paper-machine comments on Scholarship: How to Do It Efficiently - Less Wrong

113 Post author: lukeprog 09 May 2011 10:05PM

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Comment author: atucker 09 May 2011 10:33:40PM 2 points [-]

Do you have any particular recommendations on how to do this while you still have a day job?

Comment author: lukeprog 09 May 2011 10:59:47PM *  28 points [-]

I had a full-time regular day job up to March 4th of this year. To have time to do scholarship, it helps to:

  • have a very non-needy and independent significant other
  • have no children
  • no TV, no video games, no movies, no internet wandering
  • eat well and sleep well so that you have energy without needing much sleep
  • be synthesizing your research discoveries in your mind while in the shower, while going to work, while eating
  • be absolutely obsessed with figuring out the world
Comment author: [deleted] 09 May 2011 11:11:07PM *  4 points [-]

As yet another data point, I have a half-time academic job, and even so I barely have enough time to do scholarship. I differ from the above list in that I do internet-wander and I do sleep poorly.

Hey, I'm working on it.

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