I am an foreigner in US. My work involves collaborating with state fish-wildlife-conservation agencies and hunters across the country. For some reason, I feel intimidated and I absolutely need to overcome that feeling. I sometimes tend to freeze when they ask me questions and my mentor has to pitch in for me. I am seeking if anyone has faced this and how you overcome it.
I am planning to get rental boats to go around Apostle Islands. Many webpages show that the water could be choppy in that area. Can you all please tell me where can I go to learn more about operating a motorized boat and potentially get some hands on experience.
Edit: I have 0 operating experience.
I got a 3 year fellowship awarded (It is the continuation of my Ph.D. project and I designed the plan for 3 years) and will start mid July. The range in the ad was $65-85k. Since I am fresh out of Ph.D. (got the offer before I finished), I did not negotiate and took it at $65k. My brief Google also shows that people get awarded higher with MD+Ph.D and specialization. My specialization is in computational sciences/wildlife genomics. Although the fellowship is for 3 years, I received the appointment only for one year. For next year, I hope to negotiate if I am not offered an increase. I am seeking to know if you negotiated your salary, how do you find out your peers' postdoc salary, will having a counter offer help and how to be convincing?
I got a 3 year fellowship awarded (It is the continuation of my Ph.D. project and I designed the plan for 3 years) and will start mid July. The range in the ad was $65-85k. Since I am fresh out of Ph.D. (got the offer before I finished), I did not negotiate and took it at $65k. My brief Google also shows that people get awarded higher with MD+Ph.D and specialization. My specialization is in computational sciences/wildlife genomics. Although the fellowship is for 3 years, I received the appointment only for one year. For next year, I hope to negotiate if I am not offered an increase. I am seeking to know if you negotiated your salary, how do you find out your peers' postdoc salary, will having a counter offer help and how to be convincing?