tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post78407447120332563..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: A guest post by Chad Jones: "4 things you probably already know about grad school but really shouldn't ignore."Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-52967017346833735402015-04-15T13:02:35.884-04:002015-04-15T13:02:35.884-04:00dissertation topics in marketing<a href="http://www.marketingdissertation.net/frequent-marketing-dissertation-topics/" rel="nofollow">dissertation topics in marketing</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-91612647694012342015-01-05T11:24:33.146-05:002015-01-05T11:24:33.146-05:00I could add that as a grad student you need to rea...I could add that as a grad student you need to read as much as you can. Most likely, you will never have nearly unlimited access to literature again.SJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-48561879349330517922015-01-04T05:19:25.930-05:002015-01-04T05:19:25.930-05:00I came to this (late) from the "Nature Chem B...I came to this (late) from the "Nature Chem Blogs of the Year" link. I think the missing one of your list should be <br />1. Read the literature <br />that may be obvious to some, but I would guarantee that my own students would all say, at the end, that they wished they had listened to that piece of advice. <br /><br />As a grad student you should really have a better grasp of the literature than your supervisor after a couple of years. Your thesis introduction should be the best review of the field available at the time. In scientific fields, where (many) undergraduate courses are not a great training for essay writing and communication skills, it is perhaps only be extensive reading that graduates learn how to construct a chain-of-arguments/paper/thesis. <br />I think if you dedicated the first 60-90 minutes of every day to reading, you would be a far better scientist at the end than someone who goes straight into the lab each morning. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-74982765181353262002014-10-22T22:13:35.357-04:002014-10-22T22:13:35.357-04:00The advice about networking is important, too. An...The advice about networking is important, too. And don't neglect networking with those who may not be exactly in line with whatever you think your "career" trajectory is supposed to be. Those people have connections you do not know about and influence in places of which you are unaware. They may not be able to get you your next academic position, but they can write you a killer reference and help you turn your sad and pathetic resume into something worth an interviewer's time.<br />Bunnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-48008833482969757932014-10-22T19:41:51.568-04:002014-10-22T19:41:51.568-04:00My advice - be meticulous about recording things, ...My advice - be meticulous about recording things, even routine processes and lot numbers. If you don't, you will be assembling your papers or dissertation a couple of years from now and NOT remember them. I can't count the number of experiments I have had to repeat over the years because some stupid little detail wasn't recorded in my lab notebook or spreadsheets.Ogemaniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396797613368443908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-67013324820660655872014-10-21T18:45:06.658-04:002014-10-21T18:45:06.658-04:00Great advice! I just recently graduated and all o...Great advice! I just recently graduated and all of this advice would have made the experience much more pleasant. That is, if I would have listened to it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com