Despite spending only four weeks working in the department, this month roughy marks a year since I started my unlikely career as a statistician and was inaugurated into the hall of opiglets (if you account for my foray into the magic of quantum computing last summer). The past year has been filled with learning opportunities, some of which I ought to take note and others are probably worth forgetting. Nonetheless, here is a short list of things I’ve learned in my first year as a DPhil Student, which you may find helpful in what I hope are more precedented times.
Simple and stupid first
When it comes to deciding how to tackle your next scientific problem or which lesson to start your blog post with, often the simplest and sometimes most ‘stupid’ idea is the way to go. Keeping things simple gives you the time to better understand your question without getting lost in the details of a complex solution. Plus, the results will inform your later next steps.
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