I decided to have Professor X be my thesis advisor because he/she feels like a 40 hour week is sufficient. The whole 50-60 hour a week attitude just wasn't working for me.So there you go, some physicists believe in normal work loads.
Friday, March 6, 2009
See, Some Physicists Have Normal Work Ethics Too
An unnamed graduate student speaking about an unnamed professor had this to say:
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One of the reasons I came to Colorado is that the majority of the department feels that there needs to be a reasonable workload on grad students. I don't work a standard 40 hour week, but I would say that my average week is in the 45 hour range. Occasionally I'll have a 65 hour week, but I also occasionally have a 30 hour week, so it all works out to pretty reasonable expectations.
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