Background

A couple of months ago — near the end of my PhD — the last five brain cells not taken up by my thesis came up with a tricky question: What will you do after your PhD? Immediately, I came up with the only good answer: I don’t know. My brain cells responded: Hmm - OK. But where do you want to live?. Dammit, good question! - I replied. As the good man I am - I of course sought my girlfriend’s help for this question and after some thought we decided to move temporarily to Vancouver, BC. Question solved!, I thought at first. Oh no - question postponed…, my five brain cells replied. Since my girlfriend and I settled on an agreement (mainly forced by our parents), that we will return to Germany some time in the future, the question was not answered yet.