Didn't get the Sloan Kettering job, but I did get to meet Harold Varmus. Really cool guy, won the Noble for his work in cancer, and we got to talk for a good half-hour. Some laughs, and he was pretty happy with everything on my resume. However, he wasn't terribly impressed with my mouse experience (since I didn't actually have any), and since that's what the job required, I got a phone call two days later, telling me I was out of the running (it had been my thrid interview there, so i really had though I'd had the job). Ah well, I've got another two interviews, but one's for a piss-collecting job, while the other involves working with HIV. While the 2nd might be interesting, I'm simply a little wary about working with that particular pathogen. I mean, you spill cancer cells on yourself, and you're going to be fine. Spill HIV on the hand you just trimmed a hangnail off of, and you're going to die in the next 10 years and leave your family in poverty.
I know it's nessecary, but honectly, I don't plan on working with viruses, and since it's with a private company, I wouldn't be making many contacts in acedemia, which is what the job's supposed to be about.
On the other hand, I haven't gotten a job yet, and I need one soon, or else.
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