Hi folks, I am seeking your advice here. I started my 4th year of PhD program in electrical engineering in September 2016. The first year of the program was all right, however once my advisor got his tenure, things changed a lot. He does not care about his students anymore. He barely meet with his students, he does not motivated to do research and publish papers. Two students have left the group due to his lazy approach.
I started this PhD program with lots of motivations and now I have no projects, no research and no nothing. I also started developing my own ideas and projects and had a good progress, but when I ask him to read my works and help me submit them for publication he brings up tens of reasons that your work will not get published (of course just to convince me that my idea is not worth it and consequently I would leave him alone). When I noticed that he is not motivated to do research anymore, after 2 years of being in this program, I started contacting other professor in our field in other schools for a potential transfer opportunity, but since my advisor is a big name in the community (he used to be a productive PhD student and postdoc back in his time) all of them suggested me to stay where you are and pass my Hi to your advisor!
I think I am wasting my time here, and since I want a career in academia I need publication and good projects. So I started thinking of leaving this group and applying again for other PhD programs (this time a broader range of schools and professors). But on the other hand I think I am too old for starting from scratch (I am 31). What do you think? Has anyone had a similar experience? Is dealing with this lazy advisor is something that I have to deal with? I really have no idea. So, your comments and suggestions would be greatly helpful and appreciated.