Timeline for No relevant postdocs - maybe a second PhD instead?
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| Feb 19, 2023 at 20:39 | comment | added | ZeroTheHero | @ if you are suggesting an industry could be wiped out, I suppose it’s possible. More likely is that the final product will not be like the advertised ones. | |
| Feb 19, 2023 at 18:10 | comment | added | Steven Sagona | "Even if it's 100x" how about if it becomes -100x? | |
| Feb 17, 2023 at 23:17 | comment | added | ZeroTheHero | @Aruralreader yes that X factor is unreliable but even if it's 100, that would still be incredible. I also take such estimates with a lot of salt but it seems clear that field is hot at least now. At any rate, my point remains: industry jobs are not necessarily about making boring powerpoint transformations. | |
| Feb 17, 2023 at 22:42 | comment | added | A rural reader | Proceed with caution when you see the government or societies announcing hot fields, life has a way of taking turns. I'm skeptical of predicted 200x increases, but YMMV. Best of luck! | |
| Feb 17, 2023 at 16:38 | comment | added | ZeroTheHero | ... I know many more people in situations similar to yours who never found a faculty position than who did find one. | |
| Feb 17, 2023 at 16:35 | comment | added | ZeroTheHero | I do not know how long your postdoc lasted but assuming 2 years/postdoc you're looking at something like 9 years after completion of PhD to find a faculty position. I'm glad to learn it worked out for you but your story is not IMO a terribly compelling argument to continue beyond the first PhD. | |
| Feb 17, 2023 at 16:26 | comment | added | user128581 | Does OP really have to be trying to achieve anything other than keeping a roof over their head and dinner on the table for another 3 years? I was unemployed for 13 months between my first and second postdoc jobs, and 23 months between my third postdoc and landing a faculty job, and doing a second PhD in those 36 months would have paid a lot more than the bits of casual admin assistant and GTA work I managed to pick up. | |
| Feb 17, 2023 at 8:01 | history | answered | ZeroTheHero | CC BY-SA 4.0 |