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25Well, it kinda is, you just don't understand why yet– GaiusCommented Sep 7, 2017 at 18:26
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3Yes, but in an healthy PhD/postdoc context you will get credit for it!– 2801001Commented Sep 8, 2017 at 7:33
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23@Gaius no it isn't, at least in any of the few universities I've been associated with. Unless you count "doing research as part of the advisor's research programme" as a menial task... As to whether the task in question is menial... that's borderline in my head, and I'm guessing that's why the question was asked.– FlytoCommented Sep 8, 2017 at 13:10
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19@Gaius Would you mind explaining why the role of a PhD student should be performing menial tasks for the all-powerful wizard?– Daniel WagnerCommented Sep 8, 2017 at 15:14
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The number of appropriate and/or required menial tasks is probably greatly field-dependent.– Tobias HaggeCommented Sep 13, 2017 at 0:19
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