Thanks Javier I will never be able to thank you enough. Life has made many plans on my behalf and I had to re-write my script many times. That was only the beginning, as I was writing the post I realised it was going to be too long and that I should write a bit more on “plan changes” in my next posts. That moment definitely changed my life and my career. position in an interview I had not included in my career plans.
The morning I went to my supervisor’s office with the idea to talk about fellowships he had set me up with a phone interview for a Ph.D. This is what it was going on, my supervisor was “plotting against me” he was making plans behind my back, he dared to change my script, the script I had been writing for years. and took the liberty to contact one of his colleagues from probably one of the best groups in organic chemistry at that time in Spain. That was the exact moment my script started to have major failures, my supervisor changed everything when he recognised to me that I would have more opportunities in a better chemistry group. Go to see supervisor to discuss about the best options to get funding for my Ph.D. Perfect then, bullet point under the section “start my Ph.D.” Time goes by, I fall in love with organic chemistry and I get my degree, and now what? Let me check the script, yes of course now is time for a Ph.D. It wasn’t that difficult, was it?įirst year at the university studying chemistry, everything goes as planned, I am happy there are no surprises so far, I am on my way to become a chemist so I only have to stick to the plan. fellowship, publish a lot in good journals, go abroad for a couple of years as post-doc, work hard, publish a lot, get permanent position and live happily ever after doing chemistry stuff. Study hard, get good marks, go to university, study hard, get good marks, get a Ph.D. So, there I was collecting all type of information on “how to become a chemist” and I started to write my own script, my own pathway to become a chemist. I decided I wanted to be a chemist at the age of 16. I guess that many people, scientists (yes, scientists are people after all) or more specifically chemists like me make a lot of plans with lots of time in advance imaging how their careers in science will be. And now you are picturing Hannibal (I am) saying his quote while lighting a big cigar. Well, I have to say that things didn’t work for me that way but I’m not less happy because of that. If you were a kid in the 80’s (as I was) you have probably recognised the quote in the title “I love it when a plan comes together” from the leader of The A team Hannibal Smith.
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