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Sep 29, 2009 It happens sometimes…I generally think of graduate study as a steady plod towards your goal. You hit some obstacles, and you figure out how to get over / around them - no big deal. But sometimes, you get those weeks when just nothing goes right. Last week was one of those weeks. I had been rushing to get some wafers sent out to have an expensive process done to them before a round of funding ran out. I was working hard, and cutting corners and paying for it, but I got them out in time. Then they came back. I went to clean them, as I normally do, but this time things just went wrong. Now, instead of cleaning off the debris that I wanted, I ended up actually undoing a few weeks worth of work. Not only that, but I have still been unable to remove the crud that I have been trying to remove. So that means that not only did I move about a month backward, but I added a week or two on while I was at it, if I didn’t ruin the wafers entirely… But, I learned some good lessons, have some ideas how to fix the problems, and may even be able to save a few wafers. So I can still go into lab with a sense of purpose, and will come out with a better process to show for it. I think graduate school has made me an optimist…
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*pat pat*
Hang in there, Jon!
Posted by: nakoruru on September 29th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Bummer. Know the feeling….
Posted by: tgolfinopoulos on September 30th, 2009 at 1:18 am