Getting good at human tasks
By 
Derek Lowe2025-07-03T10:45:00
’What do you mean you had to lock the NMR with an oscilloscope and shim the magnet by hand?’
It occurred to me the other day that I might, by this point, be getting just a bit too experienced in laboratory work. Those of you who take NMR spectra as part of your work will know that under modern conditions you log into the machine and give it your sample name and what sort of spectrum you want it to take for you, and in return the software tells you what position to put your tube in on the autosampler rack. Then you wander off and do something productive