Comments on: Hmm…. http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/12/16/hmm/ life, life in science, miscellaneous thoughts Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:50:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: drshellie http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/12/16/hmm/#comment-229 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:20:39 +0000 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/12/16/hmm/#comment-229 PS: I don't know what's up with the feed, but thanks for the heads up! PS: I don’t know what’s up with the feed, but thanks for the heads up!

]]> by: drshellie http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/12/16/hmm/#comment-228 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:19:18 +0000 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/12/16/hmm/#comment-228 I actually care more about my physical location than the name of the discipline. In grad school I did topic X in a building where all the other groups did topic Y and thought X was boring/irrelevant. The posters in the hallway and the seminar announcements were all about Y, as were the cookie-hour conversations. In my postdoc I study the same topic X in a building of people who think X or things loosely related to X are really fascinating-- interestingly, these people come from several different departments/disciplines. So I'm quite comfortable that my area is X, it's just not quite clear what discipline it is in! The last 3 people from my PhD group to get faculty positions went to 3 different types of departments. I actually care more about my physical location than the name of the discipline. In grad school I did topic X in a building where all the other groups did topic Y and thought X was boring/irrelevant. The posters in the hallway and the seminar announcements were all about Y, as were the cookie-hour conversations. In my postdoc I study the same topic X in a building of people who think X or things loosely related to X are really fascinating– interestingly, these people come from several different departments/disciplines. So I’m quite comfortable that my area is X, it’s just not quite clear what discipline it is in! The last 3 people from my PhD group to get faculty positions went to 3 different types of departments.

]]> by: profgrrrrl http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/12/16/hmm/#comment-227 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:27:14 +0000 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/12/16/hmm/#comment-227 I just noticed the same thing as sciencewoman -- and had to resubscribe to get it to work. Just curious, do you feel comfortable with having 2 areas, as if you fully belong in each? I just noticed the same thing as sciencewoman — and had to resubscribe to get it to work.

Just curious, do you feel comfortable with having 2 areas, as if you fully belong in each?

]]> by: sciencewoman http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/12/16/hmm/#comment-226 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:10:36 +0000 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/12/16/hmm/#comment-226 FYI - your feeds aren't working in bloglines and haven't been for about a week. I've been missing your bloggy goodness. FYI - your feeds aren’t working in bloglines and haven’t been for about a week. I’ve been missing your bloggy goodness.

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