I work at Google; my academic training was in Computer Science (S.B. and M.Eng. from MIT, Ph.D. from Stanford).
I wrote The Ph.D. Grind immediately after finishing my Ph.D., which is the ideal time for such a memoir. In contrast, current Ph.D. students cannot reflect on the entirety of their experiences like I can, and senior researchers who attempt to reflect back on their Ph.D. years might suffer from selective hindsight.
This book chronicles my six years of working towards a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Stanford University from 2006 to 2012. A diverse variety of people can benefit from reading it, including:
undergraduates who might be interested in pursuing a Ph.D.,
current Ph.D. students who are seeking guidance or inspiration,
professors who want to better understand Ph.D. students,
employers who hire and manage people with Ph.D. degrees,
professionals working in any creative or competitive field where self-driven initiative is crucial,
and educated adults (or precocious kids) who are curious about how academic research is produced.
發表於2025-02-16
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最喜歡的是作者對於一個爛大街的路人問題的迴答: Was it fun? It was fun at times, but more importantly, it was fullling.Fun is often frivolous, ephemeral, and easy to obtain, but true fulllment comes only after overcoming signicant and meaningful...
評分想起還沒有記錄一個月前讀的這本 The Ph.D. Grind,前幾年在圈內很火的一本書。也能找到網友翻的中譯本和許多書評。 篇幅很小,大概就是一個CS Ph.D. 碎碎念叨他痛苦但又有很有收獲的六年博士生涯。但,如同作者Philip Guo本人說的,他的經驗對於不同專業或非攻博人士亦能有所...
評分對一本書來說,最大的褒奬莫過於在讀完之後讓人覺得:為什麼自己沒有寫齣一本這樣的書。 這本書的作者 Philip Guo 是一個平凡而典型的理科博士。他齣生在重視教育的華人知識分子傢庭,在 MIT 讀完瞭本科來到斯坦福念計算機博士。對不熟悉美國研究生教育環境的人來說這聽起來似...
評分第一條:選擇和自己興趣貼近的導師項目,沒有興趣作為動力很難堅持。 第二條:選擇team dynamics好的,不然會每天痛不欲生。 第三條:最重要的一條:跟對的人。具體方法,盡量跟助理教授和第4年附近的Ph.D.學生。因為教授已經有tenure缺少更強的動力,而更高年紀(比如最後一年...
評分一位斯坦福大學的博士求學生涯,足足能吊起我這種second tier大學PhD的興趣。 Overview Guo以他平實的語言,嚮我們展示瞭他平實的博士六年。其實,他六年過得並沒有我們想像中牛人那麼順利,並略有一點付齣小於迴報的感覺。前三年guo是處在對老闆的方嚮的糾結中,一方麵是老闆...
圖書標籤: PhD 學術 傳記 美國 方法論 計算機 ComputerScience Biography
初極狹,纔通人,復行數十步,豁然開朗。 並不是總能這樣順利啊
評分講述的是一個計算機係博士生的讀博經曆,頗有啓發
評分很有意思,作者記錄瞭自己在斯坦福讀計算機博士的經曆和體會,寫得很真實,讓人身曆其境,學到瞭很多寶貴的經驗,也瞭解到瞭不少學術界的內幕
評分暑假無聊的時候看的 寫得相當給力 對未來的Ph.D.生活有瞭個大概的印象...
評分初極狹,纔通人,復行數十步,豁然開朗。 並不是總能這樣順利啊
The Ph.D. Grind 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載