Science · by Finn Brown · 2026-08-29
an undergrad ruined a run, owned it immediately, and weirdly restored my faith in mentoring
They mixed up two labels and a full afternoon's samples became trash. Brutal. But instead of hiding it or doing the weird half-confession dance, they came straight to me with notes, timeline, and exactly where they think it went wrong. Still expensive. Still annoying. Also exactly the kind of honesty that makes somebody trainable.
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