Posted by alexandra_k on October 11, 2013, at 21:59:11
In reply to Re: yay for autistic spectrum! » alexandra_k, posted by Twinleaf on October 11, 2013, at 20:56:22
I'm not entirely sure, but I think it may suit me, yes.
I don't properly understand how science publications work with the teams / highly collaborative thing they do. In a sense science seems a lot more social than philosophy. A lot more division of labor with people having their circumscribed part to play.
One thing I've learned fairly recently... Is that there are a lots of fundamental skills that I never developed. Important stuff. Time management etc. There are a lot of things that I would do very differently if I could do a Philosophy degree all over again. I'd make much more use of support services with their seminars on database searching and Endnote using etc etc etc.
I think science students are more organized / timetable managed than arts / social science students. The number of contact hours is staggering to me... I think that this external structure will be good for me. No -- I KNOW that this external structure will be good for me. I can be highly productive (can get in the zone) flowing from one task to the next task etc etc.
'Write thesis' as a daily activity... Doesn't quite do it for me. People are making suggestions now... Thinking of working in 25 minute blocks or whatever... But it is a bit sad that I'm struggling to make things work at this stage of things... That I didn't develop good work habits early on. I'm fairly sure science will teach me good work habits. I know medicine definitely will - but I don't know if I'll get a place...
I know someone who works as a pathologist. Clinical. She does diagnostic screenings on tissue. Mostly looking down a microscope and saying whether the sample is normal or problematic given patient file notes / demographic data etc. She loves it. No patient contact. She started teaching... And she loves it. She loves the students. I guess a certain type is attracted to that kind of work...
I just see a whole range of opportunities. Ranging from the highly social (e.g., being a general practitioner in a rural community) to the highly a-social (e.g., pathology, or being the math guy for publications) and of course all kinds of things in between.
I guess... One of the things I liked was the idea of having a schedule, yeah. Go here at this time and do this and then be there at this time for that... I think I'd like that... That kind of bustle. Moving around (physically) hopefully some of that (compared to sitting in front of a computer all day). Variety. Patients a couple days. Lab a couple days. I'd... I'd like variety like that. I don't know how my autopilot goes during sleep deprivation... I don't know...
Philosophy is just 'and go and work on whatever you want and when it is done send it off'. Which is... Aimless... Perhaps it is something differnet to others. .. I don't know.. I've missed the boat somehow..
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