First and foremost: have a supportive employer who values self-development. Part-time study is hard enough without an employer who is scared of employees becoming "too good and leaving".
Cloudflare is great at support self-development and my manager is very supportive. The flexible working makes things easier for those times when I need to have a meeting with my PhD Supervisor during work hours or something similar. PhDs are very flexible to study as (in the UK) they are very research focussed and there aren't classes. Work travel doesn't interfere with my degree as I am largely doing most my research work alone. so I still get to enjoy the fun of travelling to different counties to visit different Cloudflare offices.
When I was doing my Masters and at a previous job, it was hard work. I'd get up at 5:30 AM to drive 2.5 hours to work. I'd start early so I could leave early and drive to university where I'd study into the night and then I'd come home around midnight and work on writing my book, doing my degree project work or other personal projects. I coped with this for about 6 months during the toughest part of my degree, then gave into taking a term's break from my degree when I started Cloudflare.
Drive, self-determination and being focussed on finishing strong were all things which kept me going through that session.
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How do you manage the balance betweeen day job and working on your PHD at night? Sounds super challenging. Keep being awesome!
First and foremost: have a supportive employer who values self-development. Part-time study is hard enough without an employer who is scared of employees becoming "too good and leaving".
Cloudflare is great at support self-development and my manager is very supportive. The flexible working makes things easier for those times when I need to have a meeting with my PhD Supervisor during work hours or something similar. PhDs are very flexible to study as (in the UK) they are very research focussed and there aren't classes. Work travel doesn't interfere with my degree as I am largely doing most my research work alone. so I still get to enjoy the fun of travelling to different counties to visit different Cloudflare offices.
When I was doing my Masters and at a previous job, it was hard work. I'd get up at 5:30 AM to drive 2.5 hours to work. I'd start early so I could leave early and drive to university where I'd study into the night and then I'd come home around midnight and work on writing my book, doing my degree project work or other personal projects. I coped with this for about 6 months during the toughest part of my degree, then gave into taking a term's break from my degree when I started Cloudflare.
Drive, self-determination and being focussed on finishing strong were all things which kept me going through that session.