Considerations for Management
In talking with my "mentor", and soon to be boss, about my choice of next steps up the ladder (see last post for the decision), we talked about a lot of things that you "need".To get to the top, he...
View ArticleIs it BAD to jump to industry?
From the last post, in the comments, is a long question from Daniel. The crux of it (and you need to go there to read the background) is this question.I find your last few entrys encouraging to such a...
View ArticleHiring and working in industry
I have now hired and re-hired several times for a few positions I have. Some I have written about here, others are for groups that reported in to me transiently (although none have yet moved on, so I...
View ArticlePost doc for Application Scientists?
Way way way back here (2 years ago) when I talk about being an application scientist, a new comment was posted. I wouldn't know that if I didn't get email notifications, so you will be excused from not...
View ArticleIndustry does nothing....
Over here, Derek is actually surprised to find that people still think academia does everything and industry is dumb... I think it is just a sign that I am closer to grad school than him for me to NOT...
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A comment stream on an Application Science applicant
This comment stream was back here, but I thought it was worthy of moving to a post of it's own as it is a good conversation. Also, this is by far the laziest way to make a new post, and it has been a...
View Articlethe glamourous side of travel....
A couple of random notes:I am doing a top secret thing, so am stuck somewhere in a hotel room banging away on things. This means I am anti-social and just looked around at what I have been eating....
View ArticleFires, acquisitions, and Flexibility in jobs
So we had a bunch of fires in San Diego - got evacuated - House totally OK. I solved the problem by going to Germany as it got me very far away from the fires. I married a saint, as she looked after...
View ArticleWhat to do with your Ph.D. -> Patent Attorney / Examiner
In a comment WAY back... I was asked about being a patent attorney. The commenter noticed that there are some firms that pay for you to go to law school etc... and wondered what was up with that.I...
View ArticleSuccesful job search - someone else... CONGRATS!
From the comments two posts back, comes a successful job search and some advise of their own.UPDATE--GOOD NEWSDr. yes--I first posted on your blog sometime in July, asking for advice for my job search....
View ArticleGetting Raises....
I have, over time, heard of all of the strategies for getting raises. I have always been a bit skeptical of them, as they seemed to involve some sort of trickery or having to sell or something. Never...
View ArticleSo Cal Salary...
From a comment Hello.. I'm the originator of the big Application Scientist offer in L.A.Turns out I didn't accept their offer. They needed someone pronto to run an installation overseas and I couldn't...
View ArticleWhat is after application scientist?
From comments in the last post...I was just reading up on all your comments about Application Scientist positions. I have just joined a company in Boston as an Application Scientist after a 2yr post...
View ArticleTripIt rules
TripItI was directed here by Joel Spolsky's blog, and he was right. It is great. It is now how I print out, track, organize, and share with my wife my itinerary's. It is, possibly, the only way she...
View ArticleVirgin America
....will be trying them out in a week or two. Heard good reports - stay tuned!
View Article....and yes, my travel has ramped way back up!
My travel had fallen for awhile but has no ramped way way way way back up. I am over 40K miles flown this year already. This means I am writing less and, as seen by the last two posts, am back focussed...
View Articlelearning outside of your box
Today over at Derek's blog, he is writing about learning outside of your field. He talks about chemists learning biology etc... I had talked here awhile ago about "learning others languages" in a post...
View ArticleTough economic times
The recent headlines all over the papers are about how the economy is crashing, dogs and cats living together, and how we are all doomed.Many corporations are looking at this and taking big steps to...
View Article..some more travel
I was surveyed by United Airlines recently. They were happy with my travel for this year. Last year I flew 35K miles on them and I am just over 70k already this year. They were thanking me and asking...
View ArticleNew Technology? - failing in scouting...
I have spent very large chunks of the last two weeks at two meetings here in San Diego. FASEB and AACR. My goal was the same as always... find new stuff and talk to people. I should say I haven't been...
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