(no subject)

[nibot]

PhD comics is spot-on, as usual:

"I promise, by the time you write your thesis, you won't get a single edit or comment from me."

"It'll be that good?"

"I won't care anymore."

Comments

[vortexshedding.livejournal.com]

Yes! Like when he stopped by my desk without any warning today for a meeting that turned out to last over 2 hrs. Umm, that meant losing the afternoon from the real work tasks I had on my plate. We just met on Tuesday this week and he doesn't come to campus on Wednesdays, so was it really necessary to stop by today? I don't want to be micro-managed!

How often do you meet with your advisor?

[nibot.livejournal.com]

It depends on what counts as "meet". We nominally have a group meeting every week, but it doesn't actually provide much in the way of useful interaction.

Unfortunately my advisor and I don't actually have any research in common. She provides very good advice about political sort of things, however.

[vortexshedding.livejournal.com]

My advisor doesn't really speak my language, either. But he has some basic understanding of what I am doing and he seemed interested in learning more. The advisor I originally picked was the department director who also didn't speak my language, but told me flat-out that he would sign off on anything to get me out the door fast. Unfortunately, he died very suddenly and unexpectedly (maybe suicide, autopsy never released to public). Anyway, I found myself in a department I didn't really belong and my advisor was the "closest" match. I'd rather be working with an "expert" in my field, but such is life...