In the Videogame Industry, Hiring People Is a Last Resort

Re:In the Videogame Industry, Hiring People Is a Last Resort by Muuuchem on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @11:35AM (#14088902)

Just wondering but why are you still in a postdoc position? My previous field was Medicinal Chemistry and had I continued with my Ph.D, I would have gotten it by 26/27. Post docs are usually for 2 years in Med Chem I believe.

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Re:In the Videogame Industry, Hiring People Is a Last Resort by quantum_magpie on Thursday April 13, 2017 @12:23AM (#14104147)

Well, you can look at age timeline:

Start school at 7;

Start university at 19;

Start PhD at 25 [4-year bachelors + 2-year masters] if you can do that immediately after masters, or 26;

Finish PhD at 28, or 29 (if it's a 3-year PhD, otherwise older);

Finish first post-doc at 31, second one at 33/34.

By mid-30s you are just starting your tenure-track (assuming you get some semi-permanent position at a university or research institute)

I'm currently doing a PhD [quantum chemistry] and this is basically my expectation for the future.

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