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title: "Not the PhD type, I guess"
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canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/7/29/not-the-phd-type-i-guess.html"
published: "2004-07-29T18:11:00"
updated: "2004-07-29T18:11:00"
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author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "I consider myself as someone who finds interest in many wonderful things. Sort of a “Bring it on” kinda guy when it relates to knowledge about pretty much anything technological. But rest assured - I will never ever…"
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# Not the PhD type, I guess

By Roy Osherove July 29, 2004 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published July 29, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

I consider myself as someone who finds interest in many wonderful things. Sort of a “Bring it on” kinda guy when it relates to knowledge about pretty much anything technological. But rest assured - I will never ever write a  [PhD thesis named](http://blog.dotnetwiki.org/archive/2004/07/29/703.aspx): “_Boundary Stabilization Techniques of Quasi-Linear Hyperbolic Initial-Boundary Value Problem_”

(I'm surprised this post passed with flying colors on the first run of my spell checker, actually)

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- Jul 29, 2004

    ### [Congrats to Rory](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/7/29/congrats-to-rory.html)

- Jul 28, 2004

    ### [VS.net Editor team chat when well](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/7/28/vsnet-editor-team-chat-when-well.html)

- Jul 19, 2004

    ### [Being an INETA speaker?](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/7/19/being-an-ineta-speaker.html)


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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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