@eskimopie155

I miss doing. It was the most fun and least stress. Not much money but enjoyment was by far the highest.

@GuyLakeman

a good description of project management that expands on strategy, tactics and risk management to enthuse a team

@Lucida1818

Thanks Andy!!! I really enjoyed this explanation 🙏❤️ 

It all makes sense as I worked across 4 Universities and recognise those levels in the work some of the Professors were involved in.

Good video- and succinct too! I think that's a good summary of how scientific careers evolve. GIven that you've managed to fit a lot into a short space, it's picky to suggest you've left things out, but: I would argue that you failed to mention one important aspect, which arguably separates the good from the great, and that's a question which comes in at level 2/3 and also becomes important at level 5: being able to ask (and answer) the question: what's worth doing?

You talk about "finding your niche" and that's arguably the problem. In academia you can do pretty well if you find a niche and mine it for all its worth, without ever doing anything really worthwhile (although part of the "convincing" skillset is to try and pitch your research papers at better journals than they deserve). One of the problems with academia is that when you find your niche you can also get stereotyped. This is still avoidable after your PhD but after one or two postdocs... you're doomed. What's worth doing? Another difficult issue is that "what's worth doing" and "what's best for playing the game" are not necessarily the same thing.

As a side note: the best PhD students I have seen have managed to do good theses which have a diversity to them (depends on your field of course). And, at the same time (networking!) they've managed to land on a few papers which aren't part of their thesis because they spent a bit of time meaningfully helping someone else somewhere. One of the skills in networking and collaborating is contract negotiation: who will lead? who is first author? who will do the work? who will be on the paper? These contracts are nearly always verbal, and you may not even realise that you've just made one.... but, in effect, you have.

@anasovic8773

I agree with the hierarchy of research skills with the addition that the sixth skill of persuasion (essentially a political skill) is integral to all. Namely, my experience in international research proposal as leader is that the most important thing for a researcher is to convince those who decide is that the planned research/researcher does not endanger existing social structure of the university, that important people will not be overtaken in prestige, and to give very good answer on the question "What is it in for important people in charge (who decides)!" Otherwise  potential money that project could potentially bring is not important. In a competitive environment, the struggle for power and influence is the most important.

@Borkstar7

This is helpful. I reckon some of these also work alongside each other at certain levels.

@TomMarello

So, the end goal is to become a prestigious beggar

@gordonadane7011

I admire the way you speak, your sense of humour is amaaaaazing.....

@Dr.P.I

Mate, Convincing should be level 1. You have to convince the interview panel to chose you to do a PhD in the first place, if it's that type of PhD. The smooth, persuasive, convincing person who can make you feel like you're the centre of their world can slip up that pyramid plant their flag then, for example, do the same in business. I speak from experience as a big mentor of mine did just that.  But....gotta keep the content consistent 🙂

@antonbaotic7234

Great presentation!! 😊What if you succeed in each level but the environment doesn’t allow for growth (basically wrong leadership). I think it is a very important factor to be able to move to the next level 🤔

@timhart8068

I heard " there are Sick Skills for research" and I was hooked :)

@thelostcoconut

Such great advice thank you, i'm a big fan of your channel!

@matyiou

Well said!

@jtauber

Really love this model!

@FQR74

Thanks Andy for great videos. I’m a Clinical Psychologist. I’m senior in industry and for many years I’ve also been an adjunct lecturer. For three years I’ve also been teaching extensively on the professional graduate school programme. I have 2 journal publications. I’m 49 - is it too old to move to fulltime academia? Would a university consider me too old, even though I have serious teaching experience as an adjunct?

@约翰-i6h

I feel how.lucky those students would be whom you supervise

@llbodlearning8591

Second above, all are scarier

@PeyKia

Hi Andy! I’m wondering if there are any AI tools or other useful resources available to help analyze SPSS outputs. Additionally, I’m interested in finding out if there are similar tools for conducting quantitative analysis. Thank you!

@BluSkyeHost

I've never seen you turn red like that. It was FUNNY!

@alexanderbontempo554

Mah.....where I did my PhD all of those steps started all  the first day. I was immediatelly involved in do, design conceptualize, train, transfer etc.