{"id":2285,"date":"2008-08-05T18:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/?p=2285"},"modified":"2008-08-05T18:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T23:47:00","slug":"thoughts-on-possible-phd-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/?p=2285","title":{"rendered":"thoughts on possible phd programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been bugging the phdified among my friends as well as those who have attempted it or are currently attempting it. (Mostly comp sci folks, which is not what I’m going after, but I figure some lessons apply regardless) <\/p>\n

The basic questions have been the following: “What is your advice to someone considering applying for a phd program?” and “What do you recommend for getting the most out of a PhD program?”<\/p>\n

Yesterday, strongly recommended that I spec out and prioritize the features I wanted out of my working life “like an engineer” (I think, , please step in if I misinterpreted\/misremembered) and then construct alternatives that would help me get there and then see if a phd is the right alternative for me and my goal.<\/p>\n

I smiled and nodded and thought I’d get around to it … someday. Well, today I had a meeting where I didn’t see much benefit to paying attention and instead of rewriting mmorpg character plans (my usual pastime under those circumstances) I started jotting down those specs.<\/p>\n

I want to work…<\/p>\n

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  1. … on topics related to real world quality of life issues\n
  2. … in ways that help to improve the quality of life for the comparatively disadvantaged (or, y’know, everyone. I wouldn’t mind helping everyone) or at least point out ways to do so.\n
  3. … in a collaborative and constructive manner.\n
  4. … in ways that make use of my technical mindset as an asset\n
  5. … in an environment where what I wear and when I show up to work do not matter for their own sake, but only in terms of how they affect what I accomplish (ie, being able to show up naked for a meeting is not a requirement, but dress codes are generally dumb)\n
  6. … I can go home with time to do what I enjoy and not be a slacker\/failure.\n
  7. … get to explore issues deeply and provide well-reasoned thoughtful responses rather than off the cuff reactions.<\/ol>\n

    That’s what I thought of today, anyway. =)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I’ve been bugging the phdified among my friends as well as those who have attempted it or are currently attempting it. (Mostly comp sci folks, which is not what I’m going after, but I figure some lessons apply regardless) The basic questions have been the following: “What is your advice to someone considering applying for … Continue reading “thoughts on possible phd programs”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}