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#21 Re: I got to wear a funny hat
Well Done Simon. Congratulations on the PhD. Looking forward to do this again with your PhD in synthetic organic chemistry in a couple of years.
Jan Deurinck
Series 1 - 1966 - 2+2 - LHD - American Import
Si vales, bene est, ego valeo
Series 1 - 1966 - 2+2 - LHD - American Import
Si vales, bene est, ego valeo
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#22 Re: I got to wear a funny hat
Simon,
Congratulations!
You're well on your way to emulating my brother who didn't finish his postgraduate study until after his 30th birthday. IIRC he has four degrees and a professional qualification. To date (and he is now 53) he has never worked outside a university...
I know a lot of academics and they all seem to suffer from an all-consuming need to work and an inability to switch off. Not all can maintain a sense of perspective. You seem well aware of the risks. Having a hobby (like car restoration) does help keep you sane, or just differently insane. Skinning your knuckles on a fifty year old engine is at a least different type of problem solving. (I de-stress by wet-sanding and polishing my paintwork - wonderfully soothing).
I do hope you take a few weeks off before embarking on the PhD. That can be a gruelling and lonely experience, although, as a scientist, at least you get to go to labs, rather than sitting alone in a library all day. As well as my brother, my sister also has a Masters and a PhD, and my mother obtained an LLB and a doctorate in her retirement so I know from family experience just how hard these postgrad qualifications can be to earn.
Anyway, have a couple of internet pints on me !
Best of luck
Peter
Congratulations!
You're well on your way to emulating my brother who didn't finish his postgraduate study until after his 30th birthday. IIRC he has four degrees and a professional qualification. To date (and he is now 53) he has never worked outside a university...
I know a lot of academics and they all seem to suffer from an all-consuming need to work and an inability to switch off. Not all can maintain a sense of perspective. You seem well aware of the risks. Having a hobby (like car restoration) does help keep you sane, or just differently insane. Skinning your knuckles on a fifty year old engine is at a least different type of problem solving. (I de-stress by wet-sanding and polishing my paintwork - wonderfully soothing).
I do hope you take a few weeks off before embarking on the PhD. That can be a gruelling and lonely experience, although, as a scientist, at least you get to go to labs, rather than sitting alone in a library all day. As well as my brother, my sister also has a Masters and a PhD, and my mother obtained an LLB and a doctorate in her retirement so I know from family experience just how hard these postgrad qualifications can be to earn.
Anyway, have a couple of internet pints on me !
Best of luck
Peter
Peter
1966 LHD US Import Series 1 2+2 (undergoing full restoration)
1991 LHD Alfa Spider Series 4
2015 Porsche Panamera S
1966 LHD US Import Series 1 2+2 (undergoing full restoration)
1991 LHD Alfa Spider Series 4
2015 Porsche Panamera S
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