Well, I hope next week works out for ya on that.
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Well, I hope next week works out for ya on that.
In the meantime, I think we should egg BC's mailbox or something.
Where and what did BC do? I am game I haven't egged a house since high school
But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
-John Adams, 1775
Cstone 01/01/2015
"I believe that we are all one mistake away from tragedy...and the mistake made may not be ours."
He probably know quantum physics and knows how to operate a billion dollar telescope on a daily basis.
Good guy, just got married, probably getting wild "new married" sex all the time........it's so beneath him, it's a perfect idea.
Haha, got that right. But why'd you call my wife "it's"?Originally Posted by Otterbatcat
And its quantum mechanics!Man, haven't I taught you anything?!
Wrote out this huge long post about the new position, but I think I'll drop it down to the super short version here:
Consortium will tell my boss to hire a new observer to start Jan 1st. Consortium will write me a letter guaranteeing me a position with xx salary until 2020. I will drop to part time observing in Jan-Feb and will train the new observer, at which point I'll leave my current employer and be hired on by the consortium as a private consultant with double the new salary since it doesn't come with benefits (so I can buy my own) and just because they can. In the meantime, I will be writing the new position description/duties etc for the university that will hire me on (that owns the project).
Starting in Jan, I'll start designing hardware. It has to be in Chile by Summer 2015, so after designing it, prototyping it here and debugging everything, I'll take it down there and train the Chileans on it. At which point, I'll move to the east coast university that hired me, and spend 2 years building the new instrument. Then, I'll move it all down to Chile and spend 3-6mo living in Chile while we commission the instrument.
Then, I'll come back up to the east coast and most likely become the departments new head/lead/only mechanical engineer in the IR lab that is the only one in the country building instruments at this level (huge instruments that is, not for small, sub-4m telescopes).
If anything goes tits up, the consortium said they want to keep me no matter what and will find a new position. Having knowledge of both astronomy science and the hardware is a dying trade and therefore I am highly sought after. Which I'm finding out now since everyone is fighting over me lol.
And dang, that was still a long post!
Oh well, read it as you want, I'll probably redact it in a few days...
If anything goes tits up, the consortium said they want to keep me no matter what and will find a new position. Having knowledge of both astronomy science and the hardware is a dying trade and therefore I am highly sought after. Which I'm finding out now since everyone is fighting over me lol.
THAT, Brother....is super cool. I hope to see it all happen for you. East coast is a little bit general, would assuming northern end be silly?
Thanks, it is EXTREMELY refreshing to know they think that highly of me and also very encouraging to know that going into this field will definitely keep me employed.
Yes, it's a southern state and VERY gun friendly.
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