After Thesis Blues Or About Finding a Hobby

Just a few weeks ago I was wondering what life after thesis would look like. It was actually a good question, having in mind my actual state ofmind - short-term projects, e-mails to reply to and promissed-and-never-fulfilled old tasks, books for fun and long awaited meetings. So, just to illustrate this feeling, here's Cecilia's, my phd/confused/geeky prototype.

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Actually, the most creative, innovative and yet constructive thing I did was that I found a hobby. I joined a Hacker Space called Foulab. New to electronics and computer programming, I have followed a hacker spirit for years now. I've geeked out mainly in Free Software environments, such as install and hack fests, tech training and non-geeky geekism, too. I know it might not count in, but I hack recipies, and clothes, and bags.. my bike, some doors, and even some planes.

And got hitchhiked a train once ;-)

hacking is not limited to

hacking is not limited to 'techincal things', its broader than that. Its about passion, tinkering, testing limits, improvising. Just because some folks might not consider modifying recipies, clothes or a bike as hacking does not make them the arbiter of what constitutes hacking. They are limiting their idea of hacking, you are not. Go explore, hack!

Thanks Kevin for the amazing

Thanks Kevin for the amazing comment! It is exactly the way I see hacking. I just feel it, and I live it without trying to enter the narrow limits of hackerdom definition.

The problem is that in the everyday world I have my hacker approach to things and mind, but when I join the hacker lab, I feel like an amateur in a brand new world (and fighting the fact I'm a girl). However, this fact does not make me feel bad, but mostly challenges me. It's somehow a question of practice and time...

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