You may already know that I’m reasonably obsessed with whales. You may know this if you’ve spent more than thirty minutes with me in a semi-social setting. I would have found a way to bring it up. I am adept at shaping a conversation so that it quite naturally weaves its ways towards alternative careers, or subjects we enjoyed at school, or first jobs, or AI, algorithms, languages, animals, climate change, podcasts, books we’re currently reading or what we did during the pandemic. Give me any of these topics - and in two sentences I will have you talking about whales.
Your story is inspiring to me…during the pandemic I applied for (and was accepted into) a PhD in computer science so that I would study NLP applications and essentially whale comms. I never started the degree for various reasons (which have a lot to do with the pandemic) but I am for sure trying to shape my own work and independent research now towards marine matters. So good on you for making that leap to marine science studies!!
Oh wow, this PhD sounds quite interesting and relevant, too! But I see that deciding for or against such an endeavour really needs to come at the right time and under the right circumstances. I am just so happy to have found someone with a similar inner longing - so excited where your next steps will take you to!
Oh wow, I learned quite a lot about sperm whale codas - and how lovely is your writing and genuine curiosity for whales 😍
I would say continue your own research and see if there’s any opportunities to go deeper!
I wanted to study the oceans and especially toothed whales since I was a child but took a different career root for different reasons.
And then, during 2020/2021 I made the decision to go back to university and study marine science ✨🤍🌊
Your story is inspiring to me…during the pandemic I applied for (and was accepted into) a PhD in computer science so that I would study NLP applications and essentially whale comms. I never started the degree for various reasons (which have a lot to do with the pandemic) but I am for sure trying to shape my own work and independent research now towards marine matters. So good on you for making that leap to marine science studies!!
Oh wow, this PhD sounds quite interesting and relevant, too! But I see that deciding for or against such an endeavour really needs to come at the right time and under the right circumstances. I am just so happy to have found someone with a similar inner longing - so excited where your next steps will take you to!