tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post115320762448798668..comments2024-03-18T22:18:20.292-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: Complexity Day 1Lance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1153239856724523482006-07-18T11:24:00.000-05:002006-07-18T11:24:00.000-05:00Poeple tend to relate new exotic theorems with the...Poeple tend to relate new exotic theorems with the author's brilliance. I didn't know about Manindra Agrawal or about Kayal and Saxena before "Primes is in P" era. But sometimes when a graduate student's months of work becomes fruitless, he or she tends to think like that. <BR/><BR/>Not everybody is Lance Fortnow or does he have an anecdote involving himself in such frustration?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1153230600656908202006-07-18T08:50:00.000-05:002006-07-18T08:50:00.000-05:00Most of all my advice is to not worry about others...<EM>Most of all my advice is to not worry about others and just work on your own. Be sure to have fun doing your research because if you are not having fun you won't be successful and you can likely make more money doing something else that isn't fun.</EM><BR/><BR/>This is excellent advice Lance! After five years as a graduate student, I have learnt exactly what you said.<BR/><BR/>I do wish that you use your blog entries more often to give such pieces of wisdom to new graduate students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1153209225472552772006-07-18T02:53:00.000-05:002006-07-18T02:53:00.000-05:00you can likely make more money doing something els...<I>you can likely make more money doing something else that isn't fun.</I><BR/><BR/>you can say that again...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com