They work their tails off to meet his deadlines (when he clearly doesn't work as hard to meet our deadlines...but they don't call him out on it...)
This is the dumbest part of your post, making it hard to believe you've held down a real job, or exceed anyone in maturity.
Good luck with that!
Oh, yeah. There's a sense of superiority throughout all of this. Anything you can do, I can do better. I can do anything better than you.
In my experience, though, people who cop that kind of attitude are usually not as smart as they think they are. And their colleagues, not quite as stupid.
I toe-tah-lay want to see a first or second year anything call out the tippy top boss for not meeting deadlines. I also want to see that first or second year cry when the deadline not getting met is to file paperwork for their funding, travel, reading a manuscript for some minor publication, etc.
What I would really like to tear into is the paragraph that suggests talking about work is boring and that consumption of alcohol is a measure of how fun people are. That's a sad, unscholarly, drunken world to live in. Well, at least that's how it comes across.
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Peeps starting new programs, FYI: There are people who brag about never talking socially about work with their colleagues (first years, of late), and there are people who complain about colleagues who never want to discuss research or ideas, but are always on with the department gossip (people who win dept awards, of late). Don't say a word until you figure which of these groups are doing well in
your program, and seek a happy medium. Grapevine
and research talk are worthwhile.
Checking out is something to do if easily overwhelmed or too cool for school. Tis better to have friends outside of work if you need that level of decompression. Disclaimer: In my experience, close friends care about what I do with my life. Even the one who couldn't stand college long enough to finish.
As far as this time served/productivity equation goes, that's great bait! (for lab types)
