http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/07/05/dedicated-to-all-the-postdocs-and-grad-students/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/07/05/dedicated-to-all-the-postdocs-and-grad-students/#comment-62943 Bethany Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:26:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=10155#comment-62943 OMG, you have no idea how close this is to my life. I came into work and noticed hardly any cars in the lot. I though maybe the second summer session hadn't started yet. It didn't hit me till much later that everyone else took the holiday. OMG, you have no idea how close this is to my life. I came into work and noticed hardly any cars in the lot. I though maybe the second summer session hadn’t started yet. It didn’t hit me till much later that everyone else took the holiday.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/07/05/dedicated-to-all-the-postdocs-and-grad-students/#comment-62795 blogger Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:59:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=10155#comment-62795 hey, science doesn't break on weekends, so neither do i ;-) hey, science doesn’t break on weekends, so neither do i

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/07/05/dedicated-to-all-the-postdocs-and-grad-students/#comment-62794 gillt Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:56:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=10155#comment-62794 Like Homer said: It's funny 'cause it's true. Like Homer said: It’s funny ’cause it’s true.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/07/05/dedicated-to-all-the-postdocs-and-grad-students/#comment-62786 L. S. Lerner Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:57:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=10155#comment-62786 Thanks to the USSR and the Cold War, my wife and I were able to go straight from our doctoral programs to well-paying, interesting jobs. I can understand why talented young people with a bent for the sciences think twice before committing themselves to the field, and why more than 50% of our science grad students today are from underdeveloped countries. Thanks to the USSR and the Cold War, my wife and I were able to go straight from our doctoral programs to well-paying, interesting jobs. I can understand why talented young people with a bent for the sciences think twice before committing themselves to the field, and why more than 50% of our science grad students today are from underdeveloped countries.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/07/05/dedicated-to-all-the-postdocs-and-grad-students/#comment-62782 Ken Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:13:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=10155#comment-62782 Ouch! That one hits a little close to home, er, lab... Ouch! That one hits a little close to home, er, lab…

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/07/05/dedicated-to-all-the-postdocs-and-grad-students/#comment-62778 Rocket Scientista Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:25:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=10155#comment-62778 Wait. It's a holiday? Is that why none of the professors are here?? Wait. It’s a holiday? Is that why none of the professors are here??

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/07/05/dedicated-to-all-the-postdocs-and-grad-students/#comment-62776 Bee Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:58:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=10155#comment-62776 :-) You know how this looks like at the 4th postdoc you make in yet another country? If you arrive at the parking lot and it's empty you deduce it must be a national holiday, just that nobody bothered to tell you. You know how this looks like at the 4th postdoc you make in yet another country? If you arrive at the parking lot and it’s empty you deduce it must be a national holiday, just that nobody bothered to tell you.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/07/05/dedicated-to-all-the-postdocs-and-grad-students/#comment-62772 Rich Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:32:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=10155#comment-62772 I guess it makes me feel a little better about reading this from my lab. Only a little tho. I guess it makes me feel a little better about reading this from my lab. Only a little tho.

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