> me, PhD student,
> did undergrad at Glasgow, specialise in mechanics
> supervisor bro pushes me to join event for applied mathematicians and industry to get together in a posh hotel and solve some fecking problems
> selective event, had to apply with my CV and all
> get in somehow (it’s probably because supervisor bro is pretty well respected)
> most of the people there did undergrads at top english universities
> assigned into groups: i’m put in the rheology team to solve a problem for a cosmetics company
> group fellows are two phd students at DAMTP (hotshot cambridge research centre), one guy from Edinburgh and another from aforementioned company
> first meeting starts after introduction setting
> I begin “perhaps we should start by deciding what constitutive model would be-
> cambridge student cuts in and loudly announces her expertise on the topic
> every suggestion i make is immediately ignored
> same pattern for subsequent meetings, i eventually stop going due to frustration and just work on the problem myself
> have half-point meeting today and it turns out that the rest of my group have fuck all done due to a combination of laziness and completely misunderstanding the problem (these retards were trying to solve a non-newtonian flow with eulerian coords)
> they quickly realise that they’ve been out-mathed by a skinny manlet as I am the only person with results
> now i’m a member of the group again and people are listening to me
Is this what academic life is going to be like, then? Crapped on by inept oxbridge grads until i prove myself like an anime MC? I want to dump this group so bad holy fuck
> did undergrad at Glasgow, specialise in mechanics
> supervisor bro pushes me to join event for applied mathematicians and industry to get together in a posh hotel and solve some fecking problems
> selective event, had to apply with my CV and all
> get in somehow (it’s probably because supervisor bro is pretty well respected)
> most of the people there did undergrads at top english universities
> assigned into groups: i’m put in the rheology team to solve a problem for a cosmetics company
> group fellows are two phd students at DAMTP (hotshot cambridge research centre), one guy from Edinburgh and another from aforementioned company
> first meeting starts after introduction setting
> I begin “perhaps we should start by deciding what constitutive model would be-
> cambridge student cuts in and loudly announces her expertise on the topic
> every suggestion i make is immediately ignored
> same pattern for subsequent meetings, i eventually stop going due to frustration and just work on the problem myself
> have half-point meeting today and it turns out that the rest of my group have fuck all done due to a combination of laziness and completely misunderstanding the problem (these retards were trying to solve a non-newtonian flow with eulerian coords)
> they quickly realise that they’ve been out-mathed by a skinny manlet as I am the only person with results
> now i’m a member of the group again and people are listening to me
Is this what academic life is going to be like, then? Crapped on by inept oxbridge grads until i prove myself like an anime MC? I want to dump this group so bad holy fuck
