Ron is a wonderful person. He is one of the most supportive mentors I have seen. I know five or six of his postdocs and none of them have anything bad to say about him. Also almost all of them went ahead to become faculty in top tier schools. Tony is wonderful too. He is like a library for signaling transduction. Talking to him saves you time to check references. I don't know the other PI you mentioned. But overall, most big names in Salk are much more friendlier than other places. Much eas