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Hmmm...username R sounds suspiciously like H has chosen her new name.

Wow. That is a lot of information to give away in your first post! Welcome strcopy.

People, can we all just try to be a little bit friendlier to each other? It is possible to disagree and debate without being childish about it. I want happy humans on this forum.

Fair enough, H. Your mum can be best mum in the UK, my mum can be best in Australia.

...and before anyone asks, I have not been drinking!

...and I just want everyone to know my mum is the greatest mum in the world.

Oooh, Coastman, you naughty boy. You make a good girl like me blush with comments like that.

I am more of an expensive tracksuit girl, myself !

What made you stand out from the other 199 applicants, chris?

Just so 404 does not think I copied her, when I typed that last one in the word was on a pretty diagonal, but it just came out vertical on the post.

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Yep, that's right. Talk about take the wind out of my sails. I have been ridiculously naive about my post-PhD job prospects.

I recall Ann saying recently that she tried to apply for a job at a supermarket when she finished, but was told there was a waiting list for application forms. What did you do in the end, Ann? How long did it take you to get a postdoc position?

Am wondering what you all hope to do when you finish - postdoc, RA, industry position, lecturer, further study, something unrelated to your PhD? My friend says I should put on my best little black dress and try my luck at picking up a millionaire at the high-rollers table in the casino instead of applying for any more jobs!

Your comments make me realise I am very lucky. My supervisor will give whole chapters back within a day. Sometimes I get emails with corrected chapters from him at 1.30am. That just makes me feel bad. We joke to his wife that he must have his laptop set up on his bedside table and how does she feel about it.

When he travels overseas for conferences, he takes any writing we want him look at to read and correct on the plane. He sits with a glass of red wine in one hand, and his mouse doing Tracked Changes in the other hand. I guess being 24 hours by plane from the rest of the world has its advantages!

Tee hee. That is good.

I wink therefore I am.