Comments on: Cartoon about my job http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/04/23/cartoon-about-my-job/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:10:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: bill r http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/04/23/cartoon-about-my-job/comment-page-1/#comment-16514 bill r Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:14:48 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2083#comment-16514 I found it simpler to just get a job in industry. I got paid more and was making things that people actually used because the products helped them. Couple of downsides: 1. lost a week of vacation (which I never used- its not vacation when you're reading tech papers) 2. No graduate assistants. 3. Engineers really do think that they know math & stat. I found it simpler to just get a job in industry. I got paid more and was making things that people actually used because the products helped them.

Couple of downsides:
1. lost a week of vacation (which I never used- its not vacation when you’re reading tech papers)
2. No graduate assistants.
3. Engineers really do think that they know math & stat.

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