LeoniekeDon't be the poor intern who on Friday afternoon incorrectly removes his sharepoint links and deletes all files for a department.
On my way to work and the morning sun is mesmerizing.
And I finally have the chance to use my new thermos (with accurate sticker).
How's your day looking?
I just love it that after close to 10 years working with the backend of a platform, it can still throw unknown errors at me.
O well, new data for the dev team, I guess!
Hanna-Karin GrensmanCOUNTERPRODUCTIVE
LinkedIn wants me to start building my relationship with Erik by sending a message that essentially says I am so uninterested in him that I don’t even think it’s worth taking the time to formulate my own words.
As a behavioural scientist (a real one, not the “Surrounded by Idiots” variety), I can state with confidence that giving Erik the impression that I am uninterested in him is not the most effective strategy for building a relationship.
Don’t get me wrong; I love technology, automation, and clever, time-saving solutions. But it is nonetheless entirely counterproductive to use them in actual interpersonal communication.
At least if you want relationships with people, and not to treat them like trading cards.
You would think LinkedIn, of all places, would understand this.
#LinkedIn #Relationships #HumanCommunication
#BehaviouralScience #Automation #Digitalisation
#Authenticity #ProfessionalRelationships #WorkingLife
ObvitreeNew year, same me — dragging myself to work for that salary slip 🥲
#WorkingLife #NewYearStruggles #AdultingHard #OfficeMemes #NeedMoney #CorporateLife #RelatableContent
YliopistobottiIf you wish to work in a life science company like Roche, you need e.g. innovative mindset, collaboration&communication skills, critical thinking and learning agility said Roche's country medical director Anssi Linnankivi at BioBrigde Career Fair.
#academy&industry #workinglife https://bsky.app/profile/inflames-flagship.bsky.social/post/3m4ih3bwvfk2u #utu #yliopisto
InFLAMES Research Flagship (@inflames-flagship.bsky.social)
If you wish to work in a life science company like Roche, you need e.g. innovative mindset, collaboration&communication skills, critical thinking and learning agility said Roche's country medical director Anssi Linnankivi at BioBrigde Career Fair. #academy&industry #workinglife
DonnchaMarket Work in Malaga
The Mercado Central de Atarazanas in Malaga is really busy but on the day I visited in 2019 it was surprisingly quiet. The people working there were busy as ever though, and this man walked past me quickly, and out of sight around a corner in a moment!
I often wonder what has become of people I photograph in their daily lives, especially if I come back to those photos years later.
Apertureƒ/4CameraILCE-7M3Focal length16mmISO800Shutter speed1/500s#2019 #a8ctravel #AtarazanasMarket #BlackAndWhite #blackAndWhitePhotography #documentaryPhotography #labourPhotography #Malaga #MalagaCity #MalagaSpain #marketStalls #marketTrolley #marketWorker #Photo #Photography #SonyA7III #Spain #SpanishCulture #SpanishMarkets #StreetPhotography #urbanSpain #workingLife
SocialistforunityThe reason you feel like the system is against you is usually because it actually is. No matter how many extra hours you work. No matter what roles or connections you have, it is highly unlikely that you will grow to be as rich as the C E Os you work under.
#Work #Workers #Workerstruggle #Workingclass #Workinglife #truth #billionaires #capitalism #Factsoflife #Fact #Facts #Fortheworkingperson #Lifeasaworker #CEOS
#Work #Workers #Workerstruggle #Workingclass #Workinglife #truth #billionaires #capitalism #Factsoflife #Fact #Facts #Fortheworkingperson #Lifeasaworker #CEOS
browngeekWhy I Failed With Job Hunting (and What I'm Doing Instead): https://www.browngeek.net/why-i-failed-with-job-hunting/
#JobHunting #CareerChange #Redundancy #WorkLife #JobSeeker #CareerAdvice #Employment #WorkingLife #PersonalExperience #CareerJourney #JobSearchTips #Unemployment
@Co_BiologistsWhy would anyone want to be a scientist?
Check out our new Essay from Martin Schwartz:
#Science #Inspiration #Stories #Biology #Scientist #Researcher #WorkingLife
Why would anyone want to be a scientist?
It is difficult to fathom why anyone intelligent enough to be a scientist would actually choose to be one. Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently filled with failure and rejection. But, strange even to myself, I not only don't question the unfavorable risk-to-reward ratio but consider myself astonishingly lucky to be a scientist. There are three fundamental pleasures that have sustained me through 50 years of this madness. Celebrating 100 years of The Company of Biologists2025 marks 100 years since the formation of The Company of Biologists. As part of our celebrations, we are sharing content about the past, present and future of the Company, and reaching out to extraordinary members of our community to bring you new and original material.Martin Schwartz is Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Cell Biology at Yale University. His lab studies integrin signaling and its role in cell motility, growth, mechanotransduction and cancer. Martin is also on the Editorial Advisory Board for Journal of Cell Science and, in addition to publishing research-based articles and reviews, has written several essays about the challenges of being a scientist. One of these, ‘The importance of stupidity in science’, remains our most read article to date in the journal.Other Essays by Martin A. Schwartz:The importance of character development in scientific researchThe importance of indifference in scientific researchThe importance of stupidity in scientific researchThe first is the pleasure in having the initial idea or insight. The insight could be asking a new question or finding a new answer; there is surprisingly not much difference between the two in terms of process. In either case, the essential event is a shift of perspective, bits and pieces rearrange and you see a new picture. A curious thing is the way that it happens of its own accord. Of course, the ground must be laid, and this involves the hard work of learning the details and obsessing about the question. But when it happens, it happens of its own volition. One second I'm driving to the grocery store, reminding myself to get the raspberry yogurt for Nora, the next moment an idea has taken shape. Sometimes I can see how ideas from different corrals have jumped their fences and undergone recombination. But sometimes, especially with the really good ideas, I'm not quite sure where they came from even after the fact. These events are among my happiest memories – special moments where I remember where I was and how it felt.There is a prerequisite for this kind of event: the project must mean something to you. You must feel that what you're doing matters, at least to you. It can't be just a job. Also worth noting is that laying the groundwork takes hard work but then you need to back off, create a space for the fence jumping. Ideas don't jump when you watch them.A word of caution: once the idea has popped, it requires unflinching critical examination. You must be prepared to reject the vast majority of ideas. If you are very good, the rejection rate is 90%. In the light of longer contemplation, what was thrilling in the first moment fades to ordinary, or unfeasible, or unworkable, or just wrong. Sometimes it's a good idea but not a good idea for you. As we gain experience, this filtering step gets faster, but still the vast majority of ideas end up being unsuitable for one reason or another.The second pleasure is watching the idea develop into new experiments or a new model. Seeing the data emerge and the idea take on realness, or become richer and forming new connections, stirs feelings of beauty. In the ever-so-rare cases where the idea goes somewhere, there is another but related kind of pleasure in seeing a germ of an idea or whisp of data grow into something beyond the original vision. Loveliest of all is when it takes an unexpected direction.This second pleasure emerges over months or years instead of seconds and takes accordingly more patience. It's a mature pleasure, not unlike gardening. As we continue working in a field, we grow in our appreciation of the complexity of experimental systems, really, the complexity of reality. Seeing our idea find its place, how it connects more broadly, that's the central feature of great science. Every idea or datum is simple at the start; it's the way it grows and expands that marks the important ones.The third is telling others. There is a private pleasure in knowing the answer, but it's incomplete until shared. First with colleagues and ultimately with the public (hence ‘publish’), or at least the tiny fraction of the public who cares. We might think in words or symbols, but words and symbols were invented to communicate. When someone else sees the same beauty, it enlarges. Validation is not a bad thing either, but it's deeper than that. We are, after all, social animals. Scientific discovery happens within a community. Sharing fills an essential human need. Beyond that, our work gains significance when it contributes to the work of others, which is, or should be, another source of satisfaction.Another word of caution: this part can be a bit tricky. Of course, everyone likes recognition and rewards. But if we do the work only for rewards and recognition, we have gone astray. It becomes hollow. Creative work of every sort (not just science) occurs in a niche where the inner drive to understand or express and the outer drive to be rewarded achieve some balance. The flow of ideas and the ability to evaluate without bias or self-interest (the essential root of research integrity!) is ego-less. The desire for rewards is egocentric. Both have their place. How we integrate and productively harness these opposing impulses determines our lives as scientists.It may help to remind ourselves that no one will remember our names when we're gone. If you doubt me, go read the names of Nobel prize winners from the 1960s and 1970s – the people who laid the foundations of our fields. My guess is that you know very few of them. Major discoveries can become so much a part of our present understanding that we might wonder, “someone had to discover that?” Great work becomes part of the background.This life is not for everyone. When students come to me, I do my best to guide, nurture and challenge the ones who express interest, but I do not ever encourage them to take this path. It's for the crazy few, not the ones seeking the ordinary rewards, even the very bright ones. Maybe there's a tiny twinge when students with real potential choose other paths, but I do not think for an instant that applying their talents to other careers is lesser.What I've tried to explain here is why being a scientist has been a satisfying life for me. I wish you success in finding your right work and your right life.