My daytime job 2


I would like to continue to explain what I am doing for living here.

So, I was sent to Boston to learn something and had spent 2 years and 3 months. After that I went back to Japan and go back to the original job again. But somehow, I didn't like the situation in the company (I'll explain this in the other time). Then, after 1 and half year of working in Japan, I was back in Boston for doing a basic research in April 2004.

Well, on the second thought, let me explain a little bit about the difference between working in the company and in the academic lab.

Working in the company with the goal to make a product with people was fun. But these days, the product cycle to launch in market is so fast, and I felt like we, people in R&D section, could not make a product as we we could be satisfied with, because of the time constrict. Of course, nothing would be 100% perfect though, I was tired of making my effort on doing something I knew I was not satisfied with.

On the contrary, the academic research, which is I am doing now, seems to be a little more boring though, we can do whatever (almost) we are interested in. The salary is not that good though, I can have more of my time to do what I want to do.

Anyway, I am back in Boston and started working at the academic position. Most of researchers in this institute are, so called, Pos-Doc. They have doctors, and are working here to establish their own research area. But I only have masters, so that my position is called Research Assistant, which I cannot apply most of the research grants that the government offers. So, I need a boss to hire me, whereas the Pos-docs will eventually be able to get money from government by themselves.

Well.... I don't know why I am writing this now..... Next time, I'll write about my research now.

Posted: Mon - November 21, 2005 at 01:20 AM          

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