by jordicabot | Sep 21, 2020 | doing research, job, Research Rants
I hate working from home every single day. And I miss a lot seeing my colleagues at the office (ok, I especially miss our coffees together, great for team building!). We don’t need to be together to write a paper or a project report but I still prefer...
by jordicabot | Jun 6, 2020 | Research Rants, job, team
When I was a postdoc in Toronto, most of my fellow postdocs (not only from CS) wanted to become a PI (Principal Investigator). It seemed the logical next step in our careers. And it probably is. But I don’t think any of us understood how “happy” we...
by jordicabot | Sep 13, 2013 | industry relations, job, Research Rants
I found very interesting to read the list of reasons given by a PhD Student in his/her resignation letter (after four years working towards getting a PhD at EPFL). The full letter can be read here. Though I don’t agree with all the points s/he makes, I do agree...
by jordicabot | Jun 6, 2012 | job, Research Rants
When excellent young researchers like Jorge Aranda decide to quit their research career, one must wonder what we are doing wrong. Jorge explains his reasons in this post (mandatory reading!) but he is not alone. In the last couple of years, other researchers have used...
by jordicabot | Apr 26, 2012 | job, Research Rants
One of the best ways to characterize our profession (via Greg, who attributes the sentence to Eleni Stroulia).
by jordicabot | Nov 7, 2011 | doing research, job, Research Rants
Let me be clear on this. I don’t attend conferences for fun, I do it because I think it’s important for my research (and that of my team). Of course, I (usually) enjoy conferences but when in a conference I’m working and, even more, I’m working...
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