Friday, July 01, 2005
A Researchers Tale
A researcher's work is never complete
being told what to do by academia's elite,
Sometimes its quiet with nothing to do,
the next its chaos with a deadline due.
When the end of a project is drawing near
paperwork looms, and it all ends up here,
I thrash at my keyboard 'til my hands ache
stopping only for an "Ebay search" break.
A late night ensues as the deadline nears
both the profs and the lab rats avoid their peers
Papers are written, documents made
code is published - hope it makes the grade.
The final report is due at noon
how has the deadline come so soon?
You'll chuck it together until it it shines like new,
and who gets first author? The prof - not you!
It's then back to "research" - drinking coffee, sitting around,
perhaps reading a paper, tweaking some code you've found
until the next deadline, the prof informs you
"It's noon tomorrow the main report is due."
being told what to do by academia's elite,
Sometimes its quiet with nothing to do,
the next its chaos with a deadline due.
When the end of a project is drawing near
paperwork looms, and it all ends up here,
I thrash at my keyboard 'til my hands ache
stopping only for an "Ebay search" break.
A late night ensues as the deadline nears
both the profs and the lab rats avoid their peers
Papers are written, documents made
code is published - hope it makes the grade.
The final report is due at noon
how has the deadline come so soon?
You'll chuck it together until it it shines like new,
and who gets first author? The prof - not you!
It's then back to "research" - drinking coffee, sitting around,
perhaps reading a paper, tweaking some code you've found
until the next deadline, the prof informs you
"It's noon tomorrow the main report is due."
