12/06/2026
âTheyâve done a PhD, so theyâll teach me how to do oneâ
But doing a PhD and teaching someone how are two very different things. You can bet noone taught them, and so they dont have the ability to teach you. Honestly youâve no idea how they got through their own PhD ( and they will never tellđŹ).
But trial and error creates so much suffering on a PhD and there is no need to keep passing that forward.
Your advisor is an expert researcher. They guide the project, challenge your thinking through feedback, but they are not teaching you skills.
And thatâs where frustration sets in. You think they are holding onto some deep truths, theyâre not. They donât have them.
You assume youâre doing something wrong, but youâre not. When skills are not taught, the training gap feels like âwell this is just how a PhD isâ.
But it doesnât have to be.
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