its not as bad as it sounds. But it is the other side of the coin of academic freedom. You can do what you want, but that just means i end up wanting to do everything and then of course failing to finish evreything. But i have learned the solution is to find collaborators, and to accept that some things will simply not get done. The only problem is that the things that do not get done are sometimes important, even if they are not the most interesting (such as filing travel reimbursement forms). TL:DR no worries but do think carefully before going for a phd, there is very little external structure
Ahhh, i still need to fill out the reimbursement forms for a conference I attended last year. And also another from five years ago. Might be a bit late for that one though.
or end up stressed post docs with a lot of discarded hobbies and scientific projects
Post docs count as docs!
You okay?
its not as bad as it sounds. But it is the other side of the coin of academic freedom. You can do what you want, but that just means i end up wanting to do everything and then of course failing to finish evreything. But i have learned the solution is to find collaborators, and to accept that some things will simply not get done. The only problem is that the things that do not get done are sometimes important, even if they are not the most interesting (such as filing travel reimbursement forms). TL:DR no worries but do think carefully before going for a phd, there is very little external structure
Ahhh, i still need to fill out the reimbursement forms for a conference I attended last year. And also another from five years ago. Might be a bit late for that one though.