Reply to what should I do after a phd and staying at home for two years? Advice needed.

Forum Index » Jobs and Careers

Reply to "what should I do after a phd and staying at home for two years? Advice needed."

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote]In realistic terms, how are your technical writing skills? Many science PhDs can't write. [/quote]

I don't think this stereotype is at all true.  Some science PhDs can't write well, especially if English is their second language, but my experience is that there is a lot of writing required in most biology and chemistry PhD programs.  There is writing in classes (review papers, fake NIH grants), writing for quals/prelims/orals (usually a proposal or a fake NIH grant), fellowship applications, grants, writing up your results for publication, and writing your dissertation (which is often pasting together papers, but you need to write an introduction).  A lot of professors are too busy to draft papers, so they typically just edit when you send it to them.  Some professors even delegate grant writing.

As far as taking time off, I know it is frowned upon, and if you don't have to then it's probably not a good idea.  I do know people who have taken time off and still managed to find a postdoc or job, however it just complicates things later on when trying to coordinate two careers since there is a lot of prejudice against gaps in the CV.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics