Johan Morales (77% of a PhD)

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[Johan Morales (77% of a PhD) @joh_morales]

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[Johan Morales (77% of a PhD) @joh_morales]

Hace rato no tuiteo. Hoy présenté el IV Avance de mi Tesis Doctoral.

Y mi Kalanchoe floreció, entonces la llevaba puesta de adornito. 🌷

[Pedro Domingos @pmddomingos]

I hate the idea of churning out research papers by the dozen. A research paper should be a work of art.

[The PhD Place @ThePhDPlace]

What in the imposter syndrome in this?

[Happy Researchers @hapyresearchers]

10 advice for researchers/academics at all levels

1. Prioritize your MentalHealth over anything

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

There are largely two types of academics: A and B. Their worlds are so different, so insular they don't even know the other type exists.

Type A:

> Comes from a middle, upper-middle class family
> Well-educated parents (with advanced degrees including PhDs)
> Parents map out their kid's career trajectory
> Parents teach academia's hidden curriculum: applications, admission essays, extracurriculars, and so on.
> Send the kid to a "good" school (private or private tutoring)
> Kid gets good grades
> Goes to Ivy League or Oxbridge or a similar top school for undergrad
> Decides to do a PhD
> Gets into another top program in a top school because of top undergrad school, duh
> Gets a well-connected supervisor during PhD
> Gets a tenure-track job offer from another top university in the final year of PhD even before graduation because of the supervisor, duh
> Fully understands the tenure clock
> Publishes papers, monographs on time
> Gets tenure
> Thinks PhD is easy, tenure is easy, academia is easy
> Marries a colleague in the same university
> Has kids
> The cycle repeats

Type B:

> Comes from a dysfunctional, working-class family
> Parents who barely graduate high school
> Parents with no idea what kind of education their kids need
> Goes to a no-name shit school with underqualified teachers
> Then goes to a community college or some such institution if lucky, joins the military if unlucky (KIA.exe)
> Reads a lot, become autodidact, becomes a half-decent writer
> Someone suggests, do a PhD, become a professor
> Likes the idea of academic life, starts applying to PhD programs
> Gets rejected from top programs because don't have good recommendation letters or connections
> Goes to a third tier PhD program in a university located in the middle of nowhere
> PhD stipend is not enough, has to work part-time to make ends meet
> Lives in a shitty apartment, sometimes eats at the soup kitchen
> Still works hard and publishes a bunch of papers
> Thinks I'll write my way out of poverty
> Sees a bunch of Type A PhDs in conferences, tries to "network" with them, Type A folks recognize Type B PhDs and stay away from them.
> Defends PhD where the committee says this is excellent work and imminently publishable
> Applies to tenure-track jobs left, right, and center. Gets rejected from everywhere
> Idea of being unemployed with a PhD causes desperation
> Gets a temporary teaching job, gets paid per course basis with no health benefits
> Spends a few years as adjunct with semester to semester renewal of job contract
> Barely survives, has to take up part-time jobs
> Get a one-year postdoc, decides to turn PhD dissertation into a monograph in the hopes it will get tenure-track job
> Postdoc ends, back to temporary adjunct jobs
> Monograph stays incompelete, no time to work on it
> Tries moving out of academia, is considered over-qualified
> Reads social media posts by Type A academics saying PhD is easy, academia is easy
> Thinks, what could I have done better?

[Happy Researchers @hapyresearchers]

PhD should not be just about protocols & data. It should be about developing abilities to hypothesize, troubleshoot, think critically, collaborate & be an independent researcher.

We should not forget, PhD is training to generate next-generation researchers, not just specialists.

[Noah Garfinkel @NoahGarfinkel]

I used to be a night owl but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve become more of a person who doesn’t function at any time.

[Thought Provoking Berserker ⚛️🦍🦅 @Provokethoughtz]

Just saying 🤷🏿‍♂️🤔

[Johan Morales (77% of a PhD) @joh_morales]

Congreso de Medicina Traslacional

[Happy Researchers @hapyresearchers]

Dear Journals and Publishers,

You're welcome to ask for manuscripts—just don’t forget the magic words in your emails: 100% APC discount! 😄

[Johan Morales (77% of a PhD) @joh_morales]

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[Johan Morales (77% of a PhD) @joh_morales]

#NuevaFotoDePerfil

[Johan Morales (77% of a PhD) @joh_morales]

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[😈 @turtlekiosk]

lol there's a capybara plushie on the baggage conveyor belt and all the kids waiting pet it each time it comes around

[Johan Morales (77% of a PhD) @joh_morales]

Uy, olvidé hacer mi tuit de: Habemus Magister! 🙌

(Esta vez era mío 😎)