File 3 @ IMRE: “Which boss should I take?”
Right now it is supposed to be the end of my 12th week and it is end of week 10 at the 2 major unis. But actually, I’m watching Aston Villa vs. Tottenham right now. Both are good teams under great managers. This match reminds me of the similar current situation I’m facing at work and future. The I-don’t-know-which-one-to-choose dilemma, hits hard on the television screen and the following problem I’m going to face.
Being a 3rd year engineering intern, I constantly face questions and questioning about the upcoming senior year, or more specifically the Final Year Project. My peers are a little more apathetic to the situation but I am helpless to it. In IMRE, there are tons of people doing their FYP; hence I can understand its nature and requirements better than my peers. Most of them work at private corporations.
Some idealists think that to do FYP, the project has to be interesting, so that you would end up enjoying the whole FYP experience. Truth: The project, engineering especially, is not important. Interest can be cultivated. On the other hand, no matter how much interest you have the start of the project, the two tons of academia and bureaucracy would pulverize your soul.
Some FYP students I met chose to come here. Most didn’t. They were most likely pushed by their profs to be attached here to suffer under a indifferent supervisor. This brings down to the issue to be tackled: Find a good mentor/supervisor/professor. Some of these highly figures are nonchalant about what happens to you. They throw you to other asst profs, postdocs, postgrads, attached you out, whatsoever. (Normally, these are the full profs who have “no time”.) Some of these nice figures actually push you hard and demand answers every week. (Asst profs fits here.)
My Viet supervisor is a Singapore MIT Alliance scholar, the smart young (29 yrs) playboy. He do not care what you do, hence explaining my freedom in IMRE, he just wants results. You can leave office by 1pm if you want to and have nothing to do. Such freedom however, comes with stress to produce something for meetings. My S’porean supervisor (36 yrs) is the traditional scientist: Hypothesis, Circumstantial Testing, Experiments, Research, Experiments, and Conclusion. He pinches your every step and hounds your every movement, with great concern. You won’t get lost with him as supervisor. For me, I need someone to tok cok to, which both satisfy. I need guidance, but also want freedom. So how?
All in all, it boils down to the situation: I have a Popsicle and an ice-cream placed in front of me. I hesitate to choose. In the end both melted. “Must make a good decision fast!”, yet “good” and “fast” aren’t really accommodating.
Disclaimer: Dr. Quang and Dr. Andrew, If you happen to read this, don’t fuck me. Think you know who I am right now. Haha…
Tottenham is currently leading at halftime, with a Jermaine Jenas header. File 4? Haven’t thought of it yet.
－异客拍客 @ IMRE －
Being a 3rd year engineering intern, I constantly face questions and questioning about the upcoming senior year, or more specifically the Final Year Project. My peers are a little more apathetic to the situation but I am helpless to it. In IMRE, there are tons of people doing their FYP; hence I can understand its nature and requirements better than my peers. Most of them work at private corporations.
Some idealists think that to do FYP, the project has to be interesting, so that you would end up enjoying the whole FYP experience. Truth: The project, engineering especially, is not important. Interest can be cultivated. On the other hand, no matter how much interest you have the start of the project, the two tons of academia and bureaucracy would pulverize your soul.
Some FYP students I met chose to come here. Most didn’t. They were most likely pushed by their profs to be attached here to suffer under a indifferent supervisor. This brings down to the issue to be tackled: Find a good mentor/supervisor/professor. Some of these highly figures are nonchalant about what happens to you. They throw you to other asst profs, postdocs, postgrads, attached you out, whatsoever. (Normally, these are the full profs who have “no time”.) Some of these nice figures actually push you hard and demand answers every week. (Asst profs fits here.)
My Viet supervisor is a Singapore MIT Alliance scholar, the smart young (29 yrs) playboy. He do not care what you do, hence explaining my freedom in IMRE, he just wants results. You can leave office by 1pm if you want to and have nothing to do. Such freedom however, comes with stress to produce something for meetings. My S’porean supervisor (36 yrs) is the traditional scientist: Hypothesis, Circumstantial Testing, Experiments, Research, Experiments, and Conclusion. He pinches your every step and hounds your every movement, with great concern. You won’t get lost with him as supervisor. For me, I need someone to tok cok to, which both satisfy. I need guidance, but also want freedom. So how?
All in all, it boils down to the situation: I have a Popsicle and an ice-cream placed in front of me. I hesitate to choose. In the end both melted. “Must make a good decision fast!”, yet “good” and “fast” aren’t really accommodating.
Disclaimer: Dr. Quang and Dr. Andrew, If you happen to read this, don’t fuck me. Think you know who I am right now. Haha…
Tottenham is currently leading at halftime, with a Jermaine Jenas header. File 4? Haven’t thought of it yet.
－异客拍客 @ IMRE －
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