Doxory?

photon has decided Summer jobs! I have two offers, one from the Summer Science Program in New Mexico, teaching computer science and astronomy (awesome!) to high schoolers for 6 weeks, and the other from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Virginia to do research for 12 weeks on Saturn's rings with my undergraduate advisor's collaborator. Both programs are offering to fly me to their campuses. I really enjoy working with high school kids, and I also enjoy doing research.

Asked 3 years ago

My choice: Go to New Mexico for six weeks, teach 17-year-olds, get paid about $4,500 (and have bed and board paid for), then spend the rest of the summer sailing, surfing, and visiting friends before starting graduate school in the fall?

ternus
Wow, both of those sound great. I'd go with seeing friends + more money, though.
lakmiseiru
You'll have plenty of time to do research later, and spending the rest of your summer relaxing before school is totally the way to go. And New Mexico in the summer... yeah. Do it.
laurel
given that you're going to be going to grad school and thus will have more opportunities for publishing research in the near future and given that that seems the only upside to the virginia option, i'd say new mexico and having time for friends is definitely the better option.
peggusus
This is the sweetest dilemma ever.

ntn, raf, Ian, izzycat, trs, kevinr, susannah, Kitty, Alex

Go to Virginia for 12 weeks, deal with intense humidity, make about the same amount of money (but have to pay for an apartment and food), get published in a planetary science journal, and have hardly any time to sail/spend time with friends?

paigep, shadow, jesse, cshiley

Skipped (with comments)

seph
published is

If you make a stupid choice because a website tells you to, it's your own damn fault.