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Thanks for your reply.
After reading your post, I realized that industry is not heaven. There are also things we don't like and things we have to worry about.
I guess it really depends on personal choice. If I am more happy staying in academia, I probably should stay. If I am not, I probably should think about leaving.
For my case, I just know that I probably would be an OKAY scientist. But I won't be a GREAT scientist. If I am no better than my competitors, I don't think I can find a job in this field.
Tarina, your website looks awesome!!! I hope more people can see your website and read your ebook.
Thanks for participating my survey!
I just want to see how many phds are out there struggling. I want to help myself and of course other phds. But I just don't know how...Your website is a really good example though.
Also, I realized that it takes a lot of courage to leave comfortable zone. To be honest, I don't think many people have this courage. They may just stay where they are, even though they don't really like what they are doing.
Hi everyone,
I am a PhD student in computational chemistry. I am going to start my 5th year soon. I probably would graduate next year sometime. But I don't know what's next after the Ph.D.?
I've seen many talented and hard-working postdocs get stuck in post-doc positions. They shift from one postdoc to another. They move from one state to another. They publish good papers, but they can't land on an idea position (i.e. tenure track profess).I can't help wondering I am not as smart as they are, can I find a position a few years later? What if I can not find a academic job after 10 years.
Second, I feel like this is not what I want to do for the rest of my life. I work on projects, I publish papers, I do what a phd should do, but I have this feeling that this is NOT what I want to do for the rest of my life. I feel like I don't have strong motivation inside. I saw my advisors working extremely hard to write proposals to get fundings. They don't even have time to do the real research, which they are really interested in. This is not the life I want.
So, I start thinking finding a job outside of academia. But I don't know what I can do. I've spent 7 years in graduate school (3 years M.S + 4 years Ph.D.) and I have none experience working for a company.
I'd like to hear your thoughts on it. I created a survey about this topic. If you are interested, here is the link
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