Uncertainty and my scientific journey
summary
Defines uncertainty as lack of knowledge plus no clear path to acquire it, and shows concrete tactics: prints a stack of CAV papers to learn paper structure, fine‑tunes the mind like an LLM, gathers successful grant proposals to derive a template, and iterates experiments with students. Shares outcomes: sent 30 faculty applications and gets 1 interview, endures a post‑viral illness that drags productivity, develops a grant template that wins funding, and secures tenure after the six‑year cycle.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:03Defining uncertainty
- 5:38Uncertainty in grad school
- 15:51Overcoming publish uncertainty
- 16:13Personal uncertainty in science
- 20:04Academia vs industry
- 21:05Academic job market
- 23:12Early faculty uncertainties
- 25:22Grant proposals under uncertainty
- 28:50Tenure process uncertainty
- 33:05Post-tenure career uncertainty
- 37:17Final reflections
- 38:06Q&A
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