SEASON 2, EPISODE 8: AM I DELUSIONAL ABOUT STAYING IN ACADEMIA?

This episode is about me trying to navigate the end of my postdoc.

I revisit a journal entry I wrote in September 2014, when I had 4 months left on my extension to my contract. Believe it or not, I was still trying to salvage my academic career, despite it basically being impossible at this stage.

I reflect on how the delay between applying for a grant and getting the grant awarded made it impossible for me to salvage my academic career and what actually happens to your research when you leave academia.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Intro

[03:23] Journal entry

[08:07] Trying to salvage my academic career against impossible timescales

[10:50] The postdoc was really a period of training, although I didn’t realize it at the time

[11:52] What happens to your research when you leave academia?

[14:09] Outro

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