tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9739005.post114058271570505690..comments2023-07-19T05:10:59.402-07:00Comments on Graduate Grumblings: So you have a Ph.D now what?BrianGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11883278789876067947noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9739005.post-1141258194642688482006-03-01T16:09:00.000-08:002006-03-01T16:09:00.000-08:00Doug,It was good to hear from you. How is your fa...Doug,<BR/><BR/>It was good to hear from you. How is your family? Are they all still in Boulder? <BR/><BR/>BrianBrianGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883278789876067947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9739005.post-1141124042822796642006-02-28T02:54:00.000-08:002006-02-28T02:54:00.000-08:00Brian,I wish the best for you and your decision. ...Brian,<BR/>I wish the best for you and your decision. I feel like I am in a simular boat up stream. I don't have any answers for you but if you need to vent on me you can. Also, Look in the attic above the washer and dryer. I think I remember something up there. <BR/><BR/>JonJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384254595717611200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9739005.post-1140719518163792062006-02-23T10:31:00.000-08:002006-02-23T10:31:00.000-08:00Hi Brian,This is Douglas. Remember me? We once a...Hi Brian,<BR/><BR/>This is Douglas. Remember me? We once ate fried chicken together with a man dressed as a Klingon in Boise, Idaho. And we knew this guy named Austin who never took baths. Remember? I last posted here in reply to your comments about <I>Life of Pi</I> (horrid book), but only signed with my initials, and I'm not sure you knew it was me. Sorry for being inadvertantly vague. I presently work for a technical publisher in Boulder, CO. We have members in academe as well as industry (mainly engineering and architecture). I looked at your list of job possibilities (congratulations on the PHD, by the way; I always knew you were brilliant) and wondered if you'd thought about how easy or difficult it might be, in the future, to switch between them, that is, to move between government, academe and industry. Folks around here do this all the time, but it seems to work better if you go from academe to industry than from industry to academe. It's rather like the problem of hobbits and dwarves. The industrious dwarves, when they visit the Shire, devour everything in sight, break the plates, and conduct themselves clamorously. They hasten to galvanize everyone with their latest schemes. The hobbits, by contrast, pay short visits to the dwarf kingdoms, are playful and adventurous, and by the time they leave, dragons are vanquished and internecine squabbles resolved. This is explains why professors can work temporarily in industry, but corporate types have difficulty transitioning into universities. <BR/><BR/>Hope you and your family are well,<BR/><BR/>deAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com