No, not really
I applied for a bunch of others but it's been 4 weeks now, I think I'd have heard if I'd got interviews. There's 3 or 4 more I can apply for but then that's it, I'll have to find myself another job rather than study. Chances are when I finish that job I'll either be too old to start a PhD or won't really be any more competitive than I am now.
(berk, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 19:34, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

my friends dad started (one of many he had) when he was over 55.
never gonna get too old (never gonna get, never gonna get)
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 19:36, Reply)

Yeah, but if you think in terms of funding
it's generally for three years. So, I'll be 26 when I finish here in October, probably another three years as a technician, I'll be 29... then three or four years to do a PhD... If I want any sort of career I'd need to then do at least one post-doc before having kids, but that means I won't be able to start a family til I'm what, 36? 37? It's all just leaving things really late, certainly later than I hypothetically wanted to.
(berk, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 19:42, Reply)

Lost of women do that now already.

( girlinthehole, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 19:44, Reply)

Yes, but it's not what I wanted for me
this, of course, all assumes that I will meet someone that I want to have children with in the next 10 years, and overcome the fear, disgust and loathing that I feel about pregnancy.
(berk, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 19:49, Reply)

It will go.
At college I was mates with a girl who swore she'd never have kids. Had this loathing of something living inside her. Completely freaked her out. A few years ago she FB'd me and she's had a baby.
( girlinthehole, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 19:52, Reply)

I think I watch 'Alien' too young, is what it is...
but yeah, from a biology point of view, knowing all the freaky shit it does to your innards really doesn't persuade me in any way that it's a good idea.
(berk, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 19:58, Reply)

Yeah
I'd do one now if offered (which I won't be) and I'm old. LIfelong learning and all that
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 19:43, Reply)