https://alandove.com/tags/careers/ Recent content in Careers on Alan Dove, Ph.D. Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Alan Dove Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:01:00 -0400 https://alandove.com/posts/2024/lab-rats-and-news-hounds/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:01:00 -0400 https://alandove.com/posts/2024/lab-rats-and-news-hounds/ Stories don’t just tell our history, they shape it. Scientists need to start telling better ones. https://alandove.com/posts/2013/2013-05-16-on-leaving-science/ Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://alandove.com/posts/2013/2013-05-16-on-leaving-science/ I follow news about the science job market pretty closely, but perhaps the most reliable indicator I have of it isn’t in my RSS folder or Twitter feed. It’s my inbox. When graduate students and postdocs start to think their future is especially bleak, I start getting more notes from them asking about my choice of an “alternative” career. Many scientists have the naive impression that anyone with a PhD and a laptop can just take up science writing and make a decent living freelancing.