Stay strong brother, you gotta fight the good fight against the advisor fucks. My dad went through 2 whole revisions of his dissertation before his asshole advisor approved it. They were approved by the rest of the department each time, with superior ratings. By the end of his Ph.D my dad was the only doc student who ever graduated under this guy, and probably only because he is just as arrogant and hard headed as his advisor.
That's fucking retarded dude. I'm sorry your dad went through that. My parents have gone through outright blatant discrimination in INDIA for being Hindu instead of christian. This caused them to leave and come to the US. My mentor is one of those control freaks as well and inks the crap out of anyone's paper to the death with comments and corrections. I'm glad I'm not doing my thesis with him, but I do have to write a paper, and everytime he tells me to say something else, the next time I show him that statement he says "That's not right". Dude you said that to me a week ago, wtf. Anyway.
*backs slowly away from LP*
Looks like you're already taking the best course of action: using it as motivation to better yourself. On a lighter note, I have to ask, why is this particular type of noise named after the French word for fish?
Friends don't back away from friends when they're going through problems, lemme just tell you that first.
The noise is basically following a poisson distribution which is both fishy-smelling and named after a dude named poisson.
^ It's named after
a French braniac
LP, keep strong, better yourself, rub it in his face, then don't give him a moment's worry once it's all said and done.
You got it man. I just spoke to a friend of mine and we both agreed we need to get out of our hellholes and into a grad school. It's the grind!
I can relate ... but maybe you might want to take a step back and think about this some more after the initial anger has worn off. Maybe there is some kind of way or Level for you to work with this ... look at how his Post-doc and other people that have worked with him longer deal with that and look if that might be a way that could work for you too.
Teacher/Boss - Student/employee relationships are often complicated ... some people can just work fine together, while others have to work hard on that. Quitting (especially if this means a lot to you) should really be the last option. Try finding a way of communication first ... last resort (when trying to make it work) would then be to go to your Bosses Boss and ask for help (keep it factual there!).
(that?s of course easy said from far away, not knowing the guy and not being in your shoes - I?m just trying to help)
I'm glad you said what you said because me, my labmates, and other people that have dealt and worked with him have all discussed this at one point. They all say he's moody and cranky. The postdoc has a level of nonchalance that would make Hawaiians look stressed out, and plus he does his own work and doesn't necessarily have to invoke any of my boss's powers or influence. He's becoming his own principal investigator and he doesn't really have much to do with us in terms of the science.
The rest of them. Well frankly, they're all women. I'm one of 2 or 3 guys that have worked with him. I've come to the conclusion that his bullshit about supporting women in science is just a front for sheer and blatant perversion.
I'm sorry for swearing my ass off, but you don't know how cathartic it is. I'm glad that I'm 24 and dealing with this rather than 54 and supporting my family. This is the time you struggle to find stability I suppose.
Secondly, I'm glad I have all you guys on here getting my back on this and other things. I can't tell you guys how I appreciate having a circle of anonymous friends to vent to, it's hard these days to fully vent to friends I see in daily life, you don't want to overstay your welcome, and I know I shouldn't do that here as well. It's just... well you guys are just awesome.
Lets go get beers, fuck this shit.
and silently contemplate how many ways you can kill him using Call of Duty.
and 