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Currently completing a research master’s in quantum photonics, having built strong experimental expertise in a demanding, fast-paced lab environment. Facing a choice between continuing into a familiar, faster PhD program or joining a world-renowned research group abroad.🎓🔬🌸🙏🏻 […]

While the current option offers direct continuity and faster completion, the prestigious alternative provides top-tier mentorship at the cost of a longer timeline and an uncertain culture. The core dilemma centers on balancing time-to-degree against global prestige and mentorship.

I am unsure how I should make a decision. Currently, I am only able to think in terms of ambition and comfort. I want to learn to work for the Mother. How should I make a choice according to you and how to transition from selfish work to disinterested work? Currently, there is insincerity in all the failures; I say that it doesn’t matter, I’m working for the Mother, but I own up all the successes. Thank you!

The place where you study plays a relatively smaller role. What matters ultimately the sincerity of the student. Generally, however, shifting and switching universities based on some inconveniences is not a very helpful thing unless there is a marked difference and, especially, the interest has shifted in the subject itself. Otherwise, it is best to continue and complete what one has undertaken.

Affectionately,  

Alok Da 

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