Now that I'm done with the 'most honored' of degrees and have an honorific either pre- or post- my name, how do I feel? What do I feel?
I certainly don't feel superior, perhaps a little more knowledgeable (atleast a miniscule amount in my own field), but certainly I've acquired more than perfect vision when it comes to hindsight. There're many things that I've learnt along the way - going to try and list a few
I certainly don't feel superior, perhaps a little more knowledgeable (atleast a miniscule amount in my own field), but certainly I've acquired more than perfect vision when it comes to hindsight. There're many things that I've learnt along the way - going to try and list a few
- Microsoft Word is great - now that I've learnt the hard way to write large documents the correct way. But of course until I put that very last full stop I didn't know this.
- I've certainly become more organized. When you've got to do experiments that take a month, planning is important.
- Collaboration and team work is extremely important. But more important than that is a pat-on-the-back (frequently)
- Though I didn't realize it myself until lots of people congratulated me - it really was hard work coming to this point. You'll feel down and you'll feel high and when it's all done you won't feel a thing. It really is an anti-climax.
It's back to work as usual for me. I had a few drinks after the defense and the next day it was back to the lab after a standard routine in the morning.
Hopefully things will change for the better - I'm going to miss my student days :)
