>4th year PhD student
>on a fellowship but forced to work excessive amounts on projects that are not part of my thesis due to my technical expertise
>its alright, I get to work on my idea with my free time and will get to use the lab equipment to test it. its a game changer
>adviser keeps rejecting my idea whenever I bring it up
>gives me 0 guidance except to keep working on his pet project that he is misappropriating NIH funds for
>goes to a conference
>big dick in the field is having the exact problem I predicted would arise in the field and that my thesis would address
>he sets up a collab
>oh maybe hes not so bad after all
>have a lot of brainstorming sessions with my adviser, tweaking my research to big dicks problem
>week passes
>adviser sends me "experiment plan" that he is helping big dick with
>it's my idea and our brain storm sessions parallel constructed from his old research with 0 attribution to me
>he doesn't volunteer the information but after asking I find out it is for grant funding
>tells me my funding is pulled unless I work on two of his other grants
>tells me I have to submit an in depth plan to him by next week with all the details needed to implement my method
>implies I will not have a future in the lab if I dont
has anyone ever been in a situation like this? wat do.
>on a fellowship but forced to work excessive amounts on projects that are not part of my thesis due to my technical expertise
>its alright, I get to work on my idea with my free time and will get to use the lab equipment to test it. its a game changer
>adviser keeps rejecting my idea whenever I bring it up
>gives me 0 guidance except to keep working on his pet project that he is misappropriating NIH funds for
>goes to a conference
>big dick in the field is having the exact problem I predicted would arise in the field and that my thesis would address
>he sets up a collab
>oh maybe hes not so bad after all
>have a lot of brainstorming sessions with my adviser, tweaking my research to big dicks problem
>week passes
>adviser sends me "experiment plan" that he is helping big dick with
>it's my idea and our brain storm sessions parallel constructed from his old research with 0 attribution to me
>he doesn't volunteer the information but after asking I find out it is for grant funding
>tells me my funding is pulled unless I work on two of his other grants
>tells me I have to submit an in depth plan to him by next week with all the details needed to implement my method
>implies I will not have a future in the lab if I dont
has anyone ever been in a situation like this? wat do.
