get it done

raced a fun half marathon last weekend. Cut seven minutes off my old pb. Still pretty slow by hardcore runner standards, but good for a plodder and i'm stoked with how fit i'm feeling.

On the work buzz as per my last post -> After a lot of soul-searching it became apparent that business-as-usual stuff at the company I was contracting to isn't likely to be a good idea for either party. It's not what I want to do medium or long-term so i'd find it pretty hard to be psyched and i'd be looking elsewhere from the get-go. I also decided not to throw my hat in the ring for the fixed term project role for two reasons: 1= i don't really like working huge hours, and 2 = they're looking at the role starting pronto and i feel like a few weeks of chilling out I wonder how i'll feel about those decisions a few weeks from now.

so.. upshot is that I'm back to being a free agent, with an expectation of occasional report writing and database work for the people i was working for whenever they go into planning or strategy mode. I guess i'll play some poker as well? maybe, it's hard to predict the future at the moment.

p.s. zero hands of poker thus far in June. It's turning into quite a long break from the grind!

hmmm, i threw some feelers out the last couple of weeks...
at current glance the options appear to be:
a) postdoc with supersolid salary in a place i wouldn't mind spending a few years for warmwater surf/climb/party reasons, but not here
b) data contract work, but not here
c) wait a bit for something to come up here, and in the meantime coldwater surf and enjoy the bumlife

decisions...

in other news.. journos are funny sometimes. So, i'd done a pretty good job going on and off record as appropriate for a piece that is being written, but the journo involved hadn't even thought of discussing that sort of thing in reverse. She got pretty stressed when i suggested that i might mention some of the intel she had given to me to an interested party i told her not to worry her pretty lil' head, and i think i've got yet another industry/politico journo to be somewhat biased in my favour. Ahh, the games we play. Poker helped on that front. Poker forum politics probably helped even more. And werewolf has sharpened my claws...

Originally Posted by daven

...the journo involved hadn't even thought of discussing that sort of thing in reverse.

You're an inspiration! LOL.

Originally Posted by daven

hmmm, i threw some feelers out the last couple of weeks...
at current glance the options appear to be:
a) postdoc with supersolid salary in a place i wouldn't mind spending a few years for warmwater surf/climb/party reasons, but not here
b) data contract work, but not here
c) wait a bit for something to come up here, and in the meantime coldwater surf and enjoy the bumlife

Interesting choices, how do you like where you're living? Idk how much financial stuff plays a role for you.

Would you aim for an academic career if you took the postdoc role?