Friday, October 15, 2010

Changes

Back!!!

As already commented before some changes were happening. One of them has just started (it has started this friday, so the post goes on that day).

I started a job as Archive Operator at ESO. In short words, now I'm part of the team that makes the ESO archive happens. We're in charge from monitoring and troubleshooting from the reception of the just observed data to distribution data on request and to PI's. So basically IT. Not what I studied for but something I had enough knowledge, so that they'd hire me. I hope also bring a bit of the "user's point of view" and improve if something can and needs. It's a third party service, so I'm not an ESO employee.

I'm still doing science, on my free time. I like science and I still have good ideas and data, just couldn't find payment, where I wanted, to keep doing only that. Being inside ESO allows me to keep in contact with collaborators, facilities and "inspiration". And also opens future doors on a carrier outside of science.

Perspectives in science are less and less attractive.

So! New stage! New era! Let's see!

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