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astronomnomy

An astronomy research blog run by an astronomy doctoral researcher! Explaining new astro results and documenting her thesis progress :)
Oct 11 '12
The detection of interstellar boron sulfide: A Motivational Correspondance

Aimed at grad students/one-day grad students - this email encompasses a mentality in the field that you may have to deal with. Be warned.

jjcharfman:

Does everyone remember the famous letter from Caltech chemist Erick Carreira to his unruly, unmotivated, and apparently unprincipled laboratory assistant? Or subsequent discussion about the compulsory workaholic culture of academic chemistry which followed the letter’s publication in 2010?

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    This is some academic bullshit, right here. It almost reads like a parody.
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    This isn’t where I’m a student but all this is horribly familiar. Especially the part where faculty scold students for...
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    In case anyone ever wondered why I didn’t opt to get a higher degree in biology (or science at all)…
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    grad students/one-day...- this email encompasses a mentality
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