# Career

*This chapter is based on the notes [2022-05-24_SPSE_Rankings.pdf](../../course_notes/2022-05-24_SPSE_Rankings.pdf)*

## Selecting a research topic

* What interests me?
* What motivates me?
* What am I good at, what do I have a vocation for? ("sich berufen fuehlen")
* Strengths vs. weaknesses, skills
* With who do I want to/can I work?

Questions to the Professor:

- Why this Job?
- How does a research group work?
    - "family"
    - "liking each other"
    - "Doktormutter"
    - mentor


## Identifying Research Areas

- Structure, Divide and Conquer
- Theory vs. Practice

![](5-Career/areas.png)

But what is *Computer Science*?

1. look at publications
2. create research clusters
    * list of computer scientists
    * list of their publication venues
3. Invent cluster names (e.g., collect and sort words that appear in conference names)
4. Rank topics (-- which rankings?)