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On June 12, 2019, I defended my dissertation.

Here are 5 pieces of advice, 5 years later:

 1. Skip the post-doc. It's almost never worth

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Don’t sit back and be a ‘typical’ academic

Many academics tend to feel that doing research and then

Can’t wrap your head around statistical terms like 'skewness' or 'variance'?

Here is a min-course on 24 statistics terms & what they mean:⬇️

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How I helped a tenured prof leave academia in 90 days:

(because even profs want something different)

Nathalie joined my After Academia Incubator program in

Not every professor / CEO likes this idea. 
BUT in R&D management, simplicity & open policies win.


Tesla's policies can be ‘translated’ into academic

"Why do so many PhDs struggle to find jobs?"

1. Identity loss.

PhDs are trained to be professors. We devote many years and make many

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Academia is fun. Academia is fun. Academia is fun. Academia is fun. Academia is fun. Academia is fun. Academia is fun. Academia is

Academia is failing us, and that’s because it’s not equipping folks with the single, most important skill a human being can develop:

Critical thinking.

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You must NOT fail your tenure. 
You must NOT fail your tenure. 
You must NOT fail your tenure. 
You must NOT fail your tenure. 
You must NOT

Scientists are tired. 
Why? They have no time for their passion - science.

- Students are tired of being unappreciated and overloaded

- Faculties are

Every day, PhDs contact me about leaving academia.

But they aren't excited. They're traumatized.

Over the past 2.5 years, I've heard it all - the

Why job seeking feels like a rigged game for PhDs:

1. Hiring biases.

Some hiring managers believe that PhDs don't understand the business world. PhDs

Can't wrap your head around the calculations of sensitivity, specificity, PPV or NPV?

Here is a cheat sheet to help you: ⬇️

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Academia is not industry, so why do people then keep comparing salaries between academia and industry? Never made much sense to me tbh

Academia isn't like other jobs but sometimes it helps to think about it that way.

For example, it's common for faculty members, including PIs

A literature review helps you build on existing knowledge, identify gaps and provide direction for future research.

Here is a list of simple tools

How to critique, review & evaluate quantitative research articles:⬇️

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"How do I tell my advisor I want to leave academia?"

Here's what I wrote in 2022. 2 things that surprise me:

1. "My geographic

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In 20 years, life in academia will be fun:


AI-generated research proposals are judged by

The pandemic broke me.

It broke so many of us in academia.

This recent Nature article describes COVID-19 as a “wake-up bomb” in academia.

Academia, you're drunk go home. Can't stop laughing at the hilarity of this. In exchange for an average salary and a ton of

Academia is very traditional.
Many journals don't like phrases like “I assume ” or "I did".

However, I disagree with this writing style.

I push for

Here's what a successful career program looks like:

(I've never shared this publicly before 🤫)

Every successful program has 3 components:

1. A comprehensive curriculum
2.

#Academia is rife with “invisible service” and asks that encroach on personal time. It’s time to reevaluate and – for our new junior

🚨 Unpopular Opinion: Transitioning from Academia to Industry is NOT as Big a Deal as You Think! 🚨

Transitioning from academia to industry is

Scientists do best science when they are left alone.
It's because freedom fuels creativity.

However, when we are judged, evaluated and compared to each other,

Academia is the alternative career path for PhD graduates.

That's what the numbers suggest

And yet, we talk about PhDs choosing "alternative" career paths

Academia rewards complex wordiness, and some pick up that bad habit.

But for screenwriting, it is far better to write simple,

Academia is rich folks' sport.

This paper by Paul Novosad et al. looks at the fathers of 715 Nobel Prize winners in sciences.

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