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How to Have a Bad Career – David Patterson (2016) [video]

27 points - today at 7:01 PM

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  • zck

    today at 9:44 PM

    As he's mentioned, he has given this talk a few times, aimed at different audiences. One version of the talk has its slides here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzis5MXW83vCdUdXYnFIVDVOSkE...

      • dwroberts

        today at 10:24 PM

        > Successful projects go through an unglamorous hard phase.

        > Design is more fun than making it work.

        Great wisdom for any kind of project

        • shoo

          today at 10:05 PM

          thank you for posting a text version. to make the topic even more legible to prospective link clickers:

          > How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia Pre-PhD and Post-PhD (& How to Give a Bad Talk)