キャリアニュース2020年7月10～15日

I finished my experiment and hurried to store my samples. I had a train to catch, and I was cutting it close. “Ugh, I should just stay in the lab to get a few more experiments done. I'm not even sure what I'll get out of the career development symposium,” I thought to myself. I had started a postdoc position 8 months earlier and needed to gather preliminary data to bulk up a fellowship application and extend my postdoc appointment. But I also knew that I needed to cultivate contacts in industry, in case I wanted to pursue a career outside academia. A friend working in biotechnology had told me, “Sometimes you need to get out of the lab to make meaningful connections.” He was right, I decided. I washed my hands and headed to the train. > “Cultivating connections and exploring career options outside the lab proved difficult.” When I started my postdoc, I aimed to become a professor at a liberal arts college. But as time wore on, I had doubts. I didn't want to do a second postdoc, wh