Tim is a nice guy, but has some unique thought, which makes him sometimes not an ideal boss of a lab.
This is what happened today. One labmate submitted his manuscript to Science and got the feedback yesterday. In brief the editor suggested sending it to somewhere else since there is no physiological relevance. My labmate printed it out and gave it to Tim.
"well, it is a fair review, and there is a point", Tim said, after read it.
My labmate feels very frustrated and becomes supercynical today. Tim, as a boss, should stand on his side. He was told several times such thing happens actually on everyone in the lab, but once it happened on himself, it's still hurt. Therefore, people in the lab gathered together, to give him a group therapy.
I am not saying Tim is a bad person. It is just Tim being Tim. Maybe that is what he had been through in Marc Kirschner's lab. David Drubin in Berkeley ever said Marc's lab is extremely disorganized. It is a shame that people in that lab could have performed even better if things go to the other way. Tim always thinks if you are good, you can figure everything out by yourself. Unfortunately, it turns out to be not everyone is as brilliant as Tim is.
Well, it seems I better get myself well prepared, since I shall be the next one to be hit.
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I saw the same problem on Steve, too. A common feature?
That may be why Steve can tolerate my disorganized labwork and labnote..
Compared with Sasha, Lifan's Mentor, who can make several phone calls within A WEEK to make the editor override reviwers' comments, what you talked about is really downsides.
Keep in faith! You may have a totally positive comments.
-Ting
I am fine and not losing any faith. It is just Tim being Tim, like I said.
I didn't tell the whole story, so I guess your Steve might not be that "problematic" as Tim in this respect.
I don't like Sasha, or that kind of person, based on LiFan's description. Given the choices, I'll pick Tim within a heartbeat, no matter how many "TOP" papers I can have under Sasha.
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