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8 years as a post-doc and no prospects
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Plenty of careers outside of academia once you get out of it. The transition is hard and wrenching but worthwhile. In a few years you'll be sat enjoying your weekend, relaxing. Then suddenly you may remember your former impoverished and stressed life thinking about how you would be in the lab or working on a manuscript every evening then every weekend. There is more to life than the pursuit of "academic fame" which is not really worthwhile pursuing anyway.

Try research funding, governmental or related institutions or other such organisations, esp. if industry is not initially forthcoming. Plenty of former postdocs are employed in such organisations.