I have long loved mathematics. Happy Pi Day, dear readers.
1. Being a postdoc sucks when you are given the autonomy to produce scads of gorgeous data, but you cannot get your PI to publish the goddamn manuscript.
2. Being a PI sucks when you would be willing to spend scads of your gorgeous time publishing a manuscript, but you cannot get your trainees to produce the goddamn data.
3. The solution lies in forming and maintaining a research group of precisely 1.
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Candid Engineer persists as a postdoctoral fellow at Brilliant University in CandidLand, USA. She cranks out the good science in a collaborative and well- funded lab that leaves her happy, but still outspoken. Tune in regularly as she offers her perspective on random academic topics and chronicles her experiences as a researcher at Brilliant U.
"I AM my lab, bitches!"
As my father professes, "Life is best when you are king."
Fuck Pi, Tau is where its at.
We miss you - hope life is still well in CandidLand.