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I had the hardest semester of my life but I got something great out of it. I started a new job this fall – one of my top-choice careers, at one of my top-choice…
My postdoc PI was extremely disappointed and he told me, "You know that if you leave academia, there's no coming back." After 3 years, I think he was totally correct,…
- Cleyde Helena
- May 3, 2019
When I first left academia to sell analytical equipment to universities, everything was new and different. It took a while to get used to having extra time on my hands,…
- Cleyde Helena
- May 3, 2019
I became pregnant with my son a year and a half into my PhD program on purpose. I say on purpose because one of the more shocking things that happened to me during my…
- Allison McDonald
- May 3, 2019
In February, days before my wedding, I started experiencing severe pain. Within a week, I had seen 3 doctors, gone to the emergency room, and was diagnosed with an…
- Lauren Bonefont
- May 3, 2019
How does one know if they have work-life balance? Is there a formula, an ideal? Has anyone calculated the optimal percent of time and energy that should be spent and…
- Lauren Bonefont
- May 3, 2019
I’m a professional, an expert who has earned a credential, namely a PhD, that reinforces these facts. You may ask why I need these facts reinforced. It is not because I…
- Allison McDonald
- May 3, 2019
I think it’s important to share that doing a PhD isn’t all positive and productive. Sometimes you feel terrible and you just have to accept it and try to change things…
- Katie Gambier-Ross
- May 3, 2019
Many things happened at once when our program began a year ago. Our orientation week was cut short and we missed the first week of classes due to Hurricane Harvey. After…
- Megan Livingston
- May 3, 2019
I am depressed. This may seem strange, given that I have just submitted my thesis and I am on holiday at last and free to watch hours of Downton Abbey while eating mince…
- Sherran Clarence
- May 3, 2019