It really depends your advisor. I did my phd with the same advisor that i did my masters. We worked in person during the msc. In phd he had family stuff that he had go over atlantic. But i never had any communication problems. He was also on the topic so using slack and zoom we did fine.
My lab also has new phd students who worked remotely with my advisor. So i think remote work works if:
You are very self motivating and your advisor leaves you alone,
Your advisor micro manages you and you dont care
It might not work otherway around.
Disclaimer: i always have seen myself as doer so i was happy to be guided heavily in the beginning of my phd. As i grew up, the number of weekly meetings decreased and became shoter and refined.
Edit: my lab studies cancer genomics. Its mostly a wet lab. But we had ML branch with my project.
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It really depends your advisor. I did my phd with the same advisor that i did my masters. We worked in person during the msc. In phd he had family stuff that he had go over atlantic. But i never had any communication problems. He was also on the topic so using slack and zoom we did fine.
My lab also has new phd students who worked remotely with my advisor. So i think remote work works if:
You are very self motivating and your advisor leaves you alone, Your advisor micro manages you and you dont care
It might not work otherway around.
Disclaimer: i always have seen myself as doer so i was happy to be guided heavily in the beginning of my phd. As i grew up, the number of weekly meetings decreased and became shoter and refined.
Edit: my lab studies cancer genomics. Its mostly a wet lab. But we had ML branch with my project.