It’s not just scientists that get old. Scientific fields have their own lifetimes, just like people.
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Great scientists, great moustaches VIII (a Movember posting)
It’s that time of year again! Here’s another instalment in the definitive guide to scientist moustaches, TIR’s annual celebration of some great minds and the great moustaches that went (just) before them. Links to parts I-VII can be found at the end for real moustache aficionados.
Continue readingAn Empire state of mind
Reset, Reskill, Restart – A Year In
Reset Today is the anniversary of the day I walked away from academia. It took years of mulling over that decision, but I mustered the courage to go.…
Reset, Reskill, Restart – A Year In
Another sincere and disarmingly open account of life after #LeavingAcademia from Jess. Best wishes for the job search!
Pathfinding (some tips on finding science jobs outside academia)
There seems to be no shortage of outlets and people offering advice on how to find jobs outside academia right now, but for what it’s worth, this was the way I went about it.
Continue readingCouple power
In the run-up to my decision to leave academia, I had one huge asset: my wife’s career.
Continue readingFollow the money
I’m less than a year into my new scientific career in the private sector, and the biggest difference with academia is already clear: it’s the money.
But not, as you might think, in terms of salary…
Continue readingFrom the top down
You wouldn’t think that mandatory training on company fine print could come across as a beacon of enlightenment, but that’s how it did for me.
Continue readingApotheosis (a riff on permanent positions in science)
It’s taken the private sector only six months to give me something that 20+ years in academia didn’t provide: a permanent position.
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Total Internal Reflection 