Great post! Thank you so much for writing it, I really enjoyed reading it. Some questions:
1. I would be interested to hear why you think the opportunity cost of not working on your project (vs applying to jobs/networking) is so high, given the MATS extension? Is it because of the relationship to your mentor? As someone coming to MATS from outside the Bay Area, would have thought its a great opportunity to make most of the vibrant community there. Would be interested to hear if you thought there were events you thought were particularly valuable/not valuable as well
On a related note, would be quite interested to hear what most fellows/yourself end up doing afterwards! Is the mode to go to London for the extension/does it differ significantly by background etc.
Great post! Thank you so much for writing it, I really enjoyed reading it. Some questions:
1. I would be interested to hear why you think the opportunity cost of not working on your project (vs applying to jobs/networking) is so high, given the MATS extension? Is it because of the relationship to your mentor? As someone coming to MATS from outside the Bay Area, would have thought its a great opportunity to make most of the vibrant community there. Would be interested to hear if you thought there were events you thought were particularly valuable/not valuable as well
On a related note, would be quite interested to hear what most fellows/yourself end up doing afterwards! Is the mode to go to London for the extension/does it differ significantly by background etc.