hands up if you're a scientist
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I'm a physicist, chemist and materials engineer (not bragging, just kept failing to leave university 'cos of all the cheap beer), currently employed at the European Patent Office as an Examiner.
Yes than means my Business card reads:
Dr Savage, Examiner.
BTW we are recruiting - anyone out there with a degree or PhD in one of the natural sciences and/or engineering AND can speak/read/write scientifically in English, French and German (one of the three can be a bit weak.....), let me know. Tax-free salary!
PS Except for the batch that were mis-printed "Exminer", people kept asking me why I had a previous job on my card......
Yes than means my Business card reads:
Dr Savage, Examiner.
BTW we are recruiting - anyone out there with a degree or PhD in one of the natural sciences and/or engineering AND can speak/read/write scientifically in English, French and German (one of the three can be a bit weak.....), let me know. Tax-free salary!
PS Except for the batch that were mis-printed "Exminer", people kept asking me why I had a previous job on my card......
Talking of scientific foreign languages. When I was at R-R a mate showed me a document that talked at length about water-sheep. He explained it had taken them a while to figure out that they were in fact talking about a hydraulic ram design and had fallen foul of auto-translation software.
rhinochopig said:
Talking of scientific foreign languages. When I was at R-R a mate showed me a document that talked at length about water-sheep. He explained it had taken them a while to figure out that they were in fact talking about a hydraulic ram design and had fallen foul of auto-translation software.
Hehe, w had a fun one last week. Applicant had used auto translation software to translate fliegeruhr from German to English. Instead of "pilot's watch", he got" fly dysentery" because the software split the word into fliege ruhr instead of flieger uhr Oh and yeah, we are strict on the language requirement but if you have 2 of the three and are otherwise a good candidate, we might say yes subject to a language course
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