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Farid's blog post is a love letter to his own masochistic relationship with 25GiB binaries that nobody else believes exist 🤔. Apparently, his PhD was one giant exercise in solving problems that are only real if you squint hard enough at Google's codebase through a microscope 🔬.
https://fzakaria.com/2025/12/28/huge-binaries #FaridsBlog #25GiBBinaries #PhDJourney #GoogleCodebase #MasochismInTech #HackerNews #ngated

Huge binaries

A problem I experienced when pursuing my PhD and submitting academic articles was that I had built solutions to problems that required dramatic scale to be effective and worthwhile. Responses to my publication submissions often claimed such problems did not exist; however, I had observed them during my time within industry, such as at Google, but I couldn’t cite it!

Farid Zakaria’s Blog

N-gated Hacker News Oct 8

🎓📸 "A PhD in Snapshots" details the excruciatingly thrilling journey of writing biannual #reports to convince a foundation that 5 years of #academia isn't just an endless cycle of ramen and existential dread. Who knew you could squeeze so much excitement into a series of uneventful progress updates? 🙄📊
https://rbharath.github.io/A-PhD-In-Snapshots/ #PhDJourney #Snapshots #ExistentialDread #ThrillingUpdates #HackerNews #ngated

A PhD in Snapshots

A PhD on average takes 5 to 6 years of time. For those who aren’t familiar with the academic world, this length of time often causes some confusion. What can you possibly keep learning for 5 years? To help answer this question, I’ve joined together progress reports I wrote up during various stages of my PhD. These reports were a condition of my funding from the Hertz foundation,which kindly supported me through 5 years of my PhD. The Hertz foundation requested that I provide reports of my research progress twice a year to demonstrate that I was making effective use of my scholarship. Each progress report below was written at the date indicated and has only been lightly edited, and consequently provides a glimpse into my thoughts as I progressed through the PhD. My progress reports started from the Spring of 2014, my second year in the program, so I’ve written a brief introduction for the 2012-2013 year to provide context. The reports were written for my scholarship committee and don’t discuss all my emotional highs and lows, but do provide an accurate snapshot of my progress and hopes through the degree.

Republish Aug 25, 2025

📄 Thesis submission → 💻 Republish proposal → 📚 Book launch

We’re here to help transform your research, providing a pathway from PhD to Publication. Discover more at: https://buff.ly/5rStlPn

#AcademicPress #Republish #PhDtoPublication #ScholarlyPublishing #PhDjourney

kaykl.uz Jul 29, 2025

DAY 1 OF 1,092: Solving the energy trilemma or dying trying

Starting a blog (because apparently I hate myself enough) to document my slow descent into madness while trying to make renewables ACTUALLY reliable

Week 1: Already regretting this

156 weeks of pain incoming 💀

Because if I'm going down, we're all going down together https://open.substack.com/pub/kaykluz/p/ep-1-the-energy-trilemma?r=bz76t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#EnergyResearch #AcademicChaos #RenewableEnergy #PhDJourney #EnergyTrilemma #CleanEnergy #SciComm

Ep 1 - Why I'm Writing About Energy (And Why You Should Care)

A 156-week journey into the messy reality of our energy future.

kaykl.uz

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Mr. Jack Jun 23, 2025

Part 2 of idk how many topics I'm tackling

#FoodWaste
#EndFoodWaste
#RetailGrocery
#GroceryStore
#Sustainability
#SustainableFood
#CircularEconomy
#FoodSystems
#FoodSecurity
#SupplyChain
#SupplyChainManagement
#BusinessStrategy
#BusinessInnovation
#TeachingAssistant
#ResearchAssistant
#PhDJourney
#PhDLife
#SoonToBePhDStudent
#HigherEducation

Fraunhofer UMSICHT Jun 13, 2025

🎓 PhD-Talk with Lennart Schürmann 🗣️

What was your greatest experience during your #PhD? What were the most challenging moments? What is your advice for people who are interested in an PhD? Lennart Schürmann provides insights into his #PhDjourney at Fraunhofer UMSICHT. He has been working on his #dissertation in our Energy Systems department since April 2020. His focus is on modeling and optimizing energy systems.

https://youtu.be/aUkKBhhJM3Y

#Career #Research #TeamUMSICHT

DE🎓 PhD-Talk with Lennart Schürmann 🗣️

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humboldtgraduateschool Apr 22, 2025

🌟 Welcome to the Humboldt Graduate School on Mastodon! 🌟

We support doctoral candidates & postdocs at HU Berlin with:

🔬 Skills workshops
🧠 Career counseling
🌐 Networking
💰 Funding support

#HumboldtGraduateSchool #PhD #Postdoc #Research #Networking #AcademicCommunity #PhDJourney #PostdocLife #PhDLife #Academia #Berlin #AcademicMastodon #Researchers #CareerPathsForAcademics #Qualification #ResearchCompetence #BUA #HUBerlin

Meutia Faradilla Apr 16, 2025

Akhirnya saya selesai sekolah #phdjourney

https://medium.com/@meutia.faradilla/akhirnya-selesai-sekolah-05bc4951c199

Akhirnya Selesai Sekolah - Meutia Faradilla - Medium

Beberapa bulan sebelum Sidang Penilaian Disertasi, yang akan menentukan apakah saya bisa melanjutkan ke Sidang Doktor atau tidak, saya menuliskan sedikit refleksi tentang akhir masa studi (silakan…

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Fraunhofer UMSICHT Mar 31, 2025

🎓 Behind the Scenes – Empowering your #PhDJourney 🔬
Karriereplanung trotz #Job und #Promotion? Bei Fraunhofer UMSICHT kein Problem, sagt Doktorandin Carlota Von Thadden Del Valle. Individuelle Entwicklungsmaßnahmen und Förderungen wie die UMSICHT Research School oder das Karriereprogramm »Fraunhofer TALENTA« bieten ihr die Möglichkeit, schon jetzt die Weichen für ihre berufliche Zukunft zu stellen.

➡️ https://youtu.be/iwmPmoJrwvk

#TeamUMSICHT #Karriere #Dissertation #Berufseinstieg