Post #361

Don't crack under pressure I remember when I was interning at HKUST during my master's years I had a chance to see a motivational presentation for freshmen from one of the tenured professors there. One of the things he was emphasizing is that PhD is stressful experience with lots of uncertainty and you should keep being focused, brave and don't crack under the pressure. Here is a funny story that demonstrates it. A guy realized he has a bug 2 weeks before submitting his PhD thesis and asked MathOverflow community to help him to fix it, luckily it worked out well.