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Prinzessid t1_irbjjon wrote

Reply to comment by Ok-Experience5604 in [D] How hard is it to join a lab during Master's? by Ok-Experience5604

But that does not make any sense, how are you supposed to conduct mesningful research while still learning the basics? I feel like I knew nothing before the second year of my masters

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cyril1991 t1_irbu6d2 wrote

In the US you often have people who take a job after their undergrad/masters and then come back for a PhD. Undergrads can also help as free labor / paid summer interns, but are unlikely to be first author. Academia is also a rat race, and any kind of publication/student prize/patent/recommendation letters helps to “propel” you into better labs/better citation record/funding. Not having those isn’t the end of the world, and you shouldn’t compare yourself to others and worry about that.

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MrAcurite t1_irbqghg wrote

It's called "schools telling bright kids to fuck themselves for arbitrary and absurd reasons," it's pretty common in the US.

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Long_Two_6176 t1_irc2dtw wrote

You learn on the job. First year PhD students feel the same way

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