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Feb. 22nd, 2006 12:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
taratemimaI'm breaking up ideas for future plans into segements. Questions, suggestions, further pros and cons I missed are welcome.
More ideas for future plans will be posted over the week.
Linguistics related job
Pros
I find it fun.
Good way to figure out if I want to study it more.
I will meet people who are intelligent and curious
May feel less disposable
People are actively working on text analysis and natural language understanding for computers
If I can think of a good idea that people would want related to that, I might be able to establish a start-up
If I do have to move to California, I know some people out there. I like the atmosphere, I like the places to go, and I like the idea of people sort of like me. I am told by one new resident that New Englanders are seen as reliable and competent, and I’ll have an easy time getting a job there
I can honestly take it in as many directions as I want. I can combine it with any topic that strikes my fancy.
I can use both technical and writing skills in that sort of job.
I will have a definite reason to go to graduate school.
Having experience in that makes me a stronger candidate for graduate school, if I do decide that is for me.
Cons
They seem to touch on so many subjects: human-computer interaction, sociology, computational linguistics, cognitive science, phonetics, semantics, psychology, electrical engineering. Even with my work in getting as much range in my studies and my interest in so many things, am I going to seem qualified enough for them? What experience should I emphasize? What strengths?
Jobs for that are hard to find. I have list of companies, but they are really scattered and work varies
A lot of them required much more involved research (at least) and a masters or a PhD
Feel like my academic skills and knowledge are atrophying. I think it shows in interviews
If I don’t have the social skills to make it through interviews, how am I going to do interviews for data collection, oral exams, or meeting with people to get scholarships and fellowships?
I am not sure how good I am at public speaking, which is necesary if I want to present proposals
I may have to move to California, since most of the NLP-related jobs are there. California is very expensive, and there are packs of pretentious fluffheads
I think that interviewers sense my lack of focus, of wanting to do too many things. In academic-related positions, you are expected to specialize. I don’t think I can
If jobs in the industry die out, what am I going to do for other work? Will I be so specialized that I cannot adapt?
Yeah right. Me? Run a business? Keep on top of details? I’d be bankrupt in a month.
More ideas for future plans will be posted over the week.
Linguistics related job
Pros
I find it fun.
Good way to figure out if I want to study it more.
I will meet people who are intelligent and curious
May feel less disposable
People are actively working on text analysis and natural language understanding for computers
If I can think of a good idea that people would want related to that, I might be able to establish a start-up
If I do have to move to California, I know some people out there. I like the atmosphere, I like the places to go, and I like the idea of people sort of like me. I am told by one new resident that New Englanders are seen as reliable and competent, and I’ll have an easy time getting a job there
I can honestly take it in as many directions as I want. I can combine it with any topic that strikes my fancy.
I can use both technical and writing skills in that sort of job.
I will have a definite reason to go to graduate school.
Having experience in that makes me a stronger candidate for graduate school, if I do decide that is for me.
Cons
They seem to touch on so many subjects: human-computer interaction, sociology, computational linguistics, cognitive science, phonetics, semantics, psychology, electrical engineering. Even with my work in getting as much range in my studies and my interest in so many things, am I going to seem qualified enough for them? What experience should I emphasize? What strengths?
Jobs for that are hard to find. I have list of companies, but they are really scattered and work varies
A lot of them required much more involved research (at least) and a masters or a PhD
Feel like my academic skills and knowledge are atrophying. I think it shows in interviews
If I don’t have the social skills to make it through interviews, how am I going to do interviews for data collection, oral exams, or meeting with people to get scholarships and fellowships?
I am not sure how good I am at public speaking, which is necesary if I want to present proposals
I may have to move to California, since most of the NLP-related jobs are there. California is very expensive, and there are packs of pretentious fluffheads
I think that interviewers sense my lack of focus, of wanting to do too many things. In academic-related positions, you are expected to specialize. I don’t think I can
If jobs in the industry die out, what am I going to do for other work? Will I be so specialized that I cannot adapt?
Yeah right. Me? Run a business? Keep on top of details? I’d be bankrupt in a month.
