Useful tips on how to succeed in graduate school and your subsequent research career
(somewhat slanted towards signal processing).

General Career Advice

• Seven Steps to Success in Graduate School by Naomi Halas
• Career Advice by Terry Tao
• Distilling the Wisdom of CEOs by Adam Bryant
• Tips for Success in Graduate School by Vinay Ribeiro
• You and Your Research by Richard Hamming
• Advice to Young Researchers by Malcolm Shuster
• How to be a Good Graduate Student by Marie desJardins (ACM paper)
• Notes on the PhD Degree by Douglas Comer
• Technology and Courage by Ivan Sutherland
• Networking on the Network by Phil Agre
• How to be a Star Engineer by Robert Kelley, IEEE Spectrum, October 1999
• Tomorrow's Professor: Preparing for Academic Careers in Science and Engineering, by Richard M. Reis, IEEE Press, 1997, web page
  
• Thinking Strategically by Craig Loehle, Cambridge University Press, 1996
• A PhD is Not Enough by Peter Feibelman, Addison-Wesley, 1993

Research Advice

• Place High Value on Partial Progress by Terence Tao
• Seven Steps to Successfully Launching a Research Project by George Heilmer
• Statistical Research: Some Advice for Beginners by Michael Hamada and Randy Sitter
• Five Steps to Stimulate Creativity by Paul Selwyn
• Eighteen Ways to Attack a Problem by Richard Bracewell
• Doctoral Education: Preparing for the Future by Jules LaPidus

Writing Papers and Proposals

• Advice on Writing Papers by Terence Tao
• How to be a Highly Cited Author in the Math Sciences by David Donoho
• Writing a Research Plan from Science
• Paper Writing and Presentations Page by Armando Fox
• Ten Tips on Writing Less Badly by Michael Munger
• How to Write Mathematics by Paul Halmos
• Dissertation Advice by Olin Shivers
• Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation by S. Joseph Levine
• Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal by S. Joseph Levine
• The Elements of Style by W. Strunk and E. B. White
• The Task of the Referee by Alan Jay Smith, IEEE Computer, April 1990

Speaking and Presentations

• Oral Presentation Advice by Mark Hill
• Conference Etiquette by Mark Hill and David Wood
• Successful Presentations for Dummies by Malcolm Kushner
• The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs by Carmine Gallo

Teaching and Education

• Resources in Science and Engineeing Education by Richard Felder

Useful to Anyone

• Protect your wrists, shoulder, and back! Clay Scott's Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) web page
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert Pirsig, William Morrow, 1979.
• How stuff works by Marshall Brian