these are old thoughts from when i was weighing between enrolling for a PhD program or going for a normal job in the econ research industry `ou ailleurs`. now things are settled: i've just started my PhD econ studies in lausanne and i am preparing my first TA experience in advanced macro: great challenges ahead.
as i have been missing from here, now i try to catch up with writing down - here are some pros and cons for the PhD studies:
- fits my way of being - idealistic (both in a positive and negative manner) - it's the same idea: targeting higher for going on and being better
- it's a way of working hard now for living better afterwards
- i like theory and finding its link with empirics (or real life)
- research is challenging (even if it can become just an ambition)
- it requires a great individual discipline - it means mostly working alone (or, more nicely said, on your own), while depending on the others' feedback (may involve a not very fair team work)
- the originality is the key - no matter if there's something that other people understand or other researchers look for, you obtaining the result or just you putting in practice the idea makes you the one who owns it
(to be completed while getting through the process - five years to come)
1 commentaires:
Ah..great individual discipline! That one is so tempting to have and it is always elusive.. :(
Bon chance!
Just another PhD from Lausanne.
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