The PhD Breakdown

PhDs, ever wondered what's going on in your examiner's head? I am peeling back the curtain for your PhD viva defence questions. 👉 Tap the link at the end of the thread to grab your cheat sheet now.

Instead of nightclubs I want a 24hr library with hot chocolate stations, a dessert bar, coffee machine, big comfy chairs and beanbags, blankets, dogs welcome, just people who want to spend the evening reading alone, together, peaceful, a cosy fire, plants, an indoor waterfall.

Have you completed any internships or placements during your PhD?

How confident do you feel about your career plan after your PhD? @ThePhDPlace @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie @TheStrugglingS4

you guys are excelling in your careers, finding life partners, staying healthy, and saving money?

Sitting and standing all day are both bad, which leaves lying down as the best option, which is what I’ve been saying for years.

Academic ironies

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@PhDVoice @PostdocVoice Depends on the time of year!

Overall, do you think academia is good or bad for your mental health? #PhDvoice @PostdocVoice

Don’t be afraid to fail!

Morning conversations with your PhD colleagues

When you get an immediate desk rejection

Leonardo da Vinci loved quality over quantity. He didn’t write paintings in quantities like we write #research papers today. He always invested time, craft and artistry into each of his masterpieces. For example, Mona Lisa took at least 4 years to paint and (most probably) another 10 years of refining. It was ordered in 1503 by a cloth merchant Francesco del Giocondo, who asked for a portrait of his wife, Lisa. But Leonardo was a slow worker and finished the painting quite late. At that time, he started to work for the King Francis I of France, so apparently Leonardo gave the painting to the King as a gift. ▫️ Now, imagine he would have been ‘producing’ 10-20 paintings a year. Moreover, imagine he would have hired younger painters and, without investing time into their training, asked for drafts? Just to turn painting into a “printing machine”. Would his work have stayed in history for 500 years? ▫️ ‘Quality over quantity’ goes well beyond science. It’s in art. It’s in long-lasting engineering. It’s everywhere. ▫️ Don't publish for the sake of publishing. Quality over quantity. Even if the academia pushes you into the opposite direction. It’s what makes us, the humankind, progress and prosper. And this is what makes history. #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter

Starting a #PhD soon? A mature PhD student showed me their screen saver. It said: You're not too old and It's not too late. Stop wondering about might have beens. Jump in and give it a go. #PhDchat #PhDForum

What is the best part of doing a PhD? *Real answers only*

Today is a new day.

Girls just wanna have funding for academic research :(

“I _______ my PhD supervisor”