finalcountdown Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Your advisor practically launches your career. Hence, I assume that your dissertation chair's reputation does play a big role in your first break. Here, how important are the number of publications to a professor's credit? And, what if a professor is more of a field person rather than an academician.. As Friday draws close, my thinking is getting more muddled. Please help.
Xero735 Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Well first of all you have no idea how the chemistry is going to be or if that guy is moving. Don't pick a school on one guy. That said, you want a good advisor who has a strong name that will get you to conferences and get your recognized. But look at research groups, not necessarily individuals.
tragicomix Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Depends on what your goals are. In the areas of EE and CS that I'm familiar with ending up with fewer publications keeps in you in the running for industry jobs but academic jobs will be difficult to find. One thing you want to make sure is that your advisor can help you publish as many papers as you need to achieve your goals for graduate study. I'd suggest talking to his students and other students at the same university to make sure this will be the case.
finalcountdown Posted April 13, 2011 Author Posted April 13, 2011 Thank you very much Xero735! Your advice has helped cut through the haze a lot. I went through all the faculty profiles of both the universities again. The last few days have been so nreve-wracking, all rational thinking has gone out of the window. I really appreciate your help.. tragicomix, thank you for providing a different perspective. It's finally the end goal=job that matters. I like teaching but am open to working in the industry as well. Will keep that in mind during my research on the prof. Thanks! Well first of all you have no idea how the chemistry is going to be or if that guy is moving. Don't pick a school on one guy. That said, you want a good advisor who has a strong name that will get you to conferences and get your recognized. But look at research groups, not necessarily individuals.
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