A favorite song of mine (audio is not so great) -- the lyrics speak to those who have the two-body problem. So this one's out to you folks missing your sweethearts.
Have a good weekend and see you on Monday.
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What's the job market like for chemists? Dude -- it's always bad.*
How bad is it? How the heck should I know? Quantifying the chemistry job market is what this blog is about. That, and helping chemists find jobs.
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CJ: The following related articles may not be glamorous or pendantic enough for Derek Lowe to discuss on Pipeline, so I'm going to try my luck with you:
ReplyDeletehttp://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/89/i32/8932notw8.html
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021%2Fnn202625c
What's next, diamonds from dog sh!t?
I think it got a good bit of coverage from the chemblogo/Twittersphere. What are you looking for, exactly?
ReplyDeleteAre you looking for condemnatory remarks on Tour's periodic triviality?
BTW, that last was a bit of a caricature of an opinion, not my real opinion.
ReplyDelete@CJ: On the contrary, I would like to know if you think it's a good example of selling research. Several of my friends from grad school have entered academia. They've told me about the difficulty in getting funded for "traditional chemistry research". Similar observations have been made by my friends in big pharma, i.e., big pharma being enamored by well-marketed ideas from small biotechs that ultimately turn out to be utter crap.
ReplyDeleteBesides, you don't seem like the condemning type ;)
I liked Bruce Hornsby (I haven't heard him in a while - he came to OH about ten years ago).
ReplyDeleteIt's happier than "Mandolin Rain".