Chaitanya Kashyap
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Chaitanya Kashyap
@chaitukash79
Thriller & Crime Fiction | 80s and 90s Rock | hand crafted coffee & freshly brewed beer.

One of the best pieces of advice I got during my PhD was that there are no repeatable paths in academia. This might sound daunting because of the lack of certainty. But once you internalize it, it is actually incredibly freeing! You don't need to participate in career games that don't interest you. You can choose to work on projects that are aligned with *your* values rather than your institution's. And because you're working on things you deeply believe in, there's much more likelihood that you'll do impactful things. Like so many other things I learned, this was advice by @random_walker. I would even extend it beyond academia: there are no repeatable paths when transformative technologies like AI are being deployed; even career paths otherwise considered "safe" will undergo massive structural changes. Might as well lean into it.


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