Vulnerable
Artem comments:
late graduate students and Postdocs are vulnerable…
the challenge is to stick out from the background of young researchers…
Vulnerable in the sense of being attacked
The logical response is to defend, but be careful how you do so
The reflex is to follow protocol, keep your head down and get a paper published. What other options do you have? You aren’t in charge, it’s not your lab.
Getting ready to move on, you search for job openings, ask your boss who they know, polish the CV and get ready for interviews.
The job opening appears and 300 people apply. A mountain of applications, all saying the same thing.
Maybe the riskiest thing you can do, is not take any risks at all.
This is the part of the post where you want 10 things to try
This is the part of the post where we list what is remarkable
This is the part where I don’t tell you what you are capable of