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Life and Career

Life and Career

Life and Career

Phil Dee on Daddying

"Being jumped on by an army of small, intelligent beings after the worst day you've ever had in the lab can actually be stress-relieving."

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Confessions of a Secret Lab Dancer

"Even if the tune in your head is 'You can keep your hat on', never, ever succumb to the temptation to strip, even just a little bit."

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Sticking Irons Into the Funding Fire

If you have a good idea, don't just throw it into a grant application--do the pilot experiment and get that result in hand.

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Abstracting the Truth

"It's amazing how presenting your paper in a nutshell makes the real worth of your discovery shine."

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The Secret of (Almost) Original Thinking

When you go hunting in this way you're looking for connections to your own research that nobody else in your field has spotted before.

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Turn Up the Heat

"This may sound a bit on the light side, but it guarantees that you are working on all, and no more, of the essential ingredients that need to be incorporated in your paper."

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Finding the Spark that Lights Your Fire

"Admit that sooner or later you need to be yourself when you're at work--and that's when you'll start to enjoy it."

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Interview Skills for the Job Hungry

"Expressing a willingness to learn more or admitting a small weakness will make you appear honest."

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Write Yourself a 10-Year Plan

"Having pinned down the detail, I had a clear view of where I wanted to get to, but I now had to suggest how to get there."

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Yours Transferredly: Reading Between the Lines

If you read things at face value and don't wise up to the hidden meanings in paper-speak, you might get left behind.

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Articles By Phil Dee

Phil Dee on Daddying

Confessions of a Secret Lab Dancer

Sticking Irons Into the Funding Fire

Abstracting the Truth

The Secret of (Almost) Original Thinking

Turn Up the Heat

Finding the Spark that Lights Your Fire

Interview Skills for the Job Hungry

Write Yourself a 10-Year Plan

Yours Transferredly: Reading Between the Lines

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