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Alternative_iggy t1_jcxrabk wrote

I guess I’m at year 10+ now. In the last few years I’ve switched back to academia/ research!

I started out in research where I was happy but made no money, switched to a startup where I made a little more money but often got bored of the problems, when a startup got bought by a bigger company found myself working on sometimes WAY cooler problems but had to deal with a lot of bureaucracy, moved up in management roles for a bit, and now hopped back to straight up research where I’m incredibly happy and have a lot more flexibility.

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eigenham t1_jcxrgio wrote

How did you make the switch back? Were you publishing while with the startup and/or bigger company?

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Alternative_iggy t1_jd1lr16 wrote

Yep! I reached out to get a volunteer appointment with a lab I liked and made sure I had it ok’d in my work contract. I also used the mandatory continuing education credits the company had to take some grad classes and stayed part time when I first hopped back.

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kau_mad t1_jd1ipkm wrote

I’m also finding myself back in research after the startup I was working at failed. Are you working at a university or an industrial research lab?

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Alternative_iggy t1_jd1n6zz wrote

University! Although I had a fellowship from a more industrial place for funding at first Finding funding is always the real tricky question!

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