Lovewookie, how much have you got to do to finish your PhD? Don't know what your family circs are but Mr MC suggests finishing your PhD then disappearing abroad to do a post doc. He loved every minute of his 2 years in the Appalachians, mountain biking, climbing, flood lit skiing 45 minutes away. mr MC reckons it's worth doing, he said the money in the States for post doc is good tax free on a 2 year visa. Even if you don't actually enjoy the post doc (he didn't) he still had the best 2 years of his life (until he met me 
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Or jack it in and join the plod! If you want to e-mail me with any questions/advice I'm willing to give an honest opinion. The interesting thing about police is the breadth in the job, afer your 2 year probationary shift period you can be a droid (traffic), surveillance, be a detective, mounted, fire arms, intelligence, counter terrorism, police the police.... I could carry on! But seriously if you want to drop me a line feel free (although I'm off to the US tomorrow for 10 days snowboarding, but when I'm back I'll be free).
Oh yeah and you get job security and a good pension.
