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An ever-growing series of tutorials (with detailed notes) filled with practical, experience-driven tips and tricks for being effective, happy and successful in modern day academia and related careers.
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S3E4 Dealing with Difficult Situations
๐คฏ A somewhat less cheerful but oh-so-important topic to cover in #HackingAcademia: dealing with Difficult Situations!I'm always happy when I'm learning, and as I've stepped up in leadershipโฆ
S3E3 On Expertise
A slight twist on my normal Hacking Academia video intended audience: today's "On Expertise" video is targeted more at the myriad industry, government and other sector workers who are interested inโฆ
S3E2 Do You Ever Sleep? The ins and outs of how many hours people work
Do You Ever Sleep??? ๐ดย I periodically get variants of this question: "When do you sleep?", "Do you ever sleep", and the more constructive, "how the heck do you manage your time?"In today'sโฆ
S3E1 Separating Process from Outcome
I have a massive backlog of #HackingAcademia videos to shoot: right at the top of the pile, prompted by a heap of conversations in recent months, is this one: the art of:Separating PROCESS fromโฆ
S2E31 Adapting to Changed Circumstances
๐ Free leftover food in the kitchen โ first come, first served!As a PhD student, those emails were great - Iโd drop everything and sprint to the tea room. Free food - what's not to love!Two decadesโฆ
S2E30 The Four Combinations of Student Supervisor Meetings
๐ Did you know there are (at least) four ways to combine supervisors and PhD students for your regular meetings โ and that each serves a different purpose?That's the topic of todayโs ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐โฆ
S2E29 Fakes Frauds and Fallacies
๐ฅ New #HackingAcademia episode just dropped โ and it's a sensitive but hopefully somewhat cathartic one, perfect for a Friday afternoon:๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ, ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ๐คฏ โThat guy sounds like a totalโฆ
S2E28 Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Context-Framing Questions for Industry and Government Meetings
They say you should see the forest for the trees ๐ฒ๐ณ - to understand the larger context rather than getting lost in the details without grasping this vital bigger picture ๐งฉThatโs what todayโsโฆ
S2E27 "I don't have time"
There's a laundry list of phrases that trigger me in #academia and related professions: one of the most frequent ones is "I don't have time" / "They don't have time."The reason it triggers me soโฆ
S2E26 Simplifying and Not Trying to Achieve Everything at Once
When is having a good awareness of the "big picture" in a PhD or general research not helpful?When you need to focus in on the "little picture", to preserve your sanity, lower your sky high stressโฆ
S2E25 Talent Strategy Recruiting and Retention
This week I had coffee with a new colleague and the conversation got onto the realities and challenges of recruiting, and retaining, the talent you want to work with and need to fulfill all thoseโฆ
S2E24 Tearing Your Hair Out in Meetings
This meeting is driving me INSANE ๐ก๐คฏI regularly take requests for my #HackingAcademia series: today's request was one of many about how to deal with meetings where you're frustrated beyond belief,โฆ
S2E23 Why Me? Why Not Me?
๐ค ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐? ๐คทโโ๏ธ ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐?In your career, youโll regularly hit moments where your confidence doesnโt match everyone elseโs.๐ค โWhy Me?โย Someone suggests nominating you for an award - and you think,โฆ
S2E22 Experiences With and Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence: April 2025 Update
Time for an update on #ArtificialIntelligence, from my personal perspective in a professional context: my continued exploration of its intense usage in a day-to-day career (2 and a bit years andโฆ
S2E21 Running Research Projects Without the Meltdown
๐ฉ Are you regularly stressed out, feel like you're in over your head, and wondering how you ended up working at 2โฏam on a Monday morning to meet a project deadline?You're not alone: I, and much ofโฆ
S2E20 How to Ask for Funding
๐ฅฃ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ซ, ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ OR๐ผ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ!I thought a little bit about sending the wrong messaging with this image thumbnail (referencing Oliver Twist) aboutโฆ
S2E19 Confidence Zones
The Goldilocks Zone is the just-right distance from a star ๐ where a planet can sustain liquid water ๐ง - not too hot, not too cold, but ideal conditions for the possibility of life to exist ๐ฑ.Theโฆ
S2E18 Some Insights I'd Tell My Younger Self About Leadership
What would I tell my younger self at the point I was starting my leadership journey? ๐ค๐ฃThat's the topic of today's Hacking Academia video ๐ฅ โ I like to do the more philosophical ones on a Fridayโฆ
S2E17 Rolling the Dice for Grant Funding Pipelines
๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฒI've been wanting to do this video for a while now, and thanks to Maceon Knopke's lovely 3D printed dice, here it is!This is also my 50th ๐ Hackingโฆ
Camera versus LiDaR
LiDaR versus CamerasThe recent "Can You Fool A Self Driving Car?" video by YouTuber Mark Rober has 17.5 million views [1], is generating a lot of buzz, and is already the subject of a number ofโฆ
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Hacking Academia has published 70 episodes since May 2023, covering topics in Arts.
Hacking Academia is currently sporadic with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 12m.
