From 1cfdcb6290c4b83faa38157a21fced301fa7e61a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Berker Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:40:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'ledger.md' --- ledger.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ledger.md b/ledger.md index 0e814e0..3d23e5a 100644 --- a/ledger.md +++ b/ledger.md @@ -1,4 +1,10 @@ -I often find the life as a ph.d.-student to be a very lonely one, compared to being a regular student and compared to other kinds of jobs. - I often feel inadequate, like Bilbo Baggins says: “I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.” But then again, this is common in many types of jobs. - I find it difficult that people often perceive me as an expert on my field, even though I feel as if I haven't really started yet. - I find it difficult to work with such a hard economic deadline. Deadlines are fine, but it seems kind of brutal that you at some point won't get paid, even if you have been working hard. +I often find the life as a ph.d.-student to be a very lonely one, compared to being a regular student and compared to other kinds of jobs. + +I often feel inadequate, like Bilbo Baggins says: “I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.” But then again, this is common in many types of jobs. + +I find it difficult that people often perceive me as an expert on my field, even though I feel as if I haven't really started yet. + +I find it difficult to work with such a hard economic deadline. Deadlines are fine, but it seems kind of brutal that you at some point won't get paid, even if you have been working hard. You have to publish throughout, but you know most at the end. There is relatively short time in the PhD if you don't know exactly what you're going to research.