Learning from uni Archives - Grace Conyers
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Jan
2015
2015
Skills from academia that make working in industry easier
A client of mine asked me the other day if he was doing the right thing by leaving academia in favour of working in industry. A majority of his reason came down to economics: the cost of staying in academia through his master’s was just cost prohibitive for what he felt he was getting out […]
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I'm never sure whether I should read this as a philosophy or history book. This time as I listened to the audio, it was with the eye of history. I found it pretty interesting from this aspect, and even at times laughable with the vernacu...
I don't know why I insist on torturing myself by exploring other genres of books that are just not for me. It's easier when they are audiobooks droning on in the background, not something I have to physically waste time on.
And this bo...
Always a classic, but so much easier to get through in text rather than audio form for me.
If you're new to space, I'd highly recommend this to you as it's a fun book with a playful tone and lots of knowledge. There's some sarcasm, but the it's playful.
If you're an old hand at astrophysics, I'd recommend skipping right on b...
I got my annual read of some sort of literotica over with early this year courtesy of Strep Throat keeping me inside and stir-crazy. This was... just about like all the others out there of this genre to me: Hilarious in parts, predictabl...
