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RL Bollocks
I'm still alive! Hurrah! I've been trying to get my CV etc. ready to send out this week to places for my PhD applications and, fingers crossed, some stuff will be going in the post tomorrow. Aaargh. Scary. I've also been watching the final episode of Battlestar Galactica, first episode of Smallville S4, Stargate SG1 and Atlantis so I can't pretend I've been that productive.
Where I work is desperate for me to stay (but they do support me applying for PhDs, I've never hidden the fact that I don't really want to stay there as I only started as a temp). So if I don't get accepted for a PhD anywhere in September then I'm pretty much guaranteed a permanent job there and from the sounds of it I'd be on considerably more money than I am now and what I'd get for doing a PhD and even a postdoc. Hmmm... am I stupid for wanting to go back to university? I don't know if I could stand being where I am for too long. I like the people but regulatory affairs is hardly very interesting.
I heard from one of my university supervisors today that the work I did for my final year project back in 2002 is finally going to be published next month in Animal Behaviour. Very exciting! I'm the second name too. And it's just in time to put on my CV.
God, this post makes no sense. I do apologise.
I'm nice and warm in my room now because I've got a fan heater. Yay. I wanted my mood for this post to be 'warm', but alas, it doesn't exist, so I've gone for 'hot'. I expect that the picture has nothing to do with warmth however... ETA: Yes, I was right. It's Thewlis hand porn. Not that I'm complaining of course.
Where I work is desperate for me to stay (but they do support me applying for PhDs, I've never hidden the fact that I don't really want to stay there as I only started as a temp). So if I don't get accepted for a PhD anywhere in September then I'm pretty much guaranteed a permanent job there and from the sounds of it I'd be on considerably more money than I am now and what I'd get for doing a PhD and even a postdoc. Hmmm... am I stupid for wanting to go back to university? I don't know if I could stand being where I am for too long. I like the people but regulatory affairs is hardly very interesting.
I heard from one of my university supervisors today that the work I did for my final year project back in 2002 is finally going to be published next month in Animal Behaviour. Very exciting! I'm the second name too. And it's just in time to put on my CV.
God, this post makes no sense. I do apologise.
I'm nice and warm in my room now because I've got a fan heater. Yay. I wanted my mood for this post to be 'warm', but alas, it doesn't exist, so I've gone for 'hot'. I expect that the picture has nothing to do with warmth however... ETA: Yes, I was right. It's Thewlis hand porn. Not that I'm complaining of course.
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I've come to realise over the last few months that life's too short to work in a job you hate, or even one that you're not terribly enthusiastic over. A lot of us do it, I know, but we shouldn't. I used to like my job where I was before, but I've never really been one of those that can say that they love their job and wouldn't want to be doing anything else if they had a choice. Just once before I retire I'd like to be able to say I had a job like that. Hopefully sometime soon both you and I will be able to say it. :)
I've known a couple of PhD students who had rubbish supervisors and they didn't have a fun time of it at all...
I know, there are some real horror stories out there. But I still think you should go for it, because there's no skin of your nose for trying, is there? Good luck!