“If you would come to work with us in Cambridge, your research would be about ajflda;f (…) And in fact you’ll be working also on fl;dajf fjd fkld;ae;fj (…) In terms of practicalities you would fajd;l;sam jf apo (…) Is everything clear?” There I was: trying to make notes during the phone interview with Cambridge University, but half of the words were lost in the unstable phone connection. What a mess! Still, when asked if everything was clear, I sat straight, nodded, smiled (completely unnecessary behaviour as it was a mere phone conversation without video but oh well) and responded “yes, more or less”. Again, I thought, what a mess!!!…