每年的9-10月份是科學屆最熱鬧的季節,很多的會議選擇在這個時候舉行,一些重要的項目申請截止日期也選擇在這段時間。外加諾貝爾獎的公開,讓很多像我這樣天生愚鈍但又不得不從事科研的人平生很多的羨慕嫉妒狠。
中村在記者會上說是堅持讓自己走向了成功,即使別人如何質疑,如何冷嘲熱諷。
這大概是很多從事科學的人都慣有的特點,說得好聽點就是堅持有韌性,不好聽了就是固執,不合群,甚至自私。
對一個成功的科學家,這些都不是缺點。但對於我等這樣凡夫俗子,在從事自己科研的道路上總要解決很多的人際問題,甚至是生計問題。
這可真不是一個好職業,正如這首歌唱的,Am I wrong?
生活還是要繼續的.當你夜以繼日地修改項目申請書的時候,最願意做什麽事情?試著完成下麵的句子:
(我時不停地喝咖啡)
下輩子絕不從事科學研究。。。。
“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!)