear about that right now.  FYI I'm in an epidemiology program in the US.   Thank you in advance!","c_root_id_A":"iqkuhb3","c_root_id_B":"iqkzny6","created_at_utc_A":1664590945,"created_at_utc_B":1664593788,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I got an offer for 48K and asked for 54K and it was accepted. Money is not small issue and if you think your life will be miserable in the location for the salary you have offered then do not take it.","human_ref_B":"I absolutely love my post doc. I just started a few months ago but the environment is great and the work is satisfying. My PIs treat me like their colleagues and are super supportive. The salary isn\u2019t great, but I\u2019m getting paid to do stuff I was just paying to do during my PhD (it\u2019s Canada, grad stipends aren\u2019t great, post docs aren\u2019t paid well).","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2843.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"xsiby6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Any good postdoc experiences? I got the one postdoc that I thought would make it worth staying in academia for another \\~2 years.   Super cool research, not many places that do this type of work, great people, gives me the opportunity to develop my skills in an area adjacent to my PhD. I'm grateful for the offer, especially when I didn't think I had a chance when I first applied.   But man am I dragging my feet on signing the paperwork. The 'salary' is so depressing, so it's hard to formally accept and officially close the door on the idea I'll find a position that makes good money right out of my PhD.   I'd love to hear stories from people who did postdocs and had a great experience\/felt it was truly worthwhile! If a postdoc helped you get your dream job, taught you something you'd always wanted to learn, gave you the chance to lead your own projects, or opened doors you didn't know existed during your PhD, it would be a real confidence boost to hear about that right now.  FYI I'm in an epidemiology program in the US.   Thank you in advance!","c_root_id_A":"iqlp2q8","c_root_id_B":"iqkuhb3","created_at_utc_A":1664612224,"created_at_utc_B":1664590945,"score_A":6,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I moved to Canada for a postdoc after my PhD in the UK. The postdoc was so much fun. It was a lot of work but I really lucked out with a fantastically supportive PI who really allows me to flourish as a scientist. I got to do cool research, lead and co author some big impact papers and had so many adventures. The pay wasn\u2019t great, but I was ok with that given the experience it was giving me. I\u2019m now an academic back in the UK and it really helped my career a lot.","human_ref_B":"I got an offer for 48K and asked for 54K and it was accepted. Money is not small issue and if you think your life will be miserable in the location for the salary you have offered then do not take it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":21279.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"xsiby6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Any good postdoc experiences? I got the one postdoc that I thought would make it worth staying in academia for another \\~2 years.   Super cool research, not many places that do this type of work, great people, gives me the opportunity to develop my skills in an area adjacent to my PhD. I'm grateful for the offer, especially when I didn't think I had a chance when I first applied.   But man am I dragging my feet on signing the paperwork. The 'salary' is so depressing, so it's hard to formally accept and officially close the door on the idea I'll find a position that makes good money right out of my PhD.   I'd love to hear stories from people who did postdocs and had a great experience\/felt it was truly worthwhile! If a postdoc helped you get your dream job, taught you something you'd always wanted to learn, gave you the chance to lead your own projects, or opened doors you didn't know existed during your PhD, it would be a real confidence boost to hear about that right now.  FYI I'm in an epidemiology program in the US.   Thank you in advance!","c_root_id_A":"iqlp2q8","c_root_id_B":"iql3p26","created_at_utc_A":1664612224,"created_at_utc_B":1664596153,"score_A":6,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I moved to Canada for a postdoc after my PhD in the UK. The postdoc was so much fun. It was a lot of work but I really lucked out with a fantastically supportive PI who really allows me to flourish as a scientist. I got to do cool research, lead and co author some big impact papers and had so many adventures. The pay wasn\u2019t great, but I was ok with that given the experience it was giving me. I\u2019m now an academic back in the UK and it really helped my career a lot.","human_ref_B":"If it makes you feel better, there are not small number of faculty positions that pay less than a post-doc, so... there's that.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":16071.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"xsiby6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Any good postdoc experiences? I got the one postdoc that I thought would make it worth staying in academia for another \\~2 years.   Super cool research, not many places that do this type of work, great people, gives me the opportunity to develop my skills in an area adjacent to my PhD. I'm grateful for the offer, especially when I didn't think I had a chance when I first applied.   But man am I dragging my feet on signing the paperwork. The 'salary' is so depressing, so it's hard to formally accept and officially close the door on the idea I'll find a position that makes good money right out of my PhD.   I'd love to hear stories from people who did postdocs and had a great experience\/felt it was truly worthwhile! If a postdoc helped you get your dream job, taught you something you'd always wanted to learn, gave you the chance to lead your own projects, or opened doors you didn't know existed during your PhD, it would be a real confidence boost to hear about that right now.  FYI I'm in an epidemiology program in the US.   Thank you in advance!","c_root_id_A":"iqlp2q8","c_root_id_B":"iql0uza","created_at_utc_A":1664612224,"created_at_utc_B":1664594472,"score_A":6,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I moved to Canada for a postdoc after my PhD in the UK. The postdoc was so much fun. It was a lot of work but I really lucked out with a fantastically supportive PI who really allows me to flourish as a scientist. I got to do cool research, lead and co author some big impact papers and had so many adventures. The pay wasn\u2019t great, but I was ok with that given the experience it was giving me. I\u2019m now an academic back in the UK and it really helped my career a lot.","human_ref_B":"I changed my from microbial ecology (PhD) to emerging infectious diseases for my postdoc. It was very good. I was in a very productive lab (paper mill) so I could contribute to a lot of papers while I learned the field. I now run a large and well funded research group. There\u2019s shit at every level of academia, but I get to spend my days asking questions that interest me. I wouldn\u2019t change it for anything. But it\u2019s damn hard and I\u2019ve been very lucky  1) ask for more money if you think you deserve it. The NIH salary guidelines are below  https:\/\/www.niaid.nih.gov\/grants-contracts\/salary-cap-stipends  I just made 3 postdoc offers. The starting salary for a brand new postdoc is level  2(~55k) +5k relocation costs.   2) my view is that a PhD introduces you to scientific thinking and academia in general. You read a lot, gain some technical skill and start to build a track record. The postdoc should give you the opportunity to hone your big picture thinking, build a toolbox so that you can answer interesting questions and publish a lot. Papers are our academic currency.   3) also look at where postdocs are ending up from prospective labs. If some of those postdocs are getting those positions you hope to achieve, then the PI might be know how to mentor future academics","labels":1,"seconds_difference":17752.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"xsiby6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.92,"history":"Any good postdoc experiences? I got the one postdoc that I thought would make it worth staying in academia for another \\~2 years.   Super cool research, not many places that do this type of work, great people, gives me the opportunity to develop my skills in an area adjacent to my PhD. I'm grateful for the offer, especially when I didn't think I had a chance when I first applied.   But man am I dragging my feet on signing the paperwork. The 'salary' is so depressing, so it's hard to formally accept and officially close the door on the idea I'll find a position that makes good money right out of my PhD.   I'd love to hear stories from people who did postdocs and had a great experience\/felt it was truly worthwhile! If a postdoc helped you get your dream job, taught you something you'd always wanted to learn, gave you the chance to lead your own projects, or opened doors you didn't know existed during your PhD, it would be a real confidence boost to hear about that right now.  FYI I'm in an epidemiology program in the US.   Thank you in advance!","c_root_id_A":"iqlp2q8","c_root_id_B":"iqlktde","created_at_utc_A":1664612224,"created_at_utc_B":1664608535,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I moved to Canada for a postdoc after my PhD in the UK. The postdoc was so much fun. It was a lot of work but I really lucked out with a fantastically supportive PI who really allows me to flourish as a scientist. I got to do cool research, lead and co author some big impact papers and had so many adventures. The pay wasn\u2019t great, but I was ok with that given the experience it was giving me. I\u2019m now an academic back in the UK and it really helped my career a lot.","human_ref_B":"While I \"failed\" as an academic (switched to biotech after 5 years Postdoc with no notable first author papers), I still view my time as having a good experience. I had great motivated and enthousiastic colleagues, had awesome facilities at my disposal, and decent support from my PI. Salary was ok, in principle higher than median income. Should say this was in Germany","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3689.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"61z8co","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Accepting one postdoc whilst waiting on a better one - what to do? Hi folks,  I applied for about 30 postdocs on this job cycle; I've just had one give me an offer, and it's one of the half-dozen best ones I applied to. Almost all the others have been rejections. However, there is another one I'm waiting on, which is substantially better; longer-period, Ivy-level institution, better geographical location, etc. I'm through to the final round with a 1\/4 chance (I know how many are in the final round and how many get funded), but I won't hear back on that until late May\/early June, whereas the one I have been offered, I would assume I'll have to \"sign\" for fairly soon (within April). The one I've been offered is also the literal other side of the world from where I now live, whereas the one I'm waiting on is the country I currently live in (in case that matters or affects answers).  My question therefore is:   What's the norm\/legal elements of accepting one position and then potentially departing for another? I would know about the really good position before I started moving house or anything, but I'm not sure what exactly it is I'll have to sign, and whether a contract would actually need to be signed before I start work. In the postdoc I'm in now and started a year ago, I gave verbal assent that I wanted the job, then I verbally confirmed I wanted to take it up when I got the \"formal offer\", but the actual physical contract I only signed and gave into HR a week or two before I started, although they knew I had accepted it for months prior.   Is that normal? Do I have nothing to worry about and it's unlikely I will actually have to put pen to paper for months? (I only got the \"we are going to make you a formal offer\" email two days ago). Is there any kind of strategy I could\/should employ to give myself the extra time here? Like I say, job #1 is excellent and is a big step forward in my career, but #2 would be an absolutely insane leap forward, and I don't want to foreclose on #2 if I can possibly help it, whilst (hopefully) having the employment security of #1. Thanks folks!","c_root_id_A":"dfig6ud","c_root_id_B":"dfiiw48","created_at_utc_A":1490709046,"created_at_utc_B":1490712430,"score_A":11,"score_B":16,"human_ref_A":"Unless you actually sign a contract, you are under no obligation to follow through if a better offer comes in later. Some will say that they could sue you or something, but they won't waste the time. They'll just move on to the next candidate.   Remember to always look out for yourself. Don't worry about what others may think. If this second offer is a better move, then go for it. People think higher ed is not cutthroat but it is. Good luck!","human_ref_B":"Just be honest with the first group.  I've been the first group in the past... Interview went well, offer letter signed, visa paperwork completed, then they went incommunicado 7 days before the start date and didn't contact me (via email no less) until day 2 of employment to tell me that they had \"decided to take another offer\u201d.  Set my project back by months while I had to recruit the next candidate.  So...Look out for yourself, sure, but be honest with everyone.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3384.0,"score_ratio":1.4545454545}
{"post_id":"6n2k9m","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":1.0,"history":"Someone asked me for authorship in exchange for help on a mailing list. Is this behaviour common\/acceptable? I use a software that's pretty standard in my community. It's open source and maintained by the community. There's almost no user manual. Just something for the very basics. Also, there are lots of tutorials online by different groups, but nothing formal.  Therefore I aksed on the mailing list of the users, of which I'm an active member that always tries to help Others, for help. I asked if what I thought was correct. A guy answered me in private and told that \"he has a script\", in many emails. I don't even know what a script would be good for, as my question regards the parameters that should be set in the software, however you might want to pass them to the program.   In the end he wrote me: \"your project sounds interesting. But I'm very busy as I work for 4 academic institutions at the same time. Therefore I might forward you my script, but only if you could include me as an author\". ( I swear he did indeed mention he works for 4 universities. And he also added a 6 lines long signature to the email, that he didn't use previously...)  I'm pretty shocked. Is this normal? Is this even remotely appropriate? Did it ever happen to any of you?","c_root_id_A":"dk6maod","c_root_id_B":"dk7gv0g","created_at_utc_A":1499977766,"created_at_utc_B":1500029295,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Replying to you off-list already sounds a little sketchy. Unless that's the norm on this particular mailing list, but that would be uncommon.  From what you're describing, it sounds like the guy's contributions do not merit authorship, and it would probably be unethical to list him as an author on the paper.  That being said, it doesn't sound like anything really _inappropriate_ happened yet. It's not unethical for the guy to _ask_ for authorship. The ethical burden is on you to do the right thing and not grant him authorship for a contribution that doesn't deserve it.  And as for common? I'd like to think not. Most academics should know better. But these things happen in reality....","human_ref_B":"He's not even offering you what you want (right? You want advice on settings not a script) so even if you thought someone forwarding you a small piece of useful code warranted authorship, that isn't what he's doing. He is offering you an unsolicited script of unknown function. Thus far he seems like more of a hindrance than a help.  Furthermore I'm just annoyed that he mentioned how busy he (supposedly) is as justification of the authorship request, since attaching a script to an email takes 2 seconds.  Honestly, I'm guessing he has adjunct style gigs at 4 different institutions, and he is trying to rack up his publication count to better his CV. Which is an understandable desire, but his methods are heavy handed and illogical at best; rude and mildly predatory at worst.  If it were me I'd tell him to jog on.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":51529.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"nvciox","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Life w\/o either Mendeley or Zotero? File organization drama. I know this topic has been all chewed up, but I'm interested in hearing from folks who've found an alternative both to Mendeley and Zotero for \\*organizing\\* their files.   I've used Mendeley for ever, but the new lack of mobile access is the final straw - I need to be able to save articles via mobile devices. I've looked at Zotero, but honestly, it looks like a pain. (Is it worth it? I'm still happy to reconsider.)   I'm just dying here for a solution that:  \\- offers a folder nesting structure for files  \\- that can sync (over iCloud, Dropbox, whatever)  \\- and that you can add files to over mobile (iOS) devices.  I've been using the Highlights app for highlights and notes, so don't necessarily need that to be part of the package. Exporting citations would be a nice benefit, but really, i'm open to workarounds. I just need a simple way to organize and add new files, across devices.","c_root_id_A":"h12sc32","c_root_id_B":"h12jfrj","created_at_utc_A":1623187287,"created_at_utc_B":1623183358,"score_A":40,"score_B":30,"human_ref_A":"I used zotero through my PhD.  Worked well and is working better and better as more sites sync to it (ex. Google books is now synced and many smaller newspapers and university websites are catching on).    My only problem was it would crash frequently when I was working with an online file from my university cloud through outlook.  I had to download the file and work offline to insert citations or bib.  note on this: i am in the NE USA so have crappy internet, it worked way better in Canada.","human_ref_B":"Readcube Papers might work for you? It's subscription-based, but the mobile app is quite good, allows mobile uploads, folder nesting (\"lists\" in Readcube's terminology), and (as of last year, anyway) unlimited storage with your subscription. It also syncs notes, highlights, and such, exports citations, and has tools to find new relevant papers based on your library and lists. It's not perfect, particularly for very large and diverse libraries unless you are very careful about organizing, but it seems to hit all the criteria you mention.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3929.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"nvciox","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Life w\/o either Mendeley or Zotero? File organization drama. I know this topic has been all chewed up, but I'm interested in hearing from folks who've found an alternative both to Mendeley and Zotero for \\*organizing\\* their files.   I've used Mendeley for ever, but the new lack of mobile access is the final straw - I need to be able to save articles via mobile devices. I've looked at Zotero, but honestly, it looks like a pain. (Is it worth it? I'm still happy to reconsider.)   I'm just dying here for a solution that:  \\- offers a folder nesting structure for files  \\- that can sync (over iCloud, Dropbox, whatever)  \\- and that you can add files to over mobile (iOS) devices.  I've been using the Highlights app for highlights and notes, so don't necessarily need that to be part of the package. Exporting citations would be a nice benefit, but really, i'm open to workarounds. I just need a simple way to organize and add new files, across devices.","c_root_id_A":"h12hk81","c_root_id_B":"h12sc32","created_at_utc_A":1623182542,"created_at_utc_B":1623187287,"score_A":6,"score_B":40,"human_ref_A":"# I've been working with EndNote 20 for the past year and for the most part, it works well. It does continuously sync and provides nested structure for file management in the form of \"groups.\" There are ways to import files from mobile, but the mobile apps are still lagging behind the desktop versions.   On the positive side, the integration with MS Word works really well.  # A couple of annoyances for me:   \\- Syncing to my iPad sometimes results in inconveniences like corrupted files that I have to go back and re-upload. Not sure why this happens, but perhaps something isn't great about their syncing system? It doesn't happen too often, but often enough that it makes we wary of using the iPad version for file viewing and annotating.   \\- I strongly dislike their embedded annotations software. Instead, I use PDF Expert on Mac. There is an option to \"Open in (your preferred PDF viewer)\" in Endnote, and the annotations are saved the next time you open the PDF in EndNote. However, I've struggled with finding a workaround that allows me to edit on my iPad and save the annotations to EndNote.","human_ref_B":"I used zotero through my PhD.  Worked well and is working better and better as more sites sync to it (ex. Google books is now synced and many smaller newspapers and university websites are catching on).    My only problem was it would crash frequently when I was working with an online file from my university cloud through outlook.  I had to download the file and work offline to insert citations or bib.  note on this: i am in the NE USA so have crappy internet, it worked way better in Canada.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4745.0,"score_ratio":6.6666666667}
{"post_id":"nvciox","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Life w\/o either Mendeley or Zotero? File organization drama. I know this topic has been all chewed up, but I'm interested in hearing from folks who've found an alternative both to Mendeley and Zotero for \\*organizing\\* their files.   I've used Mendeley for ever, but the new lack of mobile access is the final straw - I need to be able to save articles via mobile devices. I've looked at Zotero, but honestly, it looks like a pain. (Is it worth it? I'm still happy to reconsider.)   I'm just dying here for a solution that:  \\- offers a folder nesting structure for files  \\- that can sync (over iCloud, Dropbox, whatever)  \\- and that you can add files to over mobile (iOS) devices.  I've been using the Highlights app for highlights and notes, so don't necessarily need that to be part of the package. Exporting citations would be a nice benefit, but really, i'm open to workarounds. I just need a simple way to organize and add new files, across devices.","c_root_id_A":"h12jfrj","c_root_id_B":"h12hk81","created_at_utc_A":1623183358,"created_at_utc_B":1623182542,"score_A":30,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Readcube Papers might work for you? It's subscription-based, but the mobile app is quite good, allows mobile uploads, folder nesting (\"lists\" in Readcube's terminology), and (as of last year, anyway) unlimited storage with your subscription. It also syncs notes, highlights, and such, exports citations, and has tools to find new relevant papers based on your library and lists. It's not perfect, particularly for very large and diverse libraries unless you are very careful about organizing, but it seems to hit all the criteria you mention.","human_ref_B":"# I've been working with EndNote 20 for the past year and for the most part, it works well. It does continuously sync and provides nested structure for file management in the form of \"groups.\" There are ways to import files from mobile, but the mobile apps are still lagging behind the desktop versions.   On the positive side, the integration with MS Word works really well.  # A couple of annoyances for me:   \\- Syncing to my iPad sometimes results in inconveniences like corrupted files that I have to go back and re-upload. Not sure why this happens, but perhaps something isn't great about their syncing system? It doesn't happen too often, but often enough that it makes we wary of using the iPad version for file viewing and annotating.   \\- I strongly dislike their embedded annotations software. Instead, I use PDF Expert on Mac. There is an option to \"Open in (your preferred PDF viewer)\" in Endnote, and the annotations are saved the next time you open the PDF in EndNote. However, I've struggled with finding a workaround that allows me to edit on my iPad and save the annotations to EndNote.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":816.0,"score_ratio":5.0}
{"post_id":"nvciox","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Life w\/o either Mendeley or Zotero? File organization drama. I know this topic has been all chewed up, but I'm interested in hearing from folks who've found an alternative both to Mendeley and Zotero for \\*organizing\\* their files.   I've used Mendeley for ever, but the new lack of mobile access is the final straw - I need to be able to save articles via mobile devices. I've looked at Zotero, but honestly, it looks like a pain. (Is it worth it? I'm still happy to reconsider.)   I'm just dying here for a solution that:  \\- offers a folder nesting structure for files  \\- that can sync (over iCloud, Dropbox, whatever)  \\- and that you can add files to over mobile (iOS) devices.  I've been using the Highlights app for highlights and notes, so don't necessarily need that to be part of the package. Exporting citations would be a nice benefit, but really, i'm open to workarounds. I just need a simple way to organize and add new files, across devices.","c_root_id_A":"h12w5gk","c_root_id_B":"h132eks","created_at_utc_A":1623189030,"created_at_utc_B":1623191963,"score_A":6,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"I love PaperPile","human_ref_B":"It's a little tricky to set up but using ZotFile you can have Zotero libraries sync to something like your Dropbox.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2933.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"nvciox","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Life w\/o either Mendeley or Zotero? File organization drama. I know this topic has been all chewed up, but I'm interested in hearing from folks who've found an alternative both to Mendeley and Zotero for \\*organizing\\* their files.   I've used Mendeley for ever, but the new lack of mobile access is the final straw - I need to be able to save articles via mobile devices. I've looked at Zotero, but honestly, it looks like a pain. (Is it worth it? I'm still happy to reconsider.)   I'm just dying here for a solution that:  \\- offers a folder nesting structure for files  \\- that can sync (over iCloud, Dropbox, whatever)  \\- and that you can add files to over mobile (iOS) devices.  I've been using the Highlights app for highlights and notes, so don't necessarily need that to be part of the package. Exporting citations would be a nice benefit, but really, i'm open to workarounds. I just need a simple way to organize and add new files, across devices.","c_root_id_A":"h132eks","c_root_id_B":"h12hk81","created_at_utc_A":1623191963,"created_at_utc_B":1623182542,"score_A":12,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"It's a little tricky to set up but using ZotFile you can have Zotero libraries sync to something like your Dropbox.","human_ref_B":"# I've been working with EndNote 20 for the past year and for the most part, it works well. It does continuously sync and provides nested structure for file management in the form of \"groups.\" There are ways to import files from mobile, but the mobile apps are still lagging behind the desktop versions.   On the positive side, the integration with MS Word works really well.  # A couple of annoyances for me:   \\- Syncing to my iPad sometimes results in inconveniences like corrupted files that I have to go back and re-upload. Not sure why this happens, but perhaps something isn't great about their syncing system? It doesn't happen too often, but often enough that it makes we wary of using the iPad version for file viewing and annotating.   \\- I strongly dislike their embedded annotations software. Instead, I use PDF Expert on Mac. There is an option to \"Open in (your preferred PDF viewer)\" in Endnote, and the annotations are saved the next time you open the PDF in EndNote. However, I've struggled with finding a workaround that allows me to edit on my iPad and save the annotations to EndNote.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":9421.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"nvciox","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Life w\/o either Mendeley or Zotero? File organization drama. I know this topic has been all chewed up, but I'm interested in hearing from folks who've found an alternative both to Mendeley and Zotero for \\*organizing\\* their files.   I've used Mendeley for ever, but the new lack of mobile access is the final straw - I need to be able to save articles via mobile devices. I've looked at Zotero, but honestly, it looks like a pain. (Is it worth it? I'm still happy to reconsider.)   I'm just dying here for a solution that:  \\- offers a folder nesting structure for files  \\- that can sync (over iCloud, Dropbox, whatever)  \\- and that you can add files to over mobile (iOS) devices.  I've been using the Highlights app for highlights and notes, so don't necessarily need that to be part of the package. Exporting citations would be a nice benefit, but really, i'm open to workarounds. I just need a simple way to organize and add new files, across devices.","c_root_id_A":"h13a0gy","c_root_id_B":"h13c70a","created_at_utc_A":1623195756,"created_at_utc_B":1623196840,"score_A":3,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Just out of interest. What are you doing on your phone. Replay to email and listen to some lectures when you are on the move I can get, but to write or read and make highlights, can't imagine how painful that workflow is...","human_ref_B":"As someone else pointed out, Zotfile makes Zotero much more efficient. Regarding iOS syncing, I recently got an iPad and tested different methods (papership, Zotfile+ one drive, iOS Zotero beta). The best option is the beta of the Zotero iOS veraion, you just have to send an email to ask for access and you'll have it in less than a week. Zotero is really good to organize papers, and the web extension makes it that mmuxh much faster to retrieve literature.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1084.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"nvciox","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.97,"history":"Life w\/o either Mendeley or Zotero? File organization drama. I know this topic has been all chewed up, but I'm interested in hearing from folks who've found an alternative both to Mendeley and Zotero for \\*organizing\\* their files.   I've used Mendeley for ever, but the new lack of mobile access is the final straw - I need to be able to save articles via mobile devices. I've looked at Zotero, but honestly, it looks like a pain. (Is it worth it? I'm still happy to reconsider.)   I'm just dying here for a solution that:  \\- offers a folder nesting structure for files  \\- that can sync (over iCloud, Dropbox, whatever)  \\- and that you can add files to over mobile (iOS) devices.  I've been using the Highlights app for highlights and notes, so don't necessarily need that to be part of the package. Exporting citations would be a nice benefit, but really, i'm open to workarounds. I just need a simple way to organize and add new files, across devices.","c_root_id_A":"h13a0gy","c_root_id_B":"h13c8od","created_at_utc_A":1623195756,"created_at_utc_B":1623196863,"score_A":3,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Just out of interest. What are you doing on your phone. Replay to email and listen to some lectures when you are on the move I can get, but to write or read and make highlights, can't imagine how painful that workflow is...","human_ref_B":"I switched from Mendeley to Zotero in the past year. Zotfile can do both the first two things as other people suggested (I sync my library with OneDrive). There is a beta iOS app on Testflight that you can add files to via iOS.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1107.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"8ya6ht","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Is it possible to fix the \"reproducibility crisis?\" It seems that it's only becoming harder and harder to find publications that have all of the information necessary to reproduce the results. Missing code, methods, environmental factors, etc. At the same time, there aren't many incentives to actually conduct replication studies, as the interest from journals to publish them is slim to none.  What are your thoughts on the so-called \"reproducibility crisis?\" Do you generally trust the results in the journals you read? Are there better ways to (or should we even) encourage data sharing and replication studies?","c_root_id_A":"e29ib9a","c_root_id_B":"e29o3mf","created_at_utc_A":1531413506,"created_at_utc_B":1531418087,"score_A":9,"score_B":14,"human_ref_A":"Understanding what results in journals mean is critical to understanding why there's no crisis.  Some fields simply can't get to five sigma, some can't hope to control (or even list) all possible environmental factors.  You can't hope to find 4.4 million people with ALS and identical genetics and identical life histories, and then provide a complete genome and life history for them.  So, medicine is going to have to work differently from particle physics.  To evaluate how plausible a result is, don't consider just quoted statistical significance, but whether you understand the mechanism, whether other groups get the same answer doing similar but non-identical experiments.  It's not a perfect system, but it's by far the best we've tried.  If we published only perfect results, we'd publish nothing at all.","human_ref_B":"I think a shift in focus from null hypothesis significance testing toward effect sizes and confidence intervals will have a big effect.  A lot of non-reproduceable results were \"significant\" because someone played around with the variables until p was just below .05.  I also think journals should have a paid reviewer whose job it is to check math for glaring improbability, use of incorrect statistical tests, etc. A lot of generally good scientists don't quite get their stats right, and that's a very fixable problem.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4581.0,"score_ratio":1.5555555556}
{"post_id":"8ya6ht","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Is it possible to fix the \"reproducibility crisis?\" It seems that it's only becoming harder and harder to find publications that have all of the information necessary to reproduce the results. Missing code, methods, environmental factors, etc. At the same time, there aren't many incentives to actually conduct replication studies, as the interest from journals to publish them is slim to none.  What are your thoughts on the so-called \"reproducibility crisis?\" Do you generally trust the results in the journals you read? Are there better ways to (or should we even) encourage data sharing and replication studies?","c_root_id_A":"e29o3mf","c_root_id_B":"e29dd3x","created_at_utc_A":1531418087,"created_at_utc_B":1531409520,"score_A":14,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I think a shift in focus from null hypothesis significance testing toward effect sizes and confidence intervals will have a big effect.  A lot of non-reproduceable results were \"significant\" because someone played around with the variables until p was just below .05.  I also think journals should have a paid reviewer whose job it is to check math for glaring improbability, use of incorrect statistical tests, etc. A lot of generally good scientists don't quite get their stats right, and that's a very fixable problem.","human_ref_B":"I find that oftentimes, if methods seem to be missing it is because the details are not relevant or are cookbook. With code, the code is less important in most cases than the set of methods being applied. If you know how to code, running a boxed analysis is not really something you need the original group's code for.  The real issue is not reproducibility but replication. Rerunning an analysis on a group's data isn't replication of the experiment, so I'm not too concerned about data sharing in general. Replication of experiments is what's important, and that is limited primarily by money and on reliance on graduate\/postdoc labor for research, given that grads and postdocs cannot afford to waste 6 months rerunning experiments which are not going to lead to a major publication.  In terms of trust, my trust of studies depends a lot on the group publishing the study, the methods used, and the inferences drawn from those methods. There are some groups I just don't trust at all and I'll take most of their results with a grain of salt. There are some methods that I feel are used to generate statistically significant results where no such pattern actually exists, and I will normally ignore those studies.  But it really depends.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8567.0,"score_ratio":7.0}
{"post_id":"8ya6ht","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Is it possible to fix the \"reproducibility crisis?\" It seems that it's only becoming harder and harder to find publications that have all of the information necessary to reproduce the results. Missing code, methods, environmental factors, etc. At the same time, there aren't many incentives to actually conduct replication studies, as the interest from journals to publish them is slim to none.  What are your thoughts on the so-called \"reproducibility crisis?\" Do you generally trust the results in the journals you read? Are there better ways to (or should we even) encourage data sharing and replication studies?","c_root_id_A":"e29kjnk","c_root_id_B":"e29o3mf","created_at_utc_A":1531415272,"created_at_utc_B":1531418087,"score_A":2,"score_B":14,"human_ref_A":"Publications like JoVE certainly help. Our lab also posts all of our protocols and unprocessed data on our public server. I think they could help, too.","human_ref_B":"I think a shift in focus from null hypothesis significance testing toward effect sizes and confidence intervals will have a big effect.  A lot of non-reproduceable results were \"significant\" because someone played around with the variables until p was just below .05.  I also think journals should have a paid reviewer whose job it is to check math for glaring improbability, use of incorrect statistical tests, etc. A lot of generally good scientists don't quite get their stats right, and that's a very fixable problem.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2815.0,"score_ratio":7.0}
{"post_id":"8ya6ht","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Is it possible to fix the \"reproducibility crisis?\" It seems that it's only becoming harder and harder to find publications that have all of the information necessary to reproduce the results. Missing code, methods, environmental factors, etc. At the same time, there aren't many incentives to actually conduct replication studies, as the interest from journals to publish them is slim to none.  What are your thoughts on the so-called \"reproducibility crisis?\" Do you generally trust the results in the journals you read? Are there better ways to (or should we even) encourage data sharing and replication studies?","c_root_id_A":"e29ib9a","c_root_id_B":"e29dd3x","created_at_utc_A":1531413506,"created_at_utc_B":1531409520,"score_A":9,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Understanding what results in journals mean is critical to understanding why there's no crisis.  Some fields simply can't get to five sigma, some can't hope to control (or even list) all possible environmental factors.  You can't hope to find 4.4 million people with ALS and identical genetics and identical life histories, and then provide a complete genome and life history for them.  So, medicine is going to have to work differently from particle physics.  To evaluate how plausible a result is, don't consider just quoted statistical significance, but whether you understand the mechanism, whether other groups get the same answer doing similar but non-identical experiments.  It's not a perfect system, but it's by far the best we've tried.  If we published only perfect results, we'd publish nothing at all.","human_ref_B":"I find that oftentimes, if methods seem to be missing it is because the details are not relevant or are cookbook. With code, the code is less important in most cases than the set of methods being applied. If you know how to code, running a boxed analysis is not really something you need the original group's code for.  The real issue is not reproducibility but replication. Rerunning an analysis on a group's data isn't replication of the experiment, so I'm not too concerned about data sharing in general. Replication of experiments is what's important, and that is limited primarily by money and on reliance on graduate\/postdoc labor for research, given that grads and postdocs cannot afford to waste 6 months rerunning experiments which are not going to lead to a major publication.  In terms of trust, my trust of studies depends a lot on the group publishing the study, the methods used, and the inferences drawn from those methods. There are some groups I just don't trust at all and I'll take most of their results with a grain of salt. There are some methods that I feel are used to generate statistically significant results where no such pattern actually exists, and I will normally ignore those studies.  But it really depends.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3986.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnr5kpr","c_root_id_B":"dnr7nb3","created_at_utc_A":1506862941,"created_at_utc_B":1506866711,"score_A":78,"score_B":86,"human_ref_A":"The real change that I would like to see among all of your concerns is making PhD students take education courses, even if they're just basic pedagogy. Either that or some kind of program like I was involved in where I taught in K-12 and got paid. I had to break down my research into the basic components and learn different techniques for classroom delivery and that really improved my teaching. The standard passive lecture is not really teaching. It's necessary to convey information but it's not teaching by itself and I've had to sit through much of that during my career. Mostly because I went to big, research schools and professors were more hired for their research than teaching.   Another intermediate solution which is occurring at some institutions is a teaching professor vs. a research professor. One can do mostly teaching and their research expectations are lowered and the other can do mostly research and their teaching expectations are lowered. As long as the teaching professor teaches and advises and the research professor brings in grant money and produces research, it works.","human_ref_B":"The concept of postdoc positions as \"training\" positions needs to end. Either the PhD programmes are preparing people for a career in research, or they're not. Current postdocs need instead to be recast as junior faculty -- similar to they way an Assistant Professor used to be. If the person isn't up to scratch after 7-10 years of training, they're not likely to ever be so.  PIs who need extra technical assistance should be given grants to hire technicians instead of postdocs.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3770.0,"score_ratio":1.1025641026}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnr7nb3","c_root_id_B":"dnr5hwy","created_at_utc_A":1506866711,"created_at_utc_B":1506862784,"score_A":86,"score_B":24,"human_ref_A":"The concept of postdoc positions as \"training\" positions needs to end. Either the PhD programmes are preparing people for a career in research, or they're not. Current postdocs need instead to be recast as junior faculty -- similar to they way an Assistant Professor used to be. If the person isn't up to scratch after 7-10 years of training, they're not likely to ever be so.  PIs who need extra technical assistance should be given grants to hire technicians instead of postdocs.","human_ref_B":"Ahaha what a clickbait title for  Sunday morning  I don't think that thinking of academia as \"broken\" is accurate or productive. The world is in a constant state of flux, and academia, like any human system, is not perfectly self-correcting. That it isn't in sync with the wider world is how it always was, and probably how it always will be. It's not like at some point, academia was perfect, and now it is broken, but as soon as we get a corpus of solutions together and implement them, it will be perfect again; it has always and always will need revision and an open mind.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3927.0,"score_ratio":3.5833333333}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnr69q7","c_root_id_B":"dnr7nb3","created_at_utc_A":1506864293,"created_at_utc_B":1506866711,"score_A":10,"score_B":86,"human_ref_A":"The idea of changing countries must be a more European concept. Generally, if you're from the US and get your degrees here, you want to stay here. Some obviously move around as you mentioned but we stay at home mostly. Moving around different jobs in different states or parts of the country would be more accurate for us.   I agree that just because you get your degrees doesn't mean you should have a job lined up when you're done. It's not an entitlement or right, it's a privilege that has to be earned. That said, there aren't as many industry options, especially for the humanities or some other fields I'm sure. In STEM we can work for the government and in fields like chemistry or physics there are certainly private industry options. Personally I'd like to see more early college high schools and those advanced academies for  each subject like math and  science or art  and they could teach there. Sometimes I think that would be a perfect setup for me. Also more PhDs teaching in K12 would alleviate some teaching shortages but for those who never taught at that level, it's a horrible option. Once you do it, you find out it's a nice change from the apathetic students at the college level. That was my experience at least. I have no solutions, but these are my best ideas.","human_ref_B":"The concept of postdoc positions as \"training\" positions needs to end. Either the PhD programmes are preparing people for a career in research, or they're not. Current postdocs need instead to be recast as junior faculty -- similar to they way an Assistant Professor used to be. If the person isn't up to scratch after 7-10 years of training, they're not likely to ever be so.  PIs who need extra technical assistance should be given grants to hire technicians instead of postdocs.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2418.0,"score_ratio":8.6}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnr7nb3","c_root_id_B":"dnr55ry","created_at_utc_A":1506866711,"created_at_utc_B":1506862079,"score_A":86,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"The concept of postdoc positions as \"training\" positions needs to end. Either the PhD programmes are preparing people for a career in research, or they're not. Current postdocs need instead to be recast as junior faculty -- similar to they way an Assistant Professor used to be. If the person isn't up to scratch after 7-10 years of training, they're not likely to ever be so.  PIs who need extra technical assistance should be given grants to hire technicians instead of postdocs.","human_ref_B":"It's already being fixed, gradually but continuously. The important thing here is that science as a whole has a remarkable success rate over the decades and to change it rapidly would be taking a completely unnecessary risk. The changes may seem slow and prodding within a single human lifespan but they are happening and gradually improving science. Making these changes faster risks one of the most important things humanity has to offer, every step needs to be taken with care.  In recent years, open access journals or at least a combination of publication in peer-reviewed journal and a version on something like arxiv.org after a while has started to slowly garner respect, different fields are still working out the details of how a sensible compromise can be found between open access and still having a high quality peer-review system - both of which are desirable.  Different organisations and projects are also working towards improving peer-review in various ways, either by creating independent quality checks or by thinking about novel methodologies (which again, due to their risky nature need to be checked before a change is implemented).  The reason you are aware of the issue of reproducibility is because it is actually already being discussed, already being addressed. You didn't come up with it by yourself. The improvement of peer-review and more open access are one branch of attempts to mitigate these problems and another attempt that is also being carefully experimented with is (again, depending on the field) broad-scale reproduction attempts, increased respect for meta-reviews \/ meta-analyses instead of single results and a bigger focus on statistical and mathematical tools to guide us through how significant something actually is.  On top of these, progress has recently also been made with regards to the publication of negative results, which would help science out a lot as well. Some journals and scientists are testing if there is sufficient interest in this and while this has yet to gain major traction, it is something that scientists have been trying to work out for a while and is now closer to being implemented than ever before. Another big recent improvement is that scientists more and more actually attach their data sets in certain journals which enforce or allow this, in order to make reproduction and checking their methods simpler.  On the issue of ineffective teaching practices, this decade has seen more progress and experimentation with new teaching methods than the entirety of the past millennium has. Flipped classroom models, MOOCs and their implementation within universities has been, again **carefully and slowly**, tested and experimented with in order to gauge if it is a viable option. One can't just knock over a well functioning system without being sure the new system is better. One thing is for certain, though, the terms flipped classroom and MOOCs will only keep gaining importance (within certain fields) and universities are also increasingly providing PDF format lecture notes and lecture streams, something that was impossible just a short while ago.  On the overproduction of PhDs, I'll have to politely disagree with you that there is even such a problem \"in science\" or \"in academia\". On one hand these are primarily economic concerns within certain countries (the US? I don't know where you are from but this isn't a problem everywhere, so not an issue of \"academia\".) you are talking about and academia shouldn't be changed as a whole in order to accommodate non-academic issues within a particular country. That said, as far as this problem goes you can only opt for one of three options:   1. Create more jobs for PhD students (this is an economic issue and not an issue of academia) or  2. create more strict entrance criteria with one of those standardized entrance exams which have largely been suspected as unrepresentative of academic success and thus would unfortunately eliminate potentially great scientists from arising or  3. Let as many people in as you reasonably can, enabling people of varied backgrounds to take their best shot and have the unfortunate side-effect of possibly ending up with a few PhDs which will have to pursue non-academic jobs after their education.  It seems to me that except for (1), which isn't within the power of academics or academia, (3) is to be preferred over (2). I'd argue (3) is the status quo in most continental European countries at the moment, I think the UK and US are attempting a balancing act of (2) and (3) with sometimes better and sometimes worse results. But if you have a reasonable 4th option, I'm open to hear it.  To summarize: Academia is not \"broken\" but every human endeavor is flawed. All the issues you speak of are not only known, they are and have been in the process of being addressed for a good time now and improvements on most ends are undeniable. Rushing to \"reform\" one of the most important and successful driving factors of human well-being and progress because of a few ultimately small issues would be neck-breakingly risky and simply not worth it. Instead, academia is slow moving because it carefully analyses the changes that are possible and how they would impact the function of the scientific enterprise. If you value any one of these changes, a good thing to do instead of calling for reform, is to pick one of these issues you care the most about and either volunteer in the many projects working and experimenting on the issues or at least donate to their efforts if that would be too much work for you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4632.0,"score_ratio":12.2857142857}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnr5hwy","c_root_id_B":"dnr5kpr","created_at_utc_A":1506862784,"created_at_utc_B":1506862941,"score_A":24,"score_B":78,"human_ref_A":"Ahaha what a clickbait title for  Sunday morning  I don't think that thinking of academia as \"broken\" is accurate or productive. The world is in a constant state of flux, and academia, like any human system, is not perfectly self-correcting. That it isn't in sync with the wider world is how it always was, and probably how it always will be. It's not like at some point, academia was perfect, and now it is broken, but as soon as we get a corpus of solutions together and implement them, it will be perfect again; it has always and always will need revision and an open mind.","human_ref_B":"The real change that I would like to see among all of your concerns is making PhD students take education courses, even if they're just basic pedagogy. Either that or some kind of program like I was involved in where I taught in K-12 and got paid. I had to break down my research into the basic components and learn different techniques for classroom delivery and that really improved my teaching. The standard passive lecture is not really teaching. It's necessary to convey information but it's not teaching by itself and I've had to sit through much of that during my career. Mostly because I went to big, research schools and professors were more hired for their research than teaching.   Another intermediate solution which is occurring at some institutions is a teaching professor vs. a research professor. One can do mostly teaching and their research expectations are lowered and the other can do mostly research and their teaching expectations are lowered. As long as the teaching professor teaches and advises and the research professor brings in grant money and produces research, it works.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":157.0,"score_ratio":3.25}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnr5kpr","c_root_id_B":"dnr55ry","created_at_utc_A":1506862941,"created_at_utc_B":1506862079,"score_A":78,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"The real change that I would like to see among all of your concerns is making PhD students take education courses, even if they're just basic pedagogy. Either that or some kind of program like I was involved in where I taught in K-12 and got paid. I had to break down my research into the basic components and learn different techniques for classroom delivery and that really improved my teaching. The standard passive lecture is not really teaching. It's necessary to convey information but it's not teaching by itself and I've had to sit through much of that during my career. Mostly because I went to big, research schools and professors were more hired for their research than teaching.   Another intermediate solution which is occurring at some institutions is a teaching professor vs. a research professor. One can do mostly teaching and their research expectations are lowered and the other can do mostly research and their teaching expectations are lowered. As long as the teaching professor teaches and advises and the research professor brings in grant money and produces research, it works.","human_ref_B":"It's already being fixed, gradually but continuously. The important thing here is that science as a whole has a remarkable success rate over the decades and to change it rapidly would be taking a completely unnecessary risk. The changes may seem slow and prodding within a single human lifespan but they are happening and gradually improving science. Making these changes faster risks one of the most important things humanity has to offer, every step needs to be taken with care.  In recent years, open access journals or at least a combination of publication in peer-reviewed journal and a version on something like arxiv.org after a while has started to slowly garner respect, different fields are still working out the details of how a sensible compromise can be found between open access and still having a high quality peer-review system - both of which are desirable.  Different organisations and projects are also working towards improving peer-review in various ways, either by creating independent quality checks or by thinking about novel methodologies (which again, due to their risky nature need to be checked before a change is implemented).  The reason you are aware of the issue of reproducibility is because it is actually already being discussed, already being addressed. You didn't come up with it by yourself. The improvement of peer-review and more open access are one branch of attempts to mitigate these problems and another attempt that is also being carefully experimented with is (again, depending on the field) broad-scale reproduction attempts, increased respect for meta-reviews \/ meta-analyses instead of single results and a bigger focus on statistical and mathematical tools to guide us through how significant something actually is.  On top of these, progress has recently also been made with regards to the publication of negative results, which would help science out a lot as well. Some journals and scientists are testing if there is sufficient interest in this and while this has yet to gain major traction, it is something that scientists have been trying to work out for a while and is now closer to being implemented than ever before. Another big recent improvement is that scientists more and more actually attach their data sets in certain journals which enforce or allow this, in order to make reproduction and checking their methods simpler.  On the issue of ineffective teaching practices, this decade has seen more progress and experimentation with new teaching methods than the entirety of the past millennium has. Flipped classroom models, MOOCs and their implementation within universities has been, again **carefully and slowly**, tested and experimented with in order to gauge if it is a viable option. One can't just knock over a well functioning system without being sure the new system is better. One thing is for certain, though, the terms flipped classroom and MOOCs will only keep gaining importance (within certain fields) and universities are also increasingly providing PDF format lecture notes and lecture streams, something that was impossible just a short while ago.  On the overproduction of PhDs, I'll have to politely disagree with you that there is even such a problem \"in science\" or \"in academia\". On one hand these are primarily economic concerns within certain countries (the US? I don't know where you are from but this isn't a problem everywhere, so not an issue of \"academia\".) you are talking about and academia shouldn't be changed as a whole in order to accommodate non-academic issues within a particular country. That said, as far as this problem goes you can only opt for one of three options:   1. Create more jobs for PhD students (this is an economic issue and not an issue of academia) or  2. create more strict entrance criteria with one of those standardized entrance exams which have largely been suspected as unrepresentative of academic success and thus would unfortunately eliminate potentially great scientists from arising or  3. Let as many people in as you reasonably can, enabling people of varied backgrounds to take their best shot and have the unfortunate side-effect of possibly ending up with a few PhDs which will have to pursue non-academic jobs after their education.  It seems to me that except for (1), which isn't within the power of academics or academia, (3) is to be preferred over (2). I'd argue (3) is the status quo in most continental European countries at the moment, I think the UK and US are attempting a balancing act of (2) and (3) with sometimes better and sometimes worse results. But if you have a reasonable 4th option, I'm open to hear it.  To summarize: Academia is not \"broken\" but every human endeavor is flawed. All the issues you speak of are not only known, they are and have been in the process of being addressed for a good time now and improvements on most ends are undeniable. Rushing to \"reform\" one of the most important and successful driving factors of human well-being and progress because of a few ultimately small issues would be neck-breakingly risky and simply not worth it. Instead, academia is slow moving because it carefully analyses the changes that are possible and how they would impact the function of the scientific enterprise. If you value any one of these changes, a good thing to do instead of calling for reform, is to pick one of these issues you care the most about and either volunteer in the many projects working and experimenting on the issues or at least donate to their efforts if that would be too much work for you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":862.0,"score_ratio":11.1428571429}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnr5hwy","c_root_id_B":"dnrbfn7","created_at_utc_A":1506862784,"created_at_utc_B":1506872061,"score_A":24,"score_B":25,"human_ref_A":"Ahaha what a clickbait title for  Sunday morning  I don't think that thinking of academia as \"broken\" is accurate or productive. The world is in a constant state of flux, and academia, like any human system, is not perfectly self-correcting. That it isn't in sync with the wider world is how it always was, and probably how it always will be. It's not like at some point, academia was perfect, and now it is broken, but as soon as we get a corpus of solutions together and implement them, it will be perfect again; it has always and always will need revision and an open mind.","human_ref_B":"No, academia is not broken. Academia is changing and because we don't know where it's going to end up, some perceive it as broken because the existing model no longer applies as universally as it did 30 years ago.  Most of the OP's complaints stem from the idea that academia is a static area untouched by modern change, and that \"academia\" as a general area should continue to function as it has for the last 100 years without much change. Never mind that academia has changed significantly in the last 100 years, and will continue to do so.  100 years ago, a PhD was not necessary to teach at a university. 50 years ago it was much more common, but even then full professors could exist who did not have PhDs. 40 years ago, a PhD was more than enough to obtain a professorship at a major university. 30 years ago, a newly minted PhD with one or two publications could count on obtaining a good university position. Today, successful students of those professors who got their positions in the 1980s often have more publications under their belts before they complete their PhDs than their advisors did multiple years after they got their university jobs.  It sucks for those of us who are able to see the changes and feel the sting of CV inflation, but change always sucks for a proportion of the people it affects. That doesn't mean change isn't going to stop.  >From the overproduction of PhDs  This statement assumes two things that are not, I think, assumable:  1) the only real jobs for PhD-holding people are in academia.  2) the market will not change to accommodate \/ require PhDs  You could say that (2) would reflect inflation of basic requirements, but that's always been the case. In the 1940s it wasn't strictly necessary to have a PhD in order to be a professor at a university. Today, it's not strictly necessary to have a PhD to teach at a community college, or a high school.  Holding every other variable as a constant and then trying to figure out why your equations are messing up because you're only allowing your \"number of PhDs\" variable to change is a mistake. That's not-- and never has been-- how things work.  As to (1), that's already clearly not the case. R&D at large companies, government positions... there are plenty of spaces for new PhDs to look for jobs. The so-called \"overproduction of PhDs\" problem only applies if you fail to account for potential changes in higher ed and the rest of the world where a potential market for PhD-holding scholars might exist.  >the travails of the current publishing and funding systems  Like what? Competition for research money? Efforts to maintain integrity in the literature?  Research funding will always be in greater demand than supply.  And research publishing, like any human enterprise, is imperfect. Are you suggesting that peer review is problematic? I agree, but peer review is the best system we've come up with to maintain *some* kind of ability to trust in the published literature. Which comes to...  >the problems of scientific reproducibility  This is a problem that STEM fields have. And it's a problem because STEM researchers often publish very short papers that claim to describe a novel approach, and STEM editors and reviewers must review those papers based on limited background information in the papers, and without any demonstrable reproducibility from the authors.  The key here is to reject for publication papers that do not properly contextualize their work, and that do not demonstrate within the paper that the results are reproducible. The reproducibility problem is primarily a STEM problem, and it's because researchers all the way up to publishers are going for quantity rather than quality.  Which leads to...  >sheer amount of data\\papers out there  This isn't a problem, per se. As research expands, the dataset will as well. This is just what will happen. I'm not sure what the real problem is here. \"There's a lot to go through?\"  As the dataset expands, so too has the ability to conduct more fine-grained searches. I don't see an abundance of data as a problem. The problem *does* come when (as discussed above) you have entire areas of scholarly research essentially functioning as paper mills. I don't see that as an \"academia\" problem, it appears to be field- or at least area specific.  >ineffective teaching practices  I don't know what this means. Undergrads not engaging with classes? Grad students not having a firm background of their fields?  This is a vague statement that doesn't really rate a response without clarification.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9277.0,"score_ratio":1.0416666667}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnr55ry","c_root_id_B":"dnr5hwy","created_at_utc_A":1506862079,"created_at_utc_B":1506862784,"score_A":7,"score_B":24,"human_ref_A":"It's already being fixed, gradually but continuously. The important thing here is that science as a whole has a remarkable success rate over the decades and to change it rapidly would be taking a completely unnecessary risk. The changes may seem slow and prodding within a single human lifespan but they are happening and gradually improving science. Making these changes faster risks one of the most important things humanity has to offer, every step needs to be taken with care.  In recent years, open access journals or at least a combination of publication in peer-reviewed journal and a version on something like arxiv.org after a while has started to slowly garner respect, different fields are still working out the details of how a sensible compromise can be found between open access and still having a high quality peer-review system - both of which are desirable.  Different organisations and projects are also working towards improving peer-review in various ways, either by creating independent quality checks or by thinking about novel methodologies (which again, due to their risky nature need to be checked before a change is implemented).  The reason you are aware of the issue of reproducibility is because it is actually already being discussed, already being addressed. You didn't come up with it by yourself. The improvement of peer-review and more open access are one branch of attempts to mitigate these problems and another attempt that is also being carefully experimented with is (again, depending on the field) broad-scale reproduction attempts, increased respect for meta-reviews \/ meta-analyses instead of single results and a bigger focus on statistical and mathematical tools to guide us through how significant something actually is.  On top of these, progress has recently also been made with regards to the publication of negative results, which would help science out a lot as well. Some journals and scientists are testing if there is sufficient interest in this and while this has yet to gain major traction, it is something that scientists have been trying to work out for a while and is now closer to being implemented than ever before. Another big recent improvement is that scientists more and more actually attach their data sets in certain journals which enforce or allow this, in order to make reproduction and checking their methods simpler.  On the issue of ineffective teaching practices, this decade has seen more progress and experimentation with new teaching methods than the entirety of the past millennium has. Flipped classroom models, MOOCs and their implementation within universities has been, again **carefully and slowly**, tested and experimented with in order to gauge if it is a viable option. One can't just knock over a well functioning system without being sure the new system is better. One thing is for certain, though, the terms flipped classroom and MOOCs will only keep gaining importance (within certain fields) and universities are also increasingly providing PDF format lecture notes and lecture streams, something that was impossible just a short while ago.  On the overproduction of PhDs, I'll have to politely disagree with you that there is even such a problem \"in science\" or \"in academia\". On one hand these are primarily economic concerns within certain countries (the US? I don't know where you are from but this isn't a problem everywhere, so not an issue of \"academia\".) you are talking about and academia shouldn't be changed as a whole in order to accommodate non-academic issues within a particular country. That said, as far as this problem goes you can only opt for one of three options:   1. Create more jobs for PhD students (this is an economic issue and not an issue of academia) or  2. create more strict entrance criteria with one of those standardized entrance exams which have largely been suspected as unrepresentative of academic success and thus would unfortunately eliminate potentially great scientists from arising or  3. Let as many people in as you reasonably can, enabling people of varied backgrounds to take their best shot and have the unfortunate side-effect of possibly ending up with a few PhDs which will have to pursue non-academic jobs after their education.  It seems to me that except for (1), which isn't within the power of academics or academia, (3) is to be preferred over (2). I'd argue (3) is the status quo in most continental European countries at the moment, I think the UK and US are attempting a balancing act of (2) and (3) with sometimes better and sometimes worse results. But if you have a reasonable 4th option, I'm open to hear it.  To summarize: Academia is not \"broken\" but every human endeavor is flawed. All the issues you speak of are not only known, they are and have been in the process of being addressed for a good time now and improvements on most ends are undeniable. Rushing to \"reform\" one of the most important and successful driving factors of human well-being and progress because of a few ultimately small issues would be neck-breakingly risky and simply not worth it. Instead, academia is slow moving because it carefully analyses the changes that are possible and how they would impact the function of the scientific enterprise. If you value any one of these changes, a good thing to do instead of calling for reform, is to pick one of these issues you care the most about and either volunteer in the many projects working and experimenting on the issues or at least donate to their efforts if that would be too much work for you.","human_ref_B":"Ahaha what a clickbait title for  Sunday morning  I don't think that thinking of academia as \"broken\" is accurate or productive. The world is in a constant state of flux, and academia, like any human system, is not perfectly self-correcting. That it isn't in sync with the wider world is how it always was, and probably how it always will be. It's not like at some point, academia was perfect, and now it is broken, but as soon as we get a corpus of solutions together and implement them, it will be perfect again; it has always and always will need revision and an open mind.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":705.0,"score_ratio":3.4285714286}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnr69q7","c_root_id_B":"dnrbwtg","created_at_utc_A":1506864293,"created_at_utc_B":1506872670,"score_A":10,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"The idea of changing countries must be a more European concept. Generally, if you're from the US and get your degrees here, you want to stay here. Some obviously move around as you mentioned but we stay at home mostly. Moving around different jobs in different states or parts of the country would be more accurate for us.   I agree that just because you get your degrees doesn't mean you should have a job lined up when you're done. It's not an entitlement or right, it's a privilege that has to be earned. That said, there aren't as many industry options, especially for the humanities or some other fields I'm sure. In STEM we can work for the government and in fields like chemistry or physics there are certainly private industry options. Personally I'd like to see more early college high schools and those advanced academies for  each subject like math and  science or art  and they could teach there. Sometimes I think that would be a perfect setup for me. Also more PhDs teaching in K12 would alleviate some teaching shortages but for those who never taught at that level, it's a horrible option. Once you do it, you find out it's a nice change from the apathetic students at the college level. That was my experience at least. I have no solutions, but these are my best ideas.","human_ref_B":"I'd like to see alterations in the way publishing \"counts.\" I'm instructional faculty, but my school will provide raises to any instructional faculty or staff that publish. I've managed to game the system by rapidly developing smaller papers and getting them published in mid-tier journals. The quality of paper is never the point of discussion, it's just publish, publish, publish, publish.   Faculty should be given incentive to do quality work across a variety of venues. Community service\/public facing projects should count toward tenure and promotion.   The counter arguments are that publications are the gold standard in academia, but I think that's changing. There's a tenure case up in my department where the person is very well published, but looking at those publications under a microscope reveal they are incredibly derivative and published in some clearinghouse style journals. We have another person up with a top-tier article, but very little else. Both cases are problematic beyond the simple numbers.   Also, as corporate as the university has become, we are still lacking many common sense mechanisms. We have zero incentives to improve efficiency or save money on meaningless crap. We have to spend the entirety of our budget every year because we are punished when we save money.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8377.0,"score_ratio":2.3}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnr55ry","c_root_id_B":"dnrbwtg","created_at_utc_A":1506862079,"created_at_utc_B":1506872670,"score_A":7,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"It's already being fixed, gradually but continuously. The important thing here is that science as a whole has a remarkable success rate over the decades and to change it rapidly would be taking a completely unnecessary risk. The changes may seem slow and prodding within a single human lifespan but they are happening and gradually improving science. Making these changes faster risks one of the most important things humanity has to offer, every step needs to be taken with care.  In recent years, open access journals or at least a combination of publication in peer-reviewed journal and a version on something like arxiv.org after a while has started to slowly garner respect, different fields are still working out the details of how a sensible compromise can be found between open access and still having a high quality peer-review system - both of which are desirable.  Different organisations and projects are also working towards improving peer-review in various ways, either by creating independent quality checks or by thinking about novel methodologies (which again, due to their risky nature need to be checked before a change is implemented).  The reason you are aware of the issue of reproducibility is because it is actually already being discussed, already being addressed. You didn't come up with it by yourself. The improvement of peer-review and more open access are one branch of attempts to mitigate these problems and another attempt that is also being carefully experimented with is (again, depending on the field) broad-scale reproduction attempts, increased respect for meta-reviews \/ meta-analyses instead of single results and a bigger focus on statistical and mathematical tools to guide us through how significant something actually is.  On top of these, progress has recently also been made with regards to the publication of negative results, which would help science out a lot as well. Some journals and scientists are testing if there is sufficient interest in this and while this has yet to gain major traction, it is something that scientists have been trying to work out for a while and is now closer to being implemented than ever before. Another big recent improvement is that scientists more and more actually attach their data sets in certain journals which enforce or allow this, in order to make reproduction and checking their methods simpler.  On the issue of ineffective teaching practices, this decade has seen more progress and experimentation with new teaching methods than the entirety of the past millennium has. Flipped classroom models, MOOCs and their implementation within universities has been, again **carefully and slowly**, tested and experimented with in order to gauge if it is a viable option. One can't just knock over a well functioning system without being sure the new system is better. One thing is for certain, though, the terms flipped classroom and MOOCs will only keep gaining importance (within certain fields) and universities are also increasingly providing PDF format lecture notes and lecture streams, something that was impossible just a short while ago.  On the overproduction of PhDs, I'll have to politely disagree with you that there is even such a problem \"in science\" or \"in academia\". On one hand these are primarily economic concerns within certain countries (the US? I don't know where you are from but this isn't a problem everywhere, so not an issue of \"academia\".) you are talking about and academia shouldn't be changed as a whole in order to accommodate non-academic issues within a particular country. That said, as far as this problem goes you can only opt for one of three options:   1. Create more jobs for PhD students (this is an economic issue and not an issue of academia) or  2. create more strict entrance criteria with one of those standardized entrance exams which have largely been suspected as unrepresentative of academic success and thus would unfortunately eliminate potentially great scientists from arising or  3. Let as many people in as you reasonably can, enabling people of varied backgrounds to take their best shot and have the unfortunate side-effect of possibly ending up with a few PhDs which will have to pursue non-academic jobs after their education.  It seems to me that except for (1), which isn't within the power of academics or academia, (3) is to be preferred over (2). I'd argue (3) is the status quo in most continental European countries at the moment, I think the UK and US are attempting a balancing act of (2) and (3) with sometimes better and sometimes worse results. But if you have a reasonable 4th option, I'm open to hear it.  To summarize: Academia is not \"broken\" but every human endeavor is flawed. All the issues you speak of are not only known, they are and have been in the process of being addressed for a good time now and improvements on most ends are undeniable. Rushing to \"reform\" one of the most important and successful driving factors of human well-being and progress because of a few ultimately small issues would be neck-breakingly risky and simply not worth it. Instead, academia is slow moving because it carefully analyses the changes that are possible and how they would impact the function of the scientific enterprise. If you value any one of these changes, a good thing to do instead of calling for reform, is to pick one of these issues you care the most about and either volunteer in the many projects working and experimenting on the issues or at least donate to their efforts if that would be too much work for you.","human_ref_B":"I'd like to see alterations in the way publishing \"counts.\" I'm instructional faculty, but my school will provide raises to any instructional faculty or staff that publish. I've managed to game the system by rapidly developing smaller papers and getting them published in mid-tier journals. The quality of paper is never the point of discussion, it's just publish, publish, publish, publish.   Faculty should be given incentive to do quality work across a variety of venues. Community service\/public facing projects should count toward tenure and promotion.   The counter arguments are that publications are the gold standard in academia, but I think that's changing. There's a tenure case up in my department where the person is very well published, but looking at those publications under a microscope reveal they are incredibly derivative and published in some clearinghouse style journals. We have another person up with a top-tier article, but very little else. Both cases are problematic beyond the simple numbers.   Also, as corporate as the university has become, we are still lacking many common sense mechanisms. We have zero incentives to improve efficiency or save money on meaningless crap. We have to spend the entirety of our budget every year because we are punished when we save money.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":10591.0,"score_ratio":3.2857142857}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnr69q7","c_root_id_B":"dnrbfn7","created_at_utc_A":1506864293,"created_at_utc_B":1506872061,"score_A":10,"score_B":25,"human_ref_A":"The idea of changing countries must be a more European concept. Generally, if you're from the US and get your degrees here, you want to stay here. Some obviously move around as you mentioned but we stay at home mostly. Moving around different jobs in different states or parts of the country would be more accurate for us.   I agree that just because you get your degrees doesn't mean you should have a job lined up when you're done. It's not an entitlement or right, it's a privilege that has to be earned. That said, there aren't as many industry options, especially for the humanities or some other fields I'm sure. In STEM we can work for the government and in fields like chemistry or physics there are certainly private industry options. Personally I'd like to see more early college high schools and those advanced academies for  each subject like math and  science or art  and they could teach there. Sometimes I think that would be a perfect setup for me. Also more PhDs teaching in K12 would alleviate some teaching shortages but for those who never taught at that level, it's a horrible option. Once you do it, you find out it's a nice change from the apathetic students at the college level. That was my experience at least. I have no solutions, but these are my best ideas.","human_ref_B":"No, academia is not broken. Academia is changing and because we don't know where it's going to end up, some perceive it as broken because the existing model no longer applies as universally as it did 30 years ago.  Most of the OP's complaints stem from the idea that academia is a static area untouched by modern change, and that \"academia\" as a general area should continue to function as it has for the last 100 years without much change. Never mind that academia has changed significantly in the last 100 years, and will continue to do so.  100 years ago, a PhD was not necessary to teach at a university. 50 years ago it was much more common, but even then full professors could exist who did not have PhDs. 40 years ago, a PhD was more than enough to obtain a professorship at a major university. 30 years ago, a newly minted PhD with one or two publications could count on obtaining a good university position. Today, successful students of those professors who got their positions in the 1980s often have more publications under their belts before they complete their PhDs than their advisors did multiple years after they got their university jobs.  It sucks for those of us who are able to see the changes and feel the sting of CV inflation, but change always sucks for a proportion of the people it affects. That doesn't mean change isn't going to stop.  >From the overproduction of PhDs  This statement assumes two things that are not, I think, assumable:  1) the only real jobs for PhD-holding people are in academia.  2) the market will not change to accommodate \/ require PhDs  You could say that (2) would reflect inflation of basic requirements, but that's always been the case. In the 1940s it wasn't strictly necessary to have a PhD in order to be a professor at a university. Today, it's not strictly necessary to have a PhD to teach at a community college, or a high school.  Holding every other variable as a constant and then trying to figure out why your equations are messing up because you're only allowing your \"number of PhDs\" variable to change is a mistake. That's not-- and never has been-- how things work.  As to (1), that's already clearly not the case. R&D at large companies, government positions... there are plenty of spaces for new PhDs to look for jobs. The so-called \"overproduction of PhDs\" problem only applies if you fail to account for potential changes in higher ed and the rest of the world where a potential market for PhD-holding scholars might exist.  >the travails of the current publishing and funding systems  Like what? Competition for research money? Efforts to maintain integrity in the literature?  Research funding will always be in greater demand than supply.  And research publishing, like any human enterprise, is imperfect. Are you suggesting that peer review is problematic? I agree, but peer review is the best system we've come up with to maintain *some* kind of ability to trust in the published literature. Which comes to...  >the problems of scientific reproducibility  This is a problem that STEM fields have. And it's a problem because STEM researchers often publish very short papers that claim to describe a novel approach, and STEM editors and reviewers must review those papers based on limited background information in the papers, and without any demonstrable reproducibility from the authors.  The key here is to reject for publication papers that do not properly contextualize their work, and that do not demonstrate within the paper that the results are reproducible. The reproducibility problem is primarily a STEM problem, and it's because researchers all the way up to publishers are going for quantity rather than quality.  Which leads to...  >sheer amount of data\\papers out there  This isn't a problem, per se. As research expands, the dataset will as well. This is just what will happen. I'm not sure what the real problem is here. \"There's a lot to go through?\"  As the dataset expands, so too has the ability to conduct more fine-grained searches. I don't see an abundance of data as a problem. The problem *does* come when (as discussed above) you have entire areas of scholarly research essentially functioning as paper mills. I don't see that as an \"academia\" problem, it appears to be field- or at least area specific.  >ineffective teaching practices  I don't know what this means. Undergrads not engaging with classes? Grad students not having a firm background of their fields?  This is a vague statement that doesn't really rate a response without clarification.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7768.0,"score_ratio":2.5}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnr55ry","c_root_id_B":"dnrbfn7","created_at_utc_A":1506862079,"created_at_utc_B":1506872061,"score_A":7,"score_B":25,"human_ref_A":"It's already being fixed, gradually but continuously. The important thing here is that science as a whole has a remarkable success rate over the decades and to change it rapidly would be taking a completely unnecessary risk. The changes may seem slow and prodding within a single human lifespan but they are happening and gradually improving science. Making these changes faster risks one of the most important things humanity has to offer, every step needs to be taken with care.  In recent years, open access journals or at least a combination of publication in peer-reviewed journal and a version on something like arxiv.org after a while has started to slowly garner respect, different fields are still working out the details of how a sensible compromise can be found between open access and still having a high quality peer-review system - both of which are desirable.  Different organisations and projects are also working towards improving peer-review in various ways, either by creating independent quality checks or by thinking about novel methodologies (which again, due to their risky nature need to be checked before a change is implemented).  The reason you are aware of the issue of reproducibility is because it is actually already being discussed, already being addressed. You didn't come up with it by yourself. The improvement of peer-review and more open access are one branch of attempts to mitigate these problems and another attempt that is also being carefully experimented with is (again, depending on the field) broad-scale reproduction attempts, increased respect for meta-reviews \/ meta-analyses instead of single results and a bigger focus on statistical and mathematical tools to guide us through how significant something actually is.  On top of these, progress has recently also been made with regards to the publication of negative results, which would help science out a lot as well. Some journals and scientists are testing if there is sufficient interest in this and while this has yet to gain major traction, it is something that scientists have been trying to work out for a while and is now closer to being implemented than ever before. Another big recent improvement is that scientists more and more actually attach their data sets in certain journals which enforce or allow this, in order to make reproduction and checking their methods simpler.  On the issue of ineffective teaching practices, this decade has seen more progress and experimentation with new teaching methods than the entirety of the past millennium has. Flipped classroom models, MOOCs and their implementation within universities has been, again **carefully and slowly**, tested and experimented with in order to gauge if it is a viable option. One can't just knock over a well functioning system without being sure the new system is better. One thing is for certain, though, the terms flipped classroom and MOOCs will only keep gaining importance (within certain fields) and universities are also increasingly providing PDF format lecture notes and lecture streams, something that was impossible just a short while ago.  On the overproduction of PhDs, I'll have to politely disagree with you that there is even such a problem \"in science\" or \"in academia\". On one hand these are primarily economic concerns within certain countries (the US? I don't know where you are from but this isn't a problem everywhere, so not an issue of \"academia\".) you are talking about and academia shouldn't be changed as a whole in order to accommodate non-academic issues within a particular country. That said, as far as this problem goes you can only opt for one of three options:   1. Create more jobs for PhD students (this is an economic issue and not an issue of academia) or  2. create more strict entrance criteria with one of those standardized entrance exams which have largely been suspected as unrepresentative of academic success and thus would unfortunately eliminate potentially great scientists from arising or  3. Let as many people in as you reasonably can, enabling people of varied backgrounds to take their best shot and have the unfortunate side-effect of possibly ending up with a few PhDs which will have to pursue non-academic jobs after their education.  It seems to me that except for (1), which isn't within the power of academics or academia, (3) is to be preferred over (2). I'd argue (3) is the status quo in most continental European countries at the moment, I think the UK and US are attempting a balancing act of (2) and (3) with sometimes better and sometimes worse results. But if you have a reasonable 4th option, I'm open to hear it.  To summarize: Academia is not \"broken\" but every human endeavor is flawed. All the issues you speak of are not only known, they are and have been in the process of being addressed for a good time now and improvements on most ends are undeniable. Rushing to \"reform\" one of the most important and successful driving factors of human well-being and progress because of a few ultimately small issues would be neck-breakingly risky and simply not worth it. Instead, academia is slow moving because it carefully analyses the changes that are possible and how they would impact the function of the scientific enterprise. If you value any one of these changes, a good thing to do instead of calling for reform, is to pick one of these issues you care the most about and either volunteer in the many projects working and experimenting on the issues or at least donate to their efforts if that would be too much work for you.","human_ref_B":"No, academia is not broken. Academia is changing and because we don't know where it's going to end up, some perceive it as broken because the existing model no longer applies as universally as it did 30 years ago.  Most of the OP's complaints stem from the idea that academia is a static area untouched by modern change, and that \"academia\" as a general area should continue to function as it has for the last 100 years without much change. Never mind that academia has changed significantly in the last 100 years, and will continue to do so.  100 years ago, a PhD was not necessary to teach at a university. 50 years ago it was much more common, but even then full professors could exist who did not have PhDs. 40 years ago, a PhD was more than enough to obtain a professorship at a major university. 30 years ago, a newly minted PhD with one or two publications could count on obtaining a good university position. Today, successful students of those professors who got their positions in the 1980s often have more publications under their belts before they complete their PhDs than their advisors did multiple years after they got their university jobs.  It sucks for those of us who are able to see the changes and feel the sting of CV inflation, but change always sucks for a proportion of the people it affects. That doesn't mean change isn't going to stop.  >From the overproduction of PhDs  This statement assumes two things that are not, I think, assumable:  1) the only real jobs for PhD-holding people are in academia.  2) the market will not change to accommodate \/ require PhDs  You could say that (2) would reflect inflation of basic requirements, but that's always been the case. In the 1940s it wasn't strictly necessary to have a PhD in order to be a professor at a university. Today, it's not strictly necessary to have a PhD to teach at a community college, or a high school.  Holding every other variable as a constant and then trying to figure out why your equations are messing up because you're only allowing your \"number of PhDs\" variable to change is a mistake. That's not-- and never has been-- how things work.  As to (1), that's already clearly not the case. R&D at large companies, government positions... there are plenty of spaces for new PhDs to look for jobs. The so-called \"overproduction of PhDs\" problem only applies if you fail to account for potential changes in higher ed and the rest of the world where a potential market for PhD-holding scholars might exist.  >the travails of the current publishing and funding systems  Like what? Competition for research money? Efforts to maintain integrity in the literature?  Research funding will always be in greater demand than supply.  And research publishing, like any human enterprise, is imperfect. Are you suggesting that peer review is problematic? I agree, but peer review is the best system we've come up with to maintain *some* kind of ability to trust in the published literature. Which comes to...  >the problems of scientific reproducibility  This is a problem that STEM fields have. And it's a problem because STEM researchers often publish very short papers that claim to describe a novel approach, and STEM editors and reviewers must review those papers based on limited background information in the papers, and without any demonstrable reproducibility from the authors.  The key here is to reject for publication papers that do not properly contextualize their work, and that do not demonstrate within the paper that the results are reproducible. The reproducibility problem is primarily a STEM problem, and it's because researchers all the way up to publishers are going for quantity rather than quality.  Which leads to...  >sheer amount of data\\papers out there  This isn't a problem, per se. As research expands, the dataset will as well. This is just what will happen. I'm not sure what the real problem is here. \"There's a lot to go through?\"  As the dataset expands, so too has the ability to conduct more fine-grained searches. I don't see an abundance of data as a problem. The problem *does* come when (as discussed above) you have entire areas of scholarly research essentially functioning as paper mills. I don't see that as an \"academia\" problem, it appears to be field- or at least area specific.  >ineffective teaching practices  I don't know what this means. Undergrads not engaging with classes? Grad students not having a firm background of their fields?  This is a vague statement that doesn't really rate a response without clarification.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9982.0,"score_ratio":3.5714285714}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnr69q7","c_root_id_B":"dnrvhjt","created_at_utc_A":1506864293,"created_at_utc_B":1506894069,"score_A":10,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"The idea of changing countries must be a more European concept. Generally, if you're from the US and get your degrees here, you want to stay here. Some obviously move around as you mentioned but we stay at home mostly. Moving around different jobs in different states or parts of the country would be more accurate for us.   I agree that just because you get your degrees doesn't mean you should have a job lined up when you're done. It's not an entitlement or right, it's a privilege that has to be earned. That said, there aren't as many industry options, especially for the humanities or some other fields I'm sure. In STEM we can work for the government and in fields like chemistry or physics there are certainly private industry options. Personally I'd like to see more early college high schools and those advanced academies for  each subject like math and  science or art  and they could teach there. Sometimes I think that would be a perfect setup for me. Also more PhDs teaching in K12 would alleviate some teaching shortages but for those who never taught at that level, it's a horrible option. Once you do it, you find out it's a nice change from the apathetic students at the college level. That was my experience at least. I have no solutions, but these are my best ideas.","human_ref_B":"People with faculty positions: \"all is well\"  Adjuncts, career post-docs, me after article rejection: \"burn it to the ground!!\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":29776.0,"score_ratio":2.3}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnrvhjt","c_root_id_B":"dnrfr73","created_at_utc_A":1506894069,"created_at_utc_B":1506877271,"score_A":23,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"People with faculty positions: \"all is well\"  Adjuncts, career post-docs, me after article rejection: \"burn it to the ground!!\"","human_ref_B":"Imagine it's 1850 and you're a blacksmith.  From a young age, all you've ever wanted to be is a blacksmith.  You spent years training to become a blacksmith.  Finally, you've achieved the pinnacle of your craft... and then someone comes along and says \"sorry - blacksmithing is no longer necessary now that we've got industrialization... maybe you'd like to sell shoes instead?\"  Well, that's pretty much what's going in academia right now.  The Information Age has permanently destroyed academia's stranglehold on knowledge.  If a student wants to become educated, the student does not need what academia has to offer - all they need is a sharp mind and an Internet connection.  What the student actually needs from the academic world is *credentialing*.  Now, I'll freely admit that many students don't have the 'sharp mind' necessary for this process.  But I'll also acknowledge that a university education doesn't appear better than simply working at a job that requires you assume responsibilities and use your mind.  Most of the problems mentioned directly flow from the fact that academia is a world slowly waking up to a different reality than the one it has known.  We're a bunch of blacksmiths who have been trying to deny industrialization long after everyone else realized what was going on.  The flood of low quality publishing?  That's just academics trying to ensure they get the last chair in a game of musical chairs with fewer chairs and more players.  The problems with funding?  That's just the public being increasingly skeptical of money spent on meaningless results.  Ineffective teaching?  That's simply a response to the fact that people aren't particularly interested in education - they're interested in having a fun place to hang out for a few years until they're anointed as worthy for the professional labor market.  This is not a problem to be solved.  It's an inevitability descending.  About all you can do is acknowledge it.  And maybe learn how to sell shoes.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":16798.0,"score_ratio":2.5555555556}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnr55ry","c_root_id_B":"dnrvhjt","created_at_utc_A":1506862079,"created_at_utc_B":1506894069,"score_A":7,"score_B":23,"human_ref_A":"It's already being fixed, gradually but continuously. The important thing here is that science as a whole has a remarkable success rate over the decades and to change it rapidly would be taking a completely unnecessary risk. The changes may seem slow and prodding within a single human lifespan but they are happening and gradually improving science. Making these changes faster risks one of the most important things humanity has to offer, every step needs to be taken with care.  In recent years, open access journals or at least a combination of publication in peer-reviewed journal and a version on something like arxiv.org after a while has started to slowly garner respect, different fields are still working out the details of how a sensible compromise can be found between open access and still having a high quality peer-review system - both of which are desirable.  Different organisations and projects are also working towards improving peer-review in various ways, either by creating independent quality checks or by thinking about novel methodologies (which again, due to their risky nature need to be checked before a change is implemented).  The reason you are aware of the issue of reproducibility is because it is actually already being discussed, already being addressed. You didn't come up with it by yourself. The improvement of peer-review and more open access are one branch of attempts to mitigate these problems and another attempt that is also being carefully experimented with is (again, depending on the field) broad-scale reproduction attempts, increased respect for meta-reviews \/ meta-analyses instead of single results and a bigger focus on statistical and mathematical tools to guide us through how significant something actually is.  On top of these, progress has recently also been made with regards to the publication of negative results, which would help science out a lot as well. Some journals and scientists are testing if there is sufficient interest in this and while this has yet to gain major traction, it is something that scientists have been trying to work out for a while and is now closer to being implemented than ever before. Another big recent improvement is that scientists more and more actually attach their data sets in certain journals which enforce or allow this, in order to make reproduction and checking their methods simpler.  On the issue of ineffective teaching practices, this decade has seen more progress and experimentation with new teaching methods than the entirety of the past millennium has. Flipped classroom models, MOOCs and their implementation within universities has been, again **carefully and slowly**, tested and experimented with in order to gauge if it is a viable option. One can't just knock over a well functioning system without being sure the new system is better. One thing is for certain, though, the terms flipped classroom and MOOCs will only keep gaining importance (within certain fields) and universities are also increasingly providing PDF format lecture notes and lecture streams, something that was impossible just a short while ago.  On the overproduction of PhDs, I'll have to politely disagree with you that there is even such a problem \"in science\" or \"in academia\". On one hand these are primarily economic concerns within certain countries (the US? I don't know where you are from but this isn't a problem everywhere, so not an issue of \"academia\".) you are talking about and academia shouldn't be changed as a whole in order to accommodate non-academic issues within a particular country. That said, as far as this problem goes you can only opt for one of three options:   1. Create more jobs for PhD students (this is an economic issue and not an issue of academia) or  2. create more strict entrance criteria with one of those standardized entrance exams which have largely been suspected as unrepresentative of academic success and thus would unfortunately eliminate potentially great scientists from arising or  3. Let as many people in as you reasonably can, enabling people of varied backgrounds to take their best shot and have the unfortunate side-effect of possibly ending up with a few PhDs which will have to pursue non-academic jobs after their education.  It seems to me that except for (1), which isn't within the power of academics or academia, (3) is to be preferred over (2). I'd argue (3) is the status quo in most continental European countries at the moment, I think the UK and US are attempting a balancing act of (2) and (3) with sometimes better and sometimes worse results. But if you have a reasonable 4th option, I'm open to hear it.  To summarize: Academia is not \"broken\" but every human endeavor is flawed. All the issues you speak of are not only known, they are and have been in the process of being addressed for a good time now and improvements on most ends are undeniable. Rushing to \"reform\" one of the most important and successful driving factors of human well-being and progress because of a few ultimately small issues would be neck-breakingly risky and simply not worth it. Instead, academia is slow moving because it carefully analyses the changes that are possible and how they would impact the function of the scientific enterprise. If you value any one of these changes, a good thing to do instead of calling for reform, is to pick one of these issues you care the most about and either volunteer in the many projects working and experimenting on the issues or at least donate to their efforts if that would be too much work for you.","human_ref_B":"People with faculty positions: \"all is well\"  Adjuncts, career post-docs, me after article rejection: \"burn it to the ground!!\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":31990.0,"score_ratio":3.2857142857}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnr55ry","c_root_id_B":"dnr69q7","created_at_utc_A":1506862079,"created_at_utc_B":1506864293,"score_A":7,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"It's already being fixed, gradually but continuously. The important thing here is that science as a whole has a remarkable success rate over the decades and to change it rapidly would be taking a completely unnecessary risk. The changes may seem slow and prodding within a single human lifespan but they are happening and gradually improving science. Making these changes faster risks one of the most important things humanity has to offer, every step needs to be taken with care.  In recent years, open access journals or at least a combination of publication in peer-reviewed journal and a version on something like arxiv.org after a while has started to slowly garner respect, different fields are still working out the details of how a sensible compromise can be found between open access and still having a high quality peer-review system - both of which are desirable.  Different organisations and projects are also working towards improving peer-review in various ways, either by creating independent quality checks or by thinking about novel methodologies (which again, due to their risky nature need to be checked before a change is implemented).  The reason you are aware of the issue of reproducibility is because it is actually already being discussed, already being addressed. You didn't come up with it by yourself. The improvement of peer-review and more open access are one branch of attempts to mitigate these problems and another attempt that is also being carefully experimented with is (again, depending on the field) broad-scale reproduction attempts, increased respect for meta-reviews \/ meta-analyses instead of single results and a bigger focus on statistical and mathematical tools to guide us through how significant something actually is.  On top of these, progress has recently also been made with regards to the publication of negative results, which would help science out a lot as well. Some journals and scientists are testing if there is sufficient interest in this and while this has yet to gain major traction, it is something that scientists have been trying to work out for a while and is now closer to being implemented than ever before. Another big recent improvement is that scientists more and more actually attach their data sets in certain journals which enforce or allow this, in order to make reproduction and checking their methods simpler.  On the issue of ineffective teaching practices, this decade has seen more progress and experimentation with new teaching methods than the entirety of the past millennium has. Flipped classroom models, MOOCs and their implementation within universities has been, again **carefully and slowly**, tested and experimented with in order to gauge if it is a viable option. One can't just knock over a well functioning system without being sure the new system is better. One thing is for certain, though, the terms flipped classroom and MOOCs will only keep gaining importance (within certain fields) and universities are also increasingly providing PDF format lecture notes and lecture streams, something that was impossible just a short while ago.  On the overproduction of PhDs, I'll have to politely disagree with you that there is even such a problem \"in science\" or \"in academia\". On one hand these are primarily economic concerns within certain countries (the US? I don't know where you are from but this isn't a problem everywhere, so not an issue of \"academia\".) you are talking about and academia shouldn't be changed as a whole in order to accommodate non-academic issues within a particular country. That said, as far as this problem goes you can only opt for one of three options:   1. Create more jobs for PhD students (this is an economic issue and not an issue of academia) or  2. create more strict entrance criteria with one of those standardized entrance exams which have largely been suspected as unrepresentative of academic success and thus would unfortunately eliminate potentially great scientists from arising or  3. Let as many people in as you reasonably can, enabling people of varied backgrounds to take their best shot and have the unfortunate side-effect of possibly ending up with a few PhDs which will have to pursue non-academic jobs after their education.  It seems to me that except for (1), which isn't within the power of academics or academia, (3) is to be preferred over (2). I'd argue (3) is the status quo in most continental European countries at the moment, I think the UK and US are attempting a balancing act of (2) and (3) with sometimes better and sometimes worse results. But if you have a reasonable 4th option, I'm open to hear it.  To summarize: Academia is not \"broken\" but every human endeavor is flawed. All the issues you speak of are not only known, they are and have been in the process of being addressed for a good time now and improvements on most ends are undeniable. Rushing to \"reform\" one of the most important and successful driving factors of human well-being and progress because of a few ultimately small issues would be neck-breakingly risky and simply not worth it. Instead, academia is slow moving because it carefully analyses the changes that are possible and how they would impact the function of the scientific enterprise. If you value any one of these changes, a good thing to do instead of calling for reform, is to pick one of these issues you care the most about and either volunteer in the many projects working and experimenting on the issues or at least donate to their efforts if that would be too much work for you.","human_ref_B":"The idea of changing countries must be a more European concept. Generally, if you're from the US and get your degrees here, you want to stay here. Some obviously move around as you mentioned but we stay at home mostly. Moving around different jobs in different states or parts of the country would be more accurate for us.   I agree that just because you get your degrees doesn't mean you should have a job lined up when you're done. It's not an entitlement or right, it's a privilege that has to be earned. That said, there aren't as many industry options, especially for the humanities or some other fields I'm sure. In STEM we can work for the government and in fields like chemistry or physics there are certainly private industry options. Personally I'd like to see more early college high schools and those advanced academies for  each subject like math and  science or art  and they could teach there. Sometimes I think that would be a perfect setup for me. Also more PhDs teaching in K12 would alleviate some teaching shortages but for those who never taught at that level, it's a horrible option. Once you do it, you find out it's a nice change from the apathetic students at the college level. That was my experience at least. I have no solutions, but these are my best ideas.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2214.0,"score_ratio":1.4285714286}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnrfr73","c_root_id_B":"dnr55ry","created_at_utc_A":1506877271,"created_at_utc_B":1506862079,"score_A":9,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Imagine it's 1850 and you're a blacksmith.  From a young age, all you've ever wanted to be is a blacksmith.  You spent years training to become a blacksmith.  Finally, you've achieved the pinnacle of your craft... and then someone comes along and says \"sorry - blacksmithing is no longer necessary now that we've got industrialization... maybe you'd like to sell shoes instead?\"  Well, that's pretty much what's going in academia right now.  The Information Age has permanently destroyed academia's stranglehold on knowledge.  If a student wants to become educated, the student does not need what academia has to offer - all they need is a sharp mind and an Internet connection.  What the student actually needs from the academic world is *credentialing*.  Now, I'll freely admit that many students don't have the 'sharp mind' necessary for this process.  But I'll also acknowledge that a university education doesn't appear better than simply working at a job that requires you assume responsibilities and use your mind.  Most of the problems mentioned directly flow from the fact that academia is a world slowly waking up to a different reality than the one it has known.  We're a bunch of blacksmiths who have been trying to deny industrialization long after everyone else realized what was going on.  The flood of low quality publishing?  That's just academics trying to ensure they get the last chair in a game of musical chairs with fewer chairs and more players.  The problems with funding?  That's just the public being increasingly skeptical of money spent on meaningless results.  Ineffective teaching?  That's simply a response to the fact that people aren't particularly interested in education - they're interested in having a fun place to hang out for a few years until they're anointed as worthy for the professional labor market.  This is not a problem to be solved.  It's an inevitability descending.  About all you can do is acknowledge it.  And maybe learn how to sell shoes.","human_ref_B":"It's already being fixed, gradually but continuously. The important thing here is that science as a whole has a remarkable success rate over the decades and to change it rapidly would be taking a completely unnecessary risk. The changes may seem slow and prodding within a single human lifespan but they are happening and gradually improving science. Making these changes faster risks one of the most important things humanity has to offer, every step needs to be taken with care.  In recent years, open access journals or at least a combination of publication in peer-reviewed journal and a version on something like arxiv.org after a while has started to slowly garner respect, different fields are still working out the details of how a sensible compromise can be found between open access and still having a high quality peer-review system - both of which are desirable.  Different organisations and projects are also working towards improving peer-review in various ways, either by creating independent quality checks or by thinking about novel methodologies (which again, due to their risky nature need to be checked before a change is implemented).  The reason you are aware of the issue of reproducibility is because it is actually already being discussed, already being addressed. You didn't come up with it by yourself. The improvement of peer-review and more open access are one branch of attempts to mitigate these problems and another attempt that is also being carefully experimented with is (again, depending on the field) broad-scale reproduction attempts, increased respect for meta-reviews \/ meta-analyses instead of single results and a bigger focus on statistical and mathematical tools to guide us through how significant something actually is.  On top of these, progress has recently also been made with regards to the publication of negative results, which would help science out a lot as well. Some journals and scientists are testing if there is sufficient interest in this and while this has yet to gain major traction, it is something that scientists have been trying to work out for a while and is now closer to being implemented than ever before. Another big recent improvement is that scientists more and more actually attach their data sets in certain journals which enforce or allow this, in order to make reproduction and checking their methods simpler.  On the issue of ineffective teaching practices, this decade has seen more progress and experimentation with new teaching methods than the entirety of the past millennium has. Flipped classroom models, MOOCs and their implementation within universities has been, again **carefully and slowly**, tested and experimented with in order to gauge if it is a viable option. One can't just knock over a well functioning system without being sure the new system is better. One thing is for certain, though, the terms flipped classroom and MOOCs will only keep gaining importance (within certain fields) and universities are also increasingly providing PDF format lecture notes and lecture streams, something that was impossible just a short while ago.  On the overproduction of PhDs, I'll have to politely disagree with you that there is even such a problem \"in science\" or \"in academia\". On one hand these are primarily economic concerns within certain countries (the US? I don't know where you are from but this isn't a problem everywhere, so not an issue of \"academia\".) you are talking about and academia shouldn't be changed as a whole in order to accommodate non-academic issues within a particular country. That said, as far as this problem goes you can only opt for one of three options:   1. Create more jobs for PhD students (this is an economic issue and not an issue of academia) or  2. create more strict entrance criteria with one of those standardized entrance exams which have largely been suspected as unrepresentative of academic success and thus would unfortunately eliminate potentially great scientists from arising or  3. Let as many people in as you reasonably can, enabling people of varied backgrounds to take their best shot and have the unfortunate side-effect of possibly ending up with a few PhDs which will have to pursue non-academic jobs after their education.  It seems to me that except for (1), which isn't within the power of academics or academia, (3) is to be preferred over (2). I'd argue (3) is the status quo in most continental European countries at the moment, I think the UK and US are attempting a balancing act of (2) and (3) with sometimes better and sometimes worse results. But if you have a reasonable 4th option, I'm open to hear it.  To summarize: Academia is not \"broken\" but every human endeavor is flawed. All the issues you speak of are not only known, they are and have been in the process of being addressed for a good time now and improvements on most ends are undeniable. Rushing to \"reform\" one of the most important and successful driving factors of human well-being and progress because of a few ultimately small issues would be neck-breakingly risky and simply not worth it. Instead, academia is slow moving because it carefully analyses the changes that are possible and how they would impact the function of the scientific enterprise. If you value any one of these changes, a good thing to do instead of calling for reform, is to pick one of these issues you care the most about and either volunteer in the many projects working and experimenting on the issues or at least donate to their efforts if that would be too much work for you.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":15192.0,"score_ratio":1.2857142857}
{"post_id":"73l93a","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.9,"history":"Is academia broken? And if so, how can we fix it? Throughout my academic career up to this point (approaching the end of my first postdoc in biology) I've been inundated with the problems of academia but never any talk about solutions:  From the overproduction of PhDs, to the travails of the current publishing and funding systems, to the problems of scientific reproducibility and sheer amount of data\\papers out there, to ineffective teaching practices, and so on.   Here, I'd like to initiate a discussion on how serious these problems really are? How do they translate to the social sciences and arts? And most importantly, have any of you great minds out there (or between us all) got any ideas for how to fix it?","c_root_id_A":"dnszav1","c_root_id_B":"dns43dg","created_at_utc_A":1506959687,"created_at_utc_B":1506904906,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I don't know that academia is broken so much as not adapting fast enough to changing needs (see almost every other industry).  That said, one thing that needs to be handled is the adjunct system. We're not going to back to having more TT positions, so instead let's make adjunct systems viable.   Colleges and universities are still acting as though adjuncting is supplementary income for people who already have regular employment as say attorneys, architects, and business owners who adjunct to keep their skills fresh and reach out to the next generation of people in their field. For those who make 100% of their income through adjuncting, this rings pretty hollow. I'd like to see schools accept this reality for many Humanities and Social Science adjuncts and offer them something in return.   What about a staff position that gives them a Professor of Practice title? Say a Grants Administrator, with decent enough pay and great benefits, who's in a teaching role part time and working full time? Or an editor at an university press who is a Professor of Practice in professional writing and publishing classes or in the field in which they acquire? If they want a research position, they can look for a TT job.  This is one solution of about 500 so I'm not saying it was workable, but I'm university staff and was offered a Professor of Practice title and nearly took it and thought about how useful it could be if I wanted to adjunct.","human_ref_B":"Not enough funding to keep humanities professors even at top tier colleges. Too many biologists.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":54781.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwor1mq","c_root_id_B":"fwozo6d","created_at_utc_A":1593691844,"created_at_utc_B":1593696572,"score_A":47,"score_B":51,"human_ref_A":"You can hire a native speaker grad student to proofread--I did this a few times for non-native speakers' dissertations.","human_ref_B":"Are you asking if it\u2019s ethical?  If so, the answer is yes.  Both my husband and my best friend proofread my Ph.D. thesis.  Neither is a chemist so they weren\u2019t able to comment on content, but they corrected grammatical things for me.  That\u2019s the mark of a true friend, because my thesis was 250+ pages.  :)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4728.0,"score_ratio":1.085106383}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwotwwy","c_root_id_B":"fwozo6d","created_at_utc_A":1593693520,"created_at_utc_B":1593696572,"score_A":24,"score_B":51,"human_ref_A":"Does your university have a writing center? They can be a wealth of information and will definitely be able to go over your thesis and help.","human_ref_B":"Are you asking if it\u2019s ethical?  If so, the answer is yes.  Both my husband and my best friend proofread my Ph.D. thesis.  Neither is a chemist so they weren\u2019t able to comment on content, but they corrected grammatical things for me.  That\u2019s the mark of a true friend, because my thesis was 250+ pages.  :)","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3052.0,"score_ratio":2.125}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwpaa8s","c_root_id_B":"fwp1ag8","created_at_utc_A":1593701530,"created_at_utc_B":1593697375,"score_A":18,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"My wife is a journalist and she corrected approximately 3x10^5 incorrect usages of \u201cwhich\u201d vs. \u201cthat\u201d in my PhD thesis (apparently they are not interchangeable).  That said, now that I\u2019ve been a faculty member I can let you in on the dirty little secret that there\u2019s a fairly high probability that your examiners will not read every line of your thesis\u2014 especially if you\u2019ve already published. So have it proofread if you like but, well, you may not need it as much as you think.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019m American. Went through all American grade schools, high schools, and 3 colleges before I got my PhD. I paid $1,400.00 USD for someone to proofread my dissertation. I have ADHD and could not see errors in grammar and syntax. Yes, have your thesis proofread. You don\u2019t need to justify a small expense\/hardship that will impact your future. Good luck on your academic endeavors.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4155.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwpaa8s","c_root_id_B":"fwp9m9s","created_at_utc_A":1593701530,"created_at_utc_B":1593701238,"score_A":18,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"My wife is a journalist and she corrected approximately 3x10^5 incorrect usages of \u201cwhich\u201d vs. \u201cthat\u201d in my PhD thesis (apparently they are not interchangeable).  That said, now that I\u2019ve been a faculty member I can let you in on the dirty little secret that there\u2019s a fairly high probability that your examiners will not read every line of your thesis\u2014 especially if you\u2019ve already published. So have it proofread if you like but, well, you may not need it as much as you think.","human_ref_B":"I do freelance proofreading\/editing for all sorts of scientific documents and I\u2019ve had several theses! Especially from ESL students. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s frowned upon and in fact think it shows initiative wanting to make your document the best it can be. Plus, getting things edited really helps you improve in your writing skills in the future. I never think it hurts to have someone look over your documents, including your thesis. I would do what you feel comfortable with :) Usually too grad programs have writing centers or a network of people who can help you too. Best of luck!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":292.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwozske","c_root_id_B":"fwpaa8s","created_at_utc_A":1593696631,"created_at_utc_B":1593701530,"score_A":5,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"I teach academic writing at my uni. If you want, I can take a look :)","human_ref_B":"My wife is a journalist and she corrected approximately 3x10^5 incorrect usages of \u201cwhich\u201d vs. \u201cthat\u201d in my PhD thesis (apparently they are not interchangeable).  That said, now that I\u2019ve been a faculty member I can let you in on the dirty little secret that there\u2019s a fairly high probability that your examiners will not read every line of your thesis\u2014 especially if you\u2019ve already published. So have it proofread if you like but, well, you may not need it as much as you think.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4899.0,"score_ratio":3.6}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwozxll","c_root_id_B":"fwpaa8s","created_at_utc_A":1593696701,"created_at_utc_B":1593701530,"score_A":5,"score_B":18,"human_ref_A":"At my uni there is an additional optional form to include with the thesis which was a 'Declaration of proof-reader'. In this, if you employed a proof-reader you declare it and state what types of changes they made, I'm not sure how detailed it is though.","human_ref_B":"My wife is a journalist and she corrected approximately 3x10^5 incorrect usages of \u201cwhich\u201d vs. \u201cthat\u201d in my PhD thesis (apparently they are not interchangeable).  That said, now that I\u2019ve been a faculty member I can let you in on the dirty little secret that there\u2019s a fairly high probability that your examiners will not read every line of your thesis\u2014 especially if you\u2019ve already published. So have it proofread if you like but, well, you may not need it as much as you think.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4829.0,"score_ratio":3.6}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwpaa8s","c_root_id_B":"fwp2z86","created_at_utc_A":1593701530,"created_at_utc_B":1593698178,"score_A":18,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"My wife is a journalist and she corrected approximately 3x10^5 incorrect usages of \u201cwhich\u201d vs. \u201cthat\u201d in my PhD thesis (apparently they are not interchangeable).  That said, now that I\u2019ve been a faculty member I can let you in on the dirty little secret that there\u2019s a fairly high probability that your examiners will not read every line of your thesis\u2014 especially if you\u2019ve already published. So have it proofread if you like but, well, you may not need it as much as you think.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019m not ESL but I do have ADHD so find myself making simple grammar\/style errors and have difficulty noting them in my own writing! I didn\u2019t want to bother my supervisor with much of the nitty gritty editing (beyond content) either, so I totally get it. Many people helped proofread my thesis and that seemed very normal in my department (history humanities). We all swapped articles\/grant proposals\/presentations and checked each other for errors often. It\u2019s kind of fun to see what others are working on!  One of my best friends is a copywriter for a publishing house so she also helped proofread for me as well. I think if you ask a person (or couple people) you trust, it\u2019s totally acceptable and normal. I included everyone who helped me talk through ideas and edit in my acknowledgments, because I wanted to let them know how grateful I was! Then I posted my acknowledgments on social media because no one is going to read an actual finished thesis lmao and I wanted there to be public acknowledgment too!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3352.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwpaa8s","c_root_id_B":"fwp8xx6","created_at_utc_A":1593701530,"created_at_utc_B":1593700936,"score_A":18,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"My wife is a journalist and she corrected approximately 3x10^5 incorrect usages of \u201cwhich\u201d vs. \u201cthat\u201d in my PhD thesis (apparently they are not interchangeable).  That said, now that I\u2019ve been a faculty member I can let you in on the dirty little secret that there\u2019s a fairly high probability that your examiners will not read every line of your thesis\u2014 especially if you\u2019ve already published. So have it proofread if you like but, well, you may not need it as much as you think.","human_ref_B":"There should not be any problem with this. We're not perfect people. While it's a skill to communicate effectively in science, not all of us are strong in that. It's the same with the publication of novels. They go through an editorial team as well. It's still their book, their ideas, just a little more refined.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":594.0,"score_ratio":9.0}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwp1ag8","c_root_id_B":"fwozske","created_at_utc_A":1593697375,"created_at_utc_B":1593696631,"score_A":9,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019m American. Went through all American grade schools, high schools, and 3 colleges before I got my PhD. I paid $1,400.00 USD for someone to proofread my dissertation. I have ADHD and could not see errors in grammar and syntax. Yes, have your thesis proofread. You don\u2019t need to justify a small expense\/hardship that will impact your future. Good luck on your academic endeavors.","human_ref_B":"I teach academic writing at my uni. If you want, I can take a look :)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":744.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwozxll","c_root_id_B":"fwp1ag8","created_at_utc_A":1593696701,"created_at_utc_B":1593697375,"score_A":5,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"At my uni there is an additional optional form to include with the thesis which was a 'Declaration of proof-reader'. In this, if you employed a proof-reader you declare it and state what types of changes they made, I'm not sure how detailed it is though.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019m American. Went through all American grade schools, high schools, and 3 colleges before I got my PhD. I paid $1,400.00 USD for someone to proofread my dissertation. I have ADHD and could not see errors in grammar and syntax. Yes, have your thesis proofread. You don\u2019t need to justify a small expense\/hardship that will impact your future. Good luck on your academic endeavors.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":674.0,"score_ratio":1.8}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwp9m9s","c_root_id_B":"fwozske","created_at_utc_A":1593701238,"created_at_utc_B":1593696631,"score_A":6,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I do freelance proofreading\/editing for all sorts of scientific documents and I\u2019ve had several theses! Especially from ESL students. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s frowned upon and in fact think it shows initiative wanting to make your document the best it can be. Plus, getting things edited really helps you improve in your writing skills in the future. I never think it hurts to have someone look over your documents, including your thesis. I would do what you feel comfortable with :) Usually too grad programs have writing centers or a network of people who can help you too. Best of luck!","human_ref_B":"I teach academic writing at my uni. If you want, I can take a look :)","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4607.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwp9m9s","c_root_id_B":"fwozxll","created_at_utc_A":1593701238,"created_at_utc_B":1593696701,"score_A":6,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"I do freelance proofreading\/editing for all sorts of scientific documents and I\u2019ve had several theses! Especially from ESL students. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s frowned upon and in fact think it shows initiative wanting to make your document the best it can be. Plus, getting things edited really helps you improve in your writing skills in the future. I never think it hurts to have someone look over your documents, including your thesis. I would do what you feel comfortable with :) Usually too grad programs have writing centers or a network of people who can help you too. Best of luck!","human_ref_B":"At my uni there is an additional optional form to include with the thesis which was a 'Declaration of proof-reader'. In this, if you employed a proof-reader you declare it and state what types of changes they made, I'm not sure how detailed it is though.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4537.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwp8xx6","c_root_id_B":"fwp9m9s","created_at_utc_A":1593700936,"created_at_utc_B":1593701238,"score_A":2,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"There should not be any problem with this. We're not perfect people. While it's a skill to communicate effectively in science, not all of us are strong in that. It's the same with the publication of novels. They go through an editorial team as well. It's still their book, their ideas, just a little more refined.","human_ref_B":"I do freelance proofreading\/editing for all sorts of scientific documents and I\u2019ve had several theses! Especially from ESL students. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s frowned upon and in fact think it shows initiative wanting to make your document the best it can be. Plus, getting things edited really helps you improve in your writing skills in the future. I never think it hurts to have someone look over your documents, including your thesis. I would do what you feel comfortable with :) Usually too grad programs have writing centers or a network of people who can help you too. Best of luck!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":302.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwozske","c_root_id_B":"fwp2z86","created_at_utc_A":1593696631,"created_at_utc_B":1593698178,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I teach academic writing at my uni. If you want, I can take a look :)","human_ref_B":"I\u2019m not ESL but I do have ADHD so find myself making simple grammar\/style errors and have difficulty noting them in my own writing! I didn\u2019t want to bother my supervisor with much of the nitty gritty editing (beyond content) either, so I totally get it. Many people helped proofread my thesis and that seemed very normal in my department (history humanities). We all swapped articles\/grant proposals\/presentations and checked each other for errors often. It\u2019s kind of fun to see what others are working on!  One of my best friends is a copywriter for a publishing house so she also helped proofread for me as well. I think if you ask a person (or couple people) you trust, it\u2019s totally acceptable and normal. I included everyone who helped me talk through ideas and edit in my acknowledgments, because I wanted to let them know how grateful I was! Then I posted my acknowledgments on social media because no one is going to read an actual finished thesis lmao and I wanted there to be public acknowledgment too!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1547.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwozxll","c_root_id_B":"fwp2z86","created_at_utc_A":1593696701,"created_at_utc_B":1593698178,"score_A":5,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"At my uni there is an additional optional form to include with the thesis which was a 'Declaration of proof-reader'. In this, if you employed a proof-reader you declare it and state what types of changes they made, I'm not sure how detailed it is though.","human_ref_B":"I\u2019m not ESL but I do have ADHD so find myself making simple grammar\/style errors and have difficulty noting them in my own writing! I didn\u2019t want to bother my supervisor with much of the nitty gritty editing (beyond content) either, so I totally get it. Many people helped proofread my thesis and that seemed very normal in my department (history humanities). We all swapped articles\/grant proposals\/presentations and checked each other for errors often. It\u2019s kind of fun to see what others are working on!  One of my best friends is a copywriter for a publishing house so she also helped proofread for me as well. I think if you ask a person (or couple people) you trust, it\u2019s totally acceptable and normal. I included everyone who helped me talk through ideas and edit in my acknowledgments, because I wanted to let them know how grateful I was! Then I posted my acknowledgments on social media because no one is going to read an actual finished thesis lmao and I wanted there to be public acknowledgment too!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1477.0,"score_ratio":1.2}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwphah8","c_root_id_B":"fwposnv","created_at_utc_A":1593704575,"created_at_utc_B":1593707956,"score_A":3,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019m an English speaker who has always been told my writing is pretty good and I still had 4 people read my dissertation before I submitted it. And now, when I open it again, I still find errors. There is no shame in having someone read your work! Which is a good thing, because I actually do copy-editing as a side gig!  In other words, no need for guilt or embarrassment! If having your work read over will make you feel more confident in submitting it, do it!","human_ref_B":"Completely ethical and an overall good idea. I'm an editor of a journal and it makes a clear difference. You want to be judged on the value of your ideas, not on the value of whether you had 12 years of formal schooling and a native English-speaking upbringing or not.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3381.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwposnv","c_root_id_B":"fwp8xx6","created_at_utc_A":1593707956,"created_at_utc_B":1593700936,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Completely ethical and an overall good idea. I'm an editor of a journal and it makes a clear difference. You want to be judged on the value of your ideas, not on the value of whether you had 12 years of formal schooling and a native English-speaking upbringing or not.","human_ref_B":"There should not be any problem with this. We're not perfect people. While it's a skill to communicate effectively in science, not all of us are strong in that. It's the same with the publication of novels. They go through an editorial team as well. It's still their book, their ideas, just a little more refined.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7020.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwposnv","c_root_id_B":"fwpmfx7","created_at_utc_A":1593707956,"created_at_utc_B":1593706821,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Completely ethical and an overall good idea. I'm an editor of a journal and it makes a clear difference. You want to be judged on the value of your ideas, not on the value of whether you had 12 years of formal schooling and a native English-speaking upbringing or not.","human_ref_B":"There's no reason to be embarrassed by this. I'm consistently impressed by people regularly writing and publishing in English as their second or third language. I can barely read a second language so I admire the work it takes to write in one. You could hire someone, ask friends or colleagues (maybe one chapter per person?), go to your committee, or other options. All make sense and no one will think it's a strange or unethical request. Friends or colleagues will likely be happy to help!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1135.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwposnv","c_root_id_B":"fwpnh7j","created_at_utc_A":1593707956,"created_at_utc_B":1593707321,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Completely ethical and an overall good idea. I'm an editor of a journal and it makes a clear difference. You want to be judged on the value of your ideas, not on the value of whether you had 12 years of formal schooling and a native English-speaking upbringing or not.","human_ref_B":"My wife is a non-native English speaker, and I proofread both her master's thesis and her dissertation. Both her advisor and mine (head of our dept. and part of her committee) were fine with it. You shouldn't feel any stigma about having someone look over your academic writing","labels":1,"seconds_difference":635.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwp8xx6","c_root_id_B":"fwq1rp0","created_at_utc_A":1593700936,"created_at_utc_B":1593714102,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"There should not be any problem with this. We're not perfect people. While it's a skill to communicate effectively in science, not all of us are strong in that. It's the same with the publication of novels. They go through an editorial team as well. It's still their book, their ideas, just a little more refined.","human_ref_B":"Student proofread each other's work all the time.  If you school is ok with it, then go for it.  My school when I asked about hiring a proofreader \/ editor they provided me a list they had on hand for students.  And don't feel guilty.  Your ideas are what matters.   Having people review your work for clarity is part of the scientific process.  We cannot be masters of everything.  Some are simply better at writing and communicating than others.  Takes nothing away from your worth to not also be a expert in writing in addition to your own field.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":13166.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwpmfx7","c_root_id_B":"fwq1rp0","created_at_utc_A":1593706821,"created_at_utc_B":1593714102,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"There's no reason to be embarrassed by this. I'm consistently impressed by people regularly writing and publishing in English as their second or third language. I can barely read a second language so I admire the work it takes to write in one. You could hire someone, ask friends or colleagues (maybe one chapter per person?), go to your committee, or other options. All make sense and no one will think it's a strange or unethical request. Friends or colleagues will likely be happy to help!","human_ref_B":"Student proofread each other's work all the time.  If you school is ok with it, then go for it.  My school when I asked about hiring a proofreader \/ editor they provided me a list they had on hand for students.  And don't feel guilty.  Your ideas are what matters.   Having people review your work for clarity is part of the scientific process.  We cannot be masters of everything.  Some are simply better at writing and communicating than others.  Takes nothing away from your worth to not also be a expert in writing in addition to your own field.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":7281.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwpnh7j","c_root_id_B":"fwq1rp0","created_at_utc_A":1593707321,"created_at_utc_B":1593714102,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"My wife is a non-native English speaker, and I proofread both her master's thesis and her dissertation. Both her advisor and mine (head of our dept. and part of her committee) were fine with it. You shouldn't feel any stigma about having someone look over your academic writing","human_ref_B":"Student proofread each other's work all the time.  If you school is ok with it, then go for it.  My school when I asked about hiring a proofreader \/ editor they provided me a list they had on hand for students.  And don't feel guilty.  Your ideas are what matters.   Having people review your work for clarity is part of the scientific process.  We cannot be masters of everything.  Some are simply better at writing and communicating than others.  Takes nothing away from your worth to not also be a expert in writing in addition to your own field.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6781.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwpzxlt","c_root_id_B":"fwq1rp0","created_at_utc_A":1593713228,"created_at_utc_B":1593714102,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I have a similar problem as I have a neurological condition that makes it difficult to use my hands so I use a lot of audio, text to speech, and visual aid software. But aid software is rarely perfect and has a lot of grammatical errors.   Editing is literally the most difficult part of academia for me :\/","human_ref_B":"Student proofread each other's work all the time.  If you school is ok with it, then go for it.  My school when I asked about hiring a proofreader \/ editor they provided me a list they had on hand for students.  And don't feel guilty.  Your ideas are what matters.   Having people review your work for clarity is part of the scientific process.  We cannot be masters of everything.  Some are simply better at writing and communicating than others.  Takes nothing away from your worth to not also be a expert in writing in addition to your own field.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":874.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwphah8","c_root_id_B":"fwp8xx6","created_at_utc_A":1593704575,"created_at_utc_B":1593700936,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019m an English speaker who has always been told my writing is pretty good and I still had 4 people read my dissertation before I submitted it. And now, when I open it again, I still find errors. There is no shame in having someone read your work! Which is a good thing, because I actually do copy-editing as a side gig!  In other words, no need for guilt or embarrassment! If having your work read over will make you feel more confident in submitting it, do it!","human_ref_B":"There should not be any problem with this. We're not perfect people. While it's a skill to communicate effectively in science, not all of us are strong in that. It's the same with the publication of novels. They go through an editorial team as well. It's still their book, their ideas, just a little more refined.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3639.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwpqvk3","c_root_id_B":"fwp8xx6","created_at_utc_A":1593708953,"created_at_utc_B":1593700936,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"We require our undergraduates to have their theses proofed by at least two peers and a writing tutor. Surely the same would make sense for a graduate project?  I've been in academia for 30+ years and have never submitted anything longer than an email without someone proofing a final copy first. Seems like common sense, especially if you know there are issues with your writing.","human_ref_B":"There should not be any problem with this. We're not perfect people. While it's a skill to communicate effectively in science, not all of us are strong in that. It's the same with the publication of novels. They go through an editorial team as well. It's still their book, their ideas, just a little more refined.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8017.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwpmfx7","c_root_id_B":"fwpqvk3","created_at_utc_A":1593706821,"created_at_utc_B":1593708953,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"There's no reason to be embarrassed by this. I'm consistently impressed by people regularly writing and publishing in English as their second or third language. I can barely read a second language so I admire the work it takes to write in one. You could hire someone, ask friends or colleagues (maybe one chapter per person?), go to your committee, or other options. All make sense and no one will think it's a strange or unethical request. Friends or colleagues will likely be happy to help!","human_ref_B":"We require our undergraduates to have their theses proofed by at least two peers and a writing tutor. Surely the same would make sense for a graduate project?  I've been in academia for 30+ years and have never submitted anything longer than an email without someone proofing a final copy first. Seems like common sense, especially if you know there are issues with your writing.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2132.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"hjvj93","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.96,"history":"What is academia's take on proofreading of theses? Hello everyone,  I am an \"English as a second language\" author. I published few papers before. However, they have all been proofread by my supervisor\/co-authors, and significantly improved. In all cases of my writing, there were no severe coherence and cohesion issues. Mostly a suboptimal academic tone, and some unclarities (super long sentences). Anyway, I'm expected to submit my thesis in September. And i wonder what is the general consensus in academia regarding proofreading of a thesis by a third-party. My university policy allows it, and in fact some colleagues were required to do so by examining\/ supervisory committee.    I'm not very happy with my writing skills. I tried taking some short online courses but I only improved marginally. My thesis is already completed and i began the polishing stage. There are no editing and style issues I'm very well familiar with the ACS style. It's just the language that I'm not very happy with.    What are your thoughts on this? I'm quite reluctant and feeling a bit guilty and embarrassed to seek for help in this. My supervisor offered to help a bit in proofreading, but of course he's very busy, and I don't think he'll have time to properly proofread a 60000 words document.","c_root_id_A":"fwpqvk3","c_root_id_B":"fwpnh7j","created_at_utc_A":1593708953,"created_at_utc_B":1593707321,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"We require our undergraduates to have their theses proofed by at least two peers and a writing tutor. Surely the same would make sense for a graduate project?  I've been in academia for 30+ years and have never submitted anything longer than an email without someone proofing a final copy first. Seems like common sense, especially if you know there are issues with your writing.","human_ref_B":"My wife is a non-native English speaker, and I proofread both her master's thesis and her dissertation. Both her advisor and mine (head of our dept. and part of her committee) were fine with it. You shouldn't feel any stigma about having someone look over your academic writing","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1632.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"uum3ey","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.71,"history":"Abysmal TT offer Hello,  I just received an offer for a TT assistant professor position at a university that I would love to work at. The position is a 9 month appointment and 50% teaching 50% research. It is a smaller school, so I was expecting a smaller offer but not as small as I received (65k salary, 6k research startup funds, and 3k moving costs). Looking for advice on negotiating. The salary seems to be on par with what my peers are being offered for 9 month positions but I was hoping for more than a 10k raise from my postdoc salary and the research startup package is abysmal. I know they offer low and I counter high and we try to meet in the middle but this is so small that I\u2019m feeling very defeated. What are some reasonable counter offers for a small department in a small state school? Thank you in advance.","c_root_id_A":"i9i2pks","c_root_id_B":"i9ir88x","created_at_utc_A":1653173724,"created_at_utc_B":1653187054,"score_A":25,"score_B":38,"human_ref_A":"Is that abysmal? I\u2019m in STEM, but I did some interviews at non-PhD granting state universities, and that actually seems generous relative to some of the offers I had. I think the best thing you can probably do is figure out what you need to be successful in your research and make the case for an amount of money that will let you do it.","human_ref_B":"Seems normal. Assistant prof jobs are insanely low paid","labels":0,"seconds_difference":13330.0,"score_ratio":1.52}
{"post_id":"uum3ey","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.71,"history":"Abysmal TT offer Hello,  I just received an offer for a TT assistant professor position at a university that I would love to work at. The position is a 9 month appointment and 50% teaching 50% research. It is a smaller school, so I was expecting a smaller offer but not as small as I received (65k salary, 6k research startup funds, and 3k moving costs). Looking for advice on negotiating. The salary seems to be on par with what my peers are being offered for 9 month positions but I was hoping for more than a 10k raise from my postdoc salary and the research startup package is abysmal. I know they offer low and I counter high and we try to meet in the middle but this is so small that I\u2019m feeling very defeated. What are some reasonable counter offers for a small department in a small state school? Thank you in advance.","c_root_id_A":"i9i9qz2","c_root_id_B":"i9ir88x","created_at_utc_A":1653177537,"created_at_utc_B":1653187054,"score_A":19,"score_B":38,"human_ref_A":"I started quite a bit lower than that at a public university in one the largest cities in the US, so this looks pretty good to me.","human_ref_B":"Seems normal. Assistant prof jobs are insanely low paid","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9517.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"uum3ey","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.71,"history":"Abysmal TT offer Hello,  I just received an offer for a TT assistant professor position at a university that I would love to work at. The position is a 9 month appointment and 50% teaching 50% research. It is a smaller school, so I was expecting a smaller offer but not as small as I received (65k salary, 6k research startup funds, and 3k moving costs). Looking for advice on negotiating. The salary seems to be on par with what my peers are being offered for 9 month positions but I was hoping for more than a 10k raise from my postdoc salary and the research startup package is abysmal. I know they offer low and I counter high and we try to meet in the middle but this is so small that I\u2019m feeling very defeated. What are some reasonable counter offers for a small department in a small state school? Thank you in advance.","c_root_id_A":"i9ir88x","c_root_id_B":"i9ij9mo","created_at_utc_A":1653187054,"created_at_utc_B":1653182699,"score_A":38,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Seems normal. Assistant prof jobs are insanely low paid","human_ref_B":"Ask about opportunities for summer teaching or overloads?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4355.0,"score_ratio":12.6666666667}
{"post_id":"uum3ey","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.71,"history":"Abysmal TT offer Hello,  I just received an offer for a TT assistant professor position at a university that I would love to work at. The position is a 9 month appointment and 50% teaching 50% research. It is a smaller school, so I was expecting a smaller offer but not as small as I received (65k salary, 6k research startup funds, and 3k moving costs). Looking for advice on negotiating. The salary seems to be on par with what my peers are being offered for 9 month positions but I was hoping for more than a 10k raise from my postdoc salary and the research startup package is abysmal. I know they offer low and I counter high and we try to meet in the middle but this is so small that I\u2019m feeling very defeated. What are some reasonable counter offers for a small department in a small state school? Thank you in advance.","c_root_id_A":"i9irta9","c_root_id_B":"i9ij9mo","created_at_utc_A":1653187372,"created_at_utc_B":1653182699,"score_A":12,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"This unfortunately sounds very typical of starting pay for an assistant professor, especially for a small state school. I\u2019ve seen even mid-career pay for associate professors at such schools that isn\u2019t that much higher than that.","human_ref_B":"Ask about opportunities for summer teaching or overloads?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4673.0,"score_ratio":4.0}
{"post_id":"uum3ey","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.71,"history":"Abysmal TT offer Hello,  I just received an offer for a TT assistant professor position at a university that I would love to work at. The position is a 9 month appointment and 50% teaching 50% research. It is a smaller school, so I was expecting a smaller offer but not as small as I received (65k salary, 6k research startup funds, and 3k moving costs). Looking for advice on negotiating. The salary seems to be on par with what my peers are being offered for 9 month positions but I was hoping for more than a 10k raise from my postdoc salary and the research startup package is abysmal. I know they offer low and I counter high and we try to meet in the middle but this is so small that I\u2019m feeling very defeated. What are some reasonable counter offers for a small department in a small state school? Thank you in advance.","c_root_id_A":"i9iskfe","c_root_id_B":"i9jejpk","created_at_utc_A":1653187784,"created_at_utc_B":1653203328,"score_A":6,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Do you have another offer? The chef\u2019s kiss move is to get 2 institutions competing with each other.","human_ref_B":"> The salary seems to be on par with what my peers are being offered for 9 month positions but I was hoping for more than a 10k raise from my postdoc salary  Your postdoc salary is irrelevant to your salary offer for a TT position. If you have another TT offer, then you're in a stronger position to negotiate.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":15544.0,"score_ratio":1.1666666667}
{"post_id":"uum3ey","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.71,"history":"Abysmal TT offer Hello,  I just received an offer for a TT assistant professor position at a university that I would love to work at. The position is a 9 month appointment and 50% teaching 50% research. It is a smaller school, so I was expecting a smaller offer but not as small as I received (65k salary, 6k research startup funds, and 3k moving costs). Looking for advice on negotiating. The salary seems to be on par with what my peers are being offered for 9 month positions but I was hoping for more than a 10k raise from my postdoc salary and the research startup package is abysmal. I know they offer low and I counter high and we try to meet in the middle but this is so small that I\u2019m feeling very defeated. What are some reasonable counter offers for a small department in a small state school? Thank you in advance.","c_root_id_A":"i9ij9mo","c_root_id_B":"i9jejpk","created_at_utc_A":1653182699,"created_at_utc_B":1653203328,"score_A":3,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Ask about opportunities for summer teaching or overloads?","human_ref_B":"> The salary seems to be on par with what my peers are being offered for 9 month positions but I was hoping for more than a 10k raise from my postdoc salary  Your postdoc salary is irrelevant to your salary offer for a TT position. If you have another TT offer, then you're in a stronger position to negotiate.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":20629.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"uum3ey","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.71,"history":"Abysmal TT offer Hello,  I just received an offer for a TT assistant professor position at a university that I would love to work at. The position is a 9 month appointment and 50% teaching 50% research. It is a smaller school, so I was expecting a smaller offer but not as small as I received (65k salary, 6k research startup funds, and 3k moving costs). Looking for advice on negotiating. The salary seems to be on par with what my peers are being offered for 9 month positions but I was hoping for more than a 10k raise from my postdoc salary and the research startup package is abysmal. I know they offer low and I counter high and we try to meet in the middle but this is so small that I\u2019m feeling very defeated. What are some reasonable counter offers for a small department in a small state school? Thank you in advance.","c_root_id_A":"i9jejpk","c_root_id_B":"i9j3oz6","created_at_utc_A":1653203328,"created_at_utc_B":1653194682,"score_A":7,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"> The salary seems to be on par with what my peers are being offered for 9 month positions but I was hoping for more than a 10k raise from my postdoc salary  Your postdoc salary is irrelevant to your salary offer for a TT position. If you have another TT offer, then you're in a stronger position to negotiate.","human_ref_B":"More than I made at a similar school, and pretty close to the national average for that type of position.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":8646.0,"score_ratio":2.3333333333}
{"post_id":"uum3ey","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.71,"history":"Abysmal TT offer Hello,  I just received an offer for a TT assistant professor position at a university that I would love to work at. The position is a 9 month appointment and 50% teaching 50% research. It is a smaller school, so I was expecting a smaller offer but not as small as I received (65k salary, 6k research startup funds, and 3k moving costs). Looking for advice on negotiating. The salary seems to be on par with what my peers are being offered for 9 month positions but I was hoping for more than a 10k raise from my postdoc salary and the research startup package is abysmal. I know they offer low and I counter high and we try to meet in the middle but this is so small that I\u2019m feeling very defeated. What are some reasonable counter offers for a small department in a small state school? Thank you in advance.","c_root_id_A":"i9iskfe","c_root_id_B":"i9ij9mo","created_at_utc_A":1653187784,"created_at_utc_B":1653182699,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Do you have another offer? The chef\u2019s kiss move is to get 2 institutions competing with each other.","human_ref_B":"Ask about opportunities for summer teaching or overloads?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5085.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"uum3ey","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.71,"history":"Abysmal TT offer Hello,  I just received an offer for a TT assistant professor position at a university that I would love to work at. The position is a 9 month appointment and 50% teaching 50% research. It is a smaller school, so I was expecting a smaller offer but not as small as I received (65k salary, 6k research startup funds, and 3k moving costs). Looking for advice on negotiating. The salary seems to be on par with what my peers are being offered for 9 month positions but I was hoping for more than a 10k raise from my postdoc salary and the research startup package is abysmal. I know they offer low and I counter high and we try to meet in the middle but this is so small that I\u2019m feeling very defeated. What are some reasonable counter offers for a small department in a small state school? Thank you in advance.","c_root_id_A":"i9ij9mo","c_root_id_B":"i9k2hal","created_at_utc_A":1653182699,"created_at_utc_B":1653223251,"score_A":3,"score_B":5,"human_ref_A":"Ask about opportunities for summer teaching or overloads?","human_ref_B":"What Carnegie classification (R1\/R2\/M1\/M2\/etc)? Where? What field (your tag says law\/business)?  I know you said smaller school but that could mean anything.  All these things matter. At an R1 law school in an urban center that would be a phenomenally bad salary. At a SLAC in the middle of nowhere teaching English it's not.   https:\/\/data.chronicle.com\/category\/ccbasic\/15\/faculty-salaries\/","labels":0,"seconds_difference":40552.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"uum3ey","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.71,"history":"Abysmal TT offer Hello,  I just received an offer for a TT assistant professor position at a university that I would love to work at. The position is a 9 month appointment and 50% teaching 50% research. It is a smaller school, so I was expecting a smaller offer but not as small as I received (65k salary, 6k research startup funds, and 3k moving costs). Looking for advice on negotiating. The salary seems to be on par with what my peers are being offered for 9 month positions but I was hoping for more than a 10k raise from my postdoc salary and the research startup package is abysmal. I know they offer low and I counter high and we try to meet in the middle but this is so small that I\u2019m feeling very defeated. What are some reasonable counter offers for a small department in a small state school? Thank you in advance.","c_root_id_A":"i9k2hal","c_root_id_B":"i9j3oz6","created_at_utc_A":1653223251,"created_at_utc_B":1653194682,"score_A":5,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"What Carnegie classification (R1\/R2\/M1\/M2\/etc)? Where? What field (your tag says law\/business)?  I know you said smaller school but that could mean anything.  All these things matter. At an R1 law school in an urban center that would be a phenomenally bad salary. At a SLAC in the middle of nowhere teaching English it's not.   https:\/\/data.chronicle.com\/category\/ccbasic\/15\/faculty-salaries\/","human_ref_B":"More than I made at a similar school, and pretty close to the national average for that type of position.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":28569.0,"score_ratio":1.6666666667}
{"post_id":"uum3ey","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.71,"history":"Abysmal TT offer Hello,  I just received an offer for a TT assistant professor position at a university that I would love to work at. The position is a 9 month appointment and 50% teaching 50% research. It is a smaller school, so I was expecting a smaller offer but not as small as I received (65k salary, 6k research startup funds, and 3k moving costs). Looking for advice on negotiating. The salary seems to be on par with what my peers are being offered for 9 month positions but I was hoping for more than a 10k raise from my postdoc salary and the research startup package is abysmal. I know they offer low and I counter high and we try to meet in the middle but this is so small that I\u2019m feeling very defeated. What are some reasonable counter offers for a small department in a small state school? Thank you in advance.","c_root_id_A":"i9mx3oe","c_root_id_B":"i9o80aj","created_at_utc_A":1653271953,"created_at_utc_B":1653306226,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":">6k research startup funds     What is this? A lab for ANTS?","human_ref_B":"Gosh, I guess I should count my blessings. I thought my salary offer was a little low for a stem TT-track R2 position (~73k) with 5k moving. They offered a great research start up and aren\u2019t strategically hiring me to achieve R1.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":34273.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"uum3ey","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.71,"history":"Abysmal TT offer Hello,  I just received an offer for a TT assistant professor position at a university that I would love to work at. The position is a 9 month appointment and 50% teaching 50% research. It is a smaller school, so I was expecting a smaller offer but not as small as I received (65k salary, 6k research startup funds, and 3k moving costs). Looking for advice on negotiating. The salary seems to be on par with what my peers are being offered for 9 month positions but I was hoping for more than a 10k raise from my postdoc salary and the research startup package is abysmal. I know they offer low and I counter high and we try to meet in the middle but this is so small that I\u2019m feeling very defeated. What are some reasonable counter offers for a small department in a small state school? Thank you in advance.","c_root_id_A":"i9qpprg","c_root_id_B":"i9mx3oe","created_at_utc_A":1653347134,"created_at_utc_B":1653271953,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I\u2019m an asst prof at a state R1 and that was very similar to my offer in 2018. I did ask for higher salary and startup and got a little more but not what I asked for.","human_ref_B":">6k research startup funds     What is this? A lab for ANTS?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":75181.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"9ko0b6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Is Academia Possible With a non-Top Ten PhD Degree? As the post suggests I will be getting my PhD in CS from a non-top ten school. Not bad, but def not recruiting ground for academics (its top 40). I have however, done well in my research thus far, and snagged an NIH fellowship and will probably have 6-8 first author publications by the time I\u2019m through. Normally I figured I could make it into a TT post under the circumstances that I went to a top program, but with top 40 I\u2019m wondering if anyone will even look at my record. I\u2019d like to shoot straight for TT or at least an excellent postdoc after school, and I\u2019m wondering if I have any chance of this or if I should focus my energies toward industry.","c_root_id_A":"e710vj6","c_root_id_B":"e710wi1","created_at_utc_A":1538488644,"created_at_utc_B":1538488670,"score_A":2,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Really depends on the school you want to work at. If you want to work in a top tier school, it really helps to have experience at a top tier school. But lower ranked schools are much less picky, and still offer good salaries and good research opportunities.","human_ref_B":"The definition of Top Ten is extremely subjective. Top ten what ? Top ten among grad school programs ?, Top ten in research output ?. It can be that a nobel prize winning advisor is in a non top ten school. Its usually the reputation of your advisor and the quality of all the publications that matter rather than the name of the school.   Getting an NIH fellowship is no small achievement and it adds so much weight to your CV.   Dont think about Top ten, for you post doctoral training, consider who do you want to work with. Dont just apply for positions in a top ten school just because its a top ten school, maybe the work there is of no interest to you at all.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":26.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"9ko0b6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Is Academia Possible With a non-Top Ten PhD Degree? As the post suggests I will be getting my PhD in CS from a non-top ten school. Not bad, but def not recruiting ground for academics (its top 40). I have however, done well in my research thus far, and snagged an NIH fellowship and will probably have 6-8 first author publications by the time I\u2019m through. Normally I figured I could make it into a TT post under the circumstances that I went to a top program, but with top 40 I\u2019m wondering if anyone will even look at my record. I\u2019d like to shoot straight for TT or at least an excellent postdoc after school, and I\u2019m wondering if I have any chance of this or if I should focus my energies toward industry.","c_root_id_A":"e710vj6","c_root_id_B":"e711trm","created_at_utc_A":1538488644,"created_at_utc_B":1538489546,"score_A":2,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Really depends on the school you want to work at. If you want to work in a top tier school, it really helps to have experience at a top tier school. But lower ranked schools are much less picky, and still offer good salaries and good research opportunities.","human_ref_B":"I'm on a search committee at a teaching focussed state comprehensive uni (3\/3 load), and we don't care where you got your PhD.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":902.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"9ko0b6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Is Academia Possible With a non-Top Ten PhD Degree? As the post suggests I will be getting my PhD in CS from a non-top ten school. Not bad, but def not recruiting ground for academics (its top 40). I have however, done well in my research thus far, and snagged an NIH fellowship and will probably have 6-8 first author publications by the time I\u2019m through. Normally I figured I could make it into a TT post under the circumstances that I went to a top program, but with top 40 I\u2019m wondering if anyone will even look at my record. I\u2019d like to shoot straight for TT or at least an excellent postdoc after school, and I\u2019m wondering if I have any chance of this or if I should focus my energies toward industry.","c_root_id_A":"e71vz22","c_root_id_B":"e71ctfb","created_at_utc_A":1538514322,"created_at_utc_B":1538498907,"score_A":4,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Graduated with a CS PhD in May from a top 50ish school. 4ish first author full papers one of them top tier. Applied to 40-50 schools (some way out of my league), got 8 or 10 interviews, 3 faculty offers and 1 postdoc offer. Go for it, seriously.","human_ref_B":"Pragmatically speaking - are the 6-8 pubs at great venues for your subfield?  Now obviously, this is dependent on a lot of things, like your subfield and how the market looks in any given year...But if those pubs are good, I think you'll have a great chance at getting a killer postdoc or a TT position. If you have time to start networking, I would do so now to help you even more.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":15415.0,"score_ratio":1.3333333333}
{"post_id":"9ko0b6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Is Academia Possible With a non-Top Ten PhD Degree? As the post suggests I will be getting my PhD in CS from a non-top ten school. Not bad, but def not recruiting ground for academics (its top 40). I have however, done well in my research thus far, and snagged an NIH fellowship and will probably have 6-8 first author publications by the time I\u2019m through. Normally I figured I could make it into a TT post under the circumstances that I went to a top program, but with top 40 I\u2019m wondering if anyone will even look at my record. I\u2019d like to shoot straight for TT or at least an excellent postdoc after school, and I\u2019m wondering if I have any chance of this or if I should focus my energies toward industry.","c_root_id_A":"e710vj6","c_root_id_B":"e71vz22","created_at_utc_A":1538488644,"created_at_utc_B":1538514322,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"Really depends on the school you want to work at. If you want to work in a top tier school, it really helps to have experience at a top tier school. But lower ranked schools are much less picky, and still offer good salaries and good research opportunities.","human_ref_B":"Graduated with a CS PhD in May from a top 50ish school. 4ish first author full papers one of them top tier. Applied to 40-50 schools (some way out of my league), got 8 or 10 interviews, 3 faculty offers and 1 postdoc offer. Go for it, seriously.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":25678.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"9ko0b6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Is Academia Possible With a non-Top Ten PhD Degree? As the post suggests I will be getting my PhD in CS from a non-top ten school. Not bad, but def not recruiting ground for academics (its top 40). I have however, done well in my research thus far, and snagged an NIH fellowship and will probably have 6-8 first author publications by the time I\u2019m through. Normally I figured I could make it into a TT post under the circumstances that I went to a top program, but with top 40 I\u2019m wondering if anyone will even look at my record. I\u2019d like to shoot straight for TT or at least an excellent postdoc after school, and I\u2019m wondering if I have any chance of this or if I should focus my energies toward industry.","c_root_id_A":"e713zkp","c_root_id_B":"e71vz22","created_at_utc_A":1538491493,"created_at_utc_B":1538514322,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"> 6-8 first author publications by the time I\u2019m through.  That seems like a very good output to me. Is this typical in your field?","human_ref_B":"Graduated with a CS PhD in May from a top 50ish school. 4ish first author full papers one of them top tier. Applied to 40-50 schools (some way out of my league), got 8 or 10 interviews, 3 faculty offers and 1 postdoc offer. Go for it, seriously.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":22829.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"9ko0b6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Is Academia Possible With a non-Top Ten PhD Degree? As the post suggests I will be getting my PhD in CS from a non-top ten school. Not bad, but def not recruiting ground for academics (its top 40). I have however, done well in my research thus far, and snagged an NIH fellowship and will probably have 6-8 first author publications by the time I\u2019m through. Normally I figured I could make it into a TT post under the circumstances that I went to a top program, but with top 40 I\u2019m wondering if anyone will even look at my record. I\u2019d like to shoot straight for TT or at least an excellent postdoc after school, and I\u2019m wondering if I have any chance of this or if I should focus my energies toward industry.","c_root_id_A":"e71vz22","c_root_id_B":"e714a3x","created_at_utc_A":1538514322,"created_at_utc_B":1538491748,"score_A":4,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Graduated with a CS PhD in May from a top 50ish school. 4ish first author full papers one of them top tier. Applied to 40-50 schools (some way out of my league), got 8 or 10 interviews, 3 faculty offers and 1 postdoc offer. Go for it, seriously.","human_ref_B":"Given the difficulty in finding and hiring CS professors, you should be fine so long as your research is interesting\/good.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":22574.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"9ko0b6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Is Academia Possible With a non-Top Ten PhD Degree? As the post suggests I will be getting my PhD in CS from a non-top ten school. Not bad, but def not recruiting ground for academics (its top 40). I have however, done well in my research thus far, and snagged an NIH fellowship and will probably have 6-8 first author publications by the time I\u2019m through. Normally I figured I could make it into a TT post under the circumstances that I went to a top program, but with top 40 I\u2019m wondering if anyone will even look at my record. I\u2019d like to shoot straight for TT or at least an excellent postdoc after school, and I\u2019m wondering if I have any chance of this or if I should focus my energies toward industry.","c_root_id_A":"e71ak3p","c_root_id_B":"e71vz22","created_at_utc_A":1538497062,"created_at_utc_B":1538514322,"score_A":2,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"My friend received his STEM PhD from an institute ranked in the 90s, he was interviewed for a TT position at Harvard.      There is a huge demand for CS faculty nationwide, you would have no trouble finding TT positions right after your PhD particularly if you are from a top 40 institute.","human_ref_B":"Graduated with a CS PhD in May from a top 50ish school. 4ish first author full papers one of them top tier. Applied to 40-50 schools (some way out of my league), got 8 or 10 interviews, 3 faculty offers and 1 postdoc offer. Go for it, seriously.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":17260.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"9ko0b6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Is Academia Possible With a non-Top Ten PhD Degree? As the post suggests I will be getting my PhD in CS from a non-top ten school. Not bad, but def not recruiting ground for academics (its top 40). I have however, done well in my research thus far, and snagged an NIH fellowship and will probably have 6-8 first author publications by the time I\u2019m through. Normally I figured I could make it into a TT post under the circumstances that I went to a top program, but with top 40 I\u2019m wondering if anyone will even look at my record. I\u2019d like to shoot straight for TT or at least an excellent postdoc after school, and I\u2019m wondering if I have any chance of this or if I should focus my energies toward industry.","c_root_id_A":"e71ctfb","c_root_id_B":"e710vj6","created_at_utc_A":1538498907,"created_at_utc_B":1538488644,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Pragmatically speaking - are the 6-8 pubs at great venues for your subfield?  Now obviously, this is dependent on a lot of things, like your subfield and how the market looks in any given year...But if those pubs are good, I think you'll have a great chance at getting a killer postdoc or a TT position. If you have time to start networking, I would do so now to help you even more.","human_ref_B":"Really depends on the school you want to work at. If you want to work in a top tier school, it really helps to have experience at a top tier school. But lower ranked schools are much less picky, and still offer good salaries and good research opportunities.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":10263.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"9ko0b6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Is Academia Possible With a non-Top Ten PhD Degree? As the post suggests I will be getting my PhD in CS from a non-top ten school. Not bad, but def not recruiting ground for academics (its top 40). I have however, done well in my research thus far, and snagged an NIH fellowship and will probably have 6-8 first author publications by the time I\u2019m through. Normally I figured I could make it into a TT post under the circumstances that I went to a top program, but with top 40 I\u2019m wondering if anyone will even look at my record. I\u2019d like to shoot straight for TT or at least an excellent postdoc after school, and I\u2019m wondering if I have any chance of this or if I should focus my energies toward industry.","c_root_id_A":"e71ctfb","c_root_id_B":"e713zkp","created_at_utc_A":1538498907,"created_at_utc_B":1538491493,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Pragmatically speaking - are the 6-8 pubs at great venues for your subfield?  Now obviously, this is dependent on a lot of things, like your subfield and how the market looks in any given year...But if those pubs are good, I think you'll have a great chance at getting a killer postdoc or a TT position. If you have time to start networking, I would do so now to help you even more.","human_ref_B":"> 6-8 first author publications by the time I\u2019m through.  That seems like a very good output to me. Is this typical in your field?","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7414.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"9ko0b6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Is Academia Possible With a non-Top Ten PhD Degree? As the post suggests I will be getting my PhD in CS from a non-top ten school. Not bad, but def not recruiting ground for academics (its top 40). I have however, done well in my research thus far, and snagged an NIH fellowship and will probably have 6-8 first author publications by the time I\u2019m through. Normally I figured I could make it into a TT post under the circumstances that I went to a top program, but with top 40 I\u2019m wondering if anyone will even look at my record. I\u2019d like to shoot straight for TT or at least an excellent postdoc after school, and I\u2019m wondering if I have any chance of this or if I should focus my energies toward industry.","c_root_id_A":"e71ctfb","c_root_id_B":"e714a3x","created_at_utc_A":1538498907,"created_at_utc_B":1538491748,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Pragmatically speaking - are the 6-8 pubs at great venues for your subfield?  Now obviously, this is dependent on a lot of things, like your subfield and how the market looks in any given year...But if those pubs are good, I think you'll have a great chance at getting a killer postdoc or a TT position. If you have time to start networking, I would do so now to help you even more.","human_ref_B":"Given the difficulty in finding and hiring CS professors, you should be fine so long as your research is interesting\/good.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":7159.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"9ko0b6","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.86,"history":"Is Academia Possible With a non-Top Ten PhD Degree? As the post suggests I will be getting my PhD in CS from a non-top ten school. Not bad, but def not recruiting ground for academics (its top 40). I have however, done well in my research thus far, and snagged an NIH fellowship and will probably have 6-8 first author publications by the time I\u2019m through. Normally I figured I could make it into a TT post under the circumstances that I went to a top program, but with top 40 I\u2019m wondering if anyone will even look at my record. I\u2019d like to shoot straight for TT or at least an excellent postdoc after school, and I\u2019m wondering if I have any chance of this or if I should focus my energies toward industry.","c_root_id_A":"e71ak3p","c_root_id_B":"e71ctfb","created_at_utc_A":1538497062,"created_at_utc_B":1538498907,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"My friend received his STEM PhD from an institute ranked in the 90s, he was interviewed for a TT position at Harvard.      There is a huge demand for CS faculty nationwide, you would have no trouble finding TT positions right after your PhD particularly if you are from a top 40 institute.","human_ref_B":"Pragmatically speaking - are the 6-8 pubs at great venues for your subfield?  Now obviously, this is dependent on a lot of things, like your subfield and how the market looks in any given year...But if those pubs are good, I think you'll have a great chance at getting a killer postdoc or a TT position. If you have time to start networking, I would do so now to help you even more.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1845.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvu4hb9","c_root_id_B":"hvufuv7","created_at_utc_A":1644169814,"created_at_utc_B":1644174315,"score_A":26,"score_B":54,"human_ref_A":"i have a kindle but i don't think they do well with pdf files tbh","human_ref_B":"Have you seen an optometrist? A good pair of glasses with a blue light filter has helped me a lot.  I used to get headaches from eye strain turns out I have astigmatism and needed some glasses.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4501.0,"score_ratio":2.0769230769}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvufuv7","c_root_id_B":"hvu08rx","created_at_utc_A":1644174315,"created_at_utc_B":1644168146,"score_A":54,"score_B":15,"human_ref_A":"Have you seen an optometrist? A good pair of glasses with a blue light filter has helped me a lot.  I used to get headaches from eye strain turns out I have astigmatism and needed some glasses.","human_ref_B":"I think you'd struggle with both layout and colour figures.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6169.0,"score_ratio":3.6}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvu804q","c_root_id_B":"hvufuv7","created_at_utc_A":1644171189,"created_at_utc_B":1644174315,"score_A":11,"score_B":54,"human_ref_A":"I read a ton of articles related to my work, and often use an e-ink device. I went for the onyx note, but looked at the remarkable and a handful of others. I was having a ton of issues with eye strain, and it has definitely helped me, but ymmv. They're somewhat pricey, and unless you already do a lot of reading on an e-ink device (I have a second gen nook I still use often for fun reading) it can be a tough adjustment.","human_ref_B":"Have you seen an optometrist? A good pair of glasses with a blue light filter has helped me a lot.  I used to get headaches from eye strain turns out I have astigmatism and needed some glasses.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3126.0,"score_ratio":4.9090909091}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvufuv7","c_root_id_B":"hvu3jtn","created_at_utc_A":1644174315,"created_at_utc_B":1644169444,"score_A":54,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"Have you seen an optometrist? A good pair of glasses with a blue light filter has helped me a lot.  I used to get headaches from eye strain turns out I have astigmatism and needed some glasses.","human_ref_B":"I still like printing them out\u2026 at least for those I need to read in depth. I know it\u2019s not the best use of resources, but I don\u2019t get headaches and eye strain like I do on the computer, I take notes directly on the papers, and then scan them back as PDF and put them with the citation in Zotero and save the hard copies in a binder.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4871.0,"score_ratio":5.4}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvuccqd","c_root_id_B":"hvufuv7","created_at_utc_A":1644172922,"created_at_utc_B":1644174315,"score_A":11,"score_B":54,"human_ref_A":"I have a kindle and a reMarkable 2. The latter does a much better job for pdf. Plus you can annotate them. I am using it also for all my calculations and meeting notes, so no need for paper notebooks, which are always ultimately lost. I had to redo so many times the same calculations before. Now this is over and I am quite happy about it.","human_ref_B":"Have you seen an optometrist? A good pair of glasses with a blue light filter has helped me a lot.  I used to get headaches from eye strain turns out I have astigmatism and needed some glasses.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1393.0,"score_ratio":4.9090909091}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvufuv7","c_root_id_B":"hvu6fmc","created_at_utc_A":1644174315,"created_at_utc_B":1644170582,"score_A":54,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"Have you seen an optometrist? A good pair of glasses with a blue light filter has helped me a lot.  I used to get headaches from eye strain turns out I have astigmatism and needed some glasses.","human_ref_B":"Why do you want an e-ink device instead of jus printing the papers? Printing several thousand pages has a lower carbon\/environmental impact than a new digital device.  Because you already have an iPad, let me recommend LiquidText. It\u2019s my favorite!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3733.0,"score_ratio":6.0}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvud1iw","c_root_id_B":"hvufuv7","created_at_utc_A":1644173199,"created_at_utc_B":1644174315,"score_A":7,"score_B":54,"human_ref_A":"In my doc program they always told us to print everything and plant a tree afterwards...","human_ref_B":"Have you seen an optometrist? A good pair of glasses with a blue light filter has helped me a lot.  I used to get headaches from eye strain turns out I have astigmatism and needed some glasses.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1116.0,"score_ratio":7.7142857143}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvufuv7","c_root_id_B":"hvu2mny","created_at_utc_A":1644174315,"created_at_utc_B":1644169082,"score_A":54,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Have you seen an optometrist? A good pair of glasses with a blue light filter has helped me a lot.  I used to get headaches from eye strain turns out I have astigmatism and needed some glasses.","human_ref_B":"I read mostly on my desktop computer, so I can be far enough from the screen that I don\u2019t need my reading glasses. I like the computer app Mendeley for notetaking and bibliography management.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":5233.0,"score_ratio":27.0}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvufuv7","c_root_id_B":"hvucvga","created_at_utc_A":1644174315,"created_at_utc_B":1644173132,"score_A":54,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Have you seen an optometrist? A good pair of glasses with a blue light filter has helped me a lot.  I used to get headaches from eye strain turns out I have astigmatism and needed some glasses.","human_ref_B":"Remarkable isn't bad, but I mostly use it for notes (and I use it daily for this), with pdfs it's a bit sluggish if you are searching for info or going through pages quickly","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1183.0,"score_ratio":27.0}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvu4hb9","c_root_id_B":"hvu08rx","created_at_utc_A":1644169814,"created_at_utc_B":1644168146,"score_A":26,"score_B":15,"human_ref_A":"i have a kindle but i don't think they do well with pdf files tbh","human_ref_B":"I think you'd struggle with both layout and colour figures.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1668.0,"score_ratio":1.7333333333}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvu4hb9","c_root_id_B":"hvu3jtn","created_at_utc_A":1644169814,"created_at_utc_B":1644169444,"score_A":26,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"i have a kindle but i don't think they do well with pdf files tbh","human_ref_B":"I still like printing them out\u2026 at least for those I need to read in depth. I know it\u2019s not the best use of resources, but I don\u2019t get headaches and eye strain like I do on the computer, I take notes directly on the papers, and then scan them back as PDF and put them with the citation in Zotero and save the hard copies in a binder.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":370.0,"score_ratio":2.6}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvu2mny","c_root_id_B":"hvu4hb9","created_at_utc_A":1644169082,"created_at_utc_B":1644169814,"score_A":2,"score_B":26,"human_ref_A":"I read mostly on my desktop computer, so I can be far enough from the screen that I don\u2019t need my reading glasses. I like the computer app Mendeley for notetaking and bibliography management.","human_ref_B":"i have a kindle but i don't think they do well with pdf files tbh","labels":0,"seconds_difference":732.0,"score_ratio":13.0}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvu804q","c_root_id_B":"hvu3jtn","created_at_utc_A":1644171189,"created_at_utc_B":1644169444,"score_A":11,"score_B":10,"human_ref_A":"I read a ton of articles related to my work, and often use an e-ink device. I went for the onyx note, but looked at the remarkable and a handful of others. I was having a ton of issues with eye strain, and it has definitely helped me, but ymmv. They're somewhat pricey, and unless you already do a lot of reading on an e-ink device (I have a second gen nook I still use often for fun reading) it can be a tough adjustment.","human_ref_B":"I still like printing them out\u2026 at least for those I need to read in depth. I know it\u2019s not the best use of resources, but I don\u2019t get headaches and eye strain like I do on the computer, I take notes directly on the papers, and then scan them back as PDF and put them with the citation in Zotero and save the hard copies in a binder.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1745.0,"score_ratio":1.1}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvu6fmc","c_root_id_B":"hvu804q","created_at_utc_A":1644170582,"created_at_utc_B":1644171189,"score_A":9,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"Why do you want an e-ink device instead of jus printing the papers? Printing several thousand pages has a lower carbon\/environmental impact than a new digital device.  Because you already have an iPad, let me recommend LiquidText. It\u2019s my favorite!","human_ref_B":"I read a ton of articles related to my work, and often use an e-ink device. I went for the onyx note, but looked at the remarkable and a handful of others. I was having a ton of issues with eye strain, and it has definitely helped me, but ymmv. They're somewhat pricey, and unless you already do a lot of reading on an e-ink device (I have a second gen nook I still use often for fun reading) it can be a tough adjustment.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":607.0,"score_ratio":1.2222222222}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvu2mny","c_root_id_B":"hvu804q","created_at_utc_A":1644169082,"created_at_utc_B":1644171189,"score_A":2,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"I read mostly on my desktop computer, so I can be far enough from the screen that I don\u2019t need my reading glasses. I like the computer app Mendeley for notetaking and bibliography management.","human_ref_B":"I read a ton of articles related to my work, and often use an e-ink device. I went for the onyx note, but looked at the remarkable and a handful of others. I was having a ton of issues with eye strain, and it has definitely helped me, but ymmv. They're somewhat pricey, and unless you already do a lot of reading on an e-ink device (I have a second gen nook I still use often for fun reading) it can be a tough adjustment.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2107.0,"score_ratio":5.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvu3jtn","c_root_id_B":"hvuccqd","created_at_utc_A":1644169444,"created_at_utc_B":1644172922,"score_A":10,"score_B":11,"human_ref_A":"I still like printing them out\u2026 at least for those I need to read in depth. I know it\u2019s not the best use of resources, but I don\u2019t get headaches and eye strain like I do on the computer, I take notes directly on the papers, and then scan them back as PDF and put them with the citation in Zotero and save the hard copies in a binder.","human_ref_B":"I have a kindle and a reMarkable 2. The latter does a much better job for pdf. Plus you can annotate them. I am using it also for all my calculations and meeting notes, so no need for paper notebooks, which are always ultimately lost. I had to redo so many times the same calculations before. Now this is over and I am quite happy about it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3478.0,"score_ratio":1.1}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvu3jtn","c_root_id_B":"hvu2mny","created_at_utc_A":1644169444,"created_at_utc_B":1644169082,"score_A":10,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I still like printing them out\u2026 at least for those I need to read in depth. I know it\u2019s not the best use of resources, but I don\u2019t get headaches and eye strain like I do on the computer, I take notes directly on the papers, and then scan them back as PDF and put them with the citation in Zotero and save the hard copies in a binder.","human_ref_B":"I read mostly on my desktop computer, so I can be far enough from the screen that I don\u2019t need my reading glasses. I like the computer app Mendeley for notetaking and bibliography management.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":362.0,"score_ratio":5.0}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvuccqd","c_root_id_B":"hvu6fmc","created_at_utc_A":1644172922,"created_at_utc_B":1644170582,"score_A":11,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I have a kindle and a reMarkable 2. The latter does a much better job for pdf. Plus you can annotate them. I am using it also for all my calculations and meeting notes, so no need for paper notebooks, which are always ultimately lost. I had to redo so many times the same calculations before. Now this is over and I am quite happy about it.","human_ref_B":"Why do you want an e-ink device instead of jus printing the papers? Printing several thousand pages has a lower carbon\/environmental impact than a new digital device.  Because you already have an iPad, let me recommend LiquidText. It\u2019s my favorite!","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2340.0,"score_ratio":1.2222222222}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvuccqd","c_root_id_B":"hvu2mny","created_at_utc_A":1644172922,"created_at_utc_B":1644169082,"score_A":11,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I have a kindle and a reMarkable 2. The latter does a much better job for pdf. Plus you can annotate them. I am using it also for all my calculations and meeting notes, so no need for paper notebooks, which are always ultimately lost. I had to redo so many times the same calculations before. Now this is over and I am quite happy about it.","human_ref_B":"I read mostly on my desktop computer, so I can be far enough from the screen that I don\u2019t need my reading glasses. I like the computer app Mendeley for notetaking and bibliography management.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":3840.0,"score_ratio":5.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvu2mny","c_root_id_B":"hvu6fmc","created_at_utc_A":1644169082,"created_at_utc_B":1644170582,"score_A":2,"score_B":9,"human_ref_A":"I read mostly on my desktop computer, so I can be far enough from the screen that I don\u2019t need my reading glasses. I like the computer app Mendeley for notetaking and bibliography management.","human_ref_B":"Why do you want an e-ink device instead of jus printing the papers? Printing several thousand pages has a lower carbon\/environmental impact than a new digital device.  Because you already have an iPad, let me recommend LiquidText. It\u2019s my favorite!","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1500.0,"score_ratio":4.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvu2mny","c_root_id_B":"hvud1iw","created_at_utc_A":1644169082,"created_at_utc_B":1644173199,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"I read mostly on my desktop computer, so I can be far enough from the screen that I don\u2019t need my reading glasses. I like the computer app Mendeley for notetaking and bibliography management.","human_ref_B":"In my doc program they always told us to print everything and plant a tree afterwards...","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4117.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvucvga","c_root_id_B":"hvud1iw","created_at_utc_A":1644173132,"created_at_utc_B":1644173199,"score_A":2,"score_B":7,"human_ref_A":"Remarkable isn't bad, but I mostly use it for notes (and I use it daily for this), with pdfs it's a bit sluggish if you are searching for info or going through pages quickly","human_ref_B":"In my doc program they always told us to print everything and plant a tree afterwards...","labels":0,"seconds_difference":67.0,"score_ratio":3.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvupn41","c_root_id_B":"hvuk4ph","created_at_utc_A":1644178246,"created_at_utc_B":1644176029,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Have you tried using the True Tone or night shift features to make the white light less intense?","human_ref_B":"I usually use my laptop for reading papers and at nigbt, I turn on the blue filter. That helps a lot. Another method which is useful only when you want to analyse every part of a paper in detail is to print it and read it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2217.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvupn41","c_root_id_B":"hvunjl7","created_at_utc_A":1644178246,"created_at_utc_B":1644177401,"score_A":6,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Have you tried using the True Tone or night shift features to make the white light less intense?","human_ref_B":"I used to print off most articles I read, and typed up the comments I annotated into Word. After I got my Remarkable 2, I've used it to read any articles I would otherwise have printed. That said, I don't read many articles with dual columns.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":845.0,"score_ratio":2.0}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvu2mny","c_root_id_B":"hvupn41","created_at_utc_A":1644169082,"created_at_utc_B":1644178246,"score_A":2,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I read mostly on my desktop computer, so I can be far enough from the screen that I don\u2019t need my reading glasses. I like the computer app Mendeley for notetaking and bibliography management.","human_ref_B":"Have you tried using the True Tone or night shift features to make the white light less intense?","labels":0,"seconds_difference":9164.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvucvga","c_root_id_B":"hvupn41","created_at_utc_A":1644173132,"created_at_utc_B":1644178246,"score_A":2,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Remarkable isn't bad, but I mostly use it for notes (and I use it daily for this), with pdfs it's a bit sluggish if you are searching for info or going through pages quickly","human_ref_B":"Have you tried using the True Tone or night shift features to make the white light less intense?","labels":0,"seconds_difference":5114.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvupn41","c_root_id_B":"hvukr3s","created_at_utc_A":1644178246,"created_at_utc_B":1644176276,"score_A":6,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"Have you tried using the True Tone or night shift features to make the white light less intense?","human_ref_B":"Go to accessibility, then spoken content, and turn it on. Make sure you use one of the Siri voices unless you like the robot (Daniel). There is a function to swipe two finger from the top to start screen reading. I could also create a shortcut to read it, head over to r\/shortcuts for a bit of help. But I set mine to read any copied text. I use this all the time. Have a fiddle with text size make things bigger (this won\u2019t work in your pdf). Failing this \u201cvoice dream reader\u201d is better a reading a following the text but the voice is a bit like a robot. Hope that helps. I\u2019m actually going to look for a shortcut to read a pdf myself and will come back to you if I do.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":1970.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvu2mny","c_root_id_B":"hvuj2ra","created_at_utc_A":1644169082,"created_at_utc_B":1644175607,"score_A":2,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I read mostly on my desktop computer, so I can be far enough from the screen that I don\u2019t need my reading glasses. I like the computer app Mendeley for notetaking and bibliography management.","human_ref_B":"Do your wear glasses? I have a very strong prescription, and I developed severe eye strain during my PhD due to spending so much time reading on my computer. I had a second pair of glasses made for reading, optimized for me to see at computer distance and with a weaker prescription, and it helped a ton.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":6525.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvucvga","c_root_id_B":"hvuj2ra","created_at_utc_A":1644173132,"created_at_utc_B":1644175607,"score_A":2,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"Remarkable isn't bad, but I mostly use it for notes (and I use it daily for this), with pdfs it's a bit sluggish if you are searching for info or going through pages quickly","human_ref_B":"Do your wear glasses? I have a very strong prescription, and I developed severe eye strain during my PhD due to spending so much time reading on my computer. I had a second pair of glasses made for reading, optimized for me to see at computer distance and with a weaker prescription, and it helped a ton.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2475.0,"score_ratio":3.0}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvuk4ph","c_root_id_B":"hvu2mny","created_at_utc_A":1644176029,"created_at_utc_B":1644169082,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I usually use my laptop for reading papers and at nigbt, I turn on the blue filter. That helps a lot. Another method which is useful only when you want to analyse every part of a paper in detail is to print it and read it.","human_ref_B":"I read mostly on my desktop computer, so I can be far enough from the screen that I don\u2019t need my reading glasses. I like the computer app Mendeley for notetaking and bibliography management.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":6947.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvucvga","c_root_id_B":"hvuk4ph","created_at_utc_A":1644173132,"created_at_utc_B":1644176029,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Remarkable isn't bad, but I mostly use it for notes (and I use it daily for this), with pdfs it's a bit sluggish if you are searching for info or going through pages quickly","human_ref_B":"I usually use my laptop for reading papers and at nigbt, I turn on the blue filter. That helps a lot. Another method which is useful only when you want to analyse every part of a paper in detail is to print it and read it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":2897.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvu2mny","c_root_id_B":"hvunjl7","created_at_utc_A":1644169082,"created_at_utc_B":1644177401,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I read mostly on my desktop computer, so I can be far enough from the screen that I don\u2019t need my reading glasses. I like the computer app Mendeley for notetaking and bibliography management.","human_ref_B":"I used to print off most articles I read, and typed up the comments I annotated into Word. After I got my Remarkable 2, I've used it to read any articles I would otherwise have printed. That said, I don't read many articles with dual columns.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":8319.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvucvga","c_root_id_B":"hvunjl7","created_at_utc_A":1644173132,"created_at_utc_B":1644177401,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Remarkable isn't bad, but I mostly use it for notes (and I use it daily for this), with pdfs it's a bit sluggish if you are searching for info or going through pages quickly","human_ref_B":"I used to print off most articles I read, and typed up the comments I annotated into Word. After I got my Remarkable 2, I've used it to read any articles I would otherwise have printed. That said, I don't read many articles with dual columns.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":4269.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvukr3s","c_root_id_B":"hvunjl7","created_at_utc_A":1644176276,"created_at_utc_B":1644177401,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Go to accessibility, then spoken content, and turn it on. Make sure you use one of the Siri voices unless you like the robot (Daniel). There is a function to swipe two finger from the top to start screen reading. I could also create a shortcut to read it, head over to r\/shortcuts for a bit of help. But I set mine to read any copied text. I use this all the time. Have a fiddle with text size make things bigger (this won\u2019t work in your pdf). Failing this \u201cvoice dream reader\u201d is better a reading a following the text but the voice is a bit like a robot. Hope that helps. I\u2019m actually going to look for a shortcut to read a pdf myself and will come back to you if I do.","human_ref_B":"I used to print off most articles I read, and typed up the comments I annotated into Word. After I got my Remarkable 2, I've used it to read any articles I would otherwise have printed. That said, I don't read many articles with dual columns.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":1125.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvwgwci","c_root_id_B":"hvu2mny","created_at_utc_A":1644206005,"created_at_utc_B":1644169082,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I have a Kobo elipsa and I like it a lot for reading PDFs. It does not have good annotation\/note-taking functionality. It really works best just for reading and basic highlighting. So depends on what exactly you want the tablet to accomplish, but I really, really like it.","human_ref_B":"I read mostly on my desktop computer, so I can be far enough from the screen that I don\u2019t need my reading glasses. I like the computer app Mendeley for notetaking and bibliography management.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":36923.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvwgwci","c_root_id_B":"hvucvga","created_at_utc_A":1644206005,"created_at_utc_B":1644173132,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I have a Kobo elipsa and I like it a lot for reading PDFs. It does not have good annotation\/note-taking functionality. It really works best just for reading and basic highlighting. So depends on what exactly you want the tablet to accomplish, but I really, really like it.","human_ref_B":"Remarkable isn't bad, but I mostly use it for notes (and I use it daily for this), with pdfs it's a bit sluggish if you are searching for info or going through pages quickly","labels":1,"seconds_difference":32873.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvwgwci","c_root_id_B":"hvukr3s","created_at_utc_A":1644206005,"created_at_utc_B":1644176276,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I have a Kobo elipsa and I like it a lot for reading PDFs. It does not have good annotation\/note-taking functionality. It really works best just for reading and basic highlighting. So depends on what exactly you want the tablet to accomplish, but I really, really like it.","human_ref_B":"Go to accessibility, then spoken content, and turn it on. Make sure you use one of the Siri voices unless you like the robot (Daniel). There is a function to swipe two finger from the top to start screen reading. I could also create a shortcut to read it, head over to r\/shortcuts for a bit of help. But I set mine to read any copied text. I use this all the time. Have a fiddle with text size make things bigger (this won\u2019t work in your pdf). Failing this \u201cvoice dream reader\u201d is better a reading a following the text but the voice is a bit like a robot. Hope that helps. I\u2019m actually going to look for a shortcut to read a pdf myself and will come back to you if I do.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":29729.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvurfcl","c_root_id_B":"hvwgwci","created_at_utc_A":1644178966,"created_at_utc_B":1644206005,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I'd assume you have access to a printer in your department? If that's the case I'd recommend just getting printouts ( I absolutely hate reading papers on any electronic device ).","human_ref_B":"I have a Kobo elipsa and I like it a lot for reading PDFs. It does not have good annotation\/note-taking functionality. It really works best just for reading and basic highlighting. So depends on what exactly you want the tablet to accomplish, but I really, really like it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":27039.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvwgwci","c_root_id_B":"hvuszvq","created_at_utc_A":1644206005,"created_at_utc_B":1644179599,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I have a Kobo elipsa and I like it a lot for reading PDFs. It does not have good annotation\/note-taking functionality. It really works best just for reading and basic highlighting. So depends on what exactly you want the tablet to accomplish, but I really, really like it.","human_ref_B":"I use Goodreader in my iPad to read academic journals. Goodreader has an option to reduce the backlight. You may try it. It's quite comfortable to eyes.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":26406.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvwgwci","c_root_id_B":"hvuw8oe","created_at_utc_A":1644206005,"created_at_utc_B":1644180900,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I have a Kobo elipsa and I like it a lot for reading PDFs. It does not have good annotation\/note-taking functionality. It really works best just for reading and basic highlighting. So depends on what exactly you want the tablet to accomplish, but I really, really like it.","human_ref_B":"Print a paper copy and read. That is the best way.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":25105.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvv2fol","c_root_id_B":"hvwgwci","created_at_utc_A":1644183421,"created_at_utc_B":1644206005,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"I use a Kindle Oasis, it works well for some stuff and for others I have to reformat stuff on it, but helps with the eye strain.","human_ref_B":"I have a Kobo elipsa and I like it a lot for reading PDFs. It does not have good annotation\/note-taking functionality. It really works best just for reading and basic highlighting. So depends on what exactly you want the tablet to accomplish, but I really, really like it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":22584.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvvrkwu","c_root_id_B":"hvwgwci","created_at_utc_A":1644194210,"created_at_utc_B":1644206005,"score_A":2,"score_B":3,"human_ref_A":"Frankly with the price of those things \u2014 not worth it. What I did for comp exams was legit go to the library and get physical issues. They are always there because no one takes them! And they are usually such a nice form factor, at least in my discipline","human_ref_B":"I have a Kobo elipsa and I like it a lot for reading PDFs. It does not have good annotation\/note-taking functionality. It really works best just for reading and basic highlighting. So depends on what exactly you want the tablet to accomplish, but I really, really like it.","labels":0,"seconds_difference":11795.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"sm20sq","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.95,"history":"Reading academic journals I\u2019ve been reading a lot of academic journals in the last few months. I\u2019m a 2nd year PhD student, and I\u2019ve been reading all the academic journals in my iPad. I feel that\u2019s causing me headaches and I was wondering if someone here have experience reading academic journals in and e-ink device (Kindle, Quaderno, reMarkable, etc.)  Is it a good idea to buy an e-ink device to read academic journals?","c_root_id_A":"hvwgwci","c_root_id_B":"hvw6qwf","created_at_utc_A":1644206005,"created_at_utc_B":1644201213,"score_A":3,"score_B":2,"human_ref_A":"I have a Kobo elipsa and I like it a lot for reading PDFs. It does not have good annotation\/note-taking functionality. It really works best just for reading and basic highlighting. So depends on what exactly you want the tablet to accomplish, but I really, really like it.","human_ref_B":"Stick with the ipad. Get the blue light glasses and maybe a prescription in them. You can adjust the iPad settings as well to various styles such as white on black or Cynthia, or even increase the font size. You can Google around to find mo'better ways to read long-term on the iPad. E-ink is probably not worth it.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4792.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"1hicti","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Do you believe your style of dress influences your students' perceptions of you\/your course? I'm a young-looking female and I have an hourglass shape. I like to dress in a flattering, professional way but it seems that I really have to remain aware of how I present myself. I don't want to look like a slouch, but I feel it's inappropriate to wear revealing or tight clothing (although some things are tight in certain areas while fitting in others). I will be teaching incoming pre-freshmen this summer and I'm honestly a little hung up on what to wear the first day (okay, any day). A dress? A skirt? Slacks? What message does an outfit send? I have a good bit of grey hair but no wise wrinkles. Friere would have us believe that the hierarchy exists as soon as the students step into the room...but I am quite certain the framework changes if the teacher looks your age and is rocking some skinny jeans or something (which I don't).  I wasn't really concerned when I was a TA for upperclassmen, but for some reason the high school students have me a little twitchy. :P  So I'm curious to see if other female or male instructors\/profs feel the same way.","c_root_id_A":"caun7td","c_root_id_B":"caum5l1","created_at_utc_A":1372790380,"created_at_utc_B":1372787704,"score_A":14,"score_B":12,"human_ref_A":"One of my mentors says she either scopes out a new classroom ahead of time and makes all the movements she would while teaching (writing on the board, stepping up onto the stage, sitting, ect.) or, if there isn't time, she'll always opt for dress slacks (looser cut) and a cardigan or blazer. If she feels like any of them run the risk of being a bit too \"flattering\" in a certain outfit, she'll deliberately not wear that for the first week. Once the \"first impression\" has been set, she'll wear whatever she likes, as long as it is professional enough to maintain the student\/professor boundary (especially while you're young).","human_ref_B":"As a guy, I haven't had to deal with as much of this sort of crap, but I've definitely found that dress makes a difference. Honestly, though, this is probably as much to do with my own psychology as with the students'; dressing like a grown-up helps me *feel* like a grown-up, which helps immensely. As a result, I usually wear a collared shirt and chinos or nice jeans to teach, with a coat when the weather allows it.  That said, at least for me, it's important not to look (or feel like I look) stuffy. I've tried to strike this balance by going for a sort of \"funky academic\" look: tweed coats, unusual shirt colors, slightly goofy Oxford shoes, bold socks, that sort of thing. It's very important to be physically and socially comfortable in what you're wearing.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":2676.0,"score_ratio":1.1666666667}
{"post_id":"1hicti","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Do you believe your style of dress influences your students' perceptions of you\/your course? I'm a young-looking female and I have an hourglass shape. I like to dress in a flattering, professional way but it seems that I really have to remain aware of how I present myself. I don't want to look like a slouch, but I feel it's inappropriate to wear revealing or tight clothing (although some things are tight in certain areas while fitting in others). I will be teaching incoming pre-freshmen this summer and I'm honestly a little hung up on what to wear the first day (okay, any day). A dress? A skirt? Slacks? What message does an outfit send? I have a good bit of grey hair but no wise wrinkles. Friere would have us believe that the hierarchy exists as soon as the students step into the room...but I am quite certain the framework changes if the teacher looks your age and is rocking some skinny jeans or something (which I don't).  I wasn't really concerned when I was a TA for upperclassmen, but for some reason the high school students have me a little twitchy. :P  So I'm curious to see if other female or male instructors\/profs feel the same way.","c_root_id_A":"cauwgo2","c_root_id_B":"cauw6e8","created_at_utc_A":1372816328,"created_at_utc_B":1372815478,"score_A":9,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"As a current undergraduate I'll just say:  * Students will find you attractive if you're attractive. If you dress like a slob they'll find your disregard for uptight pedagogical tradition attractive. If you dress well they'll find your sense of fashion alluring. If you dress somewhere in between they'll forget comments about your style for whispers in the hall about how you've got it going on.   * If you dress like a slob and they are unattracted to you (for whatever reason): they will use your lack of fashion sense as a sign that you don't take yourself or the class seriously. They'll assume you either think too highly of yourself or not highly enough of your students to look\/act professionally.  * If they're unattracted to you but you dress well: you'll be their professor, a figure if authority and tact who they can respect--even if they don't fantasize a jut what you're wearing under your blouse.   Some professors can get away with the just rolled out of bed look; they are usually irreverent philosophy instructors whose ink on their PhD is still wet. I've had my fair share of professors who fall into every category you can think of. Regardless of their sexual appeal I always found it easier to learn from those who presented themselves with a modicum of decorum and professionalism. But maybe I'm just a weak minded undergraduate who can be easily assured by doctors wearing white coats.  (Note: typed on my phone. I apologize for any typos.)","human_ref_B":"I'm a straight white man and I wear casual clothes. I had a student eval where a person wrote \"stop dressing like a hobo.\"","labels":1,"seconds_difference":850.0,"score_ratio":1.5}
{"post_id":"1hicti","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Do you believe your style of dress influences your students' perceptions of you\/your course? I'm a young-looking female and I have an hourglass shape. I like to dress in a flattering, professional way but it seems that I really have to remain aware of how I present myself. I don't want to look like a slouch, but I feel it's inappropriate to wear revealing or tight clothing (although some things are tight in certain areas while fitting in others). I will be teaching incoming pre-freshmen this summer and I'm honestly a little hung up on what to wear the first day (okay, any day). A dress? A skirt? Slacks? What message does an outfit send? I have a good bit of grey hair but no wise wrinkles. Friere would have us believe that the hierarchy exists as soon as the students step into the room...but I am quite certain the framework changes if the teacher looks your age and is rocking some skinny jeans or something (which I don't).  I wasn't really concerned when I was a TA for upperclassmen, but for some reason the high school students have me a little twitchy. :P  So I'm curious to see if other female or male instructors\/profs feel the same way.","c_root_id_A":"cauwgo2","c_root_id_B":"cauv5di","created_at_utc_A":1372816328,"created_at_utc_B":1372812315,"score_A":9,"score_B":4,"human_ref_A":"As a current undergraduate I'll just say:  * Students will find you attractive if you're attractive. If you dress like a slob they'll find your disregard for uptight pedagogical tradition attractive. If you dress well they'll find your sense of fashion alluring. If you dress somewhere in between they'll forget comments about your style for whispers in the hall about how you've got it going on.   * If you dress like a slob and they are unattracted to you (for whatever reason): they will use your lack of fashion sense as a sign that you don't take yourself or the class seriously. They'll assume you either think too highly of yourself or not highly enough of your students to look\/act professionally.  * If they're unattracted to you but you dress well: you'll be their professor, a figure if authority and tact who they can respect--even if they don't fantasize a jut what you're wearing under your blouse.   Some professors can get away with the just rolled out of bed look; they are usually irreverent philosophy instructors whose ink on their PhD is still wet. I've had my fair share of professors who fall into every category you can think of. Regardless of their sexual appeal I always found it easier to learn from those who presented themselves with a modicum of decorum and professionalism. But maybe I'm just a weak minded undergraduate who can be easily assured by doctors wearing white coats.  (Note: typed on my phone. I apologize for any typos.)","human_ref_B":"I'm genderqueer and my students often do a double-take and try to assess my gender on first glance (once they hear my very gendered first name, they just assume and that puts an end to it for the most part). I tend to approach your question a bit differently, just based on my own personal experiences + the fact that I'm working in a not-so-queer-friendly football-loving southern university and I don't do the local mainstream football t-shirt-jeans-flip flops number. My policy with my students is to be whoever the fuck I am and work as hard as I can to earn their respect intellectually and as a person. I've had to win some people over, but I succeed at that often enough if I'm patient and do the work. As a byproduct, it also sometimes means that I have the occasional \"teachable moment,\" but I try to be all business in the classroom, so I've gotten through without many bumps by staying on message and on task. The more positive byproduct is that I've had queer students come to me for advice\/support\/reassurance\/just to know another queer person... I've gotten to know some really special students and been really proud to be able to help them when I can.  Relatedly, I have this group of youngish faculty mentors who are well-respected and pretty amazing people and, amusingly, who are like 3 case studies in this question: one of them is a genius who dresses like a hobo; another is an elegant German professional; the third only wears Chanel, stilettos, and red lipstick -- no one bats an eye at any of them or implies that they are out-of-place, etc.","labels":1,"seconds_difference":4013.0,"score_ratio":2.25}
{"post_id":"1hicti","domain":"askacademia_test","upvote_ratio":0.89,"history":"Do you believe your style of dress influences your students' perceptions of you\/your course? I'm a young-looking female and I have an hourglass shape. I like to dress in a flattering, professional way but it seems that I really have to remain aware of how I present myself. I don't want to look like a slouch, but I feel it's inappropriate to wear revealing or tight clothing (although some things are tight in certain areas while fitting in others). I will be teaching incoming pre-freshmen this summer and I'm honestly a little hung up on what to wear the first day (okay, any day). A dress? A skirt? Slacks? What message does an outfit send? I have a good bit of grey hair but no wise wrinkles. Friere would have us believe that the hierarchy exists as soon as the students step into the room...but I am quite certain the framework changes if the teacher looks your age and is rocking some skinny jeans or something (which I don't).  I wasn't really concerned when I was a TA for upperclassmen, but for some reason the high school students have me a little twitchy. :P  So I'm curious to see if other female or male instructors\/profs feel the same way.","c_root_id_A":"cauv5di","c_root_id_B":"cauw6e8","created_at_utc_A":1372812315,"created_at_utc_B":1372815478,"score_A":4,"score_B":6,"human_ref_A":"I'm genderqueer and my students often do a double-take and try to assess my gender on first glance (once they hear my very gendered first name, they just assume and that puts an end to it for the most part). I tend to approach your question a bit differently, just based on my own personal experiences + the fact that I'm working in a not-so-queer-friendly football-loving southern university and I don't do the local mainstream football t-shirt-jeans-flip flops number. My policy with my students is to be whoever the fuck I am and work as hard as I can to earn their respect intellectually and as a person. I've had to win some people over, but I succeed at that often enough if I'm patient and do the work. As a byproduct, it also sometimes means that I have the occasional \"teachable moment,\" but I try to be all business in the classroom, so I've gotten through without many bumps by staying on message and on task. The more positive byproduct is that I've had queer students come to me for advice\/support\/reassurance\/just to know another queer person... I've gotten to know some really special students and been really proud to be able to help them when I can.  Relatedly, I have this group of youngish faculty mentors who are well-respected and pretty amazing people and, amusingly, who are like 3 case studies in this question: one of them is a genius who dresses like a hobo; another is an elegant German professional; the third only wears Chanel, stilettos, and red lipstick -- no one bats an eye at any of them or implies that they are out-of-place, etc.","human_ref_B":"I'm a straight white man and I wear casual clothes. I had a student eval where a person wrote \"stop dressing like a hobo.\"","labels":0,"seconds_difference":3163.0,"score_ratio":1.5}