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Feb. 18th, 2011 11:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rubahNot going to waste a bunch of words re: whether livejournal dying beyond that seems to correspond to my own observations.
For myself, I'm going to be graduating this year. Probably in spring, although the idea of staying an extra summer session to wrap up my research more completely is very appealing.
After graduating... what to do?
It's too late to apply for 2011-2012 grad school, but if I wanted to apply this fall for the next year, my research advisor is ready to write letters to his prof from UCLA to do biomems there. It would be pretty tough, but it would be an interesting challenge.
(i also asked him to check with his contacts about entry jobs in LA)
LA is kind of out of character for me, but that's where my darling is.
However, I'm still exploring other opportunities, applying everywhere I can think of. There are a couple of prospective leads right now; facilities design in Texas (although that recruiter seems to talk bigger than he does), and a program with Cameron.
Getting your foot in the door, any door is the ultimate goal. If I get employed, I think I will work there, and then develop skills and contacts to get to my darling. If I do not, I will move, try to get hired until autumn, then apply for grad school, and still try to get hired.
It could happen.
For myself, I'm going to be graduating this year. Probably in spring, although the idea of staying an extra summer session to wrap up my research more completely is very appealing.
After graduating... what to do?
It's too late to apply for 2011-2012 grad school, but if I wanted to apply this fall for the next year, my research advisor is ready to write letters to his prof from UCLA to do biomems there. It would be pretty tough, but it would be an interesting challenge.
(i also asked him to check with his contacts about entry jobs in LA)
LA is kind of out of character for me, but that's where my darling is.
However, I'm still exploring other opportunities, applying everywhere I can think of. There are a couple of prospective leads right now; facilities design in Texas (although that recruiter seems to talk bigger than he does), and a program with Cameron.
Getting your foot in the door, any door is the ultimate goal. If I get employed, I think I will work there, and then develop skills and contacts to get to my darling. If I do not, I will move, try to get hired until autumn, then apply for grad school, and still try to get hired.
It could happen.
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Date: 2011-02-19 10:11 am (UTC)Well, UCLA is.
Anyway. Where you live now sucks anyway. And I say that with complete confidence having never been there.
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Date: 2011-02-19 05:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-19 02:59 pm (UTC)Then again, I was like 7...
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Date: 2011-02-19 05:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-19 03:28 pm (UTC)