good to see you H I hope the work is going well. (sorry to hijack your thread Rutherford)

Where have you been H? I thought I haven't seen you for a while here, so I searched your name. But it's too short for username search, so it didn't show your last post.

for some reason, I can smell the tin on canned vegetables. They are great for emergency dinner parties though

I assume it is very relevant to your PhD. Even if not, they would want to know what experience you can bring to this postdoc research, from your previous one. People also love reading examples in personal statements. So it would be good if you can give one or two examples showing how you handled pressure or how you managed to overcome certain problem during your PhD research.

I am not vegetarian but I cook a lot of vegetable-only meals. Lentils are quite good for replacing meat with, and they taste great with tomatoes and rice. They don't require soaking over-night in the water like beans and chick-peas. Do you want a recipe?

she must have had a special moment with that particular computer in the past. I think some people exists just to annoy others.

fluffymonster, I'm sure someone with more experience is going to answer your question here (where is Ann?). But as far as I know, somebody else should have been keeping notes. Otherwise it would be your word against theirs in every case. If this extra change wasn't something that inconvenient, you wouldn't mention it here. So it must be very annoying for you. The key person sounds to be your internal who is not available until next week. Would waiting for his return affect your work very much? Do you have someone in your school's research office that you can talk to? Just to find out about the correct procedure.

sue, I thought about your question again, and it made me think about different types of ads I have seen. Just like with PhD ads, there seem to be two kind of postdoc opportunities. Some are attached to a particular project, therefore the person's criteria is very specific. Therefore the job is very specific. The types of ads I look at are the ones that look for a research fellow for the certain department or research lab within the department where they want new projects. That's what I did with my PhD too. I hope I am making sense.

So coming back to the original question; are you (in a way) looking for a specific project that fits your requirements (if you were to stay in academia of course)?

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that's a good one Tricky. If only the fridge could talk back...

Yeah, I remembered that episode too. Great isn't it? That's why I gave the reference of Lucky Luke, just in case people thought I sounded like Griffin.

her not him, sorry

are you sure it was him in the background?

lol Piglet, that's a good point

fluffymonster, thank you for that encouraging reply.

Sue, also thanks for your answer. I am glad to hear I'm not alone. And I think I can understand what you mean about not staying academia. To be honest, I wasn't at all considering a postdoc until recently. I looked at the ads last year but only to see what's available. My funding ends in September. I started to panic a little about "what's next". I am only looking at 1 year fellowships and or 2 year postdoc positions if it allows some form of independence (i.e not having millions of seniors working on the similar thing in the same lab etc.). I found a few that I feel very confident with, but not having anything published scares me a bit, even though none of them mention publications on their "must" list.

that sounds like the correct one .