Working during School
The opportunity to work on research projects during the Ph.D. program is an important way of learning about how research works, how academic research works, etc. It is also a way of learning up close about methods for doing research tasks, like making sense of interviews using codes. Overall, I’ve been very lucky in the work opportunities I’ve had at school while at Berkeley. They have given me research and teaching experience, exposed me to interesting projects, and taught me a lot about managing (and failing to manage) my own time.
What kind of work opportunities have you had in school? Have they been satisfying? Why or why not? How has it been for you to independently manage your time doing research, if you’ve had that?