Stephen Hawking is Hiring

[c0rbin]

"Wanted: Bright graduate student to assist world-famous scientist. International travel, developing computer systems and dealing with the press required."

Hmmm, discuss the bleeding edge of math and physics, meet important scholars, extensive travel, hygenic assistance.

Mediocre pay?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/09/06/britain.hawking.ap/index.html

 

[TV's Frank]

Positives:
Damn good pay for a grad assistant.
Free international travel.
Working with the Hawk-man himself.


Negatives:
Changing diapers.

 

[tracer]

Working with the Hawk-man himself.

Does he lose his physics powers when he's not exposed to sunlight?

 

[Beleth]

Negatives:
Changing diapers.

Yeah I was gonna ask...

To be honest, I don't see much in the job description that requires it to be a grad student.

I'm glad that it'd be only a 2-year stint. Much longer exposure to that level of brilliance would be blinding.

 

[Rasmus]

It doesn't really that you would have to prove medical caretaking. And I would be surprised if his condition wouldn't require a pro (if just one).

I would be far from suprised, however, if there were tons of little things and odd jobs that a caretaker would not usually do, or maybe not even be able to do. (Or do nurses nowadays set up webpages, book flights and kick people that are too thick to have ramps prepared?)

 

[UndercoverElephant]

I can't believe he is 64. He was told he would be dead in three years when he was 21.