研究生从事学术研究的赫曼法则 (The Laws of Herman)
The Laws of Herman from Irving P. Herman
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Your vacation begins after you defend your thesis.
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In research, what matters is what is right, and not who is right.
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In research and other matters, your adviser is always right, most of the time.
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Act as if your adviser is always right, almost all the time.
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If you think you are right and you are able to convince your adviser, your adviser will be very happy.
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Your productivity varies as (effective productive time spent per day)1,000.
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Your productivity also varies as 1/(your delay in analysing acquired data)1,000.
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Take data today as if you know that your equipment will break tomorrow.
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If you would be unhappy to lose your data, make a permanent back-up copy of them within five minutes of acquiring them.
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Your adviser expects your productivity to be low initially and then to be above threshold after a year or so.
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You must become a bigger expert in your thesis area than your adviser.
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When you cooperate, your adviser’s blood pressure will go down a bit.
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When you don’t cooperate, your adviser’s blood pressure either goes up a bit or it goes down to zero.
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Usually, only when you can publish your results are they good enough to be part of your thesis.
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The higher the quality, first, and quantity, second, of your publishable work, the better your thesis.
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Remember, it’s your thesis. You (!) need to do it.
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Your adviser wants you to become famous, so that he/she can finally become famous.
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Your adviser wants to write the best letter of recommendation for you that is possible.
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Whatever is best for you is best for your adviser.
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Whatever is best for your adviser is best for you.