Volk: Friend #1, brainy PhD Student
mL: Friend #2, brainy PhD Student
mimB: Friend #3, Entry Level, graduated 2 years earlier, not attending a university
Spring 2011:
mimB: BTW, what time do we meet?
Volk: Probably closer to morning or evening is better. Or to the middle of the day. Haha. So, well, after 10am.
mimB: Are you always this... vague in the mornings?
Volk: 10:30 is good, for example.
mimB: lol, I'm undercover as a working adult. :) I don't get off work earlier than 5pm.
Volk: Lame. :p 5pm then?
mimB: What is that with you and brainy future PhD kids?
Volk: Working specific hours is overrated. :)
mimB: So, how about this Wednesday. I think I can make it work. Any preferences for plans?
mL: A walk. Or a hike.
mimB: What do you mean by "hike"?
mL: I mean the Billy Goat trail.
mimB: Because I'm still a regularly working person. Who doesn't really leave work until 5 or 6pm?
mL: Laaame.
mL: Friend #2, brainy PhD Student
mimB: Friend #3, Entry Level, graduated 2 years earlier, not attending a university
Spring 2011:
mimB: BTW, what time do we meet?
Volk: Probably closer to morning or evening is better. Or to the middle of the day. Haha. So, well, after 10am.
mimB: Are you always this... vague in the mornings?
Volk: 10:30 is good, for example.
mimB: lol, I'm undercover as a working adult. :) I don't get off work earlier than 5pm.
Volk: Lame. :p 5pm then?
mimB: What is that with you and brainy future PhD kids?
Volk: Working specific hours is overrated. :)
mimB: So, how about this Wednesday. I think I can make it work. Any preferences for plans?
mL: A walk. Or a hike.
mimB: What do you mean by "hike"?
mL: I mean the Billy Goat trail.
mimB: Because I'm still a regularly working person. Who doesn't really leave work until 5 or 6pm?
mL: Laaame.
I think that's part of the reason we go to do PhDs - to avoid the lameness of regular work hours.
ReplyDeleteLOL, right - so instead you have the freedom of slaving at whatever hours are convenient :)
ReplyDeleteBut seriously? Not like software developers or bio-physicists in the industry are required to interact with the business side of things, and thus actually keep normal hours.