Do not forget that these people are not professional journalist whose job is to interview people and appear in front of the camera. Maybe for the next vidcast you can hire a professional...
Anonymous #1 & #2: These are not controversial people and issues. What questions would you have liked to have been asked? (Maybe they can still submit them in writing.)
Thanks Ryan for the advice you gave in the last minute of the interview.
As an obscure grad student advised by a prof with no perseverance, my only successes so far were due to that philosophy. Now I am motivated to push more.
Thanks Ryan for the advice you gave in the last minute of the interview.
You're welcome! Had I prepared at all for this question, I would have phrased my advice with fewer cliches:
Whenever possible, avoid competitions or worries about what others are doing. (This is different from *learning* from others or *working* with others, which you should definitely try to do!) Study questions that excite you so much that you can effectively communicate your excitement. Interesting questions are not sacred: you do not have to ask for permission to work on them. Continuously challenge your intuitions to understand your questions better.
What a fawning interview. Awful.
ReplyDeleteThanks for trying, though.
Awful and pathetic.
ReplyDeleteDo not forget that these people are not professional journalist whose job is to interview people and appear in front of the camera. Maybe for the next vidcast you can hire a professional...
ReplyDeleteAnonymous #1 & #2:
ReplyDeleteThese are not controversial people and
issues. What questions would you have
liked to have been asked? (Maybe they
can still submit them in writing.)
Thanks for both videos. It's great to see a bit of FCRC for those of us that couldn't make it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ryan for the advice you gave in the last minute of the interview.
ReplyDeleteAs an obscure grad student advised by a prof with no perseverance, my only successes so far were due to that philosophy. Now I am motivated to push more.
Are the conference talks going to be available online?
ReplyDeleteWhat is the link for the online proceedings?
ReplyDeleteThanks Ryan for the advice you gave in the last minute of the interview.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! Had I prepared at all for this question, I would have phrased my advice with fewer cliches:
Whenever possible, avoid competitions or worries about what others are doing. (This is different from *learning* from others or *working* with others, which you should definitely try to do!) Study questions that excite you so much that you can effectively communicate your excitement. Interesting questions are not sacred: you do not have to ask for permission to work on them. Continuously challenge your intuitions to understand your questions better.
Thanks, it was fun to watch.
ReplyDeleteIt would help if you prepare some questions for the video cast before the interview. Reading a tutorial on carrying out interviews might also help.
ReplyDeleteGreat interview!
ReplyDeleteI like Ryan. He's nice.
I wish to see more interviews with more complexity people.