When you were doing an undergrad, you wanted to do a masters. When you did a masters, you wanted to do a PhD. Now you’re doing a PhD, you want to be a cat.
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The job struggle after your PhD is real.
You’re going to have a PhD one day.
My favourite part about sitting down to write my PhD is all of the cleaning I suddenly have to do
Netflix, but for your thesis. ‘Are you still writing?’
Why are your findings important? You need to be able to answer this.
Doing a PhD doesn’t mean you have to work in academia
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Changing the world, one thesis at a time
Maybe we need better people in academia. Instead of bullies.
The PhD Place - Academic Community@thephdplace.bsky.social · last mo.Academia has a strange way of making experts feel like beginners every single day.
Where are my academic librarians at? 🫶
I don’t want to be controversial but I don’t think I understand honorary doctorates 🥺
Academia has a strange way of making experts feel like beginners every single day.
Post your research area and the name of one essential book in your field, so people can find out more 👇
What are the best steps for avoiding burnout?
I think my Hogwarts acceptance letter will come before I finish this PhD
University librarians are the unsung heroes of academia
The entire academic system is being held up by coffee
The answer to PhD success is [REDACTED]
The real skill of a PhD is learning how to continue without clarity
“When will you finish your PhD?” is such a violent question.
Everyone else also sounded confident while figuring it out, too
It’s Sunday. Your thesis deserves some time away from you, you obsessive little scholar.
I’ve read enough to know I haven’t read enough
The hardest part of a PhD is realising no one is coming to tell you you’re doing it right
Why does every academic breakthrough start with “wait, that can’t be right”
Me: I just published a paper in a very prestigious journal Friend: Congratulations! How much did they pay you? Me:
