The Time Paradox of Dissertation Writing
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by Dora Farkas, PhD
1y ago
Why Is It So Hard To Write Your Dissertation When You Have “All Day”? “I was writing more when I was stealing time from my research!” my student, Petra confessed. She was getting her PhD in Biology, and struggling to pull her data into a cohesive Dissertation.  In hopes of finishing by the end of the school year, she quit a lot of her extracurricular activities to have more time to write. But, she found herself writing less than before when she was writing her Dissertation between experiments.  Why was Petra was more productive when she only had an hour here and there to write than ..read more
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5 Steps to Crush Your Thesis Deadlines When You’re Superbusy
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by Dora Farkas, PhD
1y ago
You Can Finish Your Thesis Even When You Are Spread Really Thin… Boom! Everything went black for a few seconds… What happened? When I opened my eyes I was lying on my back on top of a fresh pile of snow. It was almost 9 pm and I must have slipped and fell on an ice patch beneath the snow walking home from he library. The back of my head was aching, but I was able to sit up. When I tried to stand up to gather my books, I realized that my right leg couldn’t move. My right foot looked kind of funny…I knew something was wrong. I called the campus police from my cell phone and ..read more
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How Do You Get a Job in a Bad PhD Job Market?
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by Dora Farkas, PhD
1y ago
The PhD Job Market is Never Easy One of the interesting things about the PhD job market is that it’s never exactly “great.” Regardless of how the economy is doing, getting a PhD level job can feel like an uphill battle. There are many job you “could” do, but you are overqualified for them. Conversely, the PhD level jobs are so highly specialized that unless you have experience with exactly what they are looking for, you are not qualified for them. In essence, you might feel like your PhD has pigeon-holed you into very narrow job opportunities. Should you just accept any offer that comes your ..read more
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Can’t Decide Between Academia and Industry After Your PhD?
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by Dora Farkas, PhD
1y ago
How Do Make A Decision About Your Career When You Only Know What You Don’t Want? Undergraduates regularly fall asleep during lectures. But, how often do professors fall asleep while they are lecturing? My Biochemistry professor in my senior year in college had a reputation of speaking in incoherent sentences and looking like he was about to fall asleep himself while drawing the Krebs cycle on the board. His teaching assistant, who was also his graduate student, mentioned that the professor had a toddler son who hadn’t slept much in the past two years. Combine the workload of a junior professo ..read more
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Why You Don’t Have to Settle for Any PhD Job That Comes Along
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by Dora Farkas, PhD
1y ago
How Do You Get a Job After Your PhD? Here is a conundrum: Every year thousands of students get their PhDs, and many of them know that (according to the news) there aren’t enough jobs for PhDs. Being unemployed is one of the most common fears that PhDs face. The question isn’t why someone would get a PhD in such a job market. If you’re well into your PhD program (or already finished), this is a moot point. The better question is: How can you find employment given the tough PhD job market? While that is a better question that the first one, it still implies struggle and frustration, during the ..read more
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PhD Job Searching: How to Create a Job You Love
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by Dora Farkas, PhD
1y ago
What Has Really Changed in Job Searching Since Your Parents’ Generation? Most likely, your parents did all of their job searching in person: they may have gone to career fairs, interviewed in-person, and networked at stuffy conferences. If your mom or dad tells you to “network”, it’s easy to brush them off saying “everything is online now.” While it’s true that there are a wealth of resources online, there is still a significant “personal touch” to job searching that is probably here to stay. Most candidates, even for PhD-level jobs, get their jobs through a personal referral. A personal refer ..read more
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How About a Fresh Start For Your PhD Dissertation Writing?
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by Dora Farkas, PhD
2y ago
If You Focus on “How”, You Will Fail to Finish Your PhD Dissertation Have you read a lot of articles about “how” to manage your time during your PhD? Did you find any of them useful? To be honest, I found some of them useful. I read tons of articles on time management as a PhD student and I found that prioritizing my tasks and doing work during my “peak productivity” hours was helpful. There was only one problem. While it seemed like I was getting work done, my PhD Dissertation wasn’t getting done. No matter how much I wrote or how much data I collected, there were always gaps in my draft. Doe ..read more
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Why Structure is Sexy During Your PhD Journey
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by Dora Farkas, PhD
2y ago
Does the Idea of Structure During Your PhD Journey Sound “Icky”? There are few things that makes PhD students roll their eyes more than the idea of having structure. Here are just a few complaints: I’ve heard about structure before and it doesn’t work for me Structure is boring I can never follow a routine I feel really constricted when I force myself to have structure It works for a while and then I mess up I like going with the flow To say the least, the mere mention of the word “structure” creates rebellion among my webinar participants even if we’re thousands of miles away! It’s not that ..read more
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Solving the Puzzles of Your PhD Dissertation
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by Dora Farkas, PhD
2y ago
Why You Can’t Predict the Course of Your Dissertation If you have imagined PhD students hunched over a laptop sweating from their ears while writing their Dissertation…well, you are not alone. The writing part of the PhD process is perhaps the most feared aspect of the whole graduate school experience. The anguish is further intensified among those who are non-native English speakers or in the sciences/engineering fields or all of the above. How can you write a 150+ page document if you have never been trained to write anything longer than (maybe) 20 pages? Dissertation writing is a complex p ..read more
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Thinkladder: Not Just Another App to Help You Finish Your PhD
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by Dora Farkas, PhD
2y ago
Today’s article is brought to you by Dr. Amie Lennox, a social anthropologist, writer, researcher, and former lecturer, who will give us an introduction to the Thinkladder app, and how it can help you get to the finish line of your PhD. This article and the Thinkladder app are not substitutes for professional medical help. If you are struggling with mental health, you are not alone, and there is no shame – contact local health professionals ASAP. Have You Ever Wondered About How What’s Goes On Inside Your Head Affects Your Relationship to your PhD? Thinkladder is  a start-up that is deve ..read more
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