[IA] Week 12, Day 2: how to decide what to do after graduating?

So, how to decide what to do after graduating?

This morning, while doing the XRD, I talked with my supervisor. Well, it's actually more of she talked to me ;P


The differences between working in R&D and working in INDUSTRY:

1. Do you like to do something new or just repeat and repeat the same thing everyday?

If you like the first one, then do R&D :) My sup told me, in R&D, nothing can be certain. Today you may get this result, tomorrow... another result. You have to find a NEW method to analyze, you have to find a NEW way to do another tests... etc etc.
You can modify the stuffs.

While for industrial work, everyday will be the same (such as manufacturing). You see the same and the same and (again!) the same thing... You want to modify it to be better, but you aren't allowed. Maybe it's too costy? or no use? blah blah blah...

So it all depends to the personality... of course, haha.


2. Do you do better in interpersonal communication or just facing machines and machines?

Interpersonal communication... well, you can do it in managerial thing. Talk and talk and talk =)
The second one... see, all R&D again -_-"


3. Do you want to earn or to spend money?

In industries, everyone in every positions... both low and high, tries to earn money. They do manufacturing, processing, selling goods and stuffs... TO SELL and to earn.

In R&D... You'll spend money and spend again and again... To do research. To find SOMETHING MORE ADVANCED, SOMETHING NEWER... But it takes LONG time to get the result...
She said, for this PCRAM application... it has been begun since late 90's or early 2000... in about 8 years. But still, IT HASN'T BEEN APPLIED till now. So, what the use of it?

Be patient... haha.


She also told me bout SAMSUNG which has distributed solid-state-memory laptop... with no harddisk, only by solid state memory. I'll search through it later on :)