A little bit of introduction. I managed to get my degrees somewhere in North America, all three of them. I have moved and worked around in different cities. Being an R&D kind of guy, I like looking at very strange problems and see strange ways to solve them. Still do, even after I married Missus Ubuntu ...
I came to do grad school because I wanted to further my technical knowledge. When I came out, I learned a whole new bag of things, good and bad. After hearing a number of my friends who are going to grad school, I realized that there are always something in common. So I have decided to write it down, and hope that someone would find it useful.
Aren't there already enough websites talking about grad school already? I have read them, too. I think you need a blog that tells it like it is. I am not going to even try to generalize my case. Your experience will be different, and I encourage you to talk about it, but at least there is someone to relate to.
Like I said, it's been a while since I finished my degree. I think as time goes by, it is getting "safer" to blog about it. Some of the stuff I am about to write will not be very pleasant to those who are in the know. Therefore, identities and physical circumstances have been altered to protect the innocent and guilty. Yes, even the guilty deserves some level of anonymity.
But let me get one thing straight. The path of academia is the one that I chose to take. It is long and difficult, and I did not expect otherwise. Even though sometimes I wish I had done certain things differently if I had it again, I have never regretted making the decision in the first place. A friend of mine used to say, "whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger." I still think he's right.
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