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phd resolutions.

Before joining PhD:

  • I want to win the Nobel Prize.
  • I want to win the Turing Award.

First year of PhD:

  • I want to finish PhD in two years.
  • I want to publish papers only in top tier conferences.
  • I want to make ground-breaking research.
  • I want to win the best PhD Thesis award.

Second year of PhD:

  • I want to finish PhD in 5 years.
  • I want a problem.
  • Shall I change my advisor?

Third year of PhD:

  • I want a paper; I don’t care which conference.
  • Shall I change my topic?
  • I want to be known as Dr bhOndOO.

Fourth year of PhD:

  • I want to finish PhD!
  • My industry-friends have two children by now. When will I get married?

Fifth year of PhD:

  • Why did I come here?
  • Why did I choose this advisor?
  • Why did I choose this topic?

Sixth year of PhD:

  • Someone give me a degree!
  • I want to leave this place — for ever.
  • Let me leave.

Seventh year of PhD:

  • People call me uncle.
  • She waited and finally married someone else.
  • I don’t want any degree. I just want to live peacefully.

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43 Responses to “phd resolutions.”

  1. Kiran Tikare Says:
    Sep 22, 2008 at 23:05

    Hmm…. it reminds me one thing from History, every civilization felt that its era was advanced than any other previous era, Greeks felt it but heliocentric concept changed it,Physicists felt it at the end of 1900, but Theory of Relativity, Black Body Radiation, Weins displacement law changed it, Modern Physicists felt it but dark matter & dark energy changed it.

    Is it the way nature works?

    I think it happens because Human’s try to solve problems until they get satisfied at that moment.

    Regards,
    Kiran Kumar

  2. skp Says:
    Sep 23, 2008 at 1:26

    Rocking … as always 😀 !!

  3. mythalez Says:
    Sep 23, 2008 at 1:30

    lol … i pledge i shall leave with my phd around 3 yrs 😛

  4. megha thomas Says:
    Sep 23, 2008 at 3:37

    why is the title of the blog now just “.” instead of “iisc life” ?????????

  5. Abi Says:
    Sep 23, 2008 at 16:33

    Hilarious!

    Keep’em coming!

  6. iisc Says:
    Sep 23, 2008 at 22:28

    Thanks for your comments Kiran, Suryakant, Mythalez and Sir.

    Megha, I changed the image on the homepage (“iisc life.” is an image now) to show a candle (celebrating bhOndOO’s birthday) and hence had to chage the title to not interfere with the image. The title will be restored soon.

  7. Vamsi Says:
    Sep 24, 2008 at 17:34

    don’t scare me 😉

  8. iisc Says:
    Sep 24, 2008 at 21:24

    No, no, Vamsi. It is not applicable to you. You join here for PhD and we will change this post :).

  9. Nikunj Says:
    Sep 26, 2008 at 17:50

    If this is what really happens, I think I will have to rethink…….
    I am really in “Before joining phd” state…

  10. iisc Says:
    Sep 29, 2008 at 17:29

    Hey Nikunj, don’t get bogged down by these words. Take it in a lighter tone. Talk to students who are already doing PhD.

    Best Wishes.

  11. Phd Resolutions | DesiPundit Says:
    Oct 12, 2008 at 22:36

    […] | Humor, Personal Stuff bhOndOO writes on his Phd resolutions. Good luck bhOndOO!!! Before joining […]

  12. Nikhil Narayanan Says:
    Oct 13, 2008 at 0:03

    Sounds scary!
    Good luck bhOndOO!

    -Nikhil

  13. tgfi Says:
    Oct 13, 2008 at 0:05

    hahahaha! awesome! loved it! 🙂

  14. eh Says:
    Oct 13, 2008 at 2:37

    hmm…
    guess its the same everywhere….

    http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1012

  15. Dinesh Babu Says:
    Oct 13, 2008 at 2:37

    Hilarious! We used to rightly say PhD = Passed with High Difficulties 🙂

  16. PhD Resolutions « SatyaVrat Says:
    Oct 13, 2008 at 10:04

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  17. SatyaVrat Says:
    Oct 13, 2008 at 10:07

    Awesome. And a bit scary.

  18. Shilpa Says:
    Oct 13, 2008 at 20:24

    Haha…hilarious..Not to mention the ire when friend who sat beside you at school and doodled..now has a new BMW!!
    Will I ever make any money?
    Who will read my thesis?
    Where’s the rest of my brain??
    haha…But we still do it eh?

  19. iisc Says:
    Oct 13, 2008 at 21:01

    Nikhil, tgfi, Thanks a lot!

    eh, Thanks for the link. Yes, it is the same everywhere.

    Dinesh Babu, Thanks. The full-form is wonderful.

    SatyaVrat, Thanks, but don’t get scared. Well, not an apt analogy, but marriage is probably worse than PhD and still we go for it, right?

    Shilpa, Thanks. You are right and you know it.

  20. revathi Says:
    Oct 13, 2008 at 21:28

    Reminds me of an old joke from IISc days. I wonder if it still circulates.

    The 4th year PhD student tells the IISc director: After 4 years of research on inorganic complexes, all I have developed is an inferiority complex.
    Director: What about superiority complex?

    Student: My guide has already developed it.

    Good luck. It is just a matter of time.

  21. Srav Says:
    Oct 14, 2008 at 6:02

    Fish! I just joined my PhD course in Rice Univ. And i do wanna get a nobel prize 😦

  22. Rohit Says:
    Oct 14, 2008 at 8:09

    Been there……….i finished my PhD just last year from an American University in one of the biological sciences field…..and believe me ..everyone i know goes through the same phase….nice analysis.

    Rohit

  23. iisc Says:
    Oct 14, 2008 at 22:07

    Revathi, at least the joke is not circulated in CSA dept. Thanks for sharing it, it is wonderful.

    Srav, all the best from all of us for the Nobel. Note that there is no smiley.

    Rohit, thanks for the good words and welcome to the blog.

  24. thanks to dr abi, nikhil, desipundit, and reuters. « iisc life. Says:
    Oct 14, 2008 at 22:42

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  25. rahul Says:
    Oct 14, 2008 at 22:49

    ROFLMAO
    u have laid to rest whatever little inkling I had of may be doing a PHD someday!!!

  26. iisc Says:
    Oct 15, 2008 at 18:18

    Rahul, welcome to the blog. But seriously man, I had no intentions whatsoever to discourage public from joining for PhD.

  27. jatkesha Says:
    Oct 17, 2008 at 0:50

    Hilarious! Keep them coming 😀

    Thanks a lot for the laugh 🙂

  28. iisc Says:
    Oct 17, 2008 at 2:49

    You are welcome, jatkesha and Thanks a lot.

  29. Rajesh Kumar Says:
    Nov 3, 2008 at 1:17

    Awsome…my wife’s a PhD scholar too and I quite can relate to this.

  30. karthikeyan Says:
    Nov 28, 2008 at 19:05

    its very nice one.

    suppose that peroson concentrately worked then easily got the phd other wise happen the same thing for the all work.

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    Dec 30, 2008 at 18:41

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    Mar 7, 2009 at 20:59

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  33. Kiran Tikare Says:
    Mar 16, 2009 at 18:19

    Hope you like this, (PhD Comics)

    http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php

  34. Kiran Tikare Says:
    Mar 16, 2009 at 18:20

    from the above link

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    Apr 15, 2009 at 2:11

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  36. Ram Says:
    Jul 1, 2009 at 1:28

    Hi guys .. a bit confused .. whats goin on here .. do u guys mean IISc sucks oor PhD sucks.. can u be a little clear .. ( or PhD @ IISc sucks ) ?

  37. barathi Says:
    Aug 27, 2009 at 6:00

    Hello everyone……..i like to do my PhD at IISc. Can anyone tell me how should i prepare for the test and interview.

  38. research life. « iisc life. Says:
    Sep 17, 2009 at 20:39

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  39. PRIYA Says:
    Nov 20, 2009 at 10:19

    I am planning to do Ph.D at IISC.can anyone tell me about the next admission date..is it in feb? how is the interview…also is it wise to join there..as these scraps are giving me a warning

  40. thomas Says:
    Feb 24, 2010 at 11:52

    shit.. depressing stuff [:o] since im all pumped up about doing a Ph.D at iisc & even visited iisc recently 😀 ..not 7 years! right?

  41. f Says:
    May 26, 2010 at 12:52

    it was so funny!

  42. iiscdude Says:
    Dec 9, 2010 at 15:36

    Yeah dudes in iisc u cannot finish phd in 5years very saad place better go to tifr. Also environment really sucks

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