tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post8808796284880906612..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: For those of you who like to look over the back fence...Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-27015776894065836552016-03-04T11:21:38.486-05:002016-03-04T11:21:38.486-05:0086% for Gen-X white males, though it goes up to 62...86% for Gen-X white males, though it goes up to 62% if I count myself as a millenial (1980 DOB). I'm not sure which number makes me sadder.Slurpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294114856810408221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-40094519135607609602016-03-03T21:55:28.647-05:002016-03-03T21:55:28.647-05:00Dang! Why did I quit that music school? 8th grade....Dang! Why did I quit that music school? 8th grade....SJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-63811753165078955762016-03-03T11:59:53.413-05:002016-03-03T11:59:53.413-05:00It is a gut wrenching story!! I am an organic che...It is a gut wrenching story!! I am an organic chemist of similar and the way things have been for some time, I could have been I or be any of us. It just simply does not help to quit on your job after 9/11 and in retrospect was a bad decision. Absence of family support can take a heavy toll on one's life and your PO box address is not comfort either! Sooner or later people can figure it out. As i have opined (and also NMH) elsewhere an academic job as bench chemist/postdoctoral fellowship (second stint after cutdown by pharma) is not a bad thing especially if you had a roof over your head. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-3836965734062414912016-03-03T11:14:47.539-05:002016-03-03T11:14:47.539-05:00Great comment from that article:
"I'm a ...Great comment from that article:<br /><br />"I'm a chemical engineer of the same age as Gene. His credentials are amazing; 44 patents, and a doctorate from U Wisconsin-Madison which is a top school for chemical engineering, and I assume also for organic chemistry. Perhaps he does have some psychological issues which makes holding a job problematic, but before H1Bs, NAFTA, WTO, PNTR, etc., Gene would have had a decent income assured until and through retirement, and at least better than $10/hr at a bookstore! What does this say to young people aspiring to be chemists or other STEM workers?"<br /><br />What it says is..... be a music major. You'll get better pay and benefits in the city orchestra.NMHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-74588321299335406322016-03-03T11:03:00.815-05:002016-03-03T11:03:00.815-05:00Tough road for this organic chemist profiled in th...Tough road for this organic chemist profiled in the NY Times today: http://nyti.ms/1TUsVloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-79301686497484619542016-03-03T09:31:08.224-05:002016-03-03T09:31:08.224-05:00Enjoy your great job while you still have it.... :...Enjoy your great job while you still have it.... :)NMHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-24031585193294030192016-03-03T09:15:57.584-05:002016-03-03T09:15:57.584-05:00Thanks, NMH. That will save me from having to watc...Thanks, NMH. That will save me from having to watch the Jerry Springer Show ever again.<br /><br />Every time I see these curves, I feel an urge to fit a Boltzmann distribution and solve for the temperature of the economy. I've been able to resist that, so far, but I won't be able to hold out forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-55033546671093645172016-03-03T09:04:14.342-05:002016-03-03T09:04:14.342-05:00Lets see.... 27%, but if I adjunct for 20 hrs a we...Lets see.... 27%, but if I adjunct for 20 hrs a week, Im up to 20%. I'm a PhD in his early middle ages, so yea, that's pretty bad. But Im in fly-over land in academia, so I did to myself I suppose.<br /><br />If you are feeling bad about yourself, just compare yourself to me.NMHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-83807994898242698072016-03-03T08:28:19.094-05:002016-03-03T08:28:19.094-05:004%-er overall, though saddened to see I'm only...4%-er overall, though saddened to see I'm only a 27%-er of Gen-X white males with advanced degrees. Looks like I'll have to start selling a little bit more of my soul to keep up with these folks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com