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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
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Tagged academia, career plan, career trajectory, faking it, Grad school, money, PhD, plan B, postdoc, priorities, realism, strengths
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Plan B.
I applied for my dream job. And did not get it. Fuck. What I want. What I want to do is dig a deep hole, climb into it and close the lid. A hole deep enough that would represent the … Continue reading
Posted in alternative career, broken dreams, lack of jobs, postdocs, transitions
Tagged career plan, hopelessness, plan B, super-postdocs
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A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman 