Quote From AndrewPetelov:
Hi fellas.

Same sh*t here. I came to the conclusion that it's time to get more rational.

They always say: "Oh c'mon dude don't give up, all problems are in yourself, keep trying and you will find what you want or even better ..." and all such rubbish.

This is a common misconception. We are scientists, we gotta think rational. If there is such a tremendous, ridiculous and totally senseless lack of positions and a reciprocal number of candidates -- what's the deal after all? It's like if you did some experiment which hopelessly didn't show the result you desire and you were trying to "process" the data in all possible ways to show correlation while there is none. It's all bullsh*t like from those funny pastors and motivation speakers.

This is frankly and honestly just time waste, stress and loss of self-confidence. I decided to just stop f*cking j*rking off and looking for a job which I never ever get.

In this world, there is one and only way to land a good job (at least in academia) -- through bed ... ooops ... relations. Ask your PI or other connections, only they can promote you. If you found a not so good PI like I did, well, pull yourself together, ask anyway. Or stay at home and whine.

Regards,
Andrew