tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post3424474895590730920..comments2024-03-12T03:23:42.976-04:00Comments on NeuroDojo: Planning is essential; plans are uselessZen Faulkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811309183398223358noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-92080692141584362392011-10-19T07:16:47.613-04:002011-10-19T07:16:47.613-04:00A simple question addressed to all doctors. Have y...A simple question addressed to all doctors. Have you ever felt that the liberty to choose has assisted in the furtherance of your scientific enquiry?ജീവബിന്ദുhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04475968349586578744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-40002833075611063792011-10-13T13:21:05.561-04:002011-10-13T13:21:05.561-04:00So true for me also. I was originally interested i...So true for me also. I was originally interested in bird behaviour but decided to do a MSc on fish because I could probably go to Antarctica (which I did). Then I liked my supervisor so I stayed for my Phd. At a conference in the USA I met someone working in a related field and the next thing I know I am living in the USA for a year doing a postdoc. Then I email people randomly and all of a sudden I have a postdoc offer in Canada. The one part that was planned was I applied for a three year grant from NZ (where Im from) and got it and so at least my current postdoc in Canada is planned. Who knows if I will get a lecturing position. That is the BIG question and fear and anxiety and sleepless night and.........Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11054993129757617149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3522311.post-88083038525416902632011-10-10T20:26:44.355-04:002011-10-10T20:26:44.355-04:00Oh so true. I was just writing a short entry to a ...Oh so true. I was just writing a short entry to a tweep who asked how I decided what to study for my PhD. Had I planned things, it wouldn't have turned out as it did. Basically I met my PhD mentor while on a departmental recruiting session and noticed that in the poster there was a critter and technique I'd learned about years before. I thought it was cool, but never in a million years would I have thought to search those two and see if they could be studied together. And they were (are)! And it was staring right in my face during my first few weeks in school. I never planned on doing a postdoc in Canada, and poof! that happened too. It's interesting to see how these things come about.27 and a PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12127977475185688951noreply@blogger.com