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There is some freedom, but an idea is accepted only if it is delivered on a silver platter, complete with all the trimmings. It's difficult to get my advisor to explore things that he is not familiar with.
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I have freedom to pursue what I want, but then I don't get any help or support from my advisor. In fact, the opposite is true - he tries to block my progress and slow me down by not helping me.
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It depends on funding source
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Well, mostly - he definitely has ideas as to what are the right and wrong paths, but you can usually finagle your way around this.
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Too many projects already... pursuing yet anothe project takes away from the others.
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at first i got very very little help or advice. now that my research has taken shape-- because i struggled for 2 years to define the project -- things are going smoothly.
all told, i think this is was a good thing. research is no cake walk. advisors can't give you all the answers. for some people a very active advisor is good, but the best people don't need that much advice. its how you learn to eventually *be* an advisor.
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It has to be related to what his goals are. I think that's fair though. I knew what research he did before joining his group, so I didn't expect to do something out in left field.
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The research group's ultimate goal is at the top of the list. It's not too interesting to me, but I had to finish it first before getting a chance to work on what I like.
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I must mention that I meet nearly every week with an informal co-advisor at ICSI. This works out well for me.
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But the problem is that I have way too much freedom, there's no feedback or guidance leaving me lost in what work to do (and anytime I have an idea, my advisor seems to shoot it down before I get a chance to explore it).
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My advisor has a specific project he wants me to work on. I have some wiggle room within the given project.
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Only now. My original research advisor was very pushy.
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Sometimes too much freedom and not enough "do this specifically and you will get a masters"
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It's not the fault of any advisor. It's all about the system in the US. If the professor has money for certain projects, there are certain milstones or goals that you have to meet within some timelines. It's hard to pick up something you are interested in since there might not be enough money to support your idea. You can put your own ideas into any proposals that your adviors are about to submit, but again, they are ususally some programs launched by DARPA or NSF with some specific requirements. Also the chance for getting a proposal funded is quite small, since it's so competitive.
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Funding problems.
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Focused on dissertation stuff. Little chance for collaboration.
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