Latest / R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness
There’s no white horse coming. No secret strategy. No magical person to save your research career.
I used to believe in magical thinking—the idea that if I just worked with the right person, picked the right hot topic, or followed some “research success formula,” it would all come together.
But it doesn’t work that way.
What actually works?
Grinding. Rejection. Isolation. Picking yourself back up. Again and again.
It’s not glamorous—but it’s real.
I’ve accepted that no one’s coming to the rescue. So I’m trying to build something instead—a small platform called r3ciprocity.com. It helps researchers get feedback, build confidence, and stay motivated in a system that’s honestly stacked…
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