http://www.purelyanecdotal.com/2008/03/13/so-familiar-i-must-be-in-the-matrix/ One more woman in the STEM pipeline. Sun, 20 May 2012 16:28:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://www.purelyanecdotal.com/2008/03/13/so-familiar-i-must-be-in-the-matrix/#comment-85 Jane Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:57:26 +0000 http://www.purelyanecdotal.com/2008/03/13/so-familiar-i-must-be-in-the-matrix/#comment-85 This is a great list! I had a great advisor (eventually; I had to go through a couple first to find the right one) who did most of these things most of the time. I think the best thing he did, though, was to insist on meeting with all of his students once a week for at least 30 minutes each. Nothing like having a weekly meeting with your advisor hanging over your head to serve as a motivator to get *something* done! And he encouraged his students to bring something to show to the meeting: simulation results, a paper draft, code, whatever. So again, that really helped keep me on track. This is a great list! I had a great advisor (eventually; I had to go through a couple first to find the right one) who did most of these things most of the time. I think the best thing he did, though, was to insist on meeting with all of his students once a week for at least 30 minutes each. Nothing like having a weekly meeting with your advisor hanging over your head to serve as a motivator to get *something* done! And he encouraged his students to bring something to show to the meeting: simulation results, a paper draft, code, whatever. So again, that really helped keep me on track.

]]> http://www.purelyanecdotal.com/2008/03/13/so-familiar-i-must-be-in-the-matrix/#comment-86 admin Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:20:07 +0000 http://www.purelyanecdotal.com/2008/03/13/so-familiar-i-must-be-in-the-matrix/#comment-86 Wow, that would be like a dream. I send mine all kinds of information, but it feels like it just gets dropped into a deep black pit. I waffle between "He must think I'm doing just fine," to "He is completely uninterested in what I am doing." If I get 10 minutes a week face time, I am doing well. Wow, that would be like a dream. I send mine all kinds of information, but it feels like it just gets dropped into a deep black pit. I waffle between “He must think I’m doing just fine,” to “He is completely uninterested in what I am doing.” If I get 10 minutes a week face time, I am doing well.

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