Ability to look at life in a perverse (creative) way
Ability to look at life in a perverse (creative) way
(Mark Twain) Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter !
Patience and mental strength to negotiate the troughs (inevitable for every PhD)
Trust your gut feelings in spite of negative results
Luck favors the prepared mind (Pasteur/Hamming)
Good sense of humour – you will definitely need it!
Ability to smile (through gritted teeth) at advisor
Industry experience – NO!
Industry experience – NO!
"Real problems" only imply short-term applicability
May even be counter-productive since immediate reaction is to start programming, rather than conceptual thinking
PhD registration Research Scholar
PhD is “training to do research” AND “actually doing research”
Difficult to devote time due to academic and familial responsibilities
Difficult to devote time due to academic and familial responsibilities
Make sure to set aside a fixed daily time slot for research and make this sacrosanct
Course students can participate in the research work under your direction and thereby accelerate the progress
Relevant to society – NO!
Relevant to society – NO!
Relevant to industry – NO!
Right question: “Did I have fun thinking about the problem and did I devise elegant solutions that I am proud to show my mother (and she didn't find any mistakes in the proofs)?”
Doing a PhD is hard enough without the burden of additional expectations ...
All good dissertations find their way into the real-world sooner or later
Knows less about the topic than you do (even at the beginning)
Knows less about the topic than you do (even at the beginning)
Not visible in the research community
Says “Yes” to a student without assessment
Popular with students due to low expectations, not subject mastery
