{"product_id":"0787867223123","title":"Partners in Crime","description":"A graduate student in the sciences and engineering has to attend conferences, write journal articles, navigate collaborations, negotiate for lab equipment, mediate between squabbling lab mates, indulge eccentric professors, teach undergraduates, and secure funding every semester. Undergrad teaches you none of these skills, and no one warns you before you start grad school that you need them.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Grad!\u003c\/i\u003e is a practical-and politically incorrect-guide for current and future grad students trying to unravel the mysteries of the master's degree and Ph.D. For most of your time in grad school, you're not worrying about looking good to an admissions committee or beefing up a resume. Instead, you're hoping that you'll get that teaching position next semester so you can pay the rent; you're working late into the night to get that conference abstract submitted before the deadline; you're wondering how to get forms signed when your advisor is out of town; you're hoping you won't have to spend the weekend feeding rats in the lab. \u003ci\u003eGood Grad!\u003c\/i\u003e contains the hard-fought wisdom of those who have gone through these trials by fire and come out the other side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor budding scientists and engineers, \u003ci\u003eGood Grad!\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable resource at every stage of a graduate career, from when you're deciding whether to attend grad school at all to when you're finally defending your thesis, and all the years in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Going to Grad School\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: The Milestones of Grad School\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Your Advisor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Research Group\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Your Research\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Funding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Going to a Conference\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Publishing a Journal Article\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: The Bureaucracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Getting a Job\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Social Life\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Ambrose","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47094345236720,"sku":"0787867223123","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0787867223123_p0.jpg?v=1763523745","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0787867223123","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}