My paper got rejected, whoop whoop. Good thing the way out is through The Thesis and not A Paper, though I think it means I won't ever get hired into a PhD level engineering job. I don't feel conflicted, though. I think I'm leaving engineering research for good. On the plus side, I will probably go into lab lore as the student who graduated without a publication. This will probably
- offer hope to future grad students also, uh, "fortunate" enough to be in this lab with an "exciting" project
- make me a "success" story to grad students in therapy
- shame my advisor? I'm sure it's embarrassing. Eh, no one outside the lab will ever hear about me.
By the way, the reviewer comment was right on. And to fix it, eh, would require another 4-6 weeks of work on my part, if lucky. If there was a new student, maybe 8-10 weeks. And that's not counting the write-up portion of resubmitting with new data. That could be short though. I'm babbling now. I am more than willing to give authorship to any soul out there that needs one and wants to do this go-nowhere project for 10 weeks.
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