The Plan

Friends and family not in academia have asked about the plan for the next several years, from here to being CS faculty. The beginning of the explanation is below. I'll produce a better structured presentation of this a few months from now.

• CS "Background"
  • Complete by dint of "Subject GRE in CS with score of ≥ 90th-percentile"
• CS Breadth/"Diversity" Coursework
  • Complete (see classwork)
• Find research supervisor
  • Complete (see classwork)
• CS Depth Coursework
  • In progress (see classwork), one course remaining
• Perform research
  • In progress (see research)
• Possibly: Incidental M.S.C.S. (along the way to the Ph.D.), with or without thesis
• Research Preparation Exam
• Dissertation Proposal
• Milestone: Ph.D. Candidacy
• Complete dissertation
• Dissertation Defense
• Dissertation Submission
• Milestone: Ph.D. in Computer Science
• Postdoc (possibly)
• Assistant Professor of Computer Science at a research university.
• ...