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  1. Hi, I'm a 4th year doctoral candidate, with ~1 year left to finish my dissertation. I'm trying to decide my 5th year plan. On one hand, I can get a dissertation fellowship which allows me to work on research and nothing else for a year and then going on the job market. But there is an interesting post-doc position that opened but that I'm considering applying for. I don't know many post-docs, don't really know what the work is like. I'm speaking to the faculty in the post-doc position, what should I ask her about that would help me make the decision? (e.g., work load, teach load, research load, time to pursue my current ongoing projects, etc... ) And if you are a post-doc, what are some major differences between a post-doc and a graduate student? Also my adviser suggest that I take the fellowship and have an easy year.
  2. thanks for the responses. This is a good lesson for new academics, too. Just standard etiquette that people may not be aware of. I don't blame her for not knowing, I find it a little funny =) Cheers
  3. is that standard to ask co-authors to chip in for poster printing? I've been on numerous posters as first author (I've always payed for posters in full) but its my first time as a co-author to another student. She wants all the student co-authors to pick up the tab on printing the poster. Wondering if thats a standard thing. Oh, not to mention, I'm not even going to this conference, so I'm not even getting any reimbursement from the dept (unlike her). Just wondering what the etiquette is and if I should just say no thanks. Cheers
  4. Hello, I am looking to create a series of videos for productivity/organizational tips using Evernote. If you are unfamiliar with Evernote, it is a free, cross-platform app. It is MASSIVELY powerful and flexible. It has been a trememdous help for me in my organization and productivity as a grad student and an academic. Throughout my research and experimentation, I think I have come up with a pretty good SYSTEM, and how to incorporate Evernote, alongside some other free tools, to be productive and organized. Most of the tips/help that I've come across will share specific features of various tools and softwares. I find that to be unhelpful at times because tools are useless if one does not have a way of using them properly. So I want to take a problem-focused approach where rather than focusing on what Evernote CAN do, I want to focus on what problems YOU have, and how Evernote can solve them. I also think identifying problems and ways to optimize productivity is the first step in creating any system to make life easier. So if you have never actually sat down to think about where/how you can improve organization/productivity as an academic, this may be a good exercise regardless. Here some prompts to generate response... and feel free to comment more specific details on where you feel unorganized in your work and/or life as a graduate student "I wish I had a better system for ___" "I wish ___ was more organized " "I wish I could find ____ better" "I wish I could remember ____ better" "I wish I could track ____ better" "I wish all my ___ was in a central location" "I wish doing ___ was simpler" ... and so on Let me know what problems you face, and what things you wish you could improve on organizational/productivity wise. Thanks!
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