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1、BriefdescriptionAcomputersciencegraduateschoolsurvivalguide,intendedforprospectiveornovicegraduatestudents.ThisguidedescribeswhatIwishIhadknownatthestartofgraduateschoolbuthadtolearnthehardwayinstead.Itfocusesonmentaltoughnessandtheskillsagraduatestudentneeds.Theguidealsodiscussesfindingajobaft
2、ercompletingthePh.D.andpointstomanyotherrelatedwebpages."Solong,andthanksforthePh.D.!"a.k.a."EverythingIwantedtoknowaboutC.S.graduateschoolatthebeginningbutdidn'tlearnuntillater."The4thguideintheHitchhiker'sguidetrilogy(andifthatdoesn'tmakesense,youobviouslyhavenotreadDouglasAdams)byRonaldT.Azu
3、mav.1.08Originalversion1997,lastrevisedJanuary2003Introduction"Toknowtheroadahead,askthosecomingback."-ChineseproverbInFebruary1995,onabeautifulsunnydaywithclearCarolinablueskies,Iturnedinthefinal,signedcopyofmydissertation.Thegraduateschoolstaffmemberdidsomelast-minutechecksonthedocumentandpro
4、nounceditacceptable.Aftersixandahalfyearsoftoilandsweat,Iwasfinallydone!WhilewalkingbacktotheC.S.departmentbuilding,Iwassorelydisappointedthattheheavensdidn'tpart,withtrumpet-playingangelsdescendingtoannouncethismonumentaloccasion.Uponhearingthisobservation,Dr.FredBrooks(oneofmycommitteemembers
5、)commented,"Andthesadfactis,you'renosmartertodaythanyouwereyesterday.""That'strue,"Ireplied,"buttheimportantthingisthatIamsmarterthanIwassixandahalfyearsago."Thatdaywasovertwoyearsago,andsincethenIhavehadplentyoftimetoreflectuponmygraduatestudentcareer.Onethoughtthathasrepeatedlystruckmeishowmu
6、cheasiergraduateschoolmighthavebeenifsomehow,magically,someofthethingsIknewwhenIturnedinmydissertationIcouldhaveknownwhenIfirstenteredgraduateschool.Instead,Ihadtolearnthosethehardway.Ofcourse,formanytopicsthisisimpossible:thepointofgraduateschoolistolearnthosebygoingthroughtheexperience.Howeve
7、r,Ibelieveotherlessonscanbetaughtaheadoftime.Unfortunately,suchguidanceisrarelyoffered.WhileIhadtolearneverythingthehardway,newgraduatestudentsmightbenefitfrommyexperiencesandwhatIlearned.Thatisthepurposeofthisguide.Verylittleofth
