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danieltillett on May 22, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Is the doctoral thesis obsolete?

This is true. The problem is that when you go looking for a post doc if you don't have any publications then you are thought to be incompetent.

robotresearcher on May 22, 2015 [–]

If you were hiring a post doc for a two-year position, would you choose the person who had managed to convert research into a published paper in 3-4 years, or the other guy?

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