Recent content by Vanadium 50

I am told 50 people were fired this week and perp-walked off site. Unofficial word from Management is this is all off it, unofficially nobody believes this. Estimated beam delivery is half of what was planned,

@L Draco you are a) highjacking someone elses thread anf b) posting things that are not so.

The option you want can't be kept open because it doesn't exist.

(1) Nobody is seriously supporting warp drive. Maybe a travel grant, but not hiring postdocs and students. The job you want does not exist. (2) If you need to plan out 15 years in advance and then tick all the boxes, you will do poorly in physics and likely be miserable. It just doesn't work...

Cam we have the same thing for the Magic 8 Ball?

You as ~15 years away from being able to direct your own research. Focus on what is on your plate.

This is not complicated. The number of new people per year capable of handling a TT position is N. The number of such positions is M. N > M, possibly >> M. Huffing and puffing will not change these numbers. The number of non-TT positions that can have a rich and full career is also > M.

Which is why I friggin' asked him. Lordy.

Looks like the polls, while tightly clustered, ended up quite a ways off.

Boslo. Boslo. Bosko. Its OK not to know something. In that case, it may be more helpful to ask them in your own thtead than to chime in on someone else's. Try it! It works!

Just our own hiring, and the success rate of my recommendations. You may be able to find online petitions to STFC to change this.

The manufacturer has a sheet.

Good for you. Um...this isn't just more bragging, is it?

And he's been dead half a century. Ancient examples are of little help.

Another <splat!> Here's a video. If the video isn't worth the time to summarize, why is it worth the time to watch?