tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post3890384595269330948..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: Should you trust ACS presidents on jobs? I don't think so.Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-31557741051407081592012-01-10T22:18:32.557-05:002012-01-10T22:18:32.557-05:00FYI, forehead protects orbitofrontal areas of brai...FYI, forehead protects orbitofrontal areas of brain that do not store memories but that are involved in personality traits, judgement, motivation and restraint. A damage there causes either a dull lobotomized zombie devoid of personality, or quite the opposite effect - a lack of inhibition, i.e. compulsive-reflexive cracking of jokes and shockingly obscene or childish manners. (I know this from first hand, having an uncle who had his head bashed by a group of drunken Ukrainian contractors living next door after he went to confront them about their noise)milkshakehttp://orgprepdaily.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-44409648656133599272012-01-10T11:46:21.236-05:002012-01-10T11:46:21.236-05:00@selina - Why thank you. You're right, forehea...@selina - Why thank you. You're right, foreheads are important. They store all my important recall, after all.See Arr Ohhttp://justlikecooking.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-19759788696577603432012-01-10T10:35:41.237-05:002012-01-10T10:35:41.237-05:00@See Arr Oh
Well said (no need to smack our own f...@See Arr Oh <br />Well said (no need to smack our own forehead, since we need to save it for all the recall we do!) Let's smack the misinformed douche instead...selinahttps://twitter.com/#!/msselinawang/followingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-49515787282160052212012-01-10T02:22:37.377-05:002012-01-10T02:22:37.377-05:00@8:13
The story of Viagra is well known, even amon...@8:13<br />The story of Viagra is well known, even among young chemists like me. It still stands as a good example of how improving quality of life is often much more important than longevity. If we could make people smarter, happier and healthier, especially during their most productive years, chemists would improve their employment in all areas. The focus on longevity is a major distraction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-83388833834107758252012-01-10T00:17:53.174-05:002012-01-10T00:17:53.174-05:00Based on many pre-Meds and MDs the practice of Med...Based on many pre-Meds and MDs the practice of Medicine is much more based on "recall" than skill based. Perhaps the TV Doctor House is an exception although his chief skill is synthesizing extraneous facts to come up with the correct diagnosis with 10 minutes left in the showAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-28178529982406471002012-01-09T23:13:42.503-05:002012-01-09T23:13:42.503-05:00@2:21pm
Viagra was a happy accidental discovery. ...@2:21pm<br />Viagra was a happy accidental discovery. Interesting side effect turned profitable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-59665469288968929642012-01-09T21:02:52.369-05:002012-01-09T21:02:52.369-05:00What planet are these people on? I'd like the...What planet are these people on? I'd like the current and past presidents of the ACS to spend some time freezing their butts off on Pluto while waiting for a new job, like too many chemists currently are doing. They are already out there, as exemplified by their cold, insensitive remarks. I think the ACS president and cronies, should be rebanded at a lower level, commensurate with their stupidity...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-81785848055598319112012-01-09T17:21:40.519-05:002012-01-09T17:21:40.519-05:00CanChem,
Per Capita Healthcare spending, life exp...CanChem,<br /><br />Per Capita Healthcare spending, life expectancy<br />U.S. $7,960/yr, 78.4 yrs<br />Canada $4,363/yr, 80.7 yrs<br />Mexico $918/yr, 76.2 yrs<br /><br />Yeah, some doctors in the U.S. may be overcharging just a little bit there...<br /><br />This also illustrates why medicinal chemistry is going to keep being a bad career choice. Given the choice between spending an extra year being old, fragile and possibly on life support, or having a more fulfilling youth, people will pick their or their children's youth over that new fangled drug.<br /><br />Unless med chemists can make a longer life more fulfilling (ex. Viagra) people may feel reluctant to spend much more time or money living longer with drugs instead of paying for that vacation right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-12332577327414779942012-01-09T16:51:40.623-05:002012-01-09T16:51:40.623-05:00By that logic, medicine isn't skill-based eith...By that logic, medicine isn't skill-based either. My doctor has been vastly overcharging me for simple recall.CanChemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-21432036365723091932012-01-09T16:11:10.744-05:002012-01-09T16:11:10.744-05:00"organic chemistry is hardly skill based - mo..."organic chemistry is hardly skill based - mostly recall."<br /><br />As if art history, or any other field of history, doesn't require recall...what a @#$%ing misinformed douche!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-65498884176034147302012-01-09T15:39:54.561-05:002012-01-09T15:39:54.561-05:00uncle:
Interesting enough that I think I will pur...uncle:<br /><br />Interesting enough that I think I will purchase a copy. The blurbs look prominent enough. I suspect, though, that it will be mostly about the bio/physics story: too many PhDs, not enough PI positions, grant $$, etc.Chemjobberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-52622008423447592212012-01-09T14:35:47.177-05:002012-01-09T14:35:47.177-05:00Look, my recollection is that of the of last two c...Look, my recollection is that of the of last two candidates ACS offered, one haven't spent a day in the lab since like the 80-ies, and the other never did any chemistry at all (I could not be bother which one "won"), so what do you expect them to know? A year before it was an old academic I believe, and Dr. Sanctuary showed us last week just what the attitudes among those are, so why would you expect them to care?<br />But the truth is, the president is just a figurehead, a lipstick on a pig, it is Jacobs and her underlings who run the things at the ACS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-53109544130599619422012-01-09T12:52:20.578-05:002012-01-09T12:52:20.578-05:00Yo, chemjobber. Can you read the following article...Yo, chemjobber. Can you read the following article and comment on it? I'm thinking of reading the book...<br /><br />hxxp://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2012_01_06/caredit.a1200001uncle samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-64799596556452207162012-01-09T12:16:04.407-05:002012-01-09T12:16:04.407-05:00I'm gonna let the commenter who claimed "...I'm gonna let the commenter who claimed "mostly recall" fix the following lab situations:<br /><br />1. Rotovap stops working for no reason<br />2. Fractional distillation at scale<br />3. Ligand optimization in new catalytic method<br />4. Choice of reducing / oxidizing agents late in synthesis<br />5. Writing new HPLC methods for unknown compounds<br /><br />I could go on, but I won't. (smacks forehead into desk)See Arr Ohhttp://justlikecooking.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-26368224971059878652012-01-09T11:07:01.884-05:002012-01-09T11:07:01.884-05:00"organic chemistry is hardly skill based - mo..."organic chemistry is hardly skill based - mostly recall"<br /><br />Well, much as I recognize the above statement is not wholly true, how many 2nd year organic profs suggested that a good way to learn named reactions was to use 'flip cards'....bbooooooyanoreply@blogger.com