Thursday, January 19, 2012

Learn from others mistakes

The latest issue of APS News has some useful career advice in an article Ten Mistakes for Physicists to Avoid by James D. Patterson.
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  1. TonyJanuary 20, 2012 at 4:55 AM

    I am guilty of half that list. Particularly painful were not knowing things deeply, not interacting enough with experimentalists, letting shyness cause genuine problems, and being out of shape.

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