Great post! Thank you so much for writing it, I really enjoyed reading it. Some questions:
1. I would be interested to hear why you think the opportunity cost of not working on your project (vs applying to jobs/networking) is so high, given the MATS extension? Is it because of the relationship to your mentor? As someone coming to MATS from outside the Bay Area, would have thought its a great opportunity to make most of the vibrant community there. Would be interested to hear if you thought there were events you thought were particularly valuab... (read more)
Great post! Thank you so much for writing it, I really enjoyed reading it. Some questions:
1. I would be interested to hear why you think the opportunity cost of not working on your project (vs applying to jobs/networking) is so high, given the MATS extension? Is it because of the relationship to your mentor? As someone coming to MATS from outside the Bay Area, would have thought its a great opportunity to make most of the vibrant community there. Would be interested to hear if you thought there were events you thought were particularly valuab... (read more)