So, I’m one week down in my new career as a trainee patent attorney and, you guys, I am having an amazing time. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am working really hard and I’m totally knackered but I’m seriously enjoying it. So much so that, even as I type this on a drizzly Saturday… Continue reading First week at my new job
My five weeks between finishing work as a postdoctoral researcher and starting work as a trainee patent attorney is almost up! Let me tell you that the time flew by and, no, I am not totally bored and climbing up the walls. Five weeks is not enough time for me to get bored in, I’m… Continue reading Getting ready for my first day at work
As usual, this month I’ve been going out of my way to try new things. It’s a habit I strongly recommend and I always enjoy looking back at the end of the month to see what I’ve been able to try. This month I’ve tried: 1. Graduating! Ok, technically I’ve graduated before, but… Continue reading New things I tried in June
For the past couple of months, I’ve been writing monthly roundups, having stolen the idea from Gordon and Siobhan. So far, I like the idea. It’s a bit like a status report and I do love any opportunity to monitor… well… anything, really. So, without any further ado, here’s my May round up: Financial status: Not bad, given… Continue reading May roundup
As usual, this month I’ve been going out of my way to try new things. It’s a habit I strongly recommend and I always enjoy looking back at the end of the month to see what I’ve been able to try. This month I’ve tried: 1. Visiting Croatia! We spent a week on… Continue reading New things I tried in May
About this time last year, I took a position as a postdoctoral researcher, working on an ultrasensitive MEMS gravimeter. It has been an absolutely fascinating year, I learned a lot, developed a bunch of skills and had a brilliant time. However, I always knew that the post was temporary. Initially it I had a 6-month… Continue reading I got a new job!
On Friday two things happened. I received the prize money for my share of the 2016 Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics for the detection of gravitational waves I received a letter from human resources informing me that my contract would be terminating on 30th June. You win some you lose some. This end to my… Continue reading The end of my contract
I mentioned the other day that we’ll soon be moving to make both of our commutes bearable. Naturally, we want to live somewhere which gives us similar, but ideally short, commute times. So, for example, if we both have to spend an hour on the train then it doesn’t make sense to move, but if… Continue reading Exploring Falkirk
I mentioned on Tuesday that I have a new job (Yay! So far, so good) well, I’m not the only one. My PhD funding ran out at the same time as P’s did, we were both funded by the STFC which means that for 3.5-year funding programmes everything dries up in March, in our case… Continue reading Moving away
This is part of a series I’ve been trying to do every month in 2016. I love trying new things so I try to come up with the five most interesting new things I’ve tried every month. Of course, that may not always work out, but hopefully I’ll manage most of the time. It’s partly… Continue reading Five new things I tried in March
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