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How to Sabotage Your Coworkers: A Primer for Chemistry Grad Students

June 16, 2019 by Scott Long Leave a Comment

Welcome to grad school in chemistry! Most people envision it as an intellectually stimulating environment, in which everyone helps each other out to achieve common goals. Unfortunately, many of you chemistry grad students are lazy bastards. You don’t give a damn about your research, are only in grad school to impress your friends and family,…

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Everyone Is A Jerk: Real Talk For Aspiring Grad School Students

January 7, 2015 by Scott Long 4 Comments

If you’re thinking about grad school in science or engineering, you’ve probably read some advice columns on how to succeed and avoid common pitfalls. I mostly found the “feel good” type of advice – essentially, that if you work hard and you aren’t a total dick, your science career will basically be smooth sailing. Frickin’…

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Keep Climbing And Stay Away From The Windows: Making Sense Of Grad School After You’ve Ignored All The Warning Signs

December 30, 2014 by Hannah Foster 1 Comment

“Don’t do it” was the response of a 4th-year graduate student when asked by one of my fellow recruits what advice she had about grad school. We were mingling with current PhD students at Harvard’s recruitment weekend, trying our hardest to look like we knew what we were talking about. I excused this woman’s bitter…

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