How to seek academic validation after graduation?
A question for the academic nerds out there
22-25, M
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twistedrope · 26-30, M
Get a job in your field or even outside your field but adjacent to it. Record the type of work you do, it's effects on others and different measures of what you believe to be success.
Read up on how the job function your working operates, others opinions on success indicators and get feedback from your boss.
This is the basis of a thesis and the beginning of a work/study project you can use for postgrad. When you see the results of your study in action, that is validation. When you see where what you learned fails, look up why it does and validate your experience to verify where failure in the business exists.
It's what I do when I have the mental energy. Work takes up lots of mental energy so if you don't have any, don't worry about it. See a work councilor and try find how to get time to yourself back :) That's why I never work unpaid overtime.
Read up on how the job function your working operates, others opinions on success indicators and get feedback from your boss.
This is the basis of a thesis and the beginning of a work/study project you can use for postgrad. When you see the results of your study in action, that is validation. When you see where what you learned fails, look up why it does and validate your experience to verify where failure in the business exists.
It's what I do when I have the mental energy. Work takes up lots of mental energy so if you don't have any, don't worry about it. See a work councilor and try find how to get time to yourself back :) That's why I never work unpaid overtime.
