Comments on: When ideal meets reality http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459 A chemist's blog of blogged bloggings. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:31:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ChemE http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17821 ChemE Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:51:12 +0000 http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17821 It's not just CA. Similar situation in North Carolina at the moment. It’s not just CA. Similar situation in North Carolina at the moment.

]]> By: ChemE http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17820 ChemE Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:44:55 +0000 http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17820 Be sure to quote this thread the next time you solicit reviews of institutions outside of "the Big Time" Be sure to quote this thread the next time you solicit reviews of institutions outside of “the Big Time”

]]> By: OrgChemist http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17766 OrgChemist Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:11:17 +0000 http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17766 The rumor mill says: not until his U Michigan students are all gone... The rumor mill says: not until his U Michigan students are all gone…

]]> By: userlame http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17738 userlame Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:49:56 +0000 http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17738 Isn't Yahgi setting sail for Northwestern? That is the rumor I heard some 8 months ago. Isn’t Yahgi setting sail for Northwestern? That is the rumor I heard some 8 months ago.

]]> By: uncle sam http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17732 uncle sam Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:37:04 +0000 http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17732 Actually... is there a good, logical method of predicting function in metal organic frameworks based on design? That's why Yaghi bought a robot to make them, after all. At least with Sames' chemistry, it feels like there is more thinking involved and more synthetic ability asked for on the part of the plebs. But I agree that you probably will get a better job afterwards by going the UCLA Yaghi route; but only since it's all the rage with BASF, some academic circles, etc... right now. Actually… is there a good, logical method of predicting function in metal organic frameworks based on design? That’s why Yaghi bought a robot to make them, after all. At least with Sames’ chemistry, it feels like there is more thinking involved and more synthetic ability asked for on the part of the plebs.

But I agree that you probably will get a better job afterwards by going the UCLA Yaghi route; but only since it’s all the rage with BASF, some academic circles, etc… right now.

]]> By: Bobby http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17727 Bobby Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:08:21 +0000 http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17727 http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/2009-06-23/index.html http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat.....index.html

]]> By: Kyle Finchsigmate http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17726 Kyle Finchsigmate Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:58:33 +0000 http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17726 Who's going to take you further - Omar Yahgi at UCLA or Dalibor Sames at Columbia? I don't think the departments make that big of a difference Who’s going to take you further – Omar Yahgi at UCLA or Dalibor Sames at Columbia?

I don’t think the departments make that big of a difference

]]> By: uncle sam http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17722 uncle sam Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:54:18 +0000 http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17722 Yes, it's completely ridiculous. I think I burst out laughing the first time I read "MIT is a school that most people want to go to but can't". This is one of the schools I avoided on purpose because of it's terrible reputation (for the things that matter for me) and I was annoyed to learn that it was #3 on my post-doc list when I made up a top ten list of people I want to work for. My advisor at the previous no-name place was hands down smarter and a better chemist than most people in his field, including MIT profs. I have realized this pretty thoroughly by now. It's easy to have a good track record when you have an ambitious army working for you. The problem is that there are a lot of casualties along the way and tsars make really bad military operators on the ground. The statement that I would actively 'choose' to go to a place with an unhealthy atmosphere like MIT or Harvard if it wasn't for a particular advisor is, to me, absurd. Yes, it’s completely ridiculous. I think I burst out laughing the first time I read “MIT is a school that most people want to go to but can’t”. This is one of the schools I avoided on purpose because of it’s terrible reputation (for the things that matter for me) and I was annoyed to learn that it was #3 on my post-doc list when I made up a top ten list of people I want to work for.

My advisor at the previous no-name place was hands down smarter and a better chemist than most people in his field, including MIT profs. I have realized this pretty thoroughly by now. It’s easy to have a good track record when you have an ambitious army working for you. The problem is that there are a lot of casualties along the way and tsars make really bad military operators on the ground.

The statement that I would actively ‘choose’ to go to a place with an unhealthy atmosphere like MIT or Harvard if it wasn’t for a particular advisor is, to me, absurd.

]]> By: Kyle Finchsigmate http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17712 Kyle Finchsigmate Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:32:09 +0000 http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17712 From my standing, it's pretty much fucking hilarious. From my standing, it’s pretty much fucking hilarious.

]]> By: Chemjobber http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17710 Chemjobber Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:20:26 +0000 http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=1459#comment-17710 I think there are some odd assumptions being made here. I think there are some odd assumptions being made here.

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