U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren’t there – The Washington Post
U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren’t there – The Washington Post. A nice article in the Washington Post by Brian Vastag, about what PhD students in most fields face in terms of job prospects. It’s the first time I’m seeing coverage in the mainstream media about what all my grad school classmates […]
Science is hard, boring, and filled with failure
Or so say these links… Now that I’m working with people in the publishing industry, which everyone seems to think is dying, I’ve met more people who assume that academic careers are more straightforward. I think only scientists appreciate how hard science can be…the results can be great, and very satisfying, but getting them can […]