Lol "dadphos" is very cute

Exactly! Always another goal post when it's convenient

Tbh the entire concept of academic pedigree is just so alienating :(

AAAA :( I definitely ran into this too, though not quite as blatantly

Welllll at least we agree you're a fantastic candidate. I'm sorry my guy

Welcome to MRI Training.

Learning new instruments: fun, amazing, new dimensions of data

Not being an immediate expert at said new instruments: horrible, how could this happen to me

Oh definitely! I realized my response sounded like I was disagreeing with your initial reply, but I didn't mean it that way. If everybody is on board and aware of what the referral actually consists of, full steam ahead. Whereas in my recent situation neither of those conditions were met haha

Appreciate your perspective! I'm all for lifting people up and I know how difficult job searching can be/how important referrals can be, but.. I would think the usual reason referrals are valued is because you do know the person in question and can vouch for their skills haha

Thanks @plante.bsky.social for championing it on The Besties and being the reason I sought it out!

this was the first weekend where I truly didn't have 5 million tasks to do and the joy I felt in booting up a new stardew farm (mostly) guilt free earlier today? incredible.

Thank you :))

Congrats Kaitlyn!!

Thank you Stanna :))