Thanks Olivia! Sorry to push this - would you recommend "heros and heroines" then? That feels super weird to me. Or just avoid in general?
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hm when i was a msc student there were PIs i admired so much for their work, i was nervous talking to them like a teenager who has a crush
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See? That's the thing if you don't tell me these things you all I have no idea of knowing because I have never felt this way!
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i see that in a lot of phd students who permanently talk about their supervisor and what he thinks of them.
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a hugely empowering thing is to internalise that your elders/supervisors/overlords/idols are: - flawed - lucky - not better than you
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(not saying that's easy, but it's always true)
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Yes, and to recall they are better in important ways. I.e., at telling you how to move onwards in career, etc etc. Assuming they are acting
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in good faith, which should be your basic assumption anyway until proven otherwise.
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