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This is just a backup of a bookmark folder, will structure it later.
 
This is just a backup of a bookmark folder, will structure it later.
  
==Leaving academia==
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==Academic career==
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* http://derstandard.at/1302745617904/Aufsehen-Ein-Jung-Chemiker-haut-den-Hut-drauf
 
* http://www.postdocsforum.com/2011/02/23/leaving-academia/comment-page-1/#comment-19975
 
* http://www.postdocsforum.com/2011/02/23/leaving-academia/comment-page-1/#comment-19975
 
* http://www.benchfly.com/blog/lessons-from-a-recovering-postdoc/
 
* http://www.benchfly.com/blog/lessons-from-a-recovering-postdoc/
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* http://occamstypewriter.org/notranting/2010/12/10/imperial-measures-but-measuring-for-what/
 
* http://occamstypewriter.org/notranting/2010/12/10/imperial-measures-but-measuring-for-what/
 
* http://www.science20.com/alpha_meme/and_another_one_throws_towel_and_leaves_science-76487
 
* http://www.science20.com/alpha_meme/and_another_one_throws_towel_and_leaves_science-76487
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* http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110302/full/471007a.html
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* http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201000003/abstract
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* http://politicsofthehap.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/farewell-early-20s-farewell-academia/
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* http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2011_02_04/caredit.a1100011
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* http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2011_03_11/caredit.a1100021
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* http://wuphys.wustl.edu/~katz/scientist.html
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* http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2011_03_18/science.opms.r1100101
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* http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/04/25/164228/Why-Science-Is-a-Lousy-Career-Choice?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4db5ae138d8b42c5%2C0
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* http://www.isabel-dietrich.de/2011/03/sayonara-academia-i-get-life.html
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===Finding a job after academia===
 
===Finding a job after academia===
 
* http://worstprofessorever.com/2011/02/16/guest-post-how-to-get-a-job-after-youve-left-grad-school/
 
* http://worstprofessorever.com/2011/02/16/guest-post-how-to-get-a-job-after-youve-left-grad-school/
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* http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/05/18/soliciting-advice-non-academic-careers-for-ph-d-s/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CosmicVarianceBlog+%28Cosmic+Variance%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
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* http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/06/02/unsolicited-advice-non-academic-careers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CosmicVarianceBlog+%28Cosmic+Variance%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
  
 
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===Academia workplace===
==Academia workplace==
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* http://bulliedacademics.blogspot.com/
 
* http://bulliedacademics.blogspot.com/
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* http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/04/06/0410206/Which-Grad-Students-Are-the-Most-Miserable?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
  
  
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* http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101013/full/467775a.html?ref=nf
 
* http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101013/full/467775a.html?ref=nf
  
* http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110302/full/471007a.html
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==Italy==
* http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201000003/abstract
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* http://politicsofthehap.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/what-lies-beyond/
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* http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2011_02_04/caredit.a1100011
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* http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2011_03_11/caredit.a1100021
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* http://wuphys.wustl.edu/~katz/scientist.html
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* http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2011_03_18/science.opms.r1100101
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* http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/04/06/0410206/Which-Grad-Students-Are-the-Most-Miserable?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
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* http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2011/04/08/news/netturbini_con_laurea-14651595/?ref=HREC1-4
 
* http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2011/04/08/news/netturbini_con_laurea-14651595/?ref=HREC1-4
* http://derstandard.at/1302745617904/Aufsehen-Ein-Jung-Chemiker-haut-den-Hut-drauf
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* http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/04/25/164228/Why-Science-Is-a-Lousy-Career-Choice?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4db5ae138d8b42c5%2C0
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* http://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science
 
* http://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science
 
* http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100929/full/467516a.html
 
* http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100929/full/467516a.html
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* http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/may/22/open-science-shared-research-internet
 
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/may/22/open-science-shared-research-internet
 
* http://www.thenation.com/article/160410/faulty-towers-crisis-higher-education?page=full
 
* http://www.thenation.com/article/160410/faulty-towers-crisis-higher-education?page=full
* http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/05/18/soliciting-advice-non-academic-careers-for-ph-d-s/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CosmicVarianceBlog+%28Cosmic+Variance%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
 
* http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/06/02/unsolicited-advice-non-academic-careers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CosmicVarianceBlog+%28Cosmic+Variance%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
 
 
* http://escapethetower.wordpress.com/
 
* http://escapethetower.wordpress.com/
 
* http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/science/16prasher.html?_r=1
 
* http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/science/16prasher.html?_r=1
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* http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110831/full/477020a.html
 
* http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110831/full/477020a.html
 
* http://www.reddit.com/r/biology/comments/kayk2/life_science_undergrad_to_bioengineering_phd/c2jakpa
 
* http://www.reddit.com/r/biology/comments/kayk2/life_science_undergrad_to_bioengineering_phd/c2jakpa
* http://www.isabel-dietrich.de/2011/03/sayonara-academia-i-get-life.html
 
 
* http://insingulo.blogspot.com/2010/08/in-silico.html
 
* http://insingulo.blogspot.com/2010/08/in-silico.html
 
* http://www.nature.com/news/2011/111005/full/478026a.html
 
* http://www.nature.com/news/2011/111005/full/478026a.html
  
 
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Revision as of 11:30, 10 November 2011

This is just a backup of a bookmark folder, will structure it later.

Academic career

Finding a job after academia

Academia workplace


Fraud and retraction

Inefficiencies

Italy