Conveyor Belt

In plain terms: Garbage in, garbage out.

Hopebeat

Note: Time between peaks is irregular and can grow to arbitrary durations.

Judge

You’d think this would mean more catchy paper titles, but you’d be wrong.

Hype

This is really an art.

Barriers

It’s as if nothing I ever did applies anymore.

Work Ethic

The key is starting.

Becoming

It’s always good to remember there are different levels of expertise.

Payoff

There’s a reason people choose the usual path.

Interdisciplinary

The trick is to keep splitting up your discipline into smaller and smaller pieces, until you can claim your work goes through a bunch of different areas.

Elevator Pitch

“Do you mean to tell me you’ve spent years working on this, but you don’t know how to explain it to me?!”

“Oh no, I can do it…I’ll let you know this afternoon.” (Proceeds to spend that time frantically searching for a good way to communicate the idea.)