The thesis

Well this week is meant to be the last week of uni I have.  Ever.  Even if I wanted to I probably couldn’t do any more time as a student.  Bit weird really.  I have spent 8 years as a student – I know what to do, I do student pretty good now!  I know the uni system quite well, know most people worth knowing and can get stuff done quickly and efficiently.  I even have influence in some cases.  So after Friday I won’t have any of that hard earned comfort as I will hand in the PhD and after a week of holidays, back out into the workforce of gainful employment.  Bit scary really.  I’ll have to work in a team, communicate, all those sort of things.  I’m looking forward to it, it might just take some time to settle into a new role.

No chance of switching the brain off though.  The unfortunate by-product of being a scientist is you always have to secure your next job – so while I have 6 months of work lined up everything is a bit grey after that.  The plant breeding job I will be in may continue, or not.  The other option is to apply for funds to continue on my current research as a post doc.  Either way I will apply and if successful either do that or become a CI (supervisor) to the project.  Big year ahead!