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[quote=Anonymous]I’m a non-STEM PhD with a college-aged kid who (currently) wants to be a STEM PhD. Watching DC start down that path, the first hurdle really has been getting her head around the fact that lots of experiments/work can yield nothing worth publishing. I can already envision what PP means when s/he says failing at a Chem PhD can be a messy, drawn-out process. As a humanities PhD, you feel as if success or failure is all about you — no circumstances beyond your control. It’s daunting sometimes and comforting at other times. (This may explain where another poster’s comment about big egos comes from). From the outside looking in, I suspect resilience is probably a crucial trait for a successful/happy career in science. You might get lucky at the PhD stage and not need it, but longer-term, I can’t see how you’d thrive without it.[/quote]
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