S. Worthen | Weblog

There were parts of grad school that were wonderful, but those are the same things we get when we're out of grad school: the cameraderie, the great conversation with colleagues, the reading as work (except that it's far harder when out of grad school unless you land a research job), the bitching about student writing ...

And then there's the continued feelings of fraud (except that you now have a degree to prove that you fooled everybody -- or is that just me?), feeling overwhelmed and overcommitted (except that you now pretty much do it to yourself) ... but also, the having people pay for your travel, the part where you know you finished, the (with any luck) employment.

Me? I occasionally miss the relative safety and protection of Doktorvater, but it's nowhere near the fun of being out there without a net. Not that I haven't done my best to create one so that I can't fall without trying really hard!