Hmmm I don't know yet about the stocking thing, but I have seen tutorials floating around on how to do it without ruining them. I will obviously try it on a regular pair first, so there are no tears...
Nah, I doubt my husband would go again. The conference is serious business for him so I think he will be busy 24/7 (but I am not complaining, I'd be the same if I was going for a conference!)
Ah see, I never use power point, so I have to have a paper all written out! Some people can wing it, but I think I'd get too nervous!
I guess it's up to the person what they do with their degrees. Yeah, mine is a bit too specialized and getting an academic job was my dream & goal when I started... Many people though end up doing translation or interpreting work etc. But that's not something I am interested in. I'd rather have a regular dayjob at the library really (though I will probably try and get a postdoc placement at some point and keep my options open...)
That's good that you have more job options! Though it's true that right now things are not ideal in most fields, and especially education... I can imagine the competition :/
Haha right, don't want to mess up such expensive tights! :O
Ah I see, fair enough! It's sometimes nice to go explore on your own though, cos then you are free to do whatever you want!
Really? I guess maybe different fields are different, I always use PowerPoint, though I hate people who put so much text on the slides that it's impossible to read, or distract people from actually hearing the talk. I definitely wrote my paper at my first few ones, but then I got lazy and just 'wing it' as I got more confident I guess. XD
I see, that's fair enough. I do hope you can stay in academia! Would you need a library/information management degree/diploma to work in higher up jobs in the library though? Or is that specialist library so they value your knowledge more rather than the technical skills?
I'm hoping I'll have a better idea about things early next year, so many things like pay, advancement opportunities, work-life balance, stability, to figure out and consider which way to go. >_< Bah! Well good luck to you!
Nah, I doubt my husband would go again. The conference is serious business for him so I think he will be busy 24/7 (but I am not complaining, I'd be the same if I was going for a conference!)
Ah see, I never use power point, so I have to have a paper all written out! Some people can wing it, but I think I'd get too nervous!
I guess it's up to the person what they do with their degrees. Yeah, mine is a bit too specialized and getting an academic job was my dream & goal when I started... Many people though end up doing translation or interpreting work etc. But that's not something I am interested in. I'd rather have a regular dayjob at the library really (though I will probably try and get a postdoc placement at some point and keep my options open...)
That's good that you have more job options! Though it's true that right now things are not ideal in most fields, and especially education... I can imagine the competition :/
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Ah I see, fair enough! It's sometimes nice to go explore on your own though, cos then you are free to do whatever you want!
Really? I guess maybe different fields are different, I always use PowerPoint, though I hate people who put so much text on the slides that it's impossible to read, or distract people from actually hearing the talk. I definitely wrote my paper at my first few ones, but then I got lazy and just 'wing it' as I got more confident I guess. XD
I see, that's fair enough. I do hope you can stay in academia! Would you need a library/information management degree/diploma to work in higher up jobs in the library though? Or is that specialist library so they value your knowledge more rather than the technical skills?
I'm hoping I'll have a better idea about things early next year, so many things like pay, advancement opportunities, work-life balance, stability, to figure out and consider which way to go. >_< Bah! Well good luck to you!
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