Maravillas de la tecnología

wyan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:09:12 +0000

Hoy empieza oficialmente el plazo para solicitar la admisión en los programas de Master de la UNED. Esta admisión sólo se puede solicitar online. Me he quedado atónito cuando he visto que no han tocado la página desde hace varios días (como mínimo), y la pestaña de “Admisión” sigue considerando hoy como una fecha futura, fuera de plazo.

¿Tan difícil es hacer bien las cosas?

On Life, the Universe and Everything, Part I

finitud — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:28:00 +0000

I’ve been doing a Ph. D. in particle physics for the last four years or so, having about two crisis a year in which I was considering, to various degrees of seriousness, whether to find a real job in the IT business (sometimes including relocating to Berlin). About a year ago I decided that the most reasonable option was to postpone the decision a bit and focus on finishing my thesis, but the question remained: would I be more satisfied in general doing computer oriented stuff or in the academia? After all, the part of my research that I usually enjoy the most is coding, but again, the prospect of a rigid schedule and a bureocratic environment scares me to death.

So a few months ago I set up a plan that would allow me to pursue my Ph. D. to end while at the same time exploring the computer side (hopefully) enough to make a decision by the time it should be taken: I would apply for admission to the Master’s Degree program in Computer Science at the UCM, and take a few courses at the same time that I write my thesis. By the end of my contract (April 2009) I would be able to decide whether to jump to a post-doc in physics or to finish studying CS. The financial side of the second option would be taken care of by the interest-free loans the Spanish Government offers for these MD studies.

And then two weeks ago I found out about the (remote) posibility of a one year position available in Paris, which would probably begin right after my contract ends and would allow me to defend my thesis a bit later. Now, if I, as planned, begin the CS studies this year, I might have some trouble even finishing properly the very few courses I would enroll in this year. On the other hand, it would mean another year of guaranteed income. But it would also mean having to put off the “Computer Question” for another year.

Now, stepping out of the academia sounds like a quite permanent step, but lately I’ve been wondering whether to take a deep breath and jump into the void, or whether to stick to more solid–but maybe not so exciting–ground. There are many things I’d enjoy doing for a science career, but right now I’d be stuck to pretty much what I’m doing right now for a while, which doesn’t thrill me that much anymore. But again, there are no guarantees that it will be better on the other side.

There will be answers, eventually…

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finitud — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:56:00 +0000

¡Qué rápido llaman cuando es para pedirte dinero! Sin embargo, para solucionar los problemas que surgen con su servicio, ¡ay del que se vea obligado a llamar al servicio técnico! Escuchará a Richard Cleydermann hasta llorar, pero jamás obtendrá la voz de un operador por el auricular del teléfono. Ahora me dicen que mande una carta alegando los motivos de mi baja: que jamás me dieron servicio, que los routers que me enviaron no funcionaban y llamar para avisar de la incidencia supone semanas y muchos euros en llamadas.

¡Evitad ya.com!

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Maravillas de la tecnología

On Life, the Universe and Everything, Part I

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