Thanks for sharing (: I worry a lot about my PhD not panning out, but your experience kind of gives me hope that it's not that bad when things screw up.

Sorry I realised I didn't specify: unable to secure job in research. Will my chances of employment in say the financial sector be decreased?

Very clever, sir/ma'am/somethinginbetween, but the GP called me sonny, and that was what I was responding to :P
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Hm, that may be true for Physics grads, but does it still hold for postgrads? Say I decide to get a PhD and am unable to secure a job afterwards. Will my chances of employment be decreased because I'm, er, "overqualified"?

You've touched on a very important point, I think - that of being good at research. The thing is, it's hard to tell whether I'm any good for real research right now. I'm definitely interested, and my grades are decent, but there's always a real possibility of me discovering, perhaps partway through my PhD, that I'm not good enough. After all, being able to do well in exams is hardly an indicator for whether I'm cut out to do actual scientific research.

Sounds like you had a great lab (: And thanks for the encouragement. I can't wait to publish something of my own.

Thanks for taking the time to write all that, it was very helpful and I wish you were modded up more.

I suspect that you're trying to be ironic, but I just thought I'd mention that I'm female ;) That said, is it really true that Physics grads are in demand in the financial sector? I hear a lot of talk, but your link is inaccessible to me.

I had a similar problem recently, I think. There's a "Retrieve _____ comments" option under the Discussions tab in your Options. I found that mine was set to "Few" instead of "Many". Could it be that?

Do you happen to have any citations for these?

Hm no but seriously, could someone please direct me to this article?

I am living in Singapore and I can safely say that most of us do not find chewing gum immoral. Many people do it, because small amounts still get smuggled during personal trips etc. From what I also understand, the ban is on the sale and import of gum, and not the actual consumption per se.