Hi,
I'm a 4th year doctoral candidate, with ~1 year left to finish my dissertation.
I'm trying to decide my 5th year plan. On one hand, I can get a dissertation fellowship which allows me to work on research and nothing else for a year and then going on the job market. But there is an interesting post-doc position that opened but that I'm considering applying for. I don't know many post-docs, don't really know what the work is like. I'm speaking to the faculty in the post-doc position, what should I ask her about that would help me make the decision? (e.g., work load, teach load, research load, time to pursue my current ongoing projects, etc... )
And if you are a post-doc, what are some major differences between a post-doc and a graduate student? Also my adviser suggest that I take the fellowship and have an easy year.