My biggest mistakes were:
- I loved studying CS. I was in a class with 5 other students and we had close interactions with the professor. After I took the exam, the professor asked me to become his assistant (not PhD but student). I turned down the offer because I would have needed to quit another shitty student job. In my case, this would have been an important experience for getting a PhD position though.
- Taking one of the first offers after graduation and sticking with it for too long.
Maybe this advice is helpful to someone. Let's divide people into those who don't realize that they don't understand something and those who realize that they don't understand something. And into those who ask questions and those who like hearing themself talking/explaining.
Out of the four the combination of 'don't realize that they don't understand' and 'likes hearing themself talking/explaining' is horrible. Run away as fast as you can! You cannot do anything. If you ignore it: then, it leads to a bad project outcome. If you try to fix them: your relationship will deteriorate which again leads to a bad outcome and more.
Maybe this advice is helpful to someone. Let's divide people into those who don't realize that they don't understand something and those who realize that they don't understand something. And into those who ask questions and those who like hearing themself talking/explaining.
Out of the four the combination of 'don't realize that they don't understand' and 'likes hearing themself talking/explaining' is horrible. Run away as fast as you can! You cannot do anything. If you ignore it: then, it leads to a bad project outcome. If you try to fix them: your relationship will deteriorate which again leads to a bad outcome and more.