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1、THEPH.D.GRINDAPh.D.StudentMemoirPhilipJ.Guophilip@pgbovine.nethttp://www.pgbovine.net/PhD-memoir.htmCurrentrelease:July16,2012Originalrelease:June29,2012Toeveryonewhoaspirestocreate.ContentsPrologue1YearOne:Downfall5YearTwo:Inception21YearThree:Relaps
2、e33Intermission45YearFour:Reboot53YearFive:Production69YearSix:Endgame85Epilogue99Afterword109PrefaceThisbookchroniclesmysixyearsofworkingtowardsaPh.D.incom-puterscienceatStanfordUniversityfrom2006to2012.Adiversevarietyofpeoplecanbene tfromreadingit,i
3、ncluding:undergraduateswhomightbeinterestedinpursuingaPh.D.,currentPh.D.studentswhoareseekingguidanceorinspiration,professorswhowanttobetterunderstandPh.D.students,employerswhohireandmanagepeoplewithPh.D.degrees,professionalsworkinginanycreativeo
4、rcompetitive eldwhereself-driveninitiativeiscrucial,andeducatedadults(orprecociouskids)whoarecuriousabouthowacademicresearchisproduced.ThePh.D.Grinddi ersfromexistingPh.D.-relatedwritingsduetoitsuniqueformat,timeliness,andtone:Format{ThePh.D.Grindisa
5、memoirforageneraleducatedaudience,notahow-toguide"forcurrentPh.D.students.AlthoughPh.D.studentscangleanlessonsfrommyexperiences,mygoalisnottoexplicitlyprovideadvice.Thereareplentyofhow-toguidesandadvicecolumnsforPh.D.students,andIamnotinterestedincon
6、tributingtothefray.Thesearticlesare lledwithgeneralitiesvsuchasbepersistent"andmakesomeprogresseveryday,"butanadvantageofthememoirformatisthatIcanbeconcreteanddetailedwhentellingmyownstory.Timeliness{IwroteThePh.D.Grindimmediatelyafter nish-ingmyPh.
7、D.,whichistheidealtimeforsuchamemoir.Incontrast,currentPh.D.studentscannotre
ectontheentiretyoftheirexperi-enceslikeIcan,andseniorresearcherswhoattempttore
ectbackontheirPh.D.yearsmightsu erfromselectivehindsight.Tone{Althoughit'simpossibletobeunbiase
8、d,ItrytomaintainabalancedtonethroughoutThePh.D.Grind.Incontrast,manypeoplewhowritePh.D.-relatedarticles,books,orcomicsareeither:successfulprofessorsorresearchscientistswhoponti catestatelyadvice,adoptingthetoneofgradschoolistough,butit'sadel
