Education & Careers
"Inspecting an optical circuit after the wafer dicing saw step. Many labor tasks - from retail to security to manufacturing - seemed to go for triple redundancy." From Flickr, by jurvetson
“The double-talk: We won't fund you if you have been around since the first ice-age, but we don't take that into account, but having a big name PI on your grant helps'.AGGHH...its enough to make your head spin.“
Dr. Zeek on Is this affirmative action for younger investigators or something else?
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