I love my job right now
Dec. 9th, 2009 02:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luzulaI just thought I'd say that, because it's not always true. Sometimes, I think I suck as a mathematician. I think that I'm a fraud--sure, I got my PhD and I got a post-doc after that, but really I just sort of surfed along and got help from my advisor, and I didn't do anything on my own, and really, I just sort of suck (also, I read LJ when I should be working). I hate this feeling. /o\
But right now, I feel pretty good about myself and my job, and I know the reason why. It's because I just had a good discussion with the people I'm collaborating with. Good collaboration is the answer, people. I can't shut myself in my room alone with a couple of books and come out after a month with the proof of a theorem. This is kind of the stereotype of a mathematician, but it doesn't work for me.
I need to discuss things with other people. I need feedback. And sometimes I need to remind myself that this is not a flaw.
But right now, I feel pretty good about myself and my job, and I know the reason why. It's because I just had a good discussion with the people I'm collaborating with. Good collaboration is the answer, people. I can't shut myself in my room alone with a couple of books and come out after a month with the proof of a theorem. This is kind of the stereotype of a mathematician, but it doesn't work for me.
I need to discuss things with other people. I need feedback. And sometimes I need to remind myself that this is not a flaw.
