All other things being equal it seems reasonable to expect the net research output of a postdoc, per unit time, to be greater than the same of a PhD student. I'm not sure exactly how you might measure research output, but this imaginary scale might be reasonably considered to exist (perhaps publications per unit time?).
Now that I am effectively a postdoc, this simple assumption either helps make me focused in the lab or acts as a horrible tyranny imposing anxiety and tension. Guess what it is this week?
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