Wanderlust

[electrochem]

Lately, I have been hit with feelings of travel. Kinda surprising since summer is over and winter is around the corner. But, I figure I try to get down as to "why now

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[tntoxfox]

So let me ask you...now that you've been out of PhD for a while, what is that you actually do? As in, are you finding yourself moving away from the bench and into a more administrative role?

I'm fleeing bench science ASAP. I have mixed feelings about it, but it's probably for the best. I'm currently trying to find another even more expensive way to ruin my life (lol) by seeing if I might be a good fit for patent law. 3 years and 100K+ of debt = bring it.

[electrochem]

Well, currently I'm a senior scientist who's responsibility is still doing bench work, but I am engaged throughout the gamut in dealing with clients all the way to the quality assurance end of it, rather than being simply handed the project and doing whatever is on the list. I would be managing an analyst or two, but we simply do not have the capacity yet since we went through a belt-tightening time over the last year and a half

[tntoxfox]

Fortunately some time has passed since the initial shock so I find myself laughing at how messed up the situation is than crying over it (though I get angry...daily, still). I don't know how many of the ugly deets you read, but if you've got any comments or questions, ask me over in the protected entries