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When You Lie On Your Resume But Still Get The Job

Chemistry Lab-life Science Academia

3 months ago 8.7K views 0 shares

When You Lie On Your Resume But Still Get The Job

Just your typical day in the lab when the PI hired their friend's dog. Somehow managed to set up an impressive array of glassware despite lacking opposable thumbs. The colorful solutions suggest complex chemistry is supposed to be happening, but that vacant stare says otherwise. Every research group has that one team member who faked their way through the interview and now just nods during meetings while frantically Googling basic terminology. At least the safety glasses are properly worn.

Lab TAs In A Nutshell

Academia Lab-life Science

4 months ago 5.9K views 0 shares

Lab TAs In A Nutshell

The blind leading the blind—but with lab coats! That penguin with the captain's hat is every grad student who's been thrown into teaching a lab section after exactly 3.5 minutes of training. Meanwhile, the eager undergrads follow behind like they're being led by Einstein himself. The beautiful irony of academia: everyone's faking it till they make it, but somehow science still happens. The real experiment is seeing how long the TA can maintain their façade of competence before someone asks a question that wasn't in the manual!