每年的9-10月份是科学届最热闹的季节,很多的会议选择在这个时候举行,一些重要的项目申请截止日期也选择在这段时间。外加诺贝尔奖的公开,让很多像我这样天生愚钝但又不得不从事科研的人平生很多的羡慕嫉妒狠。
中村在记者会上说是坚持让自己走向了成功,即使别人如何质疑,如何冷嘲热讽。
这大概是很多从事科学的人都惯有的特点,说得好听点就是坚持有韧性,不好听了就是固执,不合群,甚至自私。
对一个成功的科学家,这些都不是缺点。但对于我等这样凡夫俗子,在从事自己科研的道路上总要解决很多的人际问题,甚至是生计问题。
这可真不是一个好职业,正如这首歌唱的,Am I wrong?
生活还是要继续的.当你夜以继日地修改项目申请书的时候,最愿意做什么事情?试着完成下面的句子:
(我时不停地喝咖啡)
下辈子绝不从事科学研究。。。。
“I need to send off my grant proposal soon for the October deadline & I’m…”?
Let us know in the comments.
Some things I’ve heard….
- Drinking more coffee
- Living in my office
- Eating more chocolate
- Fighting blurry vision from staring at the computer
- Still wrestling with Aim 3
- Not feeling my fingers anymore, which are numb from all that typing
- Downing on energy drinks
- Thinking again that grants should be submitted entirely in video form
- Literally sick
- Considering throwing my computer out the window
- Already aware of what the reviewers will say, but there’s nothing I can do at this point
- Starting on my grant(s) for the February deadline since I already submitted this one (damn you!)