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1、THEPH.D.GRINDAPh.D.StudentMemoirPhilipJ.Guophilip@pgbovine.netwww.pgbovine.netJuly1,2012Toeveryonewhoaspirestocreate.ContentsPrologue1YearOne:Downfall5YearTwo:Inception21YearThree:Relapse33Intermission45YearFour:Reboot53YearFive:Production69YearSix:Endgame85Epilogue99PrefaceThisbookchroniclesm
2、ysixyearsofworkingtowardsaPh.D.incom-puterscienceatStanfordUniversityfrom2006to2012.Adiversevarietyofpeoplecanbene tfromreadingit,including:undergraduateswhomightbeinterestedinpursuingaPh.D.,currentPh.D.studentswhoareseekingguidanceorinspiration,professorswhowanttobetterunderstandPh.D.stude
3、nts,employerswhohireandmanagepeoplewithPh.D.degrees,professionalsworkinginanycreativeorcompetitive eldwhereself-driveninitiativeiscrucial,andeducatedadults(orprecociouskids)whoarecuriousabouthowacademicresearchisproduced.ThePh.D.Grinddi ersfromexistingPh.D.-relatedwritingsduetoitsuniqueform
4、at,timeliness,andtone:Format{ThePh.D.Grindisamemoirforageneraleducatedaudience,notahow-toguide"forcurrentPh.D.students.AlthoughPh.D.studentscangleanlessonsfrommyexperiences,mygoalisnottoexplicitlyprovideadvice.Thereareplentyofhow-toguidesandadvicecolumnsforPh.D.students,andIamnotinterestedinc
5、ontributingtothefray.Thesearticlesare lledwithgeneralitiesvsuchasbepersistent"andmakesomeprogresseveryday,"butanadvantageofthememoirformatisthatIcanbeconcreteanddetailedwhentellingmyownstory.Timeliness{IwroteThePh.D.Grindimmediatelyafter nish-ingmyPh.D.,whichistheidealtimeforsuchamemoir.Inco
6、ntrast,currentPh.D.studentscannotre
ectontheentiretyoftheirexperi-enceslikeIcan,andseniorresearcherswhoattempttore
ectbackontheirPh.D.yearsmightsu erfromselectivehindsight.Tone{Althoughit'simpossibletobeunbiased,ItrytomaintainabalancedtonethroughoutThePh.D.Grind.Incontrast,manypeoplewhowritePh
7、.D.-relatedarticles,books,orcomicsareeither:successfulprofessorsorresearchscientistswhoponti catestatelyadvice,adoptingthetoneofgradschoolistough,butit'sadelectableintellectualjourneythatyoushouldenjoyandmakethemostof...becauseIsuredi
