Mong

Am now officially fed up with academia and trying to find a job therein. Have handed in first chapter, it bounced back instantly for me to make into a paper. Whilst this is a Good Idea and very flattering and all, I do kinda wonder how in hell I am supposed to write another 4 thesis chapters and this paper before the end of December... and that would still be cutting it extremely fine for a graduate-by-Feb-or-else deadline. Today's beetle in honour of hobbit_dave re-reading Uzumaki and the fact that I am going in ever-decreasing circles.



Am probably going to apply for a bunch of jobs back in Histology. At least I'm qualified for pretty much top level now and should get paid pretty well. I quit in the first place on the grounds that Clinical Scientist grade is just never gonna happen outside of Haematol/Micro/Cytology as the consultants are never gonna give an inch to anything that means they might lose income from their private work. Am going to apply for a couple of jobs in London tomorrow.

Have also started viewing houses to buy (well, the other half, obviously). Wonder if it's even worth writing up the rest of the thesis if I'm not going to work in academia? Papers I think would still be good, but the actual PhD? Still not so sure. Maybe if Clinical Scientist EVER came to pass in Histo, being a Dr of pathology would help. Hrm.

Also, does anyone have any recommendations for mount cutting equipment? Seems to me you can pay anything from £15-£300 and no idea what is just useless and what is pro quality. Wanna matt my beetles.