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003: Should I take a new job or stay where I am? Jul 20, 2015

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You may like your job, your boss, and your co-workers, but what happens if a “Dream Job” lands in your lap? Should you leave the safety of your current gig to take a risk on something new? What if it’s outside of the “norm” or in a slightly different field? The answer is rarely simple, […]

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002: Post-doc salary, absent PIs, and the secret of landing industry jobs Jul 13, 2015

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The Obama administration has proposed some new rules that would give overtime pay to salaried workers making less than $50,400 per year. Who cares? Many post-docs who make the NIH recommended $42,840 seem to care! In this episode, we explore whether the new rules would apply to post-docs, and how post-doc salary has stagnated over the last […]

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001: Tim Hunt, Lab Rotations, and Teaching vs. Tenure Jul 10, 2015

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In this episode: Tim Hunt incited a firestorm on Twitter last month for making sexist comments about women in lab, and he eventually lost his job over the incident. We marvel at the intersection between science and social media, and examine the notion of sexism and bias for scientists committed to discovering truth. We answer questions […]

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