Comments for Reza Ghadiri Project http://rezaghadiri.net The Reza Ghadiri Project Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:01:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on PI Reviews: grad students and postdocs about their professors by Andrei http://rezaghadiri.net/reviews/#comment-16063 Andrei Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:01:07 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?page_id=642#comment-16063 Right, I understand. That's basically why I decided no to build such a platform. I don't see a way to make the reviews / ratings both effective and safe. It is sad that the academic system breeds, selects and accommodates egomaniacal douches that you have to go through in order to have anything to do with science. Right, I understand. That's basically why I decided no to build such a platform. I don't see a way to make the reviews / ratings both effective and safe. It is sad that the academic system breeds, selects and accommodates egomaniacal douches that you have to go through in order to have anything to do with science.

]]> Comment on PI Reviews: grad students and postdocs about their professors by F from Germany http://rezaghadiri.net/reviews/#comment-16059 F from Germany Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:26:34 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?page_id=642#comment-16059 it might be easy for you to say comments, which is certainly very helpful, but being the first Phd in the lab, my prof will know exactly who said these, and he has already threatened others in the lab to give them bad recommendations and kill their future lives, the thing is that: I still need his support for the future career because I am still planning to stay in science. so having multiple choice seems a good idea or a safer option for me. eventually I will write comments for him, but maybe after my business with him is over. thanks for the website I will definitely check it out. it might be easy for you to say comments, which is certainly very helpful, but being the first Phd in the lab, my prof will know exactly who said these, and he has already threatened others in the lab to give them bad recommendations and kill their future lives, the thing is that: I still need his support for the future career because I am still planning to stay in science. so having multiple choice seems a good idea or a safer option for me. eventually I will write comments for him, but maybe after my business with him is over. thanks for the website I will definitely check it out.

]]> Comment on PI Reviews: grad students and postdocs about their professors by Andrei http://rezaghadiri.net/reviews/#comment-16052 Andrei Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:14:44 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?page_id=642#comment-16052 A year after I <a href="http://rezaghadiri.net/whats-next-for-rezaghadiri-net/#2" rel="nofollow">talked about the idea</a>, this website appeared: <a href="http://myevilprofessor.com/" rel="nofollow">myevilprofessor.com</a>. They even tried to advertise it here. I think it's garbage, but it's similar to what you are describing, lots of multiple choice. Which seems like what many people want, so there you go. For the life of me, if you say an unknown person gave some other person a 4 out 5 stars on personality, 5 out 5 on management style or, I love this, 5 out of 5 on "Has s/he fired anyone?", that gives me precisely <strong>jack shit</strong> of useful information. I'm sure you'll know what you mean when you fill out a form like that, but that will be about as far as the understanding is going to go. So do use the "comments" field, and you can post your review here as well. It will show up in search engines, and people will find it and read it. Cheers. A year after I talked about the idea, this website appeared: myevilprofessor.com. They even tried to advertise it here. I think it's garbage, but it's similar to what you are describing, lots of multiple choice. Which seems like what many people want, so there you go.

For the life of me, if you say an unknown person gave some other person a 4 out 5 stars on personality, 5 out 5 on management style or, I love this, 5 out of 5 on "Has s/he fired anyone?", that gives me precisely jack shit of useful information. I'm sure you'll know what you mean when you fill out a form like that, but that will be about as far as the understanding is going to go. So do use the "comments" field, and you can post your review here as well. It will show up in search engines, and people will find it and read it. Cheers.

]]> Comment on PI Reviews: grad students and postdocs about their professors by F from Germany http://rezaghadiri.net/reviews/#comment-16044 F from Germany Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:46:04 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?page_id=642#comment-16044 hello I am a PhD student, quite a lot suffering from an nonprofessional PI in science, and it was really nice to hear what you did to spread the word, just to avoid others to suffer. may I ask you for a favor? can you make this website a platform to write comments about all PIs,, in natural sciences, chemistry, physics, computer sciences and so on? could you make an online form (multiple choice) available for us, to cross, including key questions, publications, stress in the lab, honesty, professionalism, competition in the lab, sharing projects, speaking behind students back, a good or bad lab for Phd or post doc.... and an extra box for stories and memories, please do this, and you will have my blessings, and others, for the rest of our lives, thank you......... hello

I am a PhD student, quite a lot suffering from an nonprofessional PI in science, and it was really nice to hear what you did to spread the word, just to avoid others to suffer. may I ask you for a favor? can you make this website a platform to write comments about all PIs,, in natural sciences, chemistry, physics, computer sciences and so on? could you make an online form (multiple choice) available for us, to cross, including key questions, publications, stress in the lab, honesty, professionalism, competition in the lab, sharing projects, speaking behind students back, a good or bad lab for Phd or post doc.... and an extra box for stories and memories, please do this, and you will have my blessings, and others, for the rest of our lives,

thank you.........

]]> Comment on Summing up by S. http://rezaghadiri.net/summing-up/#comment-16043 S. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:30:19 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?p=675#comment-16043 Glad to see you're still around and have moved on to I hope much better and greener fields :) Glad to see you're still around and have moved on to I hope much better and greener fields :)

]]> Comment on Summing up by Andrei http://rezaghadiri.net/summing-up/#comment-16027 Andrei Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:51:18 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?p=675#comment-16027 Oh, I'm sure the recruitment is fine. I joined Reza's lab, even though I had received some warnings too. Because for me it was the best fit available. I'm sure it still is for a few others every year. Who knows, maybe it's better now, they say there's no such thing as bad publicity. No one from Scripps tried shutting this blog down. It's not theirs to shut down, and they are smart enough to ignore it. But it does make 1st page in Google for "Scripps PhD program", "TSRI PhD program" etc. Well, they have a shrink on campus, always ready to help students with their "well-being" (no school wants another Jason Altom). So if Reza or anybody else has a problem with my blog, they can make an appointment and talk about their feelings. Oh, I'm sure the recruitment is fine. I joined Reza's lab, even though I had received some warnings too. Because for me it was the best fit available. I'm sure it still is for a few others every year. Who knows, maybe it's better now, they say there's no such thing as bad publicity.

No one from Scripps tried shutting this blog down. It's not theirs to shut down, and they are smart enough to ignore it. But it does make 1st page in Google for "Scripps PhD program", "TSRI PhD program" etc. Well, they have a shrink on campus, always ready to help students with their "well-being" (no school wants another Jason Altom). So if Reza or anybody else has a problem with my blog, they can make an appointment and talk about their feelings.

]]> Comment on Summing up by coiled coil http://rezaghadiri.net/summing-up/#comment-16016 coiled coil Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:17:18 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?p=675#comment-16016 I do wonder how the very presence of this blog has affected recruiting efforts in Reza's lab... I can't imagine that anyone joins a lab today without googling... Did anyone from TSRI every try shutting this blog down? Great stuff, I hope you post at least one more funny story from the lab ;) I do wonder how the very presence of this blog has affected recruiting efforts in Reza's lab...

I can't imagine that anyone joins a lab today without googling...

Did anyone from TSRI every try shutting this blog down?

Great stuff, I hope you post at least one more funny story from the lab ;)

]]> Comment on Summing up by Andrei http://rezaghadiri.net/summing-up/#comment-15995 Andrei Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:03:24 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?p=675#comment-15995 Not necessarily struggling, more likely projecting natural aversions to loss (the sunk cost fallacy) and risk, not to mention career attitudes and preferences. After all, I too chose to study science and signed up for grad school. And I was guilty of projecting some of my own traits and values, so I was surprised by the difficulty of others to understand. Not necessarily struggling, more likely projecting natural aversions to loss (the sunk cost fallacy) and risk, not to mention career attitudes and preferences. After all, I too chose to study science and signed up for grad school. And I was guilty of projecting some of my own traits and values, so I was surprised by the difficulty of others to understand.

]]> Comment on Summing up by c http://rezaghadiri.net/summing-up/#comment-15990 c Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:59:24 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?p=675#comment-15990 > I was initially somewhat surprised by the number of people who insisted on > treating the fact of me not getting a pointless degree as either a tragedy or a > failure with no regard for my explanations. These were struggling academics, right? Projecting their own insecurities? > I was initially somewhat surprised by the number of people who insisted on
> treating the fact of me not getting a pointless degree as either a tragedy or a
> failure with no regard for my explanations.

These were struggling academics, right? Projecting their own insecurities?

]]> Comment on Prof. M. Reza Ghadiri: I’m just a cheerleader by Anonymous 47be http://rezaghadiri.net/reza-ghadiri-cheerleader/#comment-15904 Anonymous 47be Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:25:54 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?p=393#comment-15904 I hope you do not believe in what you are saying yourself. The issues discussed here are not around Andrei only. Open up your eyes and look at other similar web sites. Andrei was brave enough to create his own and start another stream of discussion using his experience as a starting point. The thing is that there is a problem with modern academia and it has nothing to do with this or that person. I hope you do not believe in what you are saying yourself. The issues discussed here are not around Andrei only. Open up your eyes and look at other similar web sites. Andrei was brave enough to create his own and start another stream of discussion using his experience as a starting point. The thing is that there is a problem with modern academia and it has nothing to do with this or that person.

]]> Comment on Prof. M. Reza Ghadiri: I’m just a cheerleader by Andrei http://rezaghadiri.net/reza-ghadiri-cheerleader/#comment-15886 Andrei Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:13:28 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?p=393#comment-15886 Hahahahaha, this! For the win. Reza, is that you? )) No, no, just kidding. Undergrad, 4th year, correct? Any truthful factual statements and any statements of opinion are <u>not</u> slander (or libel, which is the correct term in the case of published words) by definition. I appreciate that romanticizing aged practices of academia can lead one to be out of touch with the modern world, but nowadays there's this thing called <em>FREEDOM OF SPEECH</em>. Hahahahaha, this! For the win. Reza, is that you? )) No, no, just kidding. Undergrad, 4th year, correct?

Any truthful factual statements and any statements of opinion are not slander (or libel, which is the correct term in the case of published words) by definition. I appreciate that romanticizing aged practices of academia can lead one to be out of touch with the modern world, but nowadays there's this thing called FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

]]> Comment on Prof. M. Reza Ghadiri: I’m just a cheerleader by Anonymous e534 http://rezaghadiri.net/reza-ghadiri-cheerleader/#comment-15884 Anonymous e534 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:46:27 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?p=393#comment-15884 You seem to be a bitter person who wasted time doing unproductive things. No wonder you did not get a PhD. Maybe, if had not wasted time, done proper literature searches, come up with ideas for your own PhD project, you would have been successful. Most times students blame professors for project failure but if you expect to be called a PhD, then don't let your PI think for you. Of course you forgot to add that if you had worked hard to justify your stipend, which was paid for by the NIH grant, them the grant would not have been wasted as you claim. Maybe your PIs fault was wasting precious public money on a useless student like yourself. I am surprised you have not been sued for such negative comments on the web. Of course it is never the students fault! You can not just slander people on the web! You seem to be a bitter person who wasted time doing unproductive things. No wonder you did not get a PhD. Maybe, if had not wasted time, done proper literature searches, come up with ideas for your own PhD project, you would have been successful. Most times students blame professors for project failure but if you expect to be called a PhD, then don't let your PI think for you. Of course you forgot to add that if you had worked hard to justify your stipend, which was paid for by the NIH grant, them the grant would not have been wasted as you claim. Maybe your PIs fault was wasting precious public money on a useless student like yourself. I am surprised you have not been sued for such negative comments on the web. Of course it is never the students fault! You can not just slander people on the web!

]]> Comment on Ghadiri Lab website: Why even bother? by diordmehc http://rezaghadiri.net/ghadiri-lab-website/#comment-15693 diordmehc Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:02:54 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?p=181#comment-15693 before you get all creeped out, I was there, bob. You might remember me as the grad student who correctly predicted that the stock market was going to tank in 2008. before you get all creeped out, I was there, bob. You might remember me as the grad student who correctly predicted that the stock market was going to tank in 2008.

]]> Comment on Ghadiri Lab website: Why even bother? by diordmehc http://rezaghadiri.net/ghadiri-lab-website/#comment-15692 diordmehc Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:55:30 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?p=181#comment-15692 hm let me guess, PI wanted to spin up a biotech, had a golden child grad student who got the results he needed. Those results it turned out were questionable, probably due to creative terminantion of experiments at the point where they hit appropriate p values (by the nature of random walks) - no retraction. Several grad students on the project left the lab en masse, and were washed out after having spent three or so years in a the arms of a charismatic PI. hm let me guess, PI wanted to spin up a biotech, had a golden child grad student who got the results he needed. Those results it turned out were questionable, probably due to creative terminantion of experiments at the point where they hit appropriate p values (by the nature of random walks) - no retraction. Several grad students on the project left the lab en masse, and were washed out after having spent three or so years in a the arms of a charismatic PI.

]]> Comment on Ghadiri Lab website: Why even bother? by Anonymous e8c8 http://rezaghadiri.net/ghadiri-lab-website/#comment-15638 Anonymous e8c8 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:52:20 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?p=181#comment-15638 Please tell us. PhD newcomers should know them... Please tell us. PhD newcomers should know them...

]]> Comment on Ghadiri Lab website: Why even bother? by tuckatron http://rezaghadiri.net/ghadiri-lab-website/#comment-15517 tuckatron Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:06:47 +0000 http://rezaghadiri.net/?p=181#comment-15517 The things I could tell you about my Ph.D would make your eyes bleed... The things I could tell you about my Ph.D would make your eyes bleed...

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