PhD Comics

Always wanted to learn how to doodle during my PhD. I tried a lot but I was/am horrible at it. Now trying it with AI. They're not perfect but somewhat capture my thoughts. I could get them to be much better but it requires a lot more effort to get that one last step.

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Everything is already solved

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Meeting a friend from industry

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Love/hate relationship with the PhD

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Everything is already solved (try 2)

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Keep digging deeper

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PhD is a path to insanity

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Deadline

You ALWAYS submit a subpar paper (according to Reviewer 2)

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Grad student fashion show

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Having a kid

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Focusing on the deadline

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Things to not say to a grad student

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Cold emails

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Technical problems

We've all been through at least one such Cuda.

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Milestone Mirage

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Time-Warp Advisor Meetings

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Brainstorming Solo

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Paper Rejection Bingo

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Lab Mates Anonymous

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Publish or Perish

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Time-Warp Advisor Meetings Redux

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Coding Errors Manifesto

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Paper Submission Circus

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Motivational Posters

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