As we progress through life, our needs, desires, and even objectives, change. That certainly has been the case for me over the years. This article is my attempt at distilling what advice I can for someone making a transition from a junior to a senior researcher in the database field: think Associate Professor or someone 5 to 10 years post PhD.

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什么成为高级研究员

随着我们生活的进步，我们的需求、愿望甚至目标都会发生变化。多年来，我当然就是这种情况。这篇文章是我试图为从初级研究员过渡到数据库领域高级研究员的人提炼出什么建议：想想副教授或博士后 5 到 10 年的人。