The life of a CS grad student

Lance Fortnow at Computational Complexity brings together a bunch of posts where he's given some advice on thriving and surviving the grad student experience from choosing a school to apply to all the way to negotiating the first job offer. The emphasis is on CS, but most of what he says is relevant to other fields. As well, he gives lots of insights into what all those grad students skulking around campus are going through. Many of the posts also have lively conversations going on in the comments sections.

Here they are:

• Judging Applications
  
• Choosing a Graduate School
  
• Choosing an Advisor
  
• Finding Problems to Work On
  
• Attending Conferences
  
• Writing a Dissertation
  
• Looking for Academic Jobs
  
• The Academic Interview Trip
  
  
  • What to Wear
    
  • The Job Talk
    
  • Meeting with Faculty
  
  
• Negotiating Your Offer