If you get the PhD and are lucky enough to secure an academic post...
...then - eventually after a few year's grind - you'll have a couple of successful grant applications, you'll get your own PhDs to play with and you'll get to study *exactly* what you want to look at (or rather, you'll get your researchers to do that for you).

If this goes well, then others will recognise you for it, your network will build, and it will become easier to do more work in the areas you are interested in.

It's taken me ten years to get to this point (a fair reputation and a tiny team of researchers under me). It's fantastic!

I've got two new PhDs starting next month! I've been reading phdcomics for inspiration on how to abuse them! Awesome.


(You may also find yourself arsing about on b3ta at 3:15 in the morning when you're supposed to be prep'ing your 9am lecture...)
(dxg, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 3:15, Reply)