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Traditionally, spending time on social media was a great way to make your PI angry. Your job is to finish experiments, read papers, and present your work at conferences, not to upvote and share the latest blue-dress illusion.
But there are some unexpected benefits to the Twitter network that could help your science and your career.
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You might think internships are the domain of business students and undergrads. You’re training every day in a lab – why would you need more experiential learning?
The short answer is that your laboratory training is a great internship if you want to go on to a faculty position at a major research university.
But what if you want to use your scientific training to craft policy and legislation in your state government?
Or what if you want to work with a Contract Research Organization and help shepherd new drugs through clinical trials?
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Shhhh! There he is. Behind that rack of Eppendorf tubes….
The elusive ‘Postdoctoral Fellow’ in his native habitat!
If we’re quiet, we may be able to observe him as he completes an experiment, writes a few paragraphs in a grant proposal, and nurtures his young (i.e. graduate students.)
Postdocs are difficult to study in the wild, and no one knows exactly how many of them exist outside of captivity.
But thanks to a recent study from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), we are starting to understand their migration patterns as they leave the safety of the training lab and venture into the wider world.
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You’ve worked hard in your biopharma job, and you really love the position. The team is passionate and dynamic, the product is starting to make an impact in the market, and you begin to imagine your long-term relationship with the company.
But there’s one problem: it seems like no one with a Bachelor’s Degree can move up in the organization. PhDs from outside the company are hired into management positions, while you and your colleagues get passed over for promotions.
What’s going on? And do you really need a PhD to get ahead in your industry job?
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Management consulting is an exciting field, but actually getting a consulting job at one of the top firms can be extremely difficult. Some people argue that you’ll have an easier time getting into Harvard than landing a spot at McKinsey…
We talked to a postdoc-turned-consultant about how she left the bench and got a job in such a competitive field.