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I only managed to produce one paper in 6 months of research. How do I survive? (sh.itjust.works)
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I am in the field of applied math, and it took me 6 months to produce a paper. And now, I am out of ideas for new papers.

What should I do? How do I even continue? This is sooo difficult..

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[–] MightBeAlpharius@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

I had a military history professor, and he felt the same way. He opened his entry level classes with a speech that amounted to "nobody should be here because they want to work in military history. ROTC kids and military buffs only; all you can do with what this class covers is teach this class, and this lecture hall has as many students in it as there are jobs in this field."