( Self-assessment note: My skills and interests were still compatible, but there was a new need in my life; his name was Zachary).
( Self-assessment note: After being at the bench for several years, I wasn t sure if it could provide me with the satisfaction that I needed. But I did learn that I enjoyed interacting with other students and organizing events).
[ Self-assessment note: I really enjoyed and was good at event planning. I still loved science, I enjoyed helping others (postdocs), and I was passionate about postdoctoral issues.] I decided it was finally time to move out of the lab.
( Self-assessment note: I was using my skills and interests and still able to take care of my needs. Also note that maintaining my network helped to achieve this).
It was here that I decided I d rather use actual guinea pigs--not human beings--as my guinea pigs; I wanted to become a Ph.D. scientist and not an M.D. ( Self-assessment note: I had good technical skills and I enjoyed being at the bench).
( Self-assessment note: I was doing the type of research that I had always wanted to, but I found I still couldn t get the satisfaction out of it on a daily basis. However, I did receive immense satisfaction from dealing with other postdocs and administrators, as well as talking in front of groups about postdoctoral issues).
( Self-assessment note: I was still interested in helping science graduate students and/or postdocs. I had organizational, communication, and leadership skills. I was also very interested in keeping the contacts that I had been building since my days with the JHPDA).
( Self-assessment note: I get to stay involved in science, I get to help postdocs--and even some graduate students--on a daily basis; I get to organize events; I get to give talks about Jefferson while wearing my recruitment hat; I get to keep my contacts and network alive; I get to stay close to home and my family. Skills, interests, and needs... all wrapped neatly up).
For self-assessment, subjects note the date and time at which they perform the weekly self-assessment and shake the sensor five times before and after to mark the self-assessment in the daily life data.
Is self assessment too taxing to do it yourself?
Full-time is based on respondents' self assessment.
