I massively agree with the idea of “just do a project”, particularly since it’s a better way of getting practice of the type of research skills (like prioritisation and project management) that you will need to be a successful researcher.
I suppose the challenge may be choosing a topic for your project, but reaching out to others in the community may be one good avenue for harvesting project ideas.
What are your thoughts on re-implementing existing papers? It can be a good way to develop technical skills, and maybe a middle ground between learning pre-requisites and doing your own research project? Or would you say it’s better to just go for your own project?
The best thing to do is the thing that works for YOU.
Yes, reimplementing existing papers is great. Talking to others in the community for ideas is great if you can.
I don’t think there is a right way for everyone. So if you are already making learning a lot through re-implementing or something else then just ignore most of my advice. Also, if my advice isn’t helpful for you then try one of the other ideas.
I massively agree with the idea of “just do a project”, particularly since it’s a better way of getting practice of the type of research skills (like prioritisation and project management) that you will need to be a successful researcher.
I suppose the challenge may be choosing a topic for your project, but reaching out to others in the community may be one good avenue for harvesting project ideas.
What are your thoughts on re-implementing existing papers? It can be a good way to develop technical skills, and maybe a middle ground between learning pre-requisites and doing your own research project? Or would you say it’s better to just go for your own project?
The best thing to do is the thing that works for YOU.
Yes, reimplementing existing papers is great. Talking to others in the community for ideas is great if you can.
I don’t think there is a right way for everyone. So if you are already making learning a lot through re-implementing or something else then just ignore most of my advice. Also, if my advice isn’t helpful for you then try one of the other ideas.