Conquering my academic demon

[@domainofscience]

In a way, it's a shame we have to have exams. I remember all through university this weighty pressure of the upcoming exams looming over me which is very stifling for the growth mindset because I felt I had to not just understand things, but understand them now! Thanks for sharing your journey through this Simon, can relate :)

[@rafakowalewski8336]

Exams are actually one of the best way of learning imo :) But in the judging context they can be quite stressful

[@shashankchandra1068]

have you seen any images of Quantum field(example:photon-field,up-quark field) if so then plzz send me one ,i have been searching for it for months and still not able to find it ,the closest thing i got is this video @1:30 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6KtYaJqiptml9k. There is an image it is called as Gluon-field(which is one of quantum field) other than that i am not able to find any other image(simulated or animated) image of quantum field,if you have one plzz send it

[@cantcommute]

you don't have to have exams if you do a PhD in the UK at least lol

[@cantcommute]

@@rafakowalewski8336 not everybody learns best with exams, and if you don't you're kinda screwed

[@ColinPaterson295]

@@cantcommute Every paper we submit is an exam :)

[@yerwol]

6:58 "_Really_ missed some very obvious signs". That's because it's not Physics. One just does not see.

[@PapaFlammy69]

congratz

[@adamharoon6021]

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[@felipebrunetta2106]

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[@nicolasbrossard8742]

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[@quasi-intellecual3790]

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[@ParthGChannel]

Taking this as inspiration to conquer the physics topics I always struggled with

[@remiwi2399]

Classic mechanics...

[@shashankchandra1068]

have you seen any images of Quantum field(example:photon-field,up-quark field) if so then plzz send me one ,i have been searching for it for months and still not able to find it ,the closest thing i got is this video @1:30 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6KtYaJqiptml9k. There is an image it is called as Gluon-field(which is one of quantum field) other than that i am not able to find any other image(simulated or animated) image of quantum field,if you have one plzz send it

[@alexanderquilty5705]

Why doesn’t Parth G have a checkmark? Huge fan by the way Parth, I love the videos you make. I absolutely love physics.

[@heaven2948]

Path gonna be crash dow be make sense of The dirac Equation

[@stvp68]

I wish students in every major would take seriously the importance of reviewing the material they haven’t been grasping.

[@sanderhoefsloot6852]

I love this video! As an astrophysics student it happens too often that I make notes, consume knowledge, make an exam and in the end do not at all remember or understand anything I did in the course (even if I passed the exam, which I almost always do with a minimal score), even when afterwards it was fun and interesting. This is a difficult hurdle to get over but really worth the effort.

[@kristadzive]

I didnt understand any of the physics you talked about, but I agree, the mindset is soo important! Too many struggle with this! Thank you, I really needed this!

[@christina_890]

I am loving reading through the comments - it's so reassuring to see so many of us who can relate with the feelings expressed in this video and, as someone with imposter syndrome (as is common in academia), this is really needed to be openly spoken about as well as how one can healthily confront their past struggles, thank you !

[@NikMcPherson]

That moment around 8:30. I'm still tearing up thinking about it and my similar years in my PhD. Man. Those times.

[@feynmansdaughter5195]

I'm just a freshman in physics but I will definitely rewatch this in my senior year. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@markkennedy9767]

Loved the end of this video. Contrasting the two mindsets. I've subscribed

[@ginavong401]

This was very moving - I’ve really enjoyed seeing your journey over the years. Thank you for taking us with you

[@1oojess]

Currently retaking a level biology after struggling massively with my mental health all throughout school to try to get into med school. It’s so easy to be hard on yourself when you just mentally aren’t in a good enough place. It gets frustrating knowing that you could do sooo well because you don’t lack the knowledge or ability, but just the mental energy to do what you can 100% do.

[@ThatDrummerFrank]

i loled so hard at 7:00 “i missed some obvious signs”

[@decay2__]

This is weirdly motivating. Thanks for sharing your story!

[@DrRandyDavila]

Hi Simon, your story about QFT reminds me of my time in my masters program at Rice University (computational and applied math) and your reaction to your old notes was particularly jarring for me. My topic was advanced numerical algebra. I can’t agree enough with your observation that finishing your PhD changes how you conceptually link things. I ended up learning the subject matter taught in my masters course within about a month after deciding to do exactly what you decided with QFT, respectively. Thanks for the video!

[@davidba37]

In my personal opinion michele Maggiore’s book is the best option for someone who is just starting at the subject, by other hand Schwartz’s book is the most natural next-step.

[@EVNgelion01]

I had to take a break halfway through- whilst i’m not a physics student- or very good at being academic- this fascinates me. I also want to make sure this labour of love of yours has the live it deserves in return!

[@parker3273]

It was a great watch! Thanks for sharing your journey.

[@JohnSmall314]

As a mature student I took a year off work to do QFT about 15 years go at Imperial. Now I'm revising it, so I'm working through QM via Sakurai. I might get Dirac as well. And then on to Peskin and Schroder. It's nice to spend time with the subject and reflecting on it which you can't do when rushing through things for exams.

[@akbarahmed3078]

It was so inspirational. Thank you.

[@LordVoltrex]

This made me oddly nostalgic for my own university days. Well done!

[@kristofmakay8267]

Almost chocked on my pasta from the “next slide, please”

[@clopensets6104]

I've learnt a bit of Quantum Field Theory here and there at the start of the year, but I barely took any notes, when it came to revising, the notes I took were borderline incomprehensible. The lesson I learnt was every bit of information matters when learning something as sophisticated as QFT.

[@indigo_diary]

That's such an inspiring video!

[@PhrontDoor]

The WORST part of general educational process is -- that it's so statically timed. Proper education, if the emphasis is on education, would be to have a student enroll in a course where the milestones and syllabus are set as "you will be taught X and then Y and we will then test you to see how well you were taught..." And THEN the teachers would work around that with NO specific time-constraint. The single largest destroyer of motivation in students is "you have to learn ALL this, and will be tested by THIS time and we expect this method to cause X% to fail". When you get to go at your own pace, it's vastly more enjoyable.

[@ethan-loves]

I like to think that having the right mindset for learning - a compassionate one - is really just appreciating how the learning process truly works.

[@PenandPaperScience]

What a brave soul you are :) In my experience, Quantum Field Theory is indeed a subject that is best studied without any pressure, to really try and understand the depths of it. I intend on uploading exercises on QFT on my channel, once I get to that part of physics :) PS: I love path integrals

[@jacobvandijk6525]

@ 3:40 I've been studying this since my retirement (no time limits!) and I'm enjoying myself almost each day of the week.

[@Shadwan11]

Thank you for this video. I didn't understand most of it from the QFT stand-point, but as always you made it sound interesting and I still got to learn something new, even a little bit. As for fighting your demons, I find your story relatable. I wish I could tell my younger self back in university that personal growth and subject maturatiy happens over time, and to put my ego aside.

[@irwin8155]

Great video, Simon. It has actually inspired me to go back and take on digital signal processing, a subject that for whatever reason (most likely mental health) my brain just outright refussed to learn or understand.

[@nicholasstapleton6108]

My experience between undergrad and my Master's was a night & day difference. Before, I had the privilege to study when I want and work when I had time. As an underfunded Master's student, it flipped to work when I didn't want to and study when I had time. For those unitiated to graduate students: don't pay for your grad school. Make someone else pay for it or find a program with assistantships so you can advance your career while you study.

[@onwrdandupwrd5303]

Good on you for making this video, I think the positive example you set here will help many people who emulate this forwards focused attitude.

[@eliasvandendriessche5562]

Finding myself studying QFT as part of my masters, I relate a lot to your experience

[@beemerwt4185]

I really. really. like this video. A lot of my failure throughout school was thinking that I wasn't capable of understanding the material. Interestingly enough, I also had the epiphany that the reason I didn't understand something was because I hadn't understood the foundations it was built off of. It came from Geometry in 8th grade, when I finally got to my freshman year of High School (9th grade), we started the year reviewing what we had learned in Geometry. I can't remember exactly what it was, but something immediately clicked and I realized that it was because I didn't understand how one thing worked that caused my confusion throughout the rest of the previous year. That was big. Unfortunately, I didn't ever make the connection to how it effected me--thinking "I'm not smart enough."

[@azerack955]

I'm a 3rd year undergrad and started taking QFT a month ago. We're following Eduardo fradkins book and I'm having a pretty tough time but you're right. It's so amazing to be able to just sit down and really absorb all the topics. There is so much interesting physics in QFT and I'm excited to learn so much this semester.

[@aniketchitre1566]

Hi Simon, thanks for this absolute gem! I'm a long time follower of the channel

[@bishalbasak9081]

I also struggled with qft not because it was hard to grasp but because our university taught the entire qft in 6 months. Not to say in an uninspiring manner. Which gave me a huge blow to my marks. But i started qft from a book named student friendly qft by Glaubber. It is quite good and to me it felt like i was getting content better than griffiths book on electromagnetism. But the time was limited while i was at university.

[@DKP_TV]

Honestly Simon, every time you bring out a video you always inspire me to learn more.

[@yannick2047]

Haha, QFT textbook on the shelf like a „giant black monolith“, this is exactly the same in my case …

[@yannick2047]

In my case, it would be Srednicki‘s textbook though.

[@tylercrowley2559]

Currently in that same fourth year at that same college, very much wishing I’d seen this video at the start of Michaelmas. 😔

[@TheKillerBotha]

A wonderful video. It's so lovely seeing someone express how they love learning (and the actual act of studying). I always felt kind of weird saying how much I missed it about my years at university. I feel like getting my head stuck into some real problems now lol. Keep up the great work!

[@sujalsalgarkar360]

I can't express how good this video was! Now I feel guilty that despite being a physics lover, I didn't subscribe him up till now.(Great work)

[@beeflon]

fascinating, I hate learning. sitting down with paper and a book is agonizing. my body screams: move and do something else!

[@frede1905]

Interesting video Simon! I decided to try to step into QFT land on ny own recently. I've found it difficult to know which resources to use, since I've never been here before and hence I don't know which books are typical in this subject and which ones are not. I found Peskin and Schroeder online, which is going sort of fine so far (although not an easy subject as you say, so I need to try to get an overview of the most important basic topics. So far, it's like every new thing is like opening a present - you never know what it will be. I am simply not familiar enough with the new techniques I am learning to know what is lurking in the math. Like antiparticles! I wouldn't have a single clue how they would pop up in field theory had I not seen it explicitly). I also found a slightly easier, but shorter summary that went up to QED online. But I started reading A. Z's book as well, as you suggested (luckily it was available online). It has certainly been useful as well, especially for learning path integrals, which I had literally never seen explicitly before. Just wanted to say thank you, as I would have likely not found that book without this video!

[@stauffap]

That's exactly why i hated my university experience. It's so much more enjoyable to learn everything without the dreaded time constraint. I also find that i can memorise it better and that it give me a fuller understanding. I really appreciate being able to learn without a time constraint. I don't mind the exams, since it's important to test your comprehension of a subject, but i mind the time constraint i.e. the "you have to pass your exame at this exact date or you'll fail the exam!". I appreciate your video. I bet that you taught a lot of people a valuable lesson by doing it. It's nice to see that other people have the same issues with certain subjects and that it's often not that people are not talented enough to understand it, but that they should maybe approach the subject differently or let the information sink in (giving it time) and checking out a variety of sources.

[@ludicrous9696]

I am studying this exact textbook right now! I got declined to do a PhD in string theory from all the UK universities that had groups in it and now I've decided to not give up but to study this book to understand the field better and hopefully be successful next time!

[@claradenken]

Thank you for exploring this for yourself (you can thank yourself for it, too ☺️) and teaching us those valuable lessons 😇I can relate too much. It is so important to keep the fun and the self compassion in learning and not to become an emotionless robot which I feel often seems like is expected of students. Exploring these highly complex subjects should be fun and if you don't understand them at first try there shouldn't be a reason to beat yourself up about it. It is not easy and imo it is highly noble if one chooses to get one's hands dirty and try to get a grip on those subjects. Actually the term "getting one's hands dirty" in this regard tells a lot about the "nonlinear" (to put it lightly, haha) process, too. I just thought about that :) Highly respect your drive, keep exploring what's interesting to you! Cheers from Germany to you, Simon

[@Sean-Richards]

QFT was the biggest rollercoaster of my uni career. I failed grad school QM (put my degree at risk with that one), used that as inspiration to try harder in QFT and put in more time for it than any other paper I had, then my lecturer passed away halfway through the semester, I felt like I understood nothing, sat the final exam, realised I knew more than I thought that I did, and got A+ and First in Course. That was a rough time, the first time my Impostor Syndrome started to really flex its teeth since undergrad. But, I like you got through it, and am here on the other side, smiling.

[@joelpendleton6167]

Fantastic video Simon!

[@TheDeltaboss]

Thank you for this. I've paused my physics education partially because of similar reasons you mentioned here. This gives me hope and strengthens my resolve.

[@dylanhaymore608]

Must be rather frustrating given your surname lol

[@TheDeltaboss]

@@dylanhaymore608 lol no relation afaik.

[@dylanhaymore608]

@@TheDeltaboss Still pretty cool though! It's like being a physicist with the last name Faraday or Newton. The significance will not be lost on most haha

[@samuela883]

Valuable piece of VIDEO!!! priceless

[@cosmoshivani]

I loved every bit of it! And I see myself there soemday 😊

[@monkerud2108]

great buddy :) facing trauma is what life is all about

[@Ovechkin8484]

I would like to recommend the textbook: Student Friendly Quantum Field Theory by Robert Klauber. QFT is my ‘academic demon’ as well and this is the first text out of many others that I have found accessible.

[@davidhowland2896]

Klauber is a brilliant book , he walks you through the ideas and plenty of worked examples. I would advise students to revisit quantum mechanics and electromagnetism for example MIT QM on Ytube. Klauber never uses that dreaded phrase ' its simple to show ' or ' its obvious that ' while leaving out dozens of necessary steps . Definitely recommended.

[@JohnFerrier]

I have the same book. :) Used it in my class as well

[@0Taneb]

My undergraduate supervisor at uni researched algebraic quantum field theory. I wish I had more understanding of what this involves but alas I'm not a physicist at all, I did maths and computer science. Enjoyed the video! A little disheartening to find at that your study habits at your worst is better than mine at my best, but still...

[@mattward715]

Very inspiring 👏

[@Arthur-xe3pu]

gonna take this as an inspiration to start learning GR and some chemistry stuff this summer.

[@SRoseAIResearch]

This is great. I'm doing this with a Computer science topic I hate to help form the basis for a potential PhD in September (subject to funding)

[@altinshala313]

love the video

[@aameerbhamani3915]

Very inspiring video! makes me want to go study now :)

[@puremathematician1372]

Man that book really shows how much I love em

[@yasminemhirsi2301]

Very relatable (a physics student with QM)!

[@dunglvht]

I've almost finished my 4th university year and am in a process defending my thesis on Standard model

[@PeterMorganQF]

I enjoyed your introduction of the foralluino particle. You may have thought you said "for all we know", but you didn’t.

[@achiltsompanos447]

One problem with qft, after completing quantum mechanics where almost everything is neatly solved and exposed, is that qft is nothing like that. Everything is messy, unsolvable, approximate, heuristic nonsensical stuff, that just works! Wrapping your head around this is a tall order in and of itself. In fact a large part of qft deals with solving the unsolvable equations.

[@srikanthtupurani6316]

Sometimes it is better to be exam oriented to save ourselves. If a subject is too much counterintuitive and we try to understand everything we will see real hell. We can postpone that zeal to understand everything. After doing the course we can try to understand things completely. It is better to solve standard problem sets and be exam oriented. Trying to understand everything does not work. Some subjects are like that.

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

My experience of the last year of university was somewhat similar (though I veered away from what I was studying, long story). I do think as a student of 21/22 you haven't had the successes in real life and the maturity of ploughing your own furrow to take away the ego and enjoy the learning of a subject in itself.

[@yashikarathi1176]

After this video, I love u more Simon!

[@MattMcIrvin]

ohhh god I more or less specialized in theoretical particle physics, my professor was one of the all-time acknowledged masters, and I STILL think quantum field theory is tailor-made to be bad for anyone's mental health. It's hard to understand in part because it's inherently poorly understood, by anyone.

[@ethan-loves]

great video

[@JoshKit]

I saw this in my sub box and went to watch it in nebula, but it's not been uploaded yet :/

[@SimonClark]

Huh, that shouldn't happen, I submitted the video there way earlier than I uploaded it to KZbin. Perhaps I need to upload with more time for the system to process it. Apologies, it's probably my fault!

[@why_though]

Still haven't learned how to spell it, it's Quantum Field Therror

[@homerthompson416]

What makes Dirac's book stand out against say Griffiths or Shankar for QM?

[@Halusafishingprofessional]

Who can I talk to about the string theory? ASAP please

[@Halusafishingprofessional]

If wish to listen

[@TAMThomasTAM]

Wasn't 18th of December 2012 the meme about the end of the world according to the Mayan Calendar? Maybe you got a deadline for that date and you thought there was some ironic connection there, hence the big "WHY?"

[@layanalghamdi8137]

Omg, Simon you said you’ll quit the habit of drinking unhealthy drinks while studying. I recommend you start drinking other healthier drinks or substituting the cola with tea. Or if you cannot completely cut it off, at least drink every other day

[@1007yes]

Agua!

[@layanalghamdi8137]

@@1007yes yeah, but I meant if he wanted something to give energy

[@Williamtolduso]

Next video: Conquering the nLab

[@khaaneph7311]

Simon, my man. Paint your dimachaeron.

[@kartik3454]

Hi can you explain sudden climate changes which occurred in past few weeks. Because where I live it was 50 C but next day it was cloudy and temperature dropped to 35 C.

[@Makazakariah]

me:*finished masters saying im never gonna touch physics ever again* also me: *watches video on QFT*

[@MichaelPennMath]

I was crushed by a QFT course I took in grad school as well!! Every so often I think about revisiting it, but have never made the time.

[@Daniel-ih4zh]

Funny since you research vertex algebras (iirc) :)

[@MichaelPennMath]

@@Daniel-ih4zh I know right. My knowledge of the exact relation between VOAs and physics is a bit embarrassing. If anyone out there in physics youtube wants to make a video together, apart from general questions I have some very specific ones: 1. I wrote a paper about permutation orbifolds that ended up in the Journal of Mathematical Physics. What are orbifolds of VOAs supposedly describing physically. 2. I heard a physicist say that "Physicists are most interested in Affine VOAs (WZW models) at integral or admissible level". Why? What makes non-admissible level VOAs not physically interesting. 3. A big thing now is to carefully prove old physics conjectures about so-called W-algebras. Why are W-algebras physically interesting. Anyway, I could go on and on.... If anyone is out there in the void!!

[@zeynand4039]

I am in a different field but it always annoyed me that I can't remember the critic components of alot of math. So decided to do some math for 4 weeks in the summer 2h a day. Hopefully it will just help me reorganize things in my mind.

[@John-uh1pb]

@@MichaelPennMath Sounds like the kinds of questions that John Baez might know some of the answers to? Or at least know who to point you in the direction of for answers! (I used to be a regular reader of his “This Weeks Finds in Mathematical Physics” but my physics is pretty lapsed these days.)

[@DrDeuteron]

@@MichaelPennMath the obvious answer to (2) is: "Renormalizability"

[@YourPhysicsSimulator]

The worst thing about university is that you sometimes feel like you pass the exams without understanding what's the true esence of the subjects you're studying... The deep understanding, if It ever arrives, comes when you have time to read, investigate... by yourself. And Simon is the living prove of it

[@narnigrin]

Not to mention that you also sometimes feel like you fail the exams despite understanding what you think is a good amount of the subject.

[@LookingGlassUniverse]

Quantum field theory is something I have always felt guilty about not understanding well, and I’ve been wanting to go back and learn it properly for many of the same reasons you mentioned. Thanks for making that point about mindset when learning, and just being nicer to yourself about not understanding something yet.

[@kunalverma6940]

glad to know that the people we all look up to are just like us! you guys are truly inspiring!

[@nuwang2381]

I really recomend drinking some good black tea during studying amazing energy and no crash.

[@brianholler3094]

Thank you Simon, this is exactly what I needed to hear. As a current 5th year PhD student studying 2D semiconductor physics, there are so many days where I feel like I don't understand the fundamentals or wish I did better in a subject that I have learned years before. This is motivating me to give some of my challenging subjects a new shot with a more optimistic viewpoint and try to commit to a more manageable timeframe! Great work as always!

[@brady1123]

It's such a relief to know that I am not the only physics grad student who feels this way. I am a 3rd year PhD student working on 2D materials and I often worry that I am missing some fundamental knowledge that is going to keep me from being able to succeed at my research.

[@DH-be4ur]

@@brady1123 more than anything else, my PhD has excelled at making me feel stupid.

[@tinylions]

5th year PhD student here, too. Thanks for the motivation to revisit fundamental concepts!

[@achiltsompanos447]

If you don’t understand then if nothing else, you’re in good company. Feynman didn’t as well. Hence the shut up and calculate motto. Cheers.

[@DrDeuteron]

Don't worry guys, I've known plenty of people with a lesser grasp of physics than I have, and they have far more successful careers. Not everyone can be a rock star, there is plenty of room of solid sessions players.

[@lewisvanhugten]

Haha Simon is just another nerd who missed the obvious signs of a girl with a crush on him

[@savagesarethebest7251]

We all have been there

[@EuskaltelEuskadi]

I love that you're still drinking Coke while studying, it reminds me of the Coke mountain that you cleaned up at the end of your PhD. You really need to get a sponsorship from them! Also, I haven't commented on one of your videos in a while, but I wanted to say that I starting watching your videos when I was applying to PhDs a few years ago and I watched all the way through your coding struggles which mirrored my own. Anyway, I'm pleased to say that also like you I came out unscathed, and as of February 2021, am a doctor in cosmology :) Thanks for everything, Simon, you have inspired me so much :)

[@TheDeltaboss]

I've heard writing goes faster if you consume Coke nasally vs orally.

[@hath6617]

@@TheDeltaboss I’ve had good results with anally :)

[@zteaxon7787]

I was told by some nutritionist lecturer that diet coke is neurotoxic. It also creates a horrible allergy where I keep swallowing snot. The company also organizes lectures to humiliate and abuse European employees for their race. I get it but Christiano Ronaldo is right. Stay away from that garbage.

[@andrewcgs]

8:17 11:56 This hit home very hard for me. I'm an Italian math student, finally finishing my Master degree with ABYSMAL delay. Been in and out of burnout for three years straight by now, and I really can't help but seeing myself in the same exact position as you described yourself in some of your videos. I always wanted to pursue a PhD and an academic career, but I think the moment has come for me to finally tackle my mental health issues, maybe take a gap year, and set my priorities straight. I think that your videos had a HUGE (positive) impact on me, and I'll be forever grateful for this. Thank you Simon, sincerely.

[@indigo_diary]

Studying a master degree in maths is already such a great achievement that you can be proud of! There's nothing more important than a peaceful mind, I hope you have self-compassion and get better soon!🌸♥️

[@vardhanmittal3318]

"My brain wasn't just accepting this information." This is my favourite quote from now on for college learning.

[@MrPhysics13]

This video has really inspired me to tackle my nemisis of Functional analysis from my third year! Like you, my mental health was through the floor, I just wasn't in the right mental space to take on this sort of knowledge. Now that I have started my PhD, and looking back at old notes, I feel that I am now in a position to tackle this again! Thank you for the inspiration Simon!

[@andrewwells6323]

I studied Physics and Maths at UCL and I struggled with mental health immensely for a long time (even before I started studying at university). It's a really great idea to go back and make this video and I know how it can be a really dark and awful period. One of the worst things about mental health is that you really internalize the negative filter, you funnel all of your daily life through. In my situation even after graduating with a 1st. I still felt disappointed and that should've been a red flag as to how bad it was. But, it really does get better.

[@NinjaAgnostic]

As someone who had improperly managed ADHD and mental health issues that led me to drop out 7 years ago, it took me failing classes during a pandemic to finally learn self compassion. But I'm finally doing the things I've been wanting passing classes even while working. It turns out self compassion was the pre-requisite I needed to allow myself to explore unique and strange studying habits that actually work for me. It's weird, but charles bukowski keeps coming to my mind lately- "Don't Try." Setting a timer for 4 years to see how I'm doing in Law School.

[@andrewwells6323]

@@NinjaAgnostic I'm glad to hear things have improved.

[@temiolu3049]

I just want to say congratulations, it seems like you're doing better with accepting your achievements for what they are but I thought you deserved to hear that. Also I'm a first year at ucl doing physics and if it's not too personal could you tell me what you're working as now, if you are working as now. If you got your job through an internship. Idk I'm just interested in what I could possibly go into a couple years from now

[@andrewwells6323]

@@temiolu3049 Thanks and best of luck with your degree. I'm a graduate student but if you need help with career-related stuff, UCL careers is very good. They should have sent out emails to every student.

[@temiolu3049]

@@andrewwells6323 thank you, I'll be sure to check it out

[@idjles]

I won the university medal for my studies in theoretical physics. The only time I was brought to tears was walking into my supervisor’s office and admitting I couldn’t get QFT. He graciously changed my thesis topic to Schrödinger. 28 years later my own daughter’s supervisor had that very same office.

[@fiannafailgalway8446]

Did you go to Tcd?

[@frede1905]

"He graciously changed my thesis topic to Schrödinger." Excuse me for asking, but what do you mean? That you had a thesis on only pure (nonrelativistic) QM without QFT? If so, what topic? I am simply interested, don't take this invasjon personal :).

[@orfeasliossatos]

This is such a treasure, I have a brilliant friend in mathematics who has been feeling down in a rut and I'll point her to this!

[@semitangent]

I can recommend the QFT book by Peskin & Schroeder ("An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory"). The exercises at the end of each chapter have a very nice flow.

[@lordofutub]

Tldw: depression makes studying hard

[@maxwellsequation4887]

I don't understand how could you feel depressed in studying such a BEAUTIFUL subject? And a BEAUTIFUL theory?

[@helloimnisha]

@@maxwellsequation4887 I am studying qft and yes it's depressing

[@thegedi97]

Optics was always my demon in undergrad - the only class I ever failed! I’m now halfway through a PhD in imaging optics in my effort’s to truly conquer it

[@shooty22]

It is crazy how much your videos motivate me to study and learn. It's especially crazy considering the first 22 years of my life I despised school and reading, but I am glad I found a new appreciation for it. I'll definitely be tuning into those streams where you just work when my next grad school classes start. Thanks for your content!

[@faridarahman2659]

I love this so much. It's so rare to see someone just enjoy an intellectual challenge on platforms like youtube! I think seeing someone else doing it makes it feel more doable for yourself. Thanks for making this vid :)

[@sotirios-efstathiosantonou1457]

Man, I wish I had the time to start conquering my own Everest after University. It's totally different to study those difficult subjects at your own pace without the pressure of deadlines, projects and exams. Great inspirational video AGAIN!

[@asads6084]

I have been watching you since you first started making videos. Thank you so much for the helpful and inspiring content