(July 25, 2011 at 1:29 am)whateverist Wrote: I'd want a different adviser. Like you say you, have plenty on your plate without having to walk that tight rope. You'd like to think you could potentially make a connection, even find a mentor. Unless you think this person brings more intangibles -expertise, reputation, connections- than the alternative, ditch him and don't look back. How to do that - I have no idea.
Well have has a lot of experience and I think I'd seem like a troublemaker changing supervisor preemptively when there hasn't yet been an actual problem.
