{"id":452,"date":"2008-12-06T09:49:51","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T09:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2008\/12\/06\/on_leaping_out_of_the_void\/"},"modified":"2008-12-06T09:49:51","modified_gmt":"2008-12-06T09:49:51","slug":"on_leaping_out_of_the_void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2008\/12\/06\/on_leaping_out_of_the_void\/","title":{"rendered":"On leaping out of the void"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started answering some questions<\/a> but realized that the margin wasn’t big enough for both of us.<\/p>\n

\n\"Bobby<\/a>
\nLondon isn’t big enuff for both of us<\/em><\/p>\n

\nHere’s the skinny. Yes I am currently a post-doc. For a while I’ve been “thinking”:http:\/\/network.nature.com\/people\/rpg\/blog\/2008\/09\/14\/on-depression\u2014a-personal-perspective about a career change<\/a>, and … it’s happening.<\/p>\n

\nI have just landed a job with these guys<\/a>. I’ll be working on the Faculty of 1000 (Biology<\/a> & Medicine<\/a> )\u2014although I very much suspect that I’ll get my fingers into other pies, although probably not the People’s Archive<\/a> I can’t say exactly<\/em> what’s happening (partly because I don’t know exactly what I’ll be doing, but that’s all part of the fun) but we did all have an interesting time in London<\/a> last week, and it’s looking quite exciting.<\/p>\n

\nIn short, I’m going to be a publishing mogul. Expect to see me laughing maniacally just before I dispose of secret agents in intricate and expensive ways. Actually, I’m kinda smarter<\/a> than that. <\/p>\n

\nJoking aside, I’ve only ever been a scientist. It’s not the first time I’ll have left academia: I spent two years working in a biotech company. I returned, but this time it’s likely to be a one-way ticket. While I do enjoy it, for various reasons I think it’s time to develop other skills, try new directions. I’m leaving my comfort zone, and it’s just a little scary, as well as (once I’m over my jet-lag) exciting. What constitutes a void<\/a>, really, depends on one’s perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I started answering some questions but realized that the margin wasn’t big enough for both of us. London isn’t big enuff for both of us Here’s the skinny. Yes I am currently a post-doc. For a while I’ve been “thinking”:http:\/\/network.nature.com\/people\/rpg\/blog\/2008\/09\/14\/on-depression\u2014a-personal-perspective … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}