His wife sat in the back tallying his 'ums' during PhD defense practice
CSProfKGD · x · 2026-09-26
CSProfKGD shares that during his PhD dissertation defense rehearsals, his wife sat in the back of the room tallying his "ums." @vincesitzmann jokes he didn't have time to practice before shipping his own defense, and that years of speaking still hasn't cured the filler words.
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