Author Topic: My dark days have ended (Read 8122 times)

blueskull · « **on:** May 03, 2018, 09:16:04 pm »

When I started my PhD career back in late 2015, someone on this forum warned me that going through PhD education will be like living like a ghost, and I really felt the heat recently preparing my defense.

I'm glad that I got an unconditional pass today, and the pressure has suddenly gone. If anything I had learned from this experience, that is not to push too hard. I suffered from extraordinary mental stress to push things through, and at the end of the day, I only got 20% time reduction (most people spend 5~7 years for MS+PhD, while I spent 4 years, despite I wasted one semester, so effectively 3.5 years in school).

After going through all of them, if I had a second chance, I would just take one more year and have fun and have a life, just like everyone else. I will definitely ease back for my coming 3 years of postdoc career.

Regardless, now since I have some free time on hand, I can restart some of my hobby projects I wanted to do, including a HiFi DAC project and a high density power module project.

Vtile · « **Reply #1 on:** May 03, 2018, 09:19:11 pm »

Congrats.

BNElecEng · « **Reply #2 on:** May 03, 2018, 09:20:43 pm »

Congratulations! I'm coming to the end of my PhD as well. I personally cannot wait to get my free time back.

rsjsouza · « **Reply #3 on:** May 03, 2018, 09:28:03 pm »

Congratulations blueskull!

Without caving to excessive complacency and procrastination, having a life is well worth delaying a degree.

Berni · « **Reply #4 on:** May 03, 2018, 09:36:33 pm »

That is the reason why i stopped at a masters degree. I had enough of the educational crap so i was happy to get the piece of paper and see ya.

tautech · « **Reply #5 on:** May 03, 2018, 09:43:27 pm »

You'll now have to change your profile:

PhD Power Electronics ~~Candidate~~

GerryBags · « **Reply #6 on:** May 03, 2018, 10:27:30 pm »

Even better, you can now change your name to Dr. Blueskull! Congratulations, here's hoping it opens many doors for you.

TerraHertz · « **Reply #7 on:** May 03, 2018, 10:44:57 pm »

Congratulations! That's great news.

But your thread title... sounds a bit like tempting Fate. Your experience may vary, but I find Life is pretty good at concocting new and unexpected kinds of Dark Days. Hopefully this is just me, and you never encounter this effect.

NivagSwerdna · « **Reply #8 on:** May 03, 2018, 10:46:13 pm »

Well done Dr.

Dave · « **Reply #9 on:** May 03, 2018, 11:59:25 pm »

Hard work and perseverance paid off. Congratulations, mate!

Fsck · « **Reply #10 on:** May 04, 2018, 12:15:49 am »

Congrats!

hermit · « **Reply #11 on:** May 04, 2018, 12:29:41 am »

Where's the party?

Congrats.

Vgkid · « **Reply #12 on:** May 04, 2018, 01:06:39 am »

Well done Bluskull.
...
Dr. BS.

BrianHG · « **Reply #13 on:** May 04, 2018, 01:17:42 am »

Congratulations!

I personally never have had the right temperament to attempt or complete a PhD.

rhb · « **Reply #14 on:** May 04, 2018, 01:19:04 am »

Congratulations. I'm also glad you learned to take more time and not be in too much of a hurry. I did not get my degree because of a personal conflict with my supervisor who withdrew my support after being made to serve several years as slave to a MicroVAX II. I had been warned by friends my first year that I would not get my degree under this man and should find another supervisor. I ignored the advice. Having incurred around $100K in lost income, I was not willing to start over so I went back to work. My sole regret is that I didn't go out to Stanford after my first year at Austin. But when all is said and done, what matters is what you learned. The BS you learn how to learn, the MS you learn something, the PhD you learn how to teach yourself anything. I acquired that skill though not the piece of paper. But as you know well, it is a marvelous skill. People acquire it without going through a formal program. Jim Williams is probably the greatest exemplar, but few of us are Jim Williams material so we do benefit.

Brumby · « **Reply #15 on:** May 04, 2018, 01:35:33 am »

Congratulations on the successful completion of your studies and attain your PhD. It is certainly an achievement.

Life's encounters will continue to educate you, but you have learned a powerful one already - always be able to stop and smell the roses once in a while ... and then engineer the crap out of something.

Ampera · « **Reply #16 on:** May 04, 2018, 01:57:09 am »

Many congratulations, Doctor!

Bud · « **Reply #17 on:** May 04, 2018, 02:53:15 am »

You got it backwards buddy, your dark days have just started.

DIPLover · « **Reply #18 on:** May 04, 2018, 03:58:46 am »

Congratulations Dr. blueskull!

BravoV · « **Reply #19 on:** May 04, 2018, 04:16:33 am »

Congratulation Bo !

LaserSteve · « **Reply #20 on:** May 05, 2018, 04:46:08 am »

Congrats Doctor.
From a Departmental Technician at a Major College. From the quality of your posts here I never had the slightest doubt you'd pass. Live Long and Prosper.

Steve

ez24 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 05, 2018, 04:58:46 am »

Grats

Now are you going to teach in the US or go to China and build railroads? Or Tesla?

Just curious - if you go back to China would you be allowed to post anything on this forum or would there be censorship?

Cheers

T3sl4co1l · « **Reply #22 on:** May 05, 2018, 06:31:57 am »

Cheers!

Tim

Kalvin · « **Reply #23 on:** May 05, 2018, 05:20:31 pm »

Congratulation, blueskull! Well done!

janoc · « **Reply #24 on:** May 05, 2018, 06:02:21 pm »

Congrats and well done!

And now officially welcome among us hopelessly overqualified for most jobs on the market.

(unless you are planning on staying in academia - then a PhD is only the necessary pre-requirement but far from sufficient for obtaining and keeping a job ...)


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