Advice for Prospective PhD Students
Dear Prospective PhD Student, Pay careful attention to the optics of this advice.  It is addressing how you can best serve your PI.  Your goals and aspirations are not addressed.  It is advice on how to land a job, but does not address why you should want the job, or if it is a good fit for you.<p>Perhaps you are a good fit for the academic life.  But seek out more advice on what the job of Prospective PhD Student is.  Seek out more advice on the job market of jobs that require a PhD.  If you are thinking of working in the university setting, there may be a lot fewer tenure track jobs, with a lot more applicants than you might imagine, available that you.<p>EDIT: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nature.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;d41586-022-03394-0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nature.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;d41586-022-03394-0</a>