Reacting

There’s a time and a place to feel like you’re clinging to a piece of driftwood in a turbulent sea. The time is never and the place is the sea.

Slide Difficulty

The curse of expertise: Your “easy” slides are often the only ones that will stick in the mind of listener. So don’t rush through them!

Learning Hill

Nothing makes you appreciate the journey of learning than many twists and scrapes!

Head Space

Optional but helpful ingredient: Be with others.

Pop

No matter how uplifting the balloon is, one arrow is enough to bring it down.

Scientific Careers

It’s so incredible to me that the conventional path into science that many students see is one of being a researcher, though there are many other roles.

Calculable

“Oh, this quantity in the summary looks like the perfect thing I need for my project!”

(Reads paper more carefully and gets lost in the mathematics.)

“And…maybe this isn’t so useful.”

Together

Don’t go at it alone because of the slight startup costs in gathering a team. Working with a great team is so rewarding.

Gist

Pro tip: To make it seem like you’ve read the whole thing, pick some random sentence deep in the paper and bring it up during your presentation.

The Good Stuff

Most papers would probably benefit from a dedicated “Caveats” section.