The law of the jungle part 1: (over) living in the jungle researchers
researchers are goofy, spiritual, unworldly and naïve. WRONG! Quite wrong. Who has successfully completed his doctoral work, is most likely a selfish Einzelkämpfersau not the problem, has someone to chase cuddling, smiling a knife in the back. For as moronic as it sounds: only the tough get into the garden.
ultimate goal of all students is to share in scientific pee contest, also known as "publication". On the publication list is decisive for the future of a PhD. He has published his findings in a well-known journal, a temporary place beckons slaves in another laboratory. He has written more than one article in the student newspaper, a job beckons as agent (with a good salary, company car and moderate working hours) - so nothing, what a scientist would ever have. Important are two main things: 1 In which journal an article was published? 2. And its numbered position of the author list will be listed?
to 1: Scientific journals under the so-called "impact factor" is (IF) scored. Simply put, says of the IF, as is often cited an article from the magazine in other articles. The higher the IF, the better.
On 2: his own name you would like to see as in the first place (first author) or last (corresponding author). Everything else is unimportant.
lot of work, one is at least well paid for it? No. On average, most students I know (only the molecular-pusher, to the humanities I lack the background knowledge, but I'm assuming that it is similar) about 60 hours per week. It is often more. A German graduate student will be supplied with BATII / 2, which are about 1000 € per month. The scorn here: The candidate will officially employed and paid only 50% (a very cool article to Prof. Axel Brennicke published
is here in Switzerland. the salary still reasonably ok, but live we are here, according to official standards below subsistence level. The Koreans are very poor turn, there to pay the students is still an exception. Was there not even a discussion on exploitation of interns and underpaid doctors? Why do students not something similar? Probably because they all have no time to do too much in the laboratory. Or because they know they can easily mess up thus their future.
And to drag the students of this world day after day for very little thanks to the ass, on, can post in the hope of someday something nice. Mind you: it is rare to have the fun of research, it is usually only (Times to stay in the competition pee-parabola) to let everyone know about others, that even pees the most beautiful, thickest and most yellow beam. And for that, many go on real corpses. More like there's the next part.
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