Hacking Materials Handbook
  • Hacking Materials handbook
    • Preamble
    • About our group
    • Before you arrive
    • Finding a place to live
    • After arriving at LBNL
    • Group meetings
    • Facilities - Food, Conference Rooms
    • LETS timecard
    • Vacation days, sick days, foreign travel
    • Telework
    • Making purchases
    • Conference travel
    • Getting help
    • Our computing systems
    • Open science and arxiv / chemrxiv
    • Information for graduate students
    • Giving effective presentations
    • Writing effective papers
    • Fun things to do in the area
    • Leaving the group
    • Thank you!
  • Appendix
    • Purchasing a computer
    • Setting up a new Macbook
    • Some notes being productive with a Mac from Anubhav
    • Science related resources
    • Staying up to date on research and literature searches
    • Why open source
    • 10 of the most common Python mistakes I see from scientist-programmers
    • Mechanics of writing papers in Microsoft Word
    • Eleven questions for self-assessment
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Before you arrive

Although many things can only be taken care of after arriving at LBNL, here are a few simple things you should do in advance.

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  • Review the onboarding instructions! Review Berkeley Lab's instructions, including a that has tabs for what to do before arriving.

  • Join the Slack group! The berkeleytheory Slack group spans several research groups at LBNL. There are channels to ask housing questions, programming questions, science discussion, and general hijinx, and a dedicated #hackmat channel for our group. How? Contact Anubhav - he’ll introduce you.

  • Order a computer! It can take a few weeks for the computer to arrive, so this should be done before starting at the lab. See Appendix section on how to do so.

  • Find a place to live! Berkeley and the surrounding areas are wonderful places to live, but finding an apartment can be difficult and is best done with knowledge of the various neighborhoods. How? See section on Finding a place to live.

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