Posted by alexandra_k on October 27, 2013, at 20:04:16
In reply to Re: I might be moving, posted by baseball55 on October 27, 2013, at 19:15:47
philosophy. i have had some time away... i prefer the university to the rest of the world. there isn't job security anymore. my friends (the lucky ones) pick up one year post-docs. that means they need to be applying for their next position before their current one has started. and it means they need to be independently wealthy and / or have portable partners or long distance partners who are prepared to support them much of the time. neither of those apply to me. so...
and partly i would like to do something a bit more concrete. and... i've had science envy for a long time. i feel very excited (though also scared, tis true) at the prospects of getting to study physical sciences (well, bio-physical sciences). who knows... maybe i'll end up in theoretical physics :-)
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