I miss data. In my current dream job the small non-dreamy part is not being in the lab myself anymore. So I don’t pipet 96 wells plates anymore, I don’t do western blots anymore (my favorite molecular biology technique because of all the playing with water), I don’t do surgeries anymore and I don’t patch cells anymore. As you can see, this isn’t really about data (cause I do get to play with other people’s data), but rather about performing experiments. And these past couple vacation days during the holidays I found a reasonable alternative to the focused-but-absent-minded state that doing lab work can bring: I taught myself to crochet.
So next time someone asks: “how do you handle missing data?” I will answer: “I crochet.”