Perhaps I should expand on my earlier, rather short, post about how the job interview went...
In my two days in Hamburg, I spent one and a bit in DESY and the rest exploring the city. My talk went well, with lots of interesting questions being asked. They have some really exciting work going on in the next few months, the group is REALLY friendly (and that particular bar is set quite high by my current group in Cambridge), and the head of the group said he'd be happy to have me back to work there starting as soon as I'm ready!
The catch, as ever, is that I have to have completed the PhD qualification before I can start. That'll mean, at the very minimum, having had my viva and done my corrections to the satisfaction of my examiners. That'll delay things, probably until around the end of April. I don't want it to be much later than absolutely necessary, but it's going to depend on the availability of my examiners.
The city is great. Very clean, and it's a nice size - lots to explore without being overwhelmed. And the accent in the North of Germany seems to be a bit easier for me to understand, but maybe that's just practice on my part.
So, now I just have to finish "that thesis thing"...
In my two days in Hamburg, I spent one and a bit in DESY and the rest exploring the city. My talk went well, with lots of interesting questions being asked. They have some really exciting work going on in the next few months, the group is REALLY friendly (and that particular bar is set quite high by my current group in Cambridge), and the head of the group said he'd be happy to have me back to work there starting as soon as I'm ready!
The catch, as ever, is that I have to have completed the PhD qualification before I can start. That'll mean, at the very minimum, having had my viva and done my corrections to the satisfaction of my examiners. That'll delay things, probably until around the end of April. I don't want it to be much later than absolutely necessary, but it's going to depend on the availability of my examiners.
The city is great. Very clean, and it's a nice size - lots to explore without being overwhelmed. And the accent in the North of Germany seems to be a bit easier for me to understand, but maybe that's just practice on my part.
So, now I just have to finish "that thesis thing"...
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