PhD Resolutions !!!

Here is a very accurate description of what goes on in our heads. I got this as a forwarded mail from my dear friend and lab mate Prem Kumar P. Thanks Prem !!!

*Phd resolutions.*


Before joining PhD:

I want to win the Nobel Prize.
I want to win the Turing Award.

First year of PhD:d

I want to finish PhD in two years.
I want to publish papers only in top tier conferences.
I want to make ground-breaking research.
I want to win the best PhD Thesis award.

Second year of PhD:

I want to finish PhD in 5 years.
I want a problem.
Shall I change my advisor?

Third year of PhD:

I want a paper; I don't care which conference.
Shall I change my topic?
I want to be known as Dr bhOndOO.

Fourth year of PhD:

I want to finish PhD!
My industry-friends have two children by now. When will I get married?

Fifth year of PhD:

Why did I come here?
Why did I choose this advisor?
Why did I choose this topic?

Sixth year of PhD:

Someone give me a degree!
I want to leave this place for ever.
Let me leave.

Seventh year of PhD:

People call me uncle.
She waited and finally married someone else.
I don't want any degree. I just want to live peacefully.