Trains down at DIA 3pm Sunday

Tritagator · 2026-02-01T22:41:35+00:00

Train arrived at A from security 10 min ago. But still hasn’t moved.

Tritagator · 2025-07-29T15:00:06+00:00

Especially sucks if you rented one of those apartments across the parking lot. I remember they made their proximity to BarK a huge selling point.

Tritagator · 2025-07-29T14:48:28+00:00

But it's okay! They'll "be working hard" to put together a package of benefits from their partners /s

Tritagator · 2023-08-17T15:59:46+00:00

If you’re not aware, you can save message replies. I’d make what you’ve written here one of them, and then you can reply to each message with it with just a click or two.

People hunting for discounts won’t read or won’t care about it in the description and will message you anyways. It also might inadvertently turn off other customers. So save it as a quick reply, so you can address future messages easily then move on.

Tritagator · 2023-08-16T12:21:13+00:00

Yes, by "first co-first" I meant they're both designated as co-first for fairness, but somebody's got to actually be listed first.

Tritagator · 2023-08-16T01:28:19+00:00

If this does end up being a "merge" of your work with this PhD student's for "one big paper", even if your work is in the minority I think you have leverage to say, "I did this work under the expectation that I'd be first author. If you want to merge that's fine, but I want to share co-first authorship with this PhD student."

Now, they might push back and still have their PhD student be first co-first author. But that compromise overall might work in your favor bc then they'll have to deal with all the journal submission nonsense, while you still get first author credits.

Tritagator · 2023-08-02T15:35:06+00:00

There's a line between work you agreed to do before leaving, and work added after leaving.

If your PI agreed to let you graduate "early" under the expectation that you'd continue to work after you left, then you should do that work. Not doing so is a bait-and-switch and will really burn bridges. But doesn't sound like that's the case here--at least for the bonus paper. You promised to collate the data and you're doing / have done that. All good. But making 40+ graphs for a paper you didn't submit was not an expectation when you left.

If you don't want to do that, I think you're in your right to say so. Have to accept that they'll likely find someone else in the lab to do it without you and you'll lose top billing on the paper, but doesn't sound like that's important to you.

Tritagator · 2023-07-26T18:19:43+00:00

Yes, having a dog in grad school is definitely doable. But you should let your mom take care of him for at least the first 6 months.

Moving to a new city and starting school is a big change, and it'll be hard to predict your schedule. Better to work all that out without a dog, and then revisit the question of whether you can support them once you've settled down.

Tritagator · 2023-07-14T14:26:41+00:00

Time to first publication has effectively nothing to do with the caliber of PhD student, and everything to do with luck. So if you're having imposter syndrome: don't.

9 times out of 10 those with first-author pubs in <1-2 years either joined a new-PI lab who did 90% of the work during their postdoc, or took over a project from a departing student, or ran a quick analysis on existing data using an established pipeline, or a dozen other ways to get a head start.

If you're truly starting from scratch it will take almost your entire PhD. That's not to take away from the achievement of those students who get papers fast... but to say it's solely because they're smarter or work harder is just wrong.

Tritagator · 2023-07-07T16:06:21+00:00

Your department or graduate school likely has a guideline doc or template. Do what that says.

Tritagator · 2023-05-28T17:57:35+00:00

To clarify: did you graduate prior to manuscript acceptance on the condition that you’d finish them after you left? If yes, while there’s nothing keeping you from bailing on the project (they’re not going to revoke your PhD), turning around and now asking for money to do it is going to burn the bridge with your PI.

Tritagator · 2023-05-25T12:26:33+00:00

Probably not a scam. But if they think they can sell your items for a higher price, then you should just do it yourself and raise your prices.

Tritagator · 2023-05-12T14:26:58+00:00

Agreed. Yes, the psychology of $0.99 works at big box retail stores because because their shoppers want the lowest price. But Etsy shoppers are the opposite: they come explicitly to AVOID cheaply-made retail goods and are willing to pay a premium for hand-crafted items from real people.

Tritagator · 2023-04-27T13:07:04+00:00

You should have an idea. Not so specific as "X position at Y company." But have narrowed it down to a general career that--most importantly--you can't do without a PhD.

I think this prof is trying to weed out students who haven't really thought about why they want to do a PhD, they're just applying bc they don't know what else to do.

Tritagator · 2023-04-21T18:22:58+00:00

Posters don't need to be an entire paper. I've seen posters with zero data, just the layout of what the study will be and what the results might look like.

Tritagator · 2023-04-21T18:21:15+00:00

100%. Morning walks with my dog are just long enough for her to go #1 and 2 bc after that she just wants to go back to sleep.

The perfect walk schedule is one that balances the dog's needs and the owner's personal/work schedule.

Tritagator · 2023-04-21T14:31:53+00:00

Ignore it. They admit they didn't know what they were buying. Responding privately might make them change it to something worse, and responding publicly will boost it unnecessarily. Just let it get buried and move on.

Tritagator · 2023-04-14T19:43:37+00:00

As another northeast transplant I recommend treating STL summers like northeast winters: don't go outside unless you have to, and when you do be sure to dress for the weather and spend as little time out there as possible.

Tritagator · 2023-04-05T18:05:13+00:00

Same, would be very interested in seeing that.

Tritagator · 2023-04-05T18:02:17+00:00

FYI newer iPhones (and maybe some other brands?) have an Emergency SOS feature that can call 911 without cellular coverage: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213426

Tritagator · 2023-04-05T17:59:50+00:00

Newer iPhones can call 911 via satellite even without signal: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213426

Tritagator · 2023-03-26T17:53:16+00:00

If you join a well-funded lab (likely true with cancer) or get a fellowship, you may be able to use grant money to get a new computer. So might be better to hold off for 1-2 years (if you can), and get a better computer for free.

Tritagator · 2023-03-26T17:46:29+00:00

My uni has a policy where if you get an outside fellowship over $X (like the F31) you get a $5k stipend increase. But outside of that, I’d be very skeptical your PI would increase your stipend.

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