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What terrible advice have you been given by your advisers over the years?

In relation to the writing process, when I was doing my MA, my adviser always used to tell me "you shouldn't wait to start writing and just research as you go." This basically ruined writing for me. Everytime I've tried to sit down to write, I would get super frustrated at the inability to fill up a blank page. And then the "research as you go" is equally bad because as you do this and struggle to fill the pages, your argument evolves and what you've written can quickly become a jumbled mess. 

He swore by this approach, but after years of trying it and hating writing (in spite of undertaking a PhD) I'm realizing that it was just terrible advice. 

Do any of you folks find that approach to writing useful? 

What are your bad advice stories?
gpt
I think a lot of profs are out of touch with just how terrible the academic job market really is, despite being entrenched in the hiring process. They don't really realize they are the lucky ones, even when they see 400 applicants for a single TT position. They tend to think that because they made it, any of their students can too.