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Should I mention that I completed my Ph.D. with no supervision? Definitely not. "I had no supervision during my PhD." could be interpreted as "Nobody taught me anything during my Ph.D. so I am u …

Most PhD students will not have academic careers. This is not because the duties of academic careers are "hard." Academic careers do involve hard duties. But so do non-academic careers. Most PhD st …

If you have previously peer-reviewed their work, you are obligated keep that information confidential unless the journal policy says otherwise. If your potential employer somehow finds out you review …

These "mistakes" are perfectly normal learning experiences for a PhD student. Feeling resent and self-loathing are not normal. I suggest you discuss that with a professional counselor. It's not y …

No, it's not looked down on. It rarely happens, but that is because switching from a nonacademic job to an academic job is usually a poor economic choice.

A signed offer letter is normally a valid contract. Usually it is the only contract document. Only someone who has read the offer letter can give you a perfect answer to this question. They have an …

How should I go about negotiating an extension on the postdoc offer You should not. There are two possible outcomes. If you don't get the tenure track job, the extension does you no good. If you …

The cards should list the employee's current place of employment, just like business cards for any other job. The only thing that should be different for a postdoc is that you should make sure the im …

Yes. Helping students is commonly part of a postdoc's job. They are not obligated to help with every problem a student brings, but they probably will if they can.

Always negotiate all job offers, unless there is strong evidence it is futile. You will have less success negotiating a postdoc contract than many other kinds of contracts because the person hiring y …

If you seek a tenured position, you will be judged on your publications, reputation, and reputation of your employers. Number and duration of postdoctoral positions has low importance. In many field …

They might make a mockery out of me. Good employers are polite to people they choose not to hire. They know that being rude will hurt their reputation. Is there a way to address this before the in …

Academic rank varies by country. But I would expect in most places a letter written by a postdoc would be considered. Selecting letter writers is often a compromise between getting a letter writer w …

Your advisor's request is definitely unethical. Don't do it. There can be no benefit to your relationship because he has already burned the metaphorical bridges.

Your job application is about how you will provide what your employer wants. It is not about what you want. Talk about your coding achievements, not your preferences, in an application. Your prefere …