Discussion with Fenny is always intellectual and interesting.
Having been discussing with many people always taugh us something at least how they think.
Fenny reccommend me a book so-called "A PhD is not enough" by Peter J Feibelman.
The first chapter is about how to deal with the project and assignment and so on.
We were discussing part of this book espectially how to see the big picture of the whole project we have to do, what is the goal and what is the way to achieve that goal.
We have also finally come to the conclusion that, usually, if we ask people about the technical detail of how to conduct our work from some experts without telling them the outline or the big picture of the work itself, they are not going to be interested and, usually, they will not pay attention on whatever we are asking even though it is a total match on their expertise. This might be because of the fact that they don't see how important the work is to them or they dont really know exactly what the question is...
Anyway, I found a review of this book byDerek R. Oliver, Ph.D
" 1 - "Do you see yourself in this picture"In the preface, Feibelman describes the development of young scientists as a " ...Darwinian selection process ..." based on "benign neglect." With this assertion in mind, he describess a number of case histories that illustrate various intellectual, structural and iterpersonal "traps" that exist in the early (PhD/postdoc) stages of a science career. These examples are brief enough to so that the reader doesn't lose the overall thread of the chapter, yet contain enough details that the cases illuminate the points being developed.Emphasis is placed on the need for an aspiring scientist to find a mentor to over come the "neglect" mentioned in the preface. The choice of such a person leads into some of the aspects of the next Chapter."
Well! I think I will need to read this book myself to be able to say something more.
A Ph.D. Is Not Enough: A Guide to Survival in Science by Peter J Feibelman
Book review : http://scijobs.freeshell.org/c-derk.htm
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