/sci/ - Science & Math

Why the fuck is academia so stressful? I thought I was just going to get to study stuff and get the freedom to do my own project, but my supervisor is on my ass about grants and purchases and shit.
He might actually fuck my shit if I don't convince him the stuff I'm getting a quote for is the right stuff, and I have no idea what I'm doing since I'm a computational guy not experimentalist. It's kind of my own fault too since he gave me almost a month to decide my equipment but I was fumbling in the dark the whole time.

I didn't think it was going to be like this tbhwyfamilias.