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[Anonymous No.19613474]

>Be Europoor
>Just handed in PhD in literary studies
>I'm almost definitely a pseud
>Got paid to study and write for 3 years
>No tuition or anything like that
It has been amazing honestly. There was no unfortunately no interesting university life because of corona, so I've just been chilling at home for almost two years. With just a tiny bit of work every day I've managed to finish my PhD faster than almost anyone in the history of the programme I'm in.

Are uni generals allowed around here? We sometimes have interesting threads on the subject. What are your experiences and opinions? What are you reading? Do you read more or fewer books in your free time after graduating? I always read a lot but have found that I started reading even more books after getting my MA.

I'd love to keep studying. Learning things is a great way to spend a life. Working sucks.

[Anonymous No.19613482]

>>19613474
>Do you read more or fewer books in your free time after graduating?
Way more. The reading discipline I've acquired in university was invaluable.

[Anonymous No.19613483]

>>19613474
These are some of the most encouraging thoughts I've read in a long time; I need that.
Tell me, anon, how many hours a day did you work on your PhD? What's your reading routine like? Your lifestyle sounds like something I would like to emulate.

[Anonymous No.19613499]

>>19613483
I sucked my professor's cock and came out as a tranny.

[Anonymous No.19613504]

>>19613474
>>19613483
>>19613499
Kek

[Anonymous No.19613511]

>>19613483
>Tell me, anon, how many hours a day did you work on your PhD?
It depends. Some days more, some days less. I don't think I've had a single 8-hour workday though. I work better in smaller focused bouts. I did twice go on writing retreats to the middle of nowhere to hammer out a full chapter in a week. Both retreats were huge successes.

If you write 500 words a day (slightly less than half a page) then a full PhD will take around a year. Obviously there's research and reading etc, but the whole 500-words-a-day really resonated with me. I had MANY working days where my only goal was writing those 500.

>What's your reading routine like?
With regards to academia or just in general? I don't read obsessively. I usually read between 40-60 books a year. I have other hobbies (running, board games, bit of gaming) which also take time.

[Anonymous No.19613693]

>>19613499
Was the professor black? Or mexican?

[Anonymous No.19613702]

>>19613499
For the first time, OP came out as a fag.

[Anonymous No.19613714]

>>19613499
Shekelstein and Patrick Bateman confirms.

[Anonymous No.19613953]

>>19613499

[Anonymous No.19614158]

I am about to finish my major in humanities and there are two paths for me now in the form of a masters degree: investigation or education. Which one would you recommend I pick? I know that this is a very personal question, but if you could give me reasons as to why you'd pick one over the other you'd really be helping me.

[Anonymous No.19614245]

>>19613474
PhD in electrical engineering here. Chink supervisor made my life hell. I think I'd punch his face in if I saw him now.

[Anonymous No.19614268]

how many average length books do philosophy students read in a year

[Anonymous No.19614282]

>>19614158
what do you mean with either of those options?

[Anonymous No.19614286]

>>19614245
STEMlord here. any tips for sussing out bad advisors before i go into a program?

[Anonymous No.19614294]

>>19614286
sus amogus

[Anonymous No.19614309]

>>19614294
is the implication that i'm a zoomer? i don't get it

[Anonymous No.19614320]

>>19614309
it means youre a sussy impostor baka anon

unironically though, try shadowing your advisor a bit to see if they're good. Before having them as an option, so that they don't pamper you; also, find someone else who had them as an advisor and ask their opinion.

[Anonymous No.19614332]

>>19614268
There's no necessary correlation between studying philosophy and reading books, even at the PhD level. Most people in academia are severely phoning in their job and don't have any passion for it. Most students are doing the bare minimum to get by.

Don't ask what the average philosophy student reads, ask what you would and could read and do with a philosophy major.

[Anonymous No.19614333]

>>19614320
thanks Anon, but i only trust the advice of internet strangers (generally speaking)

[Anonymous No.19614334]

>>19613474
>With just a tiny bit of work every day I've managed to finish my PhD faster than almost anyone in the history of the programme I'm in.
Do europoors really?
ime school work only got harder during the pandemic.

[Anonymous No.19614504]

>>19614282
One would involve doing a lot of reading and writing, and basically publishing on university and stuff. The other would be more about teaching in front of pupils.