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Hi, I'm a postdoc, doing random videos on anything that catches my eye on my life journey. Postdoc lifestyle is basically a surfer lifestyle.

For the most part, I will be focusing on the two main topics:
- Applying for grants, particularly for the MSCA PF (summer time). All products can be found on my Gumroad: socialdatascientist.gumroad.com
- Web-development and DevOps

Please subscribe if you are a similar cross-breed of an academic and a coder!
Best Paying Postdoc. Hands Down.
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2 месяца назад
Walking around Oxford: Westgate Mall
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2 года назад
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@isis_araujo
@isis_araujo 11 дней назад
Good evening! I am from Brazil, how are you? Could you share your code?
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 11 дней назад
Do you mean the upload_bucket.py? Here it is: import boto3 import os import click session = boto3.session.Session() s3 = session.client('s3', region_name='nyc3', endpoint_url='nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com', aws_access_key_id=os.getenv('SPACES_KEY'), aws_secret_access_key=os.getenv('SPACES_SECRET')) @click.command() @click.option('--bucket', default='your-bucket-name', help='The name of the S3 bucket to upload to') @click.option('--prefix', default='media/', help='The prefix (folder) to upload to inside the bucket') @click.option('--local-dir', default='./media', help='The local directory to upload from') def upload_folder_to_s3(bucket: str, prefix: str, local_dir: str): """Upload a folder from local machine to an S3 bucket or DigitalOcean Space""" if not os.path.exists(local_dir): raise Exception(f"The local directory {local_dir} does not exist") for root, dirs, files in os.walk(local_dir): for file in files: local_file_path = os.path.join(root, file) relative_path = os.path.relpath(local_file_path, local_dir) s3_key = os.path.join(prefix, relative_path).replace("\\", "/") print(f"Uploading {local_file_path} to {s3_key} in bucket {bucket}") s3.upload_file(local_file_path, bucket, s3_key) if __name__ == '__main__': upload_folder_to_s3()
@TopflixwithRaza
@TopflixwithRaza 11 дней назад
Please tell me how much this Marie Curie fellowship will be given to a postdoc in Italy. Also tell me if one earns around 7000 Euros in Italy, then is this taxable?
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 11 дней назад
It is taxable. Unfortunately, I don't know what are the exact numbers for Italy.
@mdborhan9703
@mdborhan9703 17 дней назад
Hey There, It's Borhan here! I'm a huge fan of your "Surfing Through Life as a Postdoc" RU-vid channel. Your content is always top-notch, and I can see the passion and effort you pour into each video. I believe you have incredible potential to reach an even wider audience with a solid RU-vid strategy. I would love to schedule a short meeting with you to discuss how I can help you grow your channel faster. This is not a sales call, but an opportunity to share ideas and offer assistance. Let me know if you're interested, and we can find a convenient time to chat. Thanks for your time and for creating such amazing content.
@oe4270
@oe4270 19 дней назад
Do you mind if ask you, did you finish your post-doc at the Universiy of Oxford?
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 19 дней назад
yep
@doublelayer
@doublelayer 26 дней назад
You are cool!
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 26 дней назад
thanks, she is
@dorothyokoth209
@dorothyokoth209 Месяц назад
Thank you. Do you have download guidelines
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife Месяц назад
on some other videos not on this one
@doublelayer
@doublelayer Месяц назад
Many thanks! I have just send you some tips for a nice drink. This list works great with chatGPT. Previously I have asked to access proposals basing on the evaluation guideline + MSCA handbook. But your list is much more details and directs the AI to provide very detailed advice on improving proposals. Thanks!
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife Месяц назад
great job! yes, I think that this is the best way to do it.
@VimalaSridurai
@VimalaSridurai Месяц назад
Thanks a lot Milan for the valuable material. Should the references be cited only in the footnotes? Or they can be added at the end of the proposal? Your suggestions on which would be better?
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife Месяц назад
usually, they are in the footnotes.
@VimalaSridurai
@VimalaSridurai Месяц назад
Thanks a lot for the very essential info... What's the font size used in the 1st Gantt chart that you showed ( which u mentioned as presented in landscape). Is it the same font size as the main proposal text? Also are the ERC Gantt charts example you showed later presented in landscape or Portrait mode?
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife Месяц назад
There is a requirements that table text should be the same as the main text, but you better check the requirements for this year.
@shrikanttangade4431
@shrikanttangade4431 Месяц назад
Thank you very much Milan for your valuable self assessment information. Thank you again for your valuable time and dedication for preparing MSCA PF short videos 🤝👍
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife Месяц назад
Always welcome! Hope you make use of it, and good luck with your applications this year!
@shrikanttangade-n8r
@shrikanttangade-n8r Месяц назад
@@PostdocLife Thank you very much.
@meizucos
@meizucos Месяц назад
i think 777 is not safe should set 775 or 755;❤🎉 if you can access terminal better to run php artisan storage:link
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife Месяц назад
good catch, thanks!
@jonathanbrunel1468
@jonathanbrunel1468 Месяц назад
Very helpful, thank you so much !
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife Месяц назад
Glad it was helpful!
@mahfoudbabaousmail4332
@mahfoudbabaousmail4332 Месяц назад
Thank you for providing this valuable document
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife Месяц назад
Glad it was helpful!
@alexrimui
@alexrimui 2 месяца назад
The video has really helped me from Kenya. Thank you.
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
Glad it was helpful!
@cjrpascual
@cjrpascual 2 месяца назад
my question is , after cloning it .. can we run the project now ?
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
if it's a web-app then no. You need to set up everything else (nginx, apache server, database etc..)
@shrikanttangade-n8r
@shrikanttangade-n8r 2 месяца назад
Thank you very much for your dedicated guidance through valuable YT videos🤝👍
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
It's my pleasure
@oe4270
@oe4270 2 месяца назад
Thank you for the information but there is a need to move from general into specific tips and sentences.
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
Thank you!
@josealhambra6505
@josealhambra6505 2 месяца назад
First of all, thank you so much for your videos. I am trying to apply for a MSCA PF and this is gold. Having said that, I would like to ask you a question: is there any place or website where I can take a look at actual examples of applications?
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
no, I haven't seen many. There are bits and parts from an application in 2016 here: shannonchance.net/blog-posts/, but overall, I think it will be difficult to find a free sample online. Try your friends who got MSCA PF before and the research services of the host institution -- they usually do have examples they can share with their incoming applicants.
@josealhambra6505
@josealhambra6505 2 месяца назад
@@PostdocLife Honestly, I don't know anyone who has applied for a MSCA PF in philosophy, but that link will help me. Thanks!
@shrikanttangade4431
@shrikanttangade4431 2 месяца назад
Thank you very much
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
You are very welcome!
@saddiqueakbar4774
@saddiqueakbar4774 2 месяца назад
please can i request your email? thank u
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
you can ask your questions here...
@olunet
@olunet 2 месяца назад
The example is good, yet even more details would be great. Be smart and write even shorter sentences than in the given example. For example, instead of mentioning departments better add references to articles or webpages.
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
I agree on more details and sentence structure. As to references to articles in this part of the applications -- I'm not sure about it. They belong in part 1 "Excellence." Also, do not add references to webpages -- evaluators are instructed not to access any external links on the application -- it's not useful.
@olunet
@olunet 2 месяца назад
@@PostdocLife Sure, reviewers do not have to access webpages. Similarly there is no obligation to check articles. Any reference is just proof that your statement has a base. In that case it is better to add a weblink, for example, for an existing course than writing its code.
@olunet
@olunet 2 месяца назад
Writing that you plan to publish in Nature is a bad idea as it does to match with the MSCA scope. On the opposite, it sounds like a risky promise, which might downgrade the evaluation.
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
There is a rule that they don't evaluate journals based on Impact Factor, goes both ways (high or low as long as it is a reputable journal). Nature is just a stand-in for a "reputable journal in your area." But in general, I don't think that they will downgrade you for ambition. MSCA PFs should be ambitious. My two cents.
@olunet
@olunet 2 месяца назад
@@PostdocLife I was downgraded exactly for being too ambitious. First, promising to publish too many papers. Second, for aiming at high impact journals. Even without MSCA I managed to publish all desired papers in Q1 journals, but with limited resources (thus limited methods, mobility, etc) reached high impact journals much later. Anyway, Nature is not the kind of ambition that is expected from an applicant.
@olunet
@olunet 2 месяца назад
Cool approach!
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
great you liked it!
@Md.ShaifurRahman
@Md.ShaifurRahman 2 месяца назад
Thank you so much. Its really helpful. However, it is really hard to place the chart in a portrait A4 page and maintain the font type/size requirements. Do you have any idea on how we can fit the gantt chart on A4 portrait page? For instance, upon preparing the gantt chart in XL file or doc table, and then converted to image format, so that it will fit in proposal page. But the problem is the font size will be reduced. I highly appreciate your attention!!
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
I used a landscape page for the gantt chart. Sometimes, people manage to fit it into the portrait page, too, but make sure that you're not using a small font to do so.
@Md.ShaifurRahman
@Md.ShaifurRahman 2 месяца назад
@@PostdocLife Thank you so much!
@shrikanttangade-n8r
@shrikanttangade-n8r 2 месяца назад
Thank you Mila, very good points.
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
Glad it was helpful!
@shrikanttangade-n8r
@shrikanttangade-n8r 2 месяца назад
Thank you very much.
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
You are welcome!
@dorothyokoth209
@dorothyokoth209 2 месяца назад
How can I get your slides?
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
docs.google.com/presentation/d/16QzKgrASOSaXooN1DYEtI1meQi4d7yao/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110700277096729288357&rtpof=true&sd=true
@gedemoye128
@gedemoye128 2 месяца назад
How do you include messages on findings in the proposal? Thanks
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
mostly, I think it's two-fold. Sometimes, your project hypotheses might be interesting by themselves for dissemination/communication activities. But more likely, you need to think given that you confirm your hypothesis, what problems (for target audiences) it will solve? I guess that would be a more interesting message. Here is a video that gives a great idea how this part will be evaluated: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7tFiOCiVZJg.html
@gedemoye128
@gedemoye128 2 месяца назад
@@PostdocLife Many thanks
@shrikanttangade4431
@shrikanttangade4431 2 месяца назад
Great 👌 Thank you very much
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 2 месяца назад
you're welcome
@shrikanttangade4431
@shrikanttangade4431 3 месяца назад
Thanks for your valuable tips and time 🤝
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 3 месяца назад
My pleasure
@Md.ShaifurRahman
@Md.ShaifurRahman 3 месяца назад
Thank you so much!
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 3 месяца назад
Glad it helped!
@wasimal-jaradi6570
@wasimal-jaradi6570 3 месяца назад
Thank you
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 3 месяца назад
You're welcome
@maryamdaneen7190
@maryamdaneen7190 3 месяца назад
Hello Ma'am
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 3 месяца назад
Hello 😊
@butiknowimissyou
@butiknowimissyou 3 месяца назад
Thank you❤
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 3 месяца назад
You're welcome 😊
@csabaszabo8624
@csabaszabo8624 4 месяца назад
Its a full nonsense to have such a criteria. Part of the emerging woke ideology in science too
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 4 месяца назад
sic vita est
@thecyrilcril
@thecyrilcril 4 месяца назад
Thanks for this video. How do I make it work without the SSL steps?
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 4 месяца назад
skip the certbot step, just set up DNS records in your domain provider. It should work without.
@thecyrilcril
@thecyrilcril 4 месяца назад
@@PostdocLife Sorry I meant How do I make it work without a domain name?
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 4 месяца назад
@@thecyrilcril if you do it up to the certbot (14:54) you should be able to access it by the server's IP address
@username42
@username42 5 месяцев назад
what if you applied at the 8th of the PhD year as last chance and if it does not get through at first application ,then can you resubmitted with based on the reviewers comment if it gets more than 70%? or you lost the chance forever after 8years of PhD
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 5 месяцев назад
I think unless there are career interruptions within those 8 years (parental leave, sickness, unemployment, etc.), or you are a EU citizen coming back from a life-long career abroad, it might not be possible.
@username42
@username42 5 месяцев назад
@@PostdocLife thanks for fast reply and yes , the career breaks due to pandemic as happened to most of us and following with unemployments in due time plus the recent unprecedented global financial issues happening or whatever you can call that makes not allowing to secure any jobs in that time. hence, not sure if it really make sense to try that as a last chance after 8years at first time application cause not sure anyone got it at the first time application tho. also I have read some posts in talkacademia about the cv sections that not having published papers within the last 3 years is a red flag?
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 5 месяцев назад
@@username42 not necessarily a red flag, but still might not be helping your application. It is up to you to decide about whether it's worth applying, the application is tough and will require a lot of time, which in all fairness might be better spent doing something else. But it depends on each person's situation.
@username42
@username42 5 месяцев назад
@@PostdocLife yeah it depends on the how much commitment left to stay in academia but also still could be better than being unemployed and searching for a job, so applying in any case afaik from the posts in forums, it is a roll of a dice or a pure luck , some says cv issues, some supervisors issues, or getting less score in second time application , in any case depends on the human review evaluation.
@josealejandrosanchez4180
@josealejandrosanchez4180 5 месяцев назад
para laravel 10 use esto sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install php8.1 php8.1-cli php8.1-mbstring zip unzip sudo apt-get install php8.1-xml sudo apt-get install php8.1-curl sudo apt-get install php8.1-bcmath
@josealejandrosanchez4180
@josealejandrosanchez4180 5 месяцев назад
en minuto 7:34 es asi, para el que no sabe, cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
@josealejandrosanchez4180
@josealejandrosanchez4180 5 месяцев назад
saludos lo único que falto configurar es con GITHUB ACTIONS, para al subir desde el git, docker tome los cambios y se suban al servidor viendo los cambios en producción, del resto todo esta funcionando, voy por el minuto 7:36, si puede sube un video haciendo lo que te digo me serviría de ayuda
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 5 месяцев назад
sorry, I didn't quite understand. But do you mean this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R15Jj2zs1z0.html&lc=UgzWTn28l1Ylid4jh4V4AaABAg
@josealejandrosanchez4180
@josealejandrosanchez4180 5 месяцев назад
Saludos, con "github actions"se puede conectar a docker y hacer que docker tome los cambios, cuando se sube un cambio en github, con "github actions" esto hace que el código que se sube a github este actualizado, y este lo envía al servidor, eso lo hace docker, eso fue la configuración que te falto y estoy buscando como lograrlo @@PostdocLife
@jzambrano1636
@jzambrano1636 5 месяцев назад
Thanks
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 5 месяцев назад
Welcome
@aldolammel
@aldolammel 7 месяцев назад
Thanks, bae.
@채널S다시갈지도
@채널S다시갈지도 7 месяцев назад
[KOREAN TV SHOW <Maybe I’ll go again>] Request for cooperation Hello:) 
 This is a travel program directing team broadcasting in Korea. We aim to give satisfaction to many travelers who are restricted from traveling abroad due to the COVID-19 situation with great videos. 
 In preparing for the Oxford & Cotswolds episode this time, I have a request to show the viewers a wonderful look of <RADCLIFFE CAMERA> Could you please allow us to use your RU-vid video on our broadcast screen along with the source? I look forward to your positive consideration. Thank you!
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 7 месяцев назад
No problem, just don't use it for any illicit purposes. Please use with attribution to this channel.
@sadmanyasar17
@sadmanyasar17 9 месяцев назад
Thank you!
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 9 месяцев назад
You're welcome!
@ClassMust
@ClassMust 10 месяцев назад
Your surname is sexy af
@TrueMousse
@TrueMousse 10 месяцев назад
Thank you for the explanation! Really appreciate it
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 10 месяцев назад
Glad it was helpful!
@zther_5462
@zther_5462 10 месяцев назад
Thanks for your contributions, really appreciate it!!
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 10 месяцев назад
glad I could help!
@tinaranathania
@tinaranathania 10 месяцев назад
1 year later, I did some minor adjustments but omg..you literally saved my life! This is my very first server setup so it was a bit scary for me. BUT WE DID IT 🥺💕💕 Thank you so muchhhh!
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 10 месяцев назад
Great to hear! Thank you for watching!
@shannonkendi166
@shannonkendi166 11 месяцев назад
Not all my laravel files got copied . How do I resolve this?
@PostdocLife
@PostdocLife 11 месяцев назад
it's probably the hidden files? try scp -rp [source]/. [user-name]@[IPaddress-server]:[destination]/