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Re:"I couldn't move for a postdoc. Fellowship reviewers pena... by j7ake on Saturday November 04, 2023 @04:53AM (#38139227)
If you have to postdoc after your PhD it means your field is saturated.

Move on to a growing field or start your own.

In the “better” fields, top phds go to faculty positions directly after graduating.

We need to stop treating all fields as equal, some are clearly stagnant while others are booming.

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Re:"I couldn't move for a postdoc. Fellowship reviewers pena... by ProjectArcturis on Saturday November 04, 2023 @10:07AM (#38141117)
>start your own

This doesn't seem like realistic advice to recent college grads.

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Re:"I couldn't move for a postdoc. Fellowship reviewers pena... by j7ake on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:54AM (#38149440)
Going down the professor route isn’t realistic advice either for most recent college grads.
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