I almost got the feeling that being told "You're not cut out for research" is some rite of passage. I at least was told I'd never stick around, too.https://twitter.com/tpoi/status/1101205736812621824 …
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Replying to @chbergma
I was told that ‘we need to take a step back and consider all options, including the one that you leave academia’
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Replying to @annemscheel @chbergma
I was told similar things, but more out of concern that i should not enter into this without knowing the reality of things (i think).
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I always try to have a long conversation about job prospects & difficulties (re almost a requirement to keep moving, longterm job insecurity, etc.) with Master's students who approach me for advice. Best to know what you're getting into & manage expectations.
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Also a reason to have post docs in the lab, we know what it's like right now!pic.twitter.com/YbrmKqIjsn
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Yup. Sensible postdocs around me were a huge chunk of my mental health support during my PhD. Sources of sage advice of all kinds + and more relatable than the established bigshots.
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I also think it's really important to have contact with other labs as well. When I was a PhD student (having come from computer science and thus knew very little psych) meeting and talking to people who did non-modelling stuff was how I learned about psychology.
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This is less of an issue in the US (and similar systems) where PhD students undertake classes. But of course class and lab are different environment and 2nd-hand experience in the latter is pretty useful in and of itself too.
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This helped shape my idea of what jobs are out there in psychology and what other labs (regardless of topics of research) look like in terms of projects and roles. I decided to stay (at least for now) because I knew others labs had different dynamics, closer to what I wanted.
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I'm trying to think if anybody told me: "You can't make it" — I can certainly remember during my PhD interview one of the profs asking if I will be able to cope with my friends doing cocaine (WTF) while I will have to do research. 
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