Gatesonomic 101: Pop quiz edition

the U.S. needs to improve its education system and allow more foreign-born scientists and engineers to work in the


Oddest Recruitment Bonus Ever

I was looking around for jobs as I was preparing to graduate, applied to GSK (GlaxoSmithKline). Never heard back from


Best song all day

Spent the afternoon coming up with a heat sink to put on the controller for a new part. Wound up with a metal box that


Cool Careers

My roommate doesn’t get mentioned here very often (just in case he ever stumbles across it), but this isn’t


Still unemployed

… not that I’m looking … yet …. But my sister *does* have a job now, starting some time this week.


the “central science”

My advisor dropped by my desk for a nice little chat today. One thing that came up was how he wasn’t sure if I was interested in an industrial job or an academic one — I’ve only told him a dozen times, and none *very* recently — but that if it was the latter, [...]

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