PhD - painfully heeded determination

" PhD is a process... which takes time...

• to identify the gaps and then learn the skills to achieve it

• so that in the end, we achieve the scholarship

• not to expect that we have the scholarship and that's why we do PhD

• that to have come this far, we have demonstrated that we have the ability

• what we need now is to learn the skill to become a "professional" researcher

When faced with difficulties, know that that is a signal that things are not going right and change - either strategies, methods, output - whatever

• but don't stay with the same things in the same situation - difficulty will just continue

• it's all about learning the academic game

• to win, one must know the rules and regulations "

I remember PhD was not at all like this before....

When has it been commercialised?