tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post6963568567001317778..comments2023-11-02T19:46:44.577+11:00Comments on Fumbling Towards Geekdom: Never do fieldwork. (No, really.)StyleyGeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-2006936195946226772008-05-08T20:14:00.000+10:002008-05-08T20:14:00.000+10:00Sadly, health economists don't get to do fieldwork...Sadly, health economists don't get to do fieldwork (or lab work). It sounds like more fun than waiting for someone to send you piles of data.<BR/><BR/>I've never had a work related reason to ride a horse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-67577322463208511042008-05-08T08:23:00.000+10:002008-05-08T08:23:00.000+10:00Obviously, you've chosen the wrong science for goo...Obviously, you've chosen the wrong science for good fieldwork experiences :-) Now rocks, rocks don't have wierd tones or funny verb conjugations. I love fieldwork! I live for the fieldwork. As soon as any given job I have tries to promote me out of doing fieldwork into management, I tend to quit. Right now, I'm semi seriously considering blowing all my recently earned dosh to go <A HREF="http://megagalerias.terra.cl/galerias/index.cfm?id_galeria=30734" REL="nofollow">Here</A> and do fieldwork, for whoever needs it. (Yes, the area where I did my PhD fieldwork is blowing itself sky high right now. Although Chaiten is a bit to the north of where I worked, but I stayed there a bit) <BR/><BR/>Fieldwork. Mmmmmm, lovely fieldwork. I get to ride horses sometimes too, and do insane things with drilling rigs and 4wd vehicles.Weekend_Vikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02863068062497281215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-32204587005759755732008-05-06T19:26:00.000+10:002008-05-06T19:26:00.000+10:00Oh, this sounds like some of the weirdness of tryi...Oh, this sounds like some of the weirdness of trying to learn languages anywhere.<BR/><BR/>I can't say "dragon" in Japanese. I try, really. I ask native speakers to prounounce it, and they say "dew." So I say "dew" and they laugh and say, no, no, I have it all wrong. And then I try again and again and again, and I can't hear the difference. On the other hand, I have the beginnings of a great comic career, since I elicit much laughter.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-39325051005417030442008-05-06T07:55:00.000+10:002008-05-06T07:55:00.000+10:00Oh, I didn't go anywhere, Kelly. That's the point...Oh, I didn't go anywhere, Kelly. That's the point of fieldwork courses. You get the speaker to come to YOU. Unless you mean you are curious about where I live generally. On that front, feel free to email and ask :)StyleyGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-82432217425219116302008-05-06T06:04:00.000+10:002008-05-06T06:04:00.000+10:00Wow - and I thought lab work was bad.I'm quite cur...Wow - and I thought lab work was bad.<BR/><BR/>I'm quite curious about where you are. :)Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156061776476400701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-22897277547552243462008-05-06T02:40:00.000+10:002008-05-06T02:40:00.000+10:00I hear ya. Whenever I'm at a conference and hear ...I hear ya. Whenever I'm at a conference and hear fieldworkers talking about the languages they study, I always think, "How can you be so certain?" Because I was usually in a state of confusion while doing fieldwork...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com