tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post8923073818270405123..comments2023-06-19T06:28:32.714-07:00Comments on VWXYNot?: Self preservation or paranoia? You decide...Cath@VWXYNot?http://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-80740353986637248372008-10-27T11:00:00.000-07:002008-10-27T11:00:00.000-07:00Tag... http://bluelabcoats.wordpress.com/2008/10/2...Tag... <BR/><BR/>http://bluelabcoats.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/6-random-things-about-drdra/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-59292278437318892542008-10-26T18:20:00.000-07:002008-10-26T18:20:00.000-07:00Now cross-posted at the Alt-Sci blog.Bean-Mom, I a...Now cross-posted at the Alt-Sci blog.<BR/><BR/>Bean-Mom, I am still shaking my head in disbelief... I hope he will take proper responsibility for any paper retractions!Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-10391702029052548692008-10-24T21:08:00.000-07:002008-10-24T21:08:00.000-07:00Yup, I think this post could be useful to a wider ...Yup, I think this post could be useful to a wider audience.<BR/><BR/>And yup, my boss's policies *are* irresponsible. You would think a PI would have an interest in actually looking at the data coming out (and possibly being published) by his own lab! Well, I guess I know now why I was hired... Our institute actually has an official science editor, who is a stickler for grammer and edits the The bean-momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411250616280191525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-77299899402650715602008-10-24T14:29:00.000-07:002008-10-24T14:29:00.000-07:00Cath> It would if nothing else be very good for...Cath> It would if nothing else be very good for many to know how to think _if theyever_ get into industry.... and it doesn't hurt to think like that in Academia either.<BR/><BR/>I have already taked up the "write down compliments" and started to keep some kind of file on what I have done this week. (I will start with weekly things since that might be easier for me to remember?!)challhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421219663804628119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-10377957623035051552008-10-24T10:34:00.000-07:002008-10-24T10:34:00.000-07:00Chall, thanks for holding back!ScienceGirl, yeah i...Chall, thanks for holding back!<BR/><BR/>ScienceGirl, yeah it's in one ear and out the other sometimes! It's up to us to make it stick!<BR/><BR/>Dr J, it's just not cricket, is it, old chap?<BR/><BR/>Bean Mom, invisible work sounds exactly right. There's no way my PIs realised exactly how much effort went into getting the institutional signatures or coapplicant CVs on their last grants! <BR/><BR/Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-20808375995665445272008-10-23T20:40:00.000-07:002008-10-23T20:40:00.000-07:00Cath,You are incredible. Really. I've got a lot to...Cath,<BR/><BR/>You are incredible. Really. I've got a lot to learn from you =)<BR/><BR/>I'm currently working with a postdoc on a manuscript that is incredibly painful. It's not the language problems (although there's the usual grammar issues with someone who is not a native speaker of English). It's the *data.* Apparently, the PI in this lab doesn't even bother to review the postdocs' figures The bean-momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411250616280191525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-48650527550456423822008-10-23T18:40:00.000-07:002008-10-23T18:40:00.000-07:00lol. my boss regularly says I am being far too En...lol. my boss regularly says I am being far too English about things. A natural reticence we have. I know no other way, trumpet blowing just seems unseemly, besides I don't believe it!Dr. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04279062868061912332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-76779260866498160722008-10-23T17:50:00.000-07:002008-10-23T17:50:00.000-07:00I've got a lot to learn from you! I just recently...I've got a lot to learn from you! I just recently started discovering that sometimes people forget what all I have done even if I sent a report, and it is good to summarize and remind every now and then.<BR/><BR/>I think you've got what you need to convince your PI!ScienceGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071055167798044468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-69740538953301420692008-10-23T14:25:00.000-07:002008-10-23T14:25:00.000-07:00Cath> i was tempted to say 'you crazy girl&...Cath> i was tempted to say 'you crazy girl' with very small letters... then I figured it was all because I am envious that you really do all that.<BR/><BR/>shame on me. Jealous. Lousy jealousy.challhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421219663804628119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-16928705042128049092008-10-23T13:54:00.000-07:002008-10-23T13:54:00.000-07:00I'm glad you're all saying "good idea" and not "FR...I'm glad you're all saying "good idea" and not "FREAK"!<BR/><BR/>Chall, the self-promotion is pretty painful!<BR/><BR/>Amanda, great idea! I would be so tempted to make stuff up though. "Today, Ultimate Boss said 'Cath rocks, she is completely awesome, we should give her a 200% pay increase'".<BR/><BR/>HGgirl, I like it too! Especially because the first few grants were successful... if they'd allCath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-30023208767657573812008-10-23T11:54:00.000-07:002008-10-23T11:54:00.000-07:00very good idea, the whiteboard!very good idea, the whiteboard!hgghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11704795751892647176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-24764938921180091912008-10-23T09:59:00.000-07:002008-10-23T09:59:00.000-07:00Wow! That's a lot of stuff. I'm really impressed...Wow! That's a lot of stuff. I'm really impressed. I think some of this stuff is a good idea for everyone. Personally, I keep a word document where I write positive verbal feedback and date it. (Although, I do this mostly because I need to remind myself that I can do this rather than a CYA measure.)Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650186640428219734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-57934714548775037762008-10-23T09:53:00.001-07:002008-10-23T09:53:00.001-07:00..oh and I wanted to say, the "self promoting part.....oh and I wanted to say, the "self promoting part". Try and say every once in awhile in an off hand manner "you know I thought aobut that when I recently reviewed grant application for X" and then you can easily connect back to it "X got thier grant,you know that one I helpt review we talked about it a few months ago".<BR/><BR/>then again, asking me on how to self promote makes as much sense as challhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421219663804628119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-71829368002881081312008-10-23T09:51:00.000-07:002008-10-23T09:51:00.000-07:00wow. I mean, wow.I guess I have some things to do ...wow. I mean, wow.<BR/><BR/>I guess I have some things to do now... files and store the data "what I have done today" etc. <BR/><BR/>I know that it is good for me to keep track of what I do, bu I rarely do it. Why? I am not really sure. But every once in awhile I look back in my labbook and write a little summary in a word file and save it so i can tell my PI where we went on one or two things. challhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421219663804628119noreply@blogger.com