Hi,
Thanks for this message and all the previous ones (I just joined some days
ago). I finished my PhD in Plant Ecology almost one year and a half ago. I
had two published papers, lots of contacts, lots of conferences, quite a
lot of experience, have worked hard during the last years... and needed
My read of the original paper by Brickney is that technical/analytical
skills are very important. Looking at their PCA, most of the variation lies
on a spectrum of technical/analytical/field experience to project
management/interpersonal. Despite comments on this listserv, both hard and
soft
Ecolog:
It's just interesting that the number-one skill required for ecology is GIS.
Now I know why I was such a failure!
Well, on second thought, I guess I shouldn't place all the blame on the
absence of GIS skills (and the absence of GIS at the time). I sucked at
statistics too--but what
