Sun, 04 Nov 2018 23:13:52 -0800 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.9 & Feed Publisher http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1000/starting-phd-at-the-age-of-25/?Focus=13853#Comment_13853 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1000/starting-phd-at-the-age-of-25/?Focus=13853#Comment_13853 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:20:49 -0700 Ben Webster I'm sympathetic, but I think as a matter of policy we have to be very skeptical of these sorts of questions. MO is a place to get answers to mathematical questions, not pep talks. Obviously, there are lots of gray areas, but on so many of these advice questions, one just can't say anything general, and people need to talk them over with people who know them and understand their situation, not get uninformed advice on the internet.

]]> http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1000/starting-phd-at-the-age-of-25/?Focus=13851#Comment_13851 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1000/starting-phd-at-the-age-of-25/?Focus=13851#Comment_13851 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:23:44 -0700 an_mo_user It stayed open for a while and received already a lot of answers basically all telling 'don't worry' (in particular, 30+ upvotes for a comment to that extent) and giving various explantions for it.
So, the question seems answered. Leaving it open might cause an undue expansion (and annoyance to some if it keeps populating the frontpage for too long), as it is a subject on which *a lot* of people could say something. ]]> http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1000/starting-phd-at-the-age-of-25/?Focus=13850#Comment_13850 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/1000/starting-phd-at-the-age-of-25/?Focus=13850#Comment_13850 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:08:27 -0700 François G. Dorais This is a thread for question 59999. I don't have any strong feelings about this question, but it has gathered more than enough attention to deserve a meta thread...

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