Although not in the simplest manner, we have set a target thesis defense date. After reminding the bossman on at least an every-other-meeting basis that I was aiming to defend in March and he finally told me it isn't possible (Aside: Bossman has a grant due in the same time period that I was to defend. Clearly it is not convenient for him. However, working for free after my funding runs out in March is not convenient for me.). Then he gave in and I will hopefully be defending in March. The past three days have been 12+ hour days that involve nothing other than revising my thesis (which, again, draft is completely written, just need to put in figures into the intro and format and so on) and my manuscript that we will be submitting for publication soon.
No really, that is it.
For the past hour though, I've been job hunting. Not even a single interview yet, and I've sent out approximately 50 job or fellowship applications. This tells me that I'm not qualified for anything. Literally. I am not qualified to work in a position away from the lab bench because I have no experience, and no one wants someone with my degree, which is not a buzz term like "Molecular genetics" or something. At the bench, I can no longer work with animals because my allergies hinder my ability to function, and continue to get worse with additional exposure. And because I have no experience in cell culture, I'm not qualified for that either.
So ... who wants to give me a job?
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