Here is an AWESOME video (with cool drawings) about how people are motivated.
What Motivates People (Specificaly technical people)
July 21st, 2010 by joey | Filed under Business, Happy Living, Life, really cool.|
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Joey, I’m glad to see that you are still thriving. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog, but particularly LOVE this video. I’m currently trying to wrap up my doctoral dissertation and find that this absolutely sucks. Despite the fact that I enjoyed the research and enjoy telling people about it, framing the work in terms of work in terms of the big reward, representative of other institutional expectations (i.e. the diploma) rather than personal satisfaction at the work or the presentation of seems to make the thought process and motivation just implode like the guy in India. It is interesting considering that I did not feel this way at all undergrad when the goal was much more straightforward and the work closer to a “mechanical” task. In any case, thanks for a very interesting and helpful thing to think about.
Hey Brian!
It’s good to hear from you! Thanks for sending me feedback on my blog, I’m glad you enjoyed it. I feel your pain on the motivation problem.
Josh told me a little about your work three years ago or so, heat conduction, and specifically heat pipes. It sounds really interesting. I’d love to get a copy of your dissertation when you are done. I probably won’t read it in depth, but I’d love to skim it, and get a feel for what it’s about, and what you researched. My Bro. In Law just finished his Master’s dissertation, it was about how his research showed that selenium prevented prostrate cancer in mice, it was interesting.
Joey
Joey:
Yes, what you really from Josh is dead on. I’ve ended up specifically studying Loop Heat Pipes, in which an evaporator with a capillary wick structure serves as a passive pump without moving parts. This circulates fluid to a relatively ordinary heat exchanger which serves as a condenser. It works much better than conventional heat pipes over long distances and is pretty big in satellite thermal control for moving heat directly from electronics to the backs of solar panels. I think the HVAC energy savings in large data centers would be huge, if one could integrate this conveniently into a rack server system and plumb the rack to a central condenser outdoors. I’ve got a journal article in the works which I will send you a copy of when it’s at a state that I can distribute — a much better read than the dissertation itself.