Amazing research, but choose your PI carefully - Graduate Research Assistant MIT Employee Review

5.0
23 July 2021
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Pros

- Amazing researchers - Lots of collaboration opportunities - Exciting environment

Cons

Some Principal Investigator (PIs), also known as professors, can be very micro-managing and expect you to work all the time. Choose your research group carefully!

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Pros

Brilliant colleagues A good degree of research independence Research funding sufficient for running experiments

Cons

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