I completely share your wishlist. I want to stay in Cambridge, and staying in academia appeals insofar as I am not at all sure what else I would like to do (and not get bored by!) -- but of course, the academic job market is brutal and I must admit, I haven't actually even checked the British listings (the American ones are ghastly this year - the MLA list is packed with jobs advertising teaching Dickens at religious universities in Ohio!!!!).
proof-reading or technical authorship or somesuch. I really don't know.
Exactly the things I have contemplated! I must admit that Mark Whatsit's postacademic page "Sellout" (http://www.ironstring.com/sellout/) does make Tech writing sound promising - and I even downloaded a How-to-get-into-tech-writing book thing from somewhere, during one of my more frantically scouring-for-options moments.
Like you, what I REALLY would like is a position involving research. I don't actually care WHAT I research, as long as I am scouring and synthesising masses of information, and get to write about it and ideally even speak about/present it. There must surely be companies that need omnivorous and interdisciplinary researchers such as you and I - indeed, I know of a few -- but so many seem to be in London, and that's one pricy commute.
One thing I'm sure of, I am _not_ going into management consultancy! (I have actually had management consultants trying to recruit me a couple of years ago.)
Oh god yes, I share your revulsion. I haven't ever been wooed by them myself, but a couple of fellow Cornellians were, and they ended up fleeing in horror from it too, despite the whopping salaries.
Oh, do you read the newsgroup ucam.jobs.offered? A couple of research fellowships at Clare College have just been posted on the group - you might be interested!
Gosh, thanks for that! I haven't re-acquired newsgroup-reading capability yet since I theatrically wiped my hard drive, but I really must get newsgroups and find that one.
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Date: 2002-10-15 10:27 am (UTC)proof-reading or technical authorship or somesuch. I really don't know.
Exactly the things I have contemplated! I must admit that Mark Whatsit's postacademic page "Sellout" (http://www.ironstring.com/sellout/) does make Tech writing sound promising - and I even downloaded a How-to-get-into-tech-writing book thing from somewhere, during one of my more frantically scouring-for-options moments.
Like you, what I REALLY would like is a position involving research. I don't actually care WHAT I research, as long as I am scouring and synthesising masses of information, and get to write about it and ideally even speak about/present it. There must surely be companies that need omnivorous and interdisciplinary researchers such as you and I - indeed, I know of a few -- but so many seem to be in London, and that's one pricy commute.
One thing I'm sure of, I am _not_ going into management consultancy! (I have actually had management consultants trying to recruit me a couple of years ago.)
Oh god yes, I share your revulsion. I haven't ever been wooed by them myself, but a couple of fellow Cornellians were, and they ended up fleeing in horror from it too, despite the whopping salaries.
Looking forward to chatting to you!
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Date: 2002-10-16 06:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-10-16 07:28 am (UTC)