Well, things here are going at about their normal pace…slowly. The first couple days of setup are always hellish, but we’ll get through it. Julie, the APS staff-person who works on our experiment, does a ton of work during this time, so mad props to her. Word has it that Julie is about to be offered a promotion to some paperworky 9-5 job here and that she’s thrilled about it. I am really happy for her since I know this job can get very stressful, no thanks to folks like us. On the job-search front–lots of people are actually interested in me! I’ve had folks e-mail saying they heard from so-and-so, who heard from so-and-so that I was looking for a job…and I didn’t know any of them. Just goes to show that if you spam enough people with your resume (especially the higher-up folks), that eventually everyone has a copy. No definite offers yet, but lots of encouraging discussions and e-mails being sent around. I’m starting to feel a little more optimistic. (especially since DOE is now getting a bump from its continuing resolution funding…or so I’ve heard…) Ok, back to work. Hopefully the beast will be tuned up tomorrow sometime.
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February 3, 2007 at 9:27 am
Andrea
If your spamming doesn’t work, you can always try phishing — it can go something like this:
Dear Sir,
Due to a recent breach of security, there was a problem in your hiring of a postdoc. Please resubmit your offer to me.
Or, another successful technique:
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am a super-important person from a little-known country. I have enormous wealth that I would like to bestow upon you; all I ask is that you employ me for a limited term.
I’m so good! I should be your career adviser.
February 3, 2007 at 1:35 pm
aps
Hmm, that’s pretty good, Andrea. But isn’t it really a little bit more like this:
URGENT REQUEST YOU HELP,
FIRST, I MUST REQUEST YOUR STRICTEST CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION! NEXT I REQUEST YOU DONATE ME A POSTDOC IN EXCHANGE FOR BECOMING OVERSEAS PARTNERSHIP IN 10 PERCENT OF 21,320,000 (TWENTY ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND US DOLLAR). YOURS IN CHRIST,
DR CLEMENT OKON
February 5, 2007 at 9:40 pm
DR CLEMENT OKON
SIRS,
YOU VIOLATE MY STRICTEST CONFIDENCE REQUEST BY POSTING STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ON STRICTLY PUBLIC WEBSITE. MY STRICTEST ANGER IS NOW ON YOU. YOURS FAITHFULLY,
DR CLEMENT OKON