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Re: Skeptical PhDs: Recent Comments and Misconceptions

Hi! Thanks for taking the time to read my comment and replying. Well, I do blog at folio(dot)skysenshi(dot)com. But I barely have time to blog on a regular basis. Only when people send me private...

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Re: Going Freelance Out of Graduate School

Wonderful idea and great illustration diagrams. Best wishes for future work too :)

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Re: Graduate Student Series: Why Not Seek Out And Hire An Executive Coach?

I must appreciate your effort for this great sharing .Executive Coaching

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Re: Considering Grad School? Important Things You Should Know Before, During,...

Thank you for the tips. I am applying to PhD Programs next year and these tips will come in handy. I like the tip about considering resources and connectons post PhD.

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Re: Ultimate PhD Networking Guide: How To Create Opportunities Out Of Thin...

Thank you for this post Ryan. Networking and Informational Interviews are great. I find that it is a great way to meet people in your field and explore options that you may not have considered yourself.

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Re: Considering Grad School? Important Things You Should Know Before, During,...

This is some great advice! Here're another great post on things you should do BEFORE applying to grad school to find the perfect grad school match. http://www.myscizzle.com/blog/...

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Re: 5 Ways to Gain Valuable Skills Outside of Your Academic Training

Ryan: I am really enjoying your posts. A key issue is your feeling that, when you finish grad school, your only marketable skill is bench science. Grad school is (should be) about more than developing...

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Re: 5 Ways to Gain Valuable Skills Outside of Your Academic Training

Hi Jeremy,Thank you for the thoughtful message. I agree with you wholeheartedly. Actually, I have written and posted a few past articles on marketable and transferable skills for PhDs:"PhD grads have...

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Re: One Step At A Time: Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry

very good

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Re: 10 Ways To Successfully Defend Your PhD

I just defended and kept coming back to these tips while finishing my talk. They are incredibly useful, especially to ignore distractions and keep your cool on defense day. Thank you a ton for the post!

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Re: 7 Easy Ways For Graduate Or College Students To Earn Alternative Income...

Textbroker is a great starting point for writing online, I wrote for them and others for a while, and recently started my own company called College Copywriters which hires college students as...

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Re: Life After Grad School: What Matters and What Doesn’t

I'm afraid its about value-system ... if you are a 'true academic' then you will value the pursuit of truth, intellectual honesty, and intellectual challenge, and quickly question the real validity of...

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Re: Welcome To The ‘Academic Fight Club’

Surely your odds are still much better if you work in the correct area, and are at a very reputable institution e.g. ivy league?

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Re: 10 Ways To Successfully Defend Your PhD

I agree that you should read over the entire thesis. None of my three committee members really even made it to Chapter 3, but at least I was prepared for broad-level questions. If I hadn't re-read, I...

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Re: The Top 10 Most Memorable Lessons And Things I Learned In Grad School

loved reading it...it was a really nice article

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Re: Dealing With PhD Stress The Right Way: Advice From 3 PhD Graduates

thanks for this, just what I needed to read right now

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Re: 5 Ways to Gain Valuable Skills Outside of Your Academic Training

I know this article was posted some time ago but I still wanted to say, THANK YOU for writing this :) I'm an ex-PhD student and I'd never heard that bit about the PhD Industry gap before. It reflects...

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Re: Dealing With PhD Stress The Right Way: Advice From 3 PhD Graduates

I'm not even a PHD student, I'm an undergraduate completing a music performance degree in three weeks and this was really helpful. Fatigue, boredom with my material and loneliness from sacrificing...

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Re: 7 Easy Ways For Graduate Or College Students To Earn Alternative Income...

haha interesting read

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Re: 10 Ways To Successfully Defend Your PhD

thanks!

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Re: PhD Career Series: Finding and Developing Your Inner Leader

Love your thoughts, Ryan. As a "visionary" leader (well, that's what the online tests tell me!), I think that finding 'what works' for your style is very important. I often struggle with details but...

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Re: All PhD’s are NOT created Equal

A rather 'belated' response I know, but the story intrigued and angered me. At the Australian university I went to, if that student had been doing a science honours thesis (in Australia the honours...

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Re: How A Rock Band Helped Save My PhD

This has been the most helpful advice I have seen on the internet. You seem like a very well-rounded person. I am the type that is happy when I have multiple things I can be good at and some hobbies...

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Re: PhD Career Series: Finding and Developing Your Inner Leader

I enjoyed the article. I don't know what kind of leadership to put myself in, because I'm literally a mix of different types. But I definitely aspire to be the one who learns from my mistakes and grows...

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Re: Top 11 Alternative Entry Level PhD Science Careers To Skip the PostDoc

Thank you! This is the most complete and meaningful information I have ever read on this subject.

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