PLMW Panel
summary
Panelists give concrete, repeatable advice: find an advisor by matching projects and meeting style (cold-email faculty or pick at application time), prefer a hands-on mentor if structure helps, treat co-advised work as your project, and synchronize co-advisors over clear milestones. Handle rejections by iterating drafts, soliciting targeted feedback, and improving communication; manage ups and downs with time-box work, a stable nonacademic hobby, or get a therapist for persistent distress. Internships translate communication and documentation skills to industry, where work is more team-driven and deadline-oriented.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and logistics
- 1:24Panelists' research journeys
- 10:47Managing advisor relationships
- 24:11Mental health in grad school
- 36:25Industry versus academia
- 51:53Initiating research projects
- 1:01:20Navigating research conferences
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