Academic Chatter™
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Academic Chatter™
@AcademicChatter
United Kingdom
Joined July 2017
- I highly recommend the Pomodoro method: 25 minutes of work followed by a 5 week break.
- Is the paper you need stuck behind a paywall? Here is a list of useful websites to help you access the research you need. * unpaywall.org * paperpanda.app * 12ft.io * openaccessbutton.org * ilovephd.com/working-sci-hu…
- A PhD (or any advanced degree) says absolutely nothing about your intelligence.What unpopular academia opinion would get you in this situation?
- Don't want a 9-5 job? Do a PhD, you'll be working 24/7.
- Spending 4 hours reading 8 papers to write 1 sentence.
- My two work modes: 1) I've done 30mins of work in 8 hours 2) I've done 8 hours of work in 30mins
- Academic writing is appropriately balancing the use of "moreover", "however", "therefore" and "furthermore".
- Pay PhD researchers a proper salary.
- Some academics the system is broken the system is broken the system is broken the system is broken the system is broken the system is broken the system is broken the system is broken the system is broken the system is broken the system is broken gets tenure it's a meritocracy
- Never assume you'll simply 'remember' something, you won't. Write it down.
- My favorite part of writing is rearranging my house.
- To academics annoyed that a billionaire is destroying Twitter, let me introduce you to academic publishing.
