I've completed a PhD and a postdoc and I still scroll to the end of an article to see how many of those 20 pages are content versus citations 🤷🏼♀️ #AcademicTwitter
Body dysmorphia is wild because I'm like wow I'm so bloated. Then see myself in mirrors and am like damn I look good. Then thinking wow all these mirrors are distorted
Jesse doesn't understand that I don't want to make sandwiches, I want to make wraps. But he doesn't want to buy wraps until the bread is gone.
Male vs. Female mentality at its finest
Me: work laptop logged me out of everything and got stuck in the restart loop. Trying to troubleshoot the issue
Jesse at the same time: don't forget to make the bed. Can you let me know if my beard is too scruffy?
I was in Toronto all day Tuesday for client meetings, then seeing my cousin after work. Had to take a train and bus home, and I feel literally HUNGOVER it's THURSDAY
Me on the train always: "please don't sit near me"
Strangers: sit near me
😩😩😩
Like these four seats are all for me, what don't you understand about that?!?!?
Anna, PhD retweeted
meeting the person who is training you at a new job is exactly like when a baby duck imprints on its mother. following them around clueless as shit. someone else will be like hey can you send this email and it’s like no i’m not sure i can. i’ve never done that without jeremy
Anna, PhD retweeted
PhDs have a range of transferable skills but are not taught how to market them.
Here are 10 high-value transferable skills:
First week being in industry vs. 7 years in academia and.... I am SO SEEN WHAT THE HECK?! I'm 4 days in, and my colleagues can't wait to pick my brain and are excited about what I bring to the table?! #AcademicChatter #altac #appreciated
My approach as an academic reviewer is always "this paper should be published" FIRST
As long as the theory, method, stats, and interpretation is sound, the worst you should give is 'accepted;major review"
End the mentality of "I succeed ONLY if others fail"
#AcademicTwitter
The research conducted in the world of #academia is typically meant to help those who do not conduct research, yet results are gate-kept behind hefty paywalls.
If you want access to a paper, email the authors. We are more than happy to share our work (isn't that the pont?)
Last night, Rory (my cat) punched Jesse (my boyfriend) in the face. #CatsOnTwitter #PowerSlap
Anna, PhD retweeted
I was feeling really tired and moody lately. I googled my symptoms and it turns out I’m a postdoc.






