I have a big story to tell, and I'll post soon about it, but I'm still processing. For now, here are a few updates on past postings.
The Impossible Project has died. May it rest in peace. I ended up talking to some people from the research group I was trying to duplicate and it turns out that if you change one parameter the system doesn't work. I wish I'd known that months ago seeing as my whole interest was in using it as a method by which to study changes in the system. Oh well.
Due to circumstances relating the big story I have to tell, I've somewhat manipulatively aligned myself with the former group "pet". Apparently being nice to everyone, getting my work done and not getting in to trouble hasn't been working. This was the only thing that I could think of to improve my situation, so with much hesitation I went and made nice. It was the politically correct thing to do where the boss is concerned. Hopefully it pays off and he'll actually start to see me now. My theory being that I know he respects her opinion, and since she sympathizes with me now, maybe by her mentioning it to him (which I know she will, I'm not stupid) he'll start to see me in a different light. Here's hoping, and you know, in the long run making nice can't hurt.
Back to work for now, I promise to get to my big story soon!
Friday, April 10, 2009
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Firstly, it's sad when impossible projects die, but also a bit of a relief. I worked on a family of compounds for ovr a year and couldn't get the final step to go no matter what I tried. Then someone published a different but similar derivitive, and it turned out it compounds weren't especialy good for their intended purpose. So it was shelved. And I felt nothing but relief. Total relief.
Secondly, you are right to align yourself with the pet, no matter how dirty it may leave you feeling. for the first year of my PhD (longer really) I didn't have a great relationship with my supervisor. It was ok, bu he clearly liked others better. Then a fourth year told me, talk to him. Tell him everything. Never say things are fine. He needs to be needed. And he'll love it. She said, you'll want to wash with a bit of bleach for being so fake nice, but you'll get over it. And I did. And gradually I noticed my relationship with him changing. Maybe it would have anyway, but he definitely seems to like me more now than he did. And, very importantly, I did get noticed. I hope it works for you!
Yeah, that project would have been cool but it's nice to not have to worry about it.
That's an excellent way to describe how I feel about aligning with the pet, I do need to wash with bleach :) It seems to be working - although the boss is out of town his emails have been more productive and less brush-off like.
Worth it in the long run. And who knows, maybe the pet will be less annoying with time?
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