At work

It's been a long time since i last blogged. As said, i'm going along a mundane period - repeating cycles of work, followed by non-work and finally sleep to recuperate for more work the next day.

There's a new attachment student in my lab. A bright-eyed fresh grad from poly. Very hopeful, but also very immature. He reminds me too much of myself as an 18-year-old. The idiot who knew nothing about science outside textbooks, or about the unwritten rules in the workplace, yet thought she had whatever it took.

He doesn't fit in. His boundary issues and lack of professionalism make him somewhat an outcast. And i pity him. I understand his plight transitioning from school to the unfamiliar work environment.

So today i finally decided to give him some advice. I thought the sooner he figures out the true colours of doing science in a bureaucratic lab, the better he will adapt.

I just wish someone had given me such advice five years ago.