The next phase

What happens after a PhD

My daughter made this sign for me 3 years ago.
After defending my PhD thesis on Monday, it has become a reality:

The sign was a daily reminder, sitting on my desk, encouraging me to keep going. It worked.

Here are a few things I learned from doing a PhD:

1) Doing a PhD is really hard.

The rigour and depth of the research were, at times, mind-numbing. It was…