Thursday, February 05, 2009
Earning your keep
I'm really irritated with my old phd supervisor and his student/post doc. I have been nagging this student, Gamesboy, to get his thesis organised and planned pretty much since he started (in totally his best interests as I knew how crap our supervisor is when it comes to actually getting a thesis written and submitted). Anyhow he is now into his 4th unpaid writing up year of his PhD. Which isn't so bad except he has written hardly anything. A decent stab at some of the general introduction topics and one decent method development/characterisation chapter but there is still lots and lots to write up (and in my eyes quite a few actual proper experiments to do to prove it's a sensible method).
Anyhow what is really bugging me is that the start of the year he started on a post doc contract following on closely to his PhD project (basically more characterisation and applications of the method he has developed and pimped up beyond belief during his PhD). I'm really chuffed for him that he got the post doc and continue with this new method except that he is doing bugger all work as far as I can tell. I know it's nothing to do with me but I think back to when I was still finishing off writing up my thesis and working as a post doc I worked really hard at the day job and did the thesis in the evenings/weekends/spare time to get it done as I felt bad not doing what I was being paid for i.e. the post doctoral work.
Anyhow what is really bugging me is that the start of the year he started on a post doc contract following on closely to his PhD project (basically more characterisation and applications of the method he has developed and pimped up beyond belief during his PhD). I'm really chuffed for him that he got the post doc and continue with this new method except that he is doing bugger all work as far as I can tell. I know it's nothing to do with me but I think back to when I was still finishing off writing up my thesis and working as a post doc I worked really hard at the day job and did the thesis in the evenings/weekends/spare time to get it done as I felt bad not doing what I was being paid for i.e. the post doctoral work.
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