📚 Apparently, 155 pieces of research advice were not enough.
The second edition of How to Survive (and Thrive) in Research is out!
Based on the feedback received so far, I’ve added 15 new pieces of advice, bringing the total to 170+ short, pragmatic, and brutally honest lessons about navigating a research career based on my 20+ years of experience (23 since my first paper, at the MODELS – International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, called #uml at the time, to be precise).
The goal remains the same: to help junior researchers (new PhDs, new posdocs, new PIs,…) learn in a few hours some of the things that would otherwise take years (ok, allow me a bit of overselling for a second 🙏) of trial and error to discover.
From choosing your PhD topic to publishing, getting funding, dealing with reviewers, building collaborations, finding a job, managing a team and, occasionally, actually doing some research.
Among the new pieces of advice:
👉 A paper accepted is worth two in the pipeline
👉 The grass is always greener in the private sector
👉 Avoid impostor syndrome
👉 Do not listen to my advice
Yes, that last one is really in the book. After 172 pieces of advice, it seemed only fair. 😄
And a small thank-you to those who already bought the first edition: if you already own the book, just write to me and I’ll send you the updated version for free. Don’t buy it again for the new (and revised) advices. And well, you wouldn’t do it anyway 😉. I’d just ask you for an honest review on Amazon as this will help other researchers-in-need discover it.
As always: take what fits your situation, ignore what doesn’t, feel free to completely disagree, and above all, enjoy the process of surviving (and thriving) in research.
No matter what, we are privileged, and it’s definitely worth chasing!
Happy to get your feedback in this new edition!
