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Hey, Andrew!
http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gmh/phd-advert.html
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Coding without comments is like
driving without turn signals."
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On 02/07/2011 04:06 AM, Darren New wrote:
> Hey, Andrew!
Graham Hutton himself, eh?
Unfortunately, I do not have a first-class degree.
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On 7/2/2011 0:50, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> On 02/07/2011 04:06 AM, Darren New wrote:
>> Hey, Andrew!
>
> Graham Hutton himself, eh?
>
> Unfortunately, I do not have a first-class degree.
Apply anyay.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Coding without comments is like
driving without turn signals."
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On 2-7-2011 21:18, Darren New wrote:
> On 7/2/2011 0:50, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> On 02/07/2011 04:06 AM, Darren New wrote:
>>> Hey, Andrew!
>>
>> Graham Hutton himself, eh?
>>
>> Unfortunately, I do not have a first-class degree.
>
> Apply anyway.
>
seconded
you can't go on finding excuses to not improve your life.
(or perhaps you can, I mean you shouldn't)
--
Apparently you can afford your own dictator for less than 10 cents per
citizen per day.
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>>> Unfortunately, I do not have a first-class degree.
>>
>> Apply anyway.
>>
> seconded
I had assumed that when any sort of advertisement says "you must have X
to apply", that means that if you don't have X your application will be
summarily ignored.
Also, I'm fuzzy on this part, but are you required to be a current
student? Or is it merely that most people who do a PhD happen to be
current students?
> you can't go on finding excuses to not improve your life.
> (or perhaps you can, I mean you shouldn't)
Well, I'm certainly not going to argue with that. :-}
My point was merely that applying for something you have no hope at all
of getting is just a waste of time and effort.
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On 7/3/2011 2:44, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I had assumed that when any sort of advertisement says "you must have X to
> apply", that means that if you don't have X your application will be
> summarily ignored.
Nope. It means the person writing the ad put that in the ad.
If it's summarily ignored, so what?
> Also, I'm fuzzy on this part, but are you required to be a current student?
It seems the best way to find out would be to apply.
> My point was merely that applying for something you have no hope at all of
> getting is just a waste of time and effort.
No, it gets you in the habit. :-)
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Coding without comments is like
driving without turn signals."
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On 3-7-2011 11:44, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>> Unfortunately, I do not have a first-class degree.
>>>
>>> Apply anyway.
>>>
>> seconded
>
> I had assumed that when any sort of advertisement says "you must have X
> to apply", that means that if you don't have X your application will be
> summarily ignored.
nope, see darren
> Also, I'm fuzzy on this part, but are you required to be a current
> student? Or is it merely that most people who do a PhD happen to be
> current students?
The latter. In sciences it is common. Though I know a few (well) over
35. In languages A PhD is often for a lifetime achievement. Over 60 is
not unheard of. Actually one person in my department is going to get a
(second) PhD in 3 years time. I am fairly sure he will have past the 60
mark by then too.
>> you can't go on finding excuses to not improve your life.
>> (or perhaps you can, I mean you shouldn't)
>
> Well, I'm certainly not going to argue with that. :-}
>
> My point was merely that applying for something you have no hope at all
> of getting is just a waste of time and effort.
>
No. it isn't, see Darren. It is also good training, helps to get your
thoughts organized, and you might end up with another job that they also
have or will create for you. Or you might have totally misjudged it and
get the one you apply for. Given that you are not experienced in
applying for these sort of jobs and your skills in second guessing other
people in general are not as well developed as in some, that is much
more likely than you think. ;)
--
Apparently you can afford your own dictator for less than 10 cents per
citizen per day.
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On 7/3/2011 11:45, andrel wrote:
> and you might end up with another job that they also
> have or will create for you.
Or, very frequent in my experience, they'll pass you on to someone who *is*
looking for what you do.
"Darren, do you know the Gooblefleck library?"
"No, but I know Fred worked on that the last place I was. I'll ask if he's
interested."
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Coding without comments is like
driving without turn signals."
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