熬过了答辩,终于博士毕业了!回首这几年读博的旅程,感慨万千,其中的酸甜苦辣只有自己最清楚。看着实验室里还在为论文焦头烂额的师弟师妹们,忍不住想和大家分享一些我的经验教训,希望能帮到你们。首先,一定要尽早确定研究方向,不要频繁换题。
当我不断向导师询问各种细节时,我遭到了第一次警告和批评,我至今保留着我的导师那封邮件,它改变了我的整个博士生涯:OK, I will respond with more instructions now, but as aPhD student you are supposed to take initiative and figure things out foryourself. This is part of the PhD training, particularly in western countries. It doesn't matter ifit goes wrong sometimes -- you'll learn from that, just try.
在初期可能还好,但到读博后期,尤其集中考虑论文要发表以及毕业论文写作的时候,那种要平衡科研、情感、经济等各方面的压力常常使得我处于焦虑和不安的状态,甚至一度每日饮酒,飘飘然,似乎只有这样才能感到活着的脉搏。