Once you leave graduate school, the clock is ticking.
Unlike a fine wine, I don't have many years to mature.
Time is everything
We need to contribute to the proposal.
Get a mentor, research aunt or uncle.
Chapter 2: Advices from dinosaur
Presentation:
1. Know your self
2. Understand respect the needs of your audience
Chapter 3 Important Choices: adviser
1. A prominent scientist as adviser
Do group members see the big picture?
Do group members learn each other?
Postdoc: Finish something, make your name
Chapter 4. Giving Talks
Rehearse your talk
A story of talk
Go to the ideas, and no equations
Chapter 5. Writing Papers
Paper: timeless advertisement for your self
Planning your project as a series of short papers.
• For you, it's good to gain confidence, and make repuation
• For reviewers, it's easy to go with
• For employers, you are manageable.
Title is the number of citation, and limited abstract.
Choose you local reviewers
Chapter 6: From here to tenure
• Associated professor
• Research lab
Tenure: financial independence
Chapter 7. Job interviews
Self-starter, leader
Prepare the questions of before
Negotiate the offer when accepting
Chapter 8. Getting Funded
Chapter 9 Establishing a research program
Strategic thinking: short papers, two project, collaborate project
Maintain a publish rec ord.
Chapter 10. A survival checklist
• Put yourself in the shoes of your audience: interview, presentation
• Get your priority straightly: Publication first
• Say no
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