Summer Easier Decisions Than Others...
Barring any more academic hiccups this quarter (lamentably a very valid concern), I will, in fact be a proud graduate of the University of California. Like many of my fellow Bachelors, the time has come strategically pick jobs that will advance my career in the direction I am hoping to head in over the next few years.
I believe I have mentioned that I will be conducting research with a doctoral candidate here in our lab over the next year, with the potential for more collaborations with other graduate students. Unfortunately, the job is unpaid, and this poses a serious dilemma: I need publications to get into grad school, but I gotta eat too!
For a while, I was toying around with the idea of moving to Sacramento or Dixon, and getting a cheaper studio apartment, but I realized that with gas prices rising, I was better of staying in my current place. This means new roommates, which are always a wildcard, but at least I don't have to stress over moving this summer.
Rancho Alegre offered me a position on their summer camp staff this year, in the Nature program area, but it's only $200/week and four weeks in the middle of summer. It also overlaps my July 12-14th visit to Purdue for the fourth annual National Association of Forensic Entomologists conference. But, I don't think they'd be hiring me a month before the thing started if they weren't short on people...
The most viable option right now seems to be to get my Class A license and drive for Morning Star this summer. Truckers are known, during the harvest season, to make about $10,000 - $12,000 per summer and I would not have to worry about rent for an entire year if I spent my summer working hard with this company. Of course, this means I won't be able to research for three months.
I also don't know if I should look for a night job in the fall, or if I should try to work 10 hour shifts 4x a week, and research 3 days a week.
Can someone just share their winning lottery ticket with me? It'd make life much simplier...
I believe I have mentioned that I will be conducting research with a doctoral candidate here in our lab over the next year, with the potential for more collaborations with other graduate students. Unfortunately, the job is unpaid, and this poses a serious dilemma: I need publications to get into grad school, but I gotta eat too!
For a while, I was toying around with the idea of moving to Sacramento or Dixon, and getting a cheaper studio apartment, but I realized that with gas prices rising, I was better of staying in my current place. This means new roommates, which are always a wildcard, but at least I don't have to stress over moving this summer.
Rancho Alegre offered me a position on their summer camp staff this year, in the Nature program area, but it's only $200/week and four weeks in the middle of summer. It also overlaps my July 12-14th visit to Purdue for the fourth annual National Association of Forensic Entomologists conference. But, I don't think they'd be hiring me a month before the thing started if they weren't short on people...
The most viable option right now seems to be to get my Class A license and drive for Morning Star this summer. Truckers are known, during the harvest season, to make about $10,000 - $12,000 per summer and I would not have to worry about rent for an entire year if I spent my summer working hard with this company. Of course, this means I won't be able to research for three months.
I also don't know if I should look for a night job in the fall, or if I should try to work 10 hour shifts 4x a week, and research 3 days a week.
Can someone just share their winning lottery ticket with me? It'd make life much simplier...
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