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* [http://derstandard.at/1302745617904/Aufsehen-Ein-Jung-Chemiker-haut-den-Hut-drauf Sandal leaves academia (Austrian article)] | * [http://derstandard.at/1302745617904/Aufsehen-Ein-Jung-Chemiker-haut-den-Hut-drauf Sandal leaves academia (Austrian article)] | ||
* [http://www.postdocsforum.com/2011/02/23/leaving-academia/comment-page-1/#comment-19975 Academia: Not for everyone] ''many people who agreed that motivation, perseverance, and tenacity are key to success in science.'' | * [http://www.postdocsforum.com/2011/02/23/leaving-academia/comment-page-1/#comment-19975 Academia: Not for everyone] ''many people who agreed that motivation, perseverance, and tenacity are key to success in science.'' | ||
* [http://www.benchfly.com/blog/lessons-from-a-recovering-postdoc/ Lessons from a recovering postdoc] ''And it’s never an easy decision for those who do. It’s one that is filled with doubt and questions: Is it just because this experiment isn’t working? Am I a bad scientist? Was my PI simply having a bad day? Am I just not committed enough? Am I cut out for this? What will my family think? What about my grad school mentors? Will this kill my career?'' | * [http://www.benchfly.com/blog/lessons-from-a-recovering-postdoc/ Lessons from a recovering postdoc] ''And it’s never an easy decision for those who do. It’s one that is filled with doubt and questions: Is it just because this experiment isn’t working? Am I a bad scientist? Was my PI simply having a bad day? Am I just not committed enough? Am I cut out for this? What will my family think? What about my grad school mentors? Will this kill my career?'' | ||
| − | * http://occamstypewriter.org/mindthegap/2010/12/09/in-which-i-question-my-own-sell-by-date/ | + | * [http://occamstypewriter.org/mindthegap/2010/12/09/in-which-i-question-my-own-sell-by-date/ In which I question my own sell-by date] ''Age discrimination became illegal in the EU in October 2006, but science cleverly gets around this problem by putting restrictions into their fellowship eligibility criteria.'' |
| − | * 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/ Imperial measures – but measuring for what?] ''“The answer may well be that Imperial is a very good place to be a high-flying academic, but not a very good one to be an average academic.'' |
| − | * 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 And Another One Throws The Towel And Leaves Science] ''This is all straight hustle, straight business, straight ripping each other off, being mean, supporting ‘friends’ even if they are wrong, pretending to be something better, elitism, exploitation, … '' |
| − | * http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110302/full/471007a.html | + | * [http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110302/full/471007a.html Give postdocs a career, not empty promises] ''Fresh blood in a lab is useful, but so too are experienced people who can train others more efficiently, who are in touch with the latest techniques and who have first-hand knowledge of the lab's carefully amassed treasure-trove of materials.'' |
* http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201000003/abstract | * http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201000003/abstract | ||
* http://politicsofthehap.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/farewell-early-20s-farewell-academia/ | * http://politicsofthehap.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/farewell-early-20s-farewell-academia/ | ||
Revision as of 16:39, 10 November 2011
This is just a backup of a bookmark folder, will structure it later.
Contents
Academic career
Postdocs
- Sandal leaves academia (Austrian article)
- Academia: Not for everyone many people who agreed that motivation, perseverance, and tenacity are key to success in science.
- Lessons from a recovering postdoc And it’s never an easy decision for those who do. It’s one that is filled with doubt and questions: Is it just because this experiment isn’t working? Am I a bad scientist? Was my PI simply having a bad day? Am I just not committed enough? Am I cut out for this? What will my family think? What about my grad school mentors? Will this kill my career?
- In which I question my own sell-by date Age discrimination became illegal in the EU in October 2006, but science cleverly gets around this problem by putting restrictions into their fellowship eligibility criteria.
- Imperial measures – but measuring for what? “The answer may well be that Imperial is a very good place to be a high-flying academic, but not a very good one to be an average academic.
- And Another One Throws The Towel And Leaves Science This is all straight hustle, straight business, straight ripping each other off, being mean, supporting ‘friends’ even if they are wrong, pretending to be something better, elitism, exploitation, …
- Give postdocs a career, not empty promises Fresh blood in a lab is useful, but so too are experienced people who can train others more efficiently, who are in touch with the latest techniques and who have first-hand knowledge of the lab's carefully amassed treasure-trove of materials.
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201000003/abstract
- http://politicsofthehap.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/farewell-early-20s-farewell-academia/
- http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2011_02_04/caredit.a1100011
- http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2011_03_11/caredit.a1100021
- http://wuphys.wustl.edu/~katz/scientist.html
- http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2011_03_18/science.opms.r1100101
- http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/04/25/164228/Why-Science-Is-a-Lousy-Career-Choice?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4db5ae138d8b42c5%2C0
- http://www.isabel-dietrich.de/2011/03/sayonara-academia-i-get-life.html
- http://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science
- http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v472/n7343/full/472259b.html
- http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110420/full/472276a.html
- http://www.thenation.com/article/160410/faulty-towers-crisis-higher-education?page=full
- http://escapethetower.wordpress.com/
Ph.D.
Finding a job after academia
- http://worstprofessorever.com/2011/02/16/guest-post-how-to-get-a-job-after-youve-left-grad-school/
- 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://www.reddit.com/r/biology/comments/kayk2/life_science_undergrad_to_bioengineering_phd/c2jakpa
- http://insingulo.blogspot.com/2010/08/in-silico.html
Academia workplace
- http://bulliedacademics.blogspot.com/
- 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
- http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100929/full/467516a.html
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/science/16prasher.html?_r=1
- http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110831/full/477020a.html
Fraud and retraction
- http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/how-scientific-fraud-is-like-ponzi-finance/247885/
- http://www.nature.com/news/2011/111005/full/478026a.html