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dutchdoomsday t1_j1h10wx wrote

Reply to TIFU in giving a presentation today which was a part of my Ph.D. evaluation. by askingrytquestions

"I did pass" nuff said. Nothing to worry about then. Hiring parties look at your experience and credentials, not your scores or how long you took for a presentation. Besides, have you seen the stuff people do on here that dont embarass them? The only reason your story is even close to a ballpark of embarassing would be because meds were involved, and i can even top that story with a colleague that defended his thesis while on cocaïne. Je was done 10 minutes earlier than expected.

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LC_Anderton t1_j1gzjwb wrote

Reply to TIFU in giving a presentation today which was a part of my Ph.D. evaluation. by askingrytquestions

My wife once gave a presentation of her PhD research at a major convention. She was really nervous but her professors thought it would be good for her to do it and it was her work so she should be recognised for it.

On the day, she was worried that me being in the auditorium would make her too nervous, so I said I’d wait outside… and I genuinely intended too… but just before her presentation, I snuck in at the back of auditorium.

It was huge (to me anyway)… and packed with 300+ people, mostly scientists, professors, other PhD’s… and the grunt squaddie at the back…

There was a giant screen behind her, and they gave her a laser pointer to indicate the points on screen she was talking about… now she’d never used a laser pointer before… so instead of “on/off”, she just kept it “on” the whole time.

Being at the back and hence at the top of the auditorium, I can see the whole show, and I notice every time she turned, to the screen or back to the audience, the front row instinctively started ducking or bobbing their heads in a mini ‘Mexican wave’ motion… it was only after this happened a few times I realised every time she turned, she was sweeping the laser across the eyes of everyone in the front row… but she was so focussed on her presentation she didn’t notice.

Anyway, she received huge applause from the audience (so I’m guessing that means it was good even though I didn’t understand a word of it 😏)… and no lasting harm done… almost… except 30 years later I still remind her of the time she “blinded” the most senior faculty members at one of the world’s most prestigious universities 😂

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PassengerNumerous607 OP t1_j1gz5bb wrote

Reply to comment by chee_burger in TIFU by sleeping with a friend. And I mean just sleeping by PassengerNumerous607

Now that the dust has settled, I can see how it may seem like that. If really isn’t that serious, but try to put yourself in my shoes and think about how devastating it could be for one stupid action to cost you a close friendship as well as professional relationship. I was freaking out, I value both relationships way too much

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mohd_sm81 t1_j1gxveu wrote

Reply to comment by askingrytquestions in TIFU in giving a presentation today which was a part of my Ph.D. evaluation. by askingrytquestions

Anxiety is there for a reason... I was anxious during my defense as well, but that lead me to perform much better than I expected 😂.... again a win is a win, now you are a PhD candidate (was it the proposal you did?) don't do that during defense. In proposals they are more lenient and can give time, in defense it is strictly 45 mins or less... so good luck!

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