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On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Thomas Bartkus We, too, try to tell him this is common. But, its easier to understand when one is older. I am 61...
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I keep pushing the idea that there are only two types of employment. Unemployment and self employment. *Everyone* is in business for...
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themselves their It's *all* temporary employment, my friend. Once one understands this, it ceases to bother. Even the Japanese have abandoned the fiction of permanent employment by...
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On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Thomas Bartkus Well, mostly temporary. There are some govt workers (still civil service), some tenured professors where the...
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Your pardoned. And I concede the situations you just mentioned. Unfortunately, I live in a different space-time contimuum than these and...
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Vision means dream. The dream may never become reality. Another of his dreams. He Does your boss know this? Does he know you are an experimentalist? Did you tell him this? And, where is this...
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straydog In my opinion, the situation is well illustrated in this cartoon -- The manager does not...
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I think BMJ is right. When I did a This is a strange way to do things. There is only one "good" reason for doing this and that is to teach you to be flexible...
Career advise PhD or MBA 9
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Mike McWilliams For all I've seen, all my life, and noticing the vast revolution taking place in jobs, careers, offshoring, consolidation, layoffs...
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Dimitris Servis ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I wouldn't advise it. I was interviewed for a position last year in which I...
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Dimitris Servis Some people advise doing just that: removing such details because: A. they aren't required for the job, and B. they'll put one out of...
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I am sorry, I never meant to mislead anyone :- When the particular PhD is not required, chances are that it is eiter indifferent or a minus. I couldn't...
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Dimitris Servis Not to worry. Unless, of course, one has an understanding about what obtaining or having a Ph. D. entails. A lot of people don't. (I'll...
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I agree with what you say, yet you probably do see yourself that not all people are the same. You may be the exception, but I am trying...
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Dimitris Servis Meanwhile, a lot of industrial research is shoot-from-the-hip-and-see- what-we-hit. In my experience, very little logic is used...
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straydog In some cases, those standards are integrated into the legislation governing them. For example, for pressure vessels, many jurisdictions have government inspectors and those vessels have to be registered with the same government in...
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On Sat, 9 Jul 2005, careerdecision Hi to you, too...... First observation: You are 7 years from 40. 40 is where...
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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005, careerdecision It is possible but not probable. Even campuses that are hiring faculty...they will always look for "entry level" because they are comfortable...
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careerdecision Quite frankly, the answer really only depends on what you want to do. Do you want to go into the business side...
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On Sat, 9 Jul 2005, Rich Lemert The Forbes special issue of 2003 profiled the richest 400 Americans (worth over $1 billion each on up to $20 billion each) and reported that only...
Numerical modeler philosophical observation: for Valerian to cheer up 21
My management wants to complete their project by conducting the computer modelling. They want to do the computer modelling quickly and on the cheap, just to be able to write up a report...
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But, I bet they'd be willing to hire a fresh graduate who knows Package Y not because...
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BMJ There is a reason why the management does not want to hire cheap fresh graduates for all...
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oldpif That's been my thinking, too. However, if I don't mention that on my CV, my application...
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In my dealings with managers, I've found that most of them can't think very far or are willing...
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see quoted material at end) You are making a very bad buttumption: that there will be an engineering job available to you when you finish your engineering schooling. Starting a...
For SRC regular retards only, not James...was: Should I be an engineer in terms
Hi Russell, Being that the guy specified "engineer" and not X - engineer (wher X= electrical, mechanical...
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James The first thing I look for in someone who wants to know if they should consider engineering is whether or not they're interested in the...
my perennial questions
On Sat, 16 Jul 2005, Rich Lemert I think Rich is pretty much right about this. I think I recall hearing that there were some FAB plants in Europe. But, with...
The good and bad of taking postdoc position
I think its best to understand the circumstances. Sometimes there are big ego-heads out there that won't talk with you unless someone important (eg. King Bush) says they should...
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A Confused Grad Student It is a good intention in itself. But how it pans...
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A Confused Grad Student Quite a few places have been setting up Technology Management programs. I haven't really looked into any of them, but my understanding is that you're right - they are not an MBA...
Professors stealing graduate student research work 33
See below.... On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Sparky Well, for the rest of you guys (the SRC...
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straydog It's like being a teacher or instructor. You're expected to fork over all that information for next to nothing. Knowing that whoever received that advice succeeded beyond all expectations is the only...
new week new things
OK, here is update. Earlier this year, I went to the manager of the careers center of the local uni, and offered him my help in advising graduate...
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Straydog The alcohol is expensive in Australia because it has a high tax (something like 70%). The other reason for buying this expensive stuff is that I have tried...
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Well, I got news at my workplace. Firstly, one of my bosses (say, named X) told me that I should not do...
Blame offshoring for the negatives of immigration 38
Well, there is a fundamental problem with how scientific things are done (in the West). The bosses prefer to...
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And they are often the ones who get all the credit for the successful completion of a project. Unfortunately, a lot of software packages are set up that way, with the documentation often being marginally...
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Seriously, an ultimate goal of computer modeling is subsbreastute experiment. We are not there yet but eventually will be. Certain arias are already done. E.g. structural mechanics. Numerical experiment for that is as good as...
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