and i get those funks all the time where i realize that i'm not cut out for this kind of thing. i got them all the time in undergrad. and here i am. and i still get them.
and it was a horribly geeky thing to be happy about and i am absolutely ashamed to know you.
"...where i realize that i'm not cut out for this kind of thing..."
Yes, I still flip-flop between feeling like I know what's going on to feeling like an idiot. And I can't tell what other people think 'cause they don't usually say. For instance, at the ICESat meeting, one guy (I think my age) thought I was still a grad student. When I told him I graduated 6 years ago, he said "Whoa, did you start grad school when you were five?" I said "Thanks...I think." Not really sure if he was commenting on my youthful grad-student-like appearance or if I just acted like one. At least penguins all blend in.
Ouch! Well, at least people don't think like you look like you're 17... I've gotten that more than once. HELLO! I really CAN watch R-rated movies without my mommy signing off on it! *sigh*
I wish I could have. My head kept nodding, but Charles and Schutz and I were almost the only engineers in the room (full of physics, chemistry, atmospheric, cryospheric, etc. scientists ... the "pure" sciences). And we had to stay alert. People still don't know what the limitations of the blasted satellite are. In fact, we just uncovered another assumption yesterday that some on the science team were making. (And never mind the new peoploe, they have a looooooong way to catch up).
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! "Well of COURSE the engineering-type people can make the satellite do loop-the-loops if our science needs them to. No problem, right?"
and i get those funks all the time where i realize that i'm not cut out for this kind of thing. i got them all the time in undergrad. and here i am. and i still get them.
and it was a horribly geeky thing to be happy about and i am absolutely ashamed to know you.
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And I gave Hiroshi the URL here a week or two ago. I don't know if he'll ever read it or not.
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Yes, I still flip-flop between feeling like I know what's going on to feeling like an idiot. And I can't tell what other people think 'cause they don't usually say. For instance, at the ICESat meeting, one guy (I think my age) thought I was still a grad student. When I told him I graduated 6 years ago, he said "Whoa, did you start grad school when you were five?" I said "Thanks...I think." Not really sure if he was commenting on my youthful grad-student-like appearance or if I just acted like one. At least penguins all blend in.
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