Researcher advice: pick the nicest PIs, not the most famous ones
skoularidou · x · 2026-09-20
AI researcher skoularidou advises junior researchers to work with the kindest PIs and colleagues rather than the most famous ones, noting that the intersection of the two is small in the field — and that a nice mentor has a far greater positive impact on both career and mental health.
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