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Adversarial Advisor
Jul. 14th, 2009 04:25 pmI just got back from a conference that did wonders for my ego. There's nothing like having prominent scientists ogle your posters and gush, "wow, that's so cool!" for helping your self-esteem.
Today, my advisor here at Big Government Center did a pretty good job of deflating me. He pretty much completely dismissed a paper idea I have, essentially saying that no one cares about it. He instead thinks I should pursue a completely different idea, one that will take me months and months longer to set up and carry out, as opposed to this simpler (and more elegant, in my opinion) idea that I have that I could probably crunch through in a few weeks.
Fortunately, I still have enough self-esteem left to question him, and I'm going to go seek out a second opinion.
This isn't the first time it seems like he's gone out of his way to puncture my ego. Good thing I have other advisors to turn to.
Today, my advisor here at Big Government Center did a pretty good job of deflating me. He pretty much completely dismissed a paper idea I have, essentially saying that no one cares about it. He instead thinks I should pursue a completely different idea, one that will take me months and months longer to set up and carry out, as opposed to this simpler (and more elegant, in my opinion) idea that I have that I could probably crunch through in a few weeks.
Fortunately, I still have enough self-esteem left to question him, and I'm going to go seek out a second opinion.
This isn't the first time it seems like he's gone out of his way to puncture my ego. Good thing I have other advisors to turn to.
