“tremendous fun figuring all this stuff out — sometimes it’s logical, sometimes it’s luck, and of course you have to follow your luck, and who you’re working with to my mind is almost the most important” Sir Tim Hunt I’ve just watched an interesting presentation by Sir Tim Hunt titled “How to win a nobel prize” (put online by Videnskabernes Selskab). Having worked for a couple of years in science, albeit in another domain/field and no-where near that league, I think there’s a lot of truth in it. And some very good advice. Here’s the presentation: What I took from the presentation is the following (a few things were new, most reinforced existing ideas): the importance of good supervisors, mentors, colleagues, PhD students and Post-Docs He did learn a lot from the people around him. Not only during his initial training but all the way. And he had the good (and deserved) fortune to work with some very smart people. “Always work with people who are cleverer than you are.” Jim Watson It’s also in part due to the infrastructure he encountered, e.g., having a tea room where you meet heroes, role models, and peers during lunch and can discuss [...]
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