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Re:Math Overflow users resolve PhD thesis crisis by supernova87a on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @01:48PM (#24052536)
Many advisors don't push their students to do this, and they should. Or they haven't had enough practice to know to do this. Or they're not taking their responsibility seriously enough.

An effective PhD advisor/thesis isn't wandering the woods to find something. It's a guided coaching exercise, with an outcome in mind. If your advisor doesn't know this, maybe time to find a new advisor...

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Re:Math Overflow users resolve PhD thesis crisis by Twisol on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @02:41PM (#24053165)
> An effective PhD advisor/thesis isn't wandering the woods to find something. It's a guided coaching exercise, with an outcome in mind. If your advisor doesn't know this, maybe time to find a new advisor...

You don't know me, but I really needed to hear this. I left grad school essentially because of a dearth of coaching. Thank you for framing this so succinctly.

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