-
Recent Posts
- How do THEY do it all? June 25, 2019
- Book Club – The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist April 29, 2019
- How to welcome a new person to your department March 29, 2019
- I Am Not an Easy Man March 21, 2019
- Navigating lab in a wheelchair March 13, 2019
-
See posts in these categories
academia a day in the life advice alternative career biotech bosses broken dreams confidence dream job early career scientist female scientist flexibility having it all industry job search Leaving Academia motherhood new job pharma postdoc research role models sexism strengths and weaknesses support teaching transitions Uncategorized uncertainty women in scienceArchives
Tag Archives: career trajectory
To be or not to be the best (and do I care?)
I was having Hanukkah dinner – latkes, homemade applesauce, and local salmon – and chatting with an award-winning poet. She was describing her aborted quest to run an approximately 30 mile trail. The trail is locally famous and home to … Continue reading
The benefits of networking – thoughts on what that really means
For years, networking was a terrifying word to me. In the past, it meant going a mile out of my comfort zone to find the biggest bigwigs at a meeting or seminar and getting their attention somehow. And trying to … Continue reading
Working Through: Fertility issues in the workplace
My husband and I stopped trying not to get pregnant 6 years ago. About 3 years ago we started trying to get pregnant and just over a year and a half ago I had my first miscarriage. We found out … Continue reading
Posted in biotech, bosses, female scientist, gratitude
Tagged alternative careers, career plan, career trajectory, control, flexibility, happiness, having it all
3 Comments
A woman scientist in love
I am not ashamed to admit it. I am head over heels. I am riding a high. I am optimistic it is going to work out. And guess what!? – it has been the OPPOSITE of distracting. Being in love … Continue reading
My (blank) lab alumni page
The other day, I was looking for the proper citation for a publication from my graduate lab. I’ve been working on a manuscript to be published in an educational journal. In the process, I had to resurrect some information from … Continue reading
Posted in alternative career, Leaving Academia
Tagged alternative careers, career trajectory, high school
4 Comments
The Postdoc’s Guide to the Galaxy– NYC Edition
Today’s guest contributor is currently a postdoctoral fellow in New York City. She holds a PhD in Neuroscience, and her research interests include neuroanatomy and psychiatric disease. ______________________________________________________________ This past Halloween, I was invited to a costume party at a … Continue reading
Posted in academia, Leaving Academia, NYC, postdoc
Tagged career trajectory, money
Comments Off on The Postdoc’s Guide to the Galaxy– NYC Edition
Why I Left Academia and Chose Biotech
I recently met a young undergrad. who wants to become a professor because she loves research and, “professors have great job security, flexible work schedules and can take summers off if they want to!” It made me totally uncomfortable, probably … Continue reading
Decision point
I was 25 – three years out of art school, living in Brooklyn, doing odd jobs – when I found something that looked promising on craigslist. An art space down the street from my Bushwick apartment was looking for interns. … Continue reading
Posted in academia, alternative career, broken dreams, graduate school, postdoc, transitions, women in science
Tagged academia, career plan, career trajectory, faking it, Grad school, money, PhD, plan B, postdoc, priorities, realism, strengths
4 Comments
My (not at all straightforward) road to teaching
“Are you a teacher?” an earnest looking eighteen year old girl asked me questioningly. I stood before a group of average looking adolescent women in my brand new pencil skirt, jittery from my third cup of coffee that day. I … Continue reading
A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman 