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1002 points genericlemon24 | 1 comments | 06 Sep 25 13:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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j_bum ◴[06 Sep 25 14:15 UTC] No.45149434[source]▶

When I was getting my Ph.D., my advisor jokingly told me that his lab has three 8 hour shifts per day, and I could pick two to work.

This was never literally practiced.

But excessive hours were the norm. And I loved it. It helped me launch into a successful career.

But it hurt my relationship with my partner (now wife), and it burned me out.

I miss those days, but I don’t miss what they did to my health.

1. marcosdumay ◴[06 Sep 25 15:42 UTC] No.45150260[source]▶

What students get from the deal is literally the hours they put into it. It's completely different from work.

It is still bad, though. The lab should impose maximum hours, because it does nobody any good if you get out of it burned out.

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