师资博士后是什么意思,[转载]怎样选择博士生导师或博士后导师

师资博士后是什么意思,[转载]怎样选择博士生导师或博士后导师

在科学界，很多人（包括以前的我）认为只要做好科研，就能成功。很多导师不知是不懂或是愚民，对学生说只要你好好做科研，你就能得到你想要的东西。的确，没有good science，就可能没有good future；但是有了good science，走错了路，还是一样没有good future。这就是Peter J. Feibelman写的A PhD is Not Enough: A Guide to Survival in Science一书的精髓。面对这种情况，很多人采取达尔文“适者生存”学说，认为不必教学生这种生存技能和politics，好的学生自然能脱颖而出，但是作者认为这恰恰浪费了社会资源，应该给学生讲述这种politics。博士后是取得博士学位以后的重要学术经历。对于想成为博士后的博士，首先得问自己：What do I want after going through this? Am I serious? 登山何必扛着船？做博士后的目的就是为了在出站后以科研作为职业的，也就是说要以教授、研究员作为目标岗位的。如果博士的本来想法是要去工业界或者经商，那么就没有必要浪费时间了。对于想做博士后的人来说，选择导师有很大的关系。A PhD is Not Enough: A Guide to Survival in Science一书说：Making a mistake in choosing your advisor can mean years of frustration.该书说，选有名的老教授有两个好处：一是有名的老教授有广泛的网络，并且处于学术网络里面的都是名人；二是功成名就的老教授不怕你超过他，不怕你和他竞争，相反会以你成为教授而感到光荣，把你当作他的学术产品。An advisor who has made his mark views the accomplishments of his students with pride, even joy. They are his research 'children.' Thus, other things being equal, an established professor is a superior choice for an advisor.相反，A young advisor, trying to make his way in the world, does not want to be shown up by his student or postdoc. He has a lot to prove, and is unlikely to be generous with credit for ideas or progress.好的导师培养人、提携人，但是平庸的导师利用人，把人当作有手的工具（a pair of hands）！A PhD is Not Enough: A Guide to Survival in Science一书说:For the typical employer, a postdoc is cheap labor. Acquiring a postdoc is therefore much like buying a piece of laboratory equipment. One assumes that it will work for a while......余下全文>>