tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19350310.post68270884552971149..comments2023-10-29T04:16:48.484-05:00Comments on wish you were here: The PhD Journey, so far: Rest of the storykaushikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14854952659886099080noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19350310.post-70671331695248478152009-12-18T07:24:22.459-06:002009-12-18T07:24:22.459-06:00Hi there.. read ur post and a few others too.. ur ...Hi there.. read ur post and a few others too.. ur writing is great. u have a way to keep readers attention.. Good blog.. keep blogging<br /><br /><a href="http://www.workfromhomeindia.biz" rel="nofollow"> Work from home India </a>workhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02139837491287164337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19350310.post-22473058018441968502009-02-15T16:36:00.000-06:002009-02-15T16:36:00.000-06:00@vinay: you worked for a year before you joined Ph...@vinay: you worked for a year before you joined PhD. I am sure that would have helped in making your choice. <BR/><BR/>For me, having never worked, I have no other experiences to compare my PhD experience with. IMO this worsens the confusion at times. <BR/><BR/>I think that spending some time in a workplace will help you appreciate grad school. <BR/><BR/>@ankur: I guess you are fresh into grad school, and still are in the dreaming stage of a great, highly impactful PhD. For me to get out of this un-decided state is to experience a work-place. Hopefuly, my internship this summer will clear matters, one way or the other. Just for that reason, I sincerely hope that I get an internship.<BR/><BR/>@ammalu: when you are bored, you self-reflect :) I also hope i have more stories coming out of such self reflection sessions.kaushikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854952659886099080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19350310.post-84919444014948036702009-02-15T02:24:00.000-06:002009-02-15T02:24:00.000-06:00I enjoyed the post(the comment too).Hope u keep st...I enjoyed the post(the comment too).Hope u keep stumbling up on more interesting and profound things in life so that u can blog abt it...HeHeHe... i am such a jealous person ;-)Ammaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696512530649560390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19350310.post-92105911042205420772009-02-15T01:19:00.000-06:002009-02-15T01:19:00.000-06:00@ankur:I had to read your comment twice to underst...@ankur:<BR/>I had to read your comment twice to understand what you said, go easy with those words :)<BR/>Thanks.kaushikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854952659886099080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19350310.post-2872995611115483032009-02-14T21:47:00.000-06:002009-02-14T21:47:00.000-06:00Nice post. I acknowledge that the possibility that...Nice post. I acknowledge that the possibility that one year from now, I end up writing similar posts is present in its absolute entirety. Nevertheless, I can say that I have felt a similar dichotomy in its various morphologies and realized that this world is not custom designed to suit one's needs, and that this sense of having made a wrong decision would still be present if you made a different choice. Sooner or later you realize that this marauding feeling of a mistake may not necessarily be an expression of your intuition but could rather be plain old-fashioned self-doubt masquerading as one.<BR/><BR/>And quite frankly someone who can express his own feelings this clear in writing ought to know this by now. I do not wish to attempt to discount your life experience till now, nor do I aim at establishing superiority of mine over yours. I do wish, however, to speak my mind, and if I didn't know better I'd say that you like being in this state of un-decidedness.<BR/><BR/>Now, if I write such a post one year from now, please don't rub it in my face. :)Ankur Guptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01890753131170956544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19350310.post-74084144515389909752009-02-11T05:08:00.000-06:002009-02-11T05:08:00.000-06:00Welcome to the club of pensive PhDs. You have to e...Welcome to the club of pensive PhDs. You have to experience this dilemma that you have mentioned towards the end of your blog. Else, you aren't considered worth the degree.<BR/><BR/>Have you seen the Cadbury Bournville advertisement? Their tagline is... You can't just eat it, you have to earn it.<BR/>That's the same with the PhD. You can't just get the degree, you have to earn it.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes from a similarly troubled grad student.Vinayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001179092240729416noreply@blogger.com