I will keep track of my dissertating progress here.
I count the number of words in my Latex source using texcount
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I started counting on February 9, 2023, starting from the contents of my thesis proposal.
Data points are only added on days with changes.
I didn’t do much writing for a long time during my job search, and started again in earnest on March 4, 2024 (day 389). The graph starting from then is below.
I finished the first version for my committee on June 5, 2024 (day 482), and defended on June 25, 2024 (day 502). I finished revisions on July 30, 2024 (day 537).
The older and no-longer-updated plot is here, showing data points from day 0:
Me during these months: