This has been such a long time coming. I know how much you agonized over this, how much effort you poured into it. And now you sit back and wait. Congrats!
Thank you for letting us accompany you on this journey.
@BennyTheIcepick Thank you for your kind words which totally soothe my biggest insecurities for this thesis: that I was too old (60 in March) and I'd taken too long (started Fall 2019).
On the other hand your words give me space to reflect on this painpoint and recognize that a) I guess I'd always known that the journey wouldn't be short or easy for me at my age - too much to unlearn, and b) I don't know if it could have happened any earlier, when I look back at the journey. Regardless, what I shipped now I am *proud* to put my name on.
Remember I had to change supervisors in Fall 2024 after years of flailing? I was deemed a failure who couldn't write. (our theses need minimum 2 published peer reviewed articles and I had zero as late as Jan 2025).
Rambling here but I guess this will all be part of the decompression of the past couple of years in particular.
I feel good, as James Brown would say.
Thank you for letting us accompany you on this journey.
On the other hand your words give me space to reflect on this painpoint and recognize that a) I guess I'd always known that the journey wouldn't be short or easy for me at my age - too much to unlearn, and b) I don't know if it could have happened any earlier, when I look back at the journey. Regardless, what I shipped now I am *proud* to put my name on.
Remember I had to change supervisors in Fall 2024 after years of flailing? I was deemed a failure who couldn't write. (our theses need minimum 2 published peer reviewed articles and I had zero as late as Jan 2025).
Rambling here but I guess this will all be part of the decompression of the past couple of years in particular.
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