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Samantha Scientist: November 2010
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Saturday, November 20, 2010. So I'm really trying to defend and graduate this semester, hence the lack of blog posts. And now, here it is, 3:30 am on Saturday morning, and I can't sleep. Why not? My brain won't stop. What's going through my running brain? What will I say if my committee asks me "What's next? I know, that should really be what I'm worrying about when I'm still analyzing data and my thesis is due in 1.5 weeks). But in any case, here's what I've come up with. So, what's next? I'm a female s...
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Samantha Scientist: January 2010
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010. Start-up package and salary negotations - what the seminars have taught me. Comment by me in response to post. I've seen several seminars about negotiating start-up packages, and they have all advised candidates to do the money negotiations once the offer is made. Salary negotiations - a link. This salary negotiation tactic. Sounds like it might actually work. Anybody ever tried it? From an anonymous comment on a post. Over at FSP.). Monday, January 25, 2010. I'd say successful...
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Samantha Scientist: April 2010
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Monday, April 26, 2010. The CEO of Xerox says the state of math and science education in the US is "very, very, very poor.". And she says that we need to graduate more scientists. First, the US has the best science and math education system in the world at the graduate level, as judged by *science productivity. Efficient? Maybe not. Ideally suited for training scientists for what they'll actually do for the rest of their lives? Maybe not. But producing scientific publications? No thank you. Better va...
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Samantha Scientist: November 2009
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Monday, November 30, 2009. Shout outs to my faves. In my last post I mentioned some of the characteristics I have come to love in my favorite blogs. So in this post, I thought I'd elaborate. Now, don't get me wrong, I've also seen and read a number of blogs and comments that are not encouraging. Or at least not encouraging in the sense of "I conquered all and ended up at the top! Angry Professor at A Gentleman's C. Isis at On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess. PUI prof at The Two Body Problem.
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Samantha Scientist: July 2010
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Thursday, July 29, 2010. What I really wanted to say about library research is that I don't understand why I was never taught how to do it correctly. I mean, how hard is it to explain that there are these things called "peer-reviewed journals" and they contain the acceptable articles to reference? Is there a generally applicable solution to these problems? As for how you find and identify peer-reviewed journals? I also wonder if there is a statement on peer-reviewed journals' websites or journal hard-cop...
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DonorsChoose: The Rat Race Is On!!!
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010. Payoffs of wasting time. Tuesday, November 23, 2010. Monday, November 1, 2010. Lessons from a Recovering Postdoc" on Benchfly. Thursday, October 28, 2010. Question about the Void: Guidelines for postdocs. Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Question about the Void: What *is* a postdoc? Monday, October 18, 2010. Monday, October 18, 2010. Living in the Void: How much is a postdoc worth? Sunday, October 17, 2010. The Tale of Mrs. T and the Rats. Wednesday, October 13, 2010. Living in T...
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Samantha Scientist: August 2010
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Why do I suck? I'm trying to write my thesis. I really am. I just keep getting stuck, so it's going super slowly, and I'm plagued with guilt about being slow. But every time I try to push myself, to give myself deadlines, to increase the pressure on myself, it just backfires, and I get less done. I started this game as a smart girl, capable of working very hard. As we all did. But I was naive, and my whole life, all that had been demanded of me was to do what I was told, the way...
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Samantha Scientist: March 2010
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Comment by me on a post. At Women in Wetlands. The original post is interesting and thought provoking, and I encourage you to read it. It dealt with ".the idea that successful scientists are somehow luckier than everyone else." The post makes the assertion that "This is rarely true." The text below is my response. Interesting post. I want to completely agree with you, but recent life experiences (graduate school) make me disagree. Or smart enough to avoid a bad new PI? I actual...
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Samantha Scientist: The catch-22 of the unsupportive advisor
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010. The catch-22 of the unsupportive advisor. Some advisors are universally unsupportive. Others are more selective. The result seems to generally be the same: failure of the unsupported. So the question is:. Do we fail due to lack of support? Or do we not get support because we are failures? August 25, 2010 at 2:51 PM. August 25, 2010 at 11:36 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Why do I suck? The catch-22 of the unsupportive advisor.