I had dinner with the person who got me my internship, and she told me that spending "only a year" job hunting after earning my PhD isn't something to be frustrated about. She said she spent the last year of her post-doc scrambling to get something together and STILL had no where to go for months. I've heard several variations of this story, but how common is it?
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I interviewed for a post-doc position during the last year of my PhD, found a job (in neuroscience) and started right after finishing my PhD.
ReplyDeleteI counted the "two body problem" as a "lifestyle" aspect. I think it really complicated the process. I got into a rut where I didn't want to put much effort into looking at a particular location until I had a sense of whether my wife would be able to find a position in the region... and then she had the same inhibition.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments, both of you. I know the survey over-simplifies a very complex issue, but it is comforting for me to know I am not the only person who has spent a lot of time trying to find a good fit.
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