It took awful time to be back as a blogger back to writing, reading and watching documentaries. Now I am a master degree (sarcasm) holder in my favourite area, Medical Electronics and pursuing my relationship with "Neuroscience". Recently i bump into these guys online Bradley Voytek, V S Ramachandran, Kim peek, Marian Diamond, and Nick Vujicic. Got some clarity on my attitude towards research career and ever debated topic on PhD plans.
This is what I understood after 2 years of M Tech life :
1. B Tech was an academic graveyard for me.
PS: I am not having an OCD on this fact, but accepted the fact and moving on :)
2. Research career involves lots of pain, patience, self confidence, strong basics and passion and learning from mistakes, past regrets and our life balancing feats.
3. Networking without facebook makes you a better person.
4. IISc is still far far away with my current brainfeed. Need some serious help of something like Einstein-Rosen bridge. Amby is the anchor and source of motivation towards IISc.
5. Reading random topics like social behaviour of ants, how black hole research resulted in wifi, 8 Hz relation between EEG and Schumann resonance, synaesthesia and savant numerosity will be quite inspiring and provides a unique vantage point to what you want to do in life.
6. Smartest guy in the room is a myth.
7. Doing cross major is not a crime as some so called intellectual giants aka Think Tanks think while recruiting PG students into R&D.
8. Even though US is a goldmine for neuroscientists (San Diego is now known as Neuron Valley) PhD in US is not the only thing in your life, there are lot more responsibilities. Passion is not ignoring some trivial things in life. Need to clear some basic hurdle before committing a PhD.
9. I think PhD will be my first love.
