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Working hours in a PhD

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posted on 2025-06-12, 13:53 authored by Matthew PartridgeMatthew Partridge
<p dir="ltr">Three horizontal gradient bars (a heat map) compare “traditional” PhD hours, how many hours you feel you work, and an ideal schedule. Annotations mark milestones from “new degree” through “need a thesis” and show perceived bottlenecks versus reality.</p>

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2018-12-05

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Three gradient bars map actual felt and ideal PhD working hours with annotated milestones from new degree to thesis corrupted

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working hours in a phd (a heatmap) traditional phd hours new degree new me i can go in late today i’ll do those experiments later i wonder if i can have a chapter on diagnosis murder hmm actually try some of those experiments arrrrgh i need a thesis!!! phd hours you feel you’re working my supervisor seemed very relaxed! i don’t have a title! i don’t have a lab! none of my orders have arrived!!! nothing works my thesis corrupted!!!! how you should do it working 9 till 5 oh this is a long experiment conference deadlines are a pain! better stay up late fixing this image 0 hrs 7 hrs 20+ hrs

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