Brain-drain, AusIMM, Gliese 815 c
I just got back from AusIMM's Industry Night. AusIMM stands for Australian institute for mining and metallurgy; Basically a professional organisation catering to the professional development of mining professionals, i.e. Geologist, Engineers and Surveyors.
So what about it? Well, free entry. And lots of goodies, like soccerballs, pens and t-shirts. And also, the chance to talk to industry representatives and to mingle with other like-minded students (Trust me, not many people would want to do mining as a career, even with its lucrative salary and benefits)
One thing I noticed from talking to the reps, and listening to other people's questions, is that in this field, competition is really, really tough. I overheard this one guy asking why he hasn't got a response for his grad program application.
He graduated 2 years ago.
Anyway, I'm not going to develop this into a 'bitch-about-my-life' rant. But I just want to say that this is the sort of thing that got me worried.
It sure does made me think: "Why didn't I accept that mechanical engineering offer at RMIT?". Hmm. As if it's going to make a difference, but at least people know what mech eng is.
- Hey, check this out. The Geneva Observatory in Switzerland discovered a planet that has earth-like characteristics. Well, sort of. It's 1.5 the size of our planet, and much heavier than Earth. And it has a constantly lit side, and a constantly dim side on the other side of the planet. So, dark side, and bright side. The darker side of the planet is cold, really cold. The one facing the sun is steaming hot. As in Venus-like hot. There's an in-between zone though, and it is suggested (from assumption that there's water vapor in the atmosphere) that this middle-side is habitable. Fancy. And oh, the best thing is, it's only 10 light years away from Earth, which is 'only' twice as far as Earth to Alpha Centauri. So should we go there or what?
Not until someone invent a bloody warp gate, that is. Or a cyrostatic chamber. Or a cosmic radiation proof shielding for spaceships. Or when we can get all the nuclear weapons (some 60 thousands of them) in the world, and make engines out of them. We couldn't even put humans on Mars yet. Schmeh.
That aside, I think we should shoot Paris Hilton to Mars. As an experiment. She wouldn't be missed at all anyway. And Avenged Sevenfold. And Atreyu.
- A Russian mineral exploration company recently discovered an aluminium field at Papua New Guinea. It makes ya think that we should've invade that country a long time ago. =P
So anyway, foreign mining companies have been digging holes everywhere in Indo for the last .. uh, I don't know, 5 decades now. Or more. Well, if you count Dutch colonialism as 'foreign mining companies', then yes, they've been there for quite some time now. The biggest gold deposit in the world is in the Jayawijaya mountain ranges, West Papua (that's Irian for most of you; Somehow Oz's don't like it when I say 'Irian' or 'Timor Timur') . My point was, a lot of goodies in Indo, but we trust the handlings to the foreign companies. I guess that's how it is in a country with a small number of skilled workforce. I'm not saying that Indonesians don't have skilled workers, but the smart ones usually don't want to work in Indo. No wonder we're starting to see brain drain from Indo to countries such as Australia and the US. There just ain't enough place for us to work at.
What the hell was I rambling about again? Ah can't remember. I'm going to log off now, my noodle's getting cold and it's not so warm outside either.
Putra
Playlist: DragonForce, Converge
So what about it? Well, free entry. And lots of goodies, like soccerballs, pens and t-shirts. And also, the chance to talk to industry representatives and to mingle with other like-minded students (Trust me, not many people would want to do mining as a career, even with its lucrative salary and benefits)
One thing I noticed from talking to the reps, and listening to other people's questions, is that in this field, competition is really, really tough. I overheard this one guy asking why he hasn't got a response for his grad program application.
He graduated 2 years ago.
Anyway, I'm not going to develop this into a 'bitch-about-my-life' rant. But I just want to say that this is the sort of thing that got me worried.
It sure does made me think: "Why didn't I accept that mechanical engineering offer at RMIT?". Hmm. As if it's going to make a difference, but at least people know what mech eng is.
- Hey, check this out. The Geneva Observatory in Switzerland discovered a planet that has earth-like characteristics. Well, sort of. It's 1.5 the size of our planet, and much heavier than Earth. And it has a constantly lit side, and a constantly dim side on the other side of the planet. So, dark side, and bright side. The darker side of the planet is cold, really cold. The one facing the sun is steaming hot. As in Venus-like hot. There's an in-between zone though, and it is suggested (from assumption that there's water vapor in the atmosphere) that this middle-side is habitable. Fancy. And oh, the best thing is, it's only 10 light years away from Earth, which is 'only' twice as far as Earth to Alpha Centauri. So should we go there or what?
Not until someone invent a bloody warp gate, that is. Or a cyrostatic chamber. Or a cosmic radiation proof shielding for spaceships. Or when we can get all the nuclear weapons (some 60 thousands of them) in the world, and make engines out of them. We couldn't even put humans on Mars yet. Schmeh.
That aside, I think we should shoot Paris Hilton to Mars. As an experiment. She wouldn't be missed at all anyway. And Avenged Sevenfold. And Atreyu.
- A Russian mineral exploration company recently discovered an aluminium field at Papua New Guinea. It makes ya think that we should've invade that country a long time ago. =P
So anyway, foreign mining companies have been digging holes everywhere in Indo for the last .. uh, I don't know, 5 decades now. Or more. Well, if you count Dutch colonialism as 'foreign mining companies', then yes, they've been there for quite some time now. The biggest gold deposit in the world is in the Jayawijaya mountain ranges, West Papua (that's Irian for most of you; Somehow Oz's don't like it when I say 'Irian' or 'Timor Timur') . My point was, a lot of goodies in Indo, but we trust the handlings to the foreign companies. I guess that's how it is in a country with a small number of skilled workforce. I'm not saying that Indonesians don't have skilled workers, but the smart ones usually don't want to work in Indo. No wonder we're starting to see brain drain from Indo to countries such as Australia and the US. There just ain't enough place for us to work at.
What the hell was I rambling about again? Ah can't remember. I'm going to log off now, my noodle's getting cold and it's not so warm outside either.
Putra
Playlist: DragonForce, Converge
1 comment:
ooh ooh,
can we send Simple Plan to that Hot/Cold planet too?
and those snobby bitches from My Super Sweet Sixteen.
hehehehe
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