>> A couple of things.
One, primarily the teaching.
The teaching was a big reason that I got involved in a PhD program.
And, also, the research.
Now that I've finally gotten a grip on the research, and I feel like I'm at a point
where I'm starting to understand the whole research world and feel competent at something.
I like addressing big research questions.
I like the research that I'm doing.
I guess I can compare it to my other professional experiences,
what I did before I did the PhD program.
I worked for Dulitt [phonetic] Consulting, so I did HR consulting.
I specialized in compensation, which I really enjoyed.
I loved that job.
Did that for about four years.
But the difference between that and what I'm doing now is that everything at Dulitt,
I guess it was a lot of -- there were all these short-term goals,
short-term things to check off my list.
My daily was very clear, very organized with these tasks that I need to get to done.
Going into the PhD world and the academic world, there isn't that immediate gratification,
everything, all the research, everything we do takes so long.
It takes years for things to get published.
So you don't have as much short-term satisfaction, and then sometimes it can be --
it can just be frustrating because things seem so big,
and you just think am I ever going to get anywhere with this?
Is it ever going to go anywhere because it might not.
Whereas in my consulting world, I was problem solving all the time,
and it was a lot of quick back-and-forth, and you know.
So there was immediate gratification there.