Ditto
I still have a year left on my contract and I already have The Fear about what I'm going to do next; the chances of us getting our grant renewed are...slim, shall we say.
(berk, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 13:53, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Perhaps we should go freelance and set up our Private Scientific-Problem-Solving Agency
I'm sure we could get a grant to start it from one of the major government-funded research coun - oh, no, hang on...
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 13:56, Reply)

But maybe you could start your own bussiness on something else?
Some of the major banks are getting together to create a fund to help people start new bussiness. Anything you can do, apart from research? (No need to go to the same joke again)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 14:02, Reply)

Ha! Perhaps I should get my friend to come back down to London
And we'll realise our daft dream of starting up a real ale brewery.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 14:03, Reply)

Oh, I want to do that too!
And Mark as well. We only want to save some more money, in case it goes wrong. He says it's a lot of job on it, and that prob I won't have time for kids.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 20 Oct 2010, 14:11, Reply)

Academia is a good gig if you can get it
(in biological sciences, anyway, I can't speak for physics) Sadly I think there will be a lot of us looking elsewhere in the next few years. There aren't even any jobs in the NHS ffs.
Which band are you gigging with on Saturday by the way?
(berk, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 14:03, Reply)

I'm playing bass for a feller called Sonny B Walker
Blues singer, and a very lively frontman. He's also got this rather promising young chap on guitar who I met briefly last night.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 14:05, Reply)