Parts Unknown

Careers Outside Academic and Clinical Practice

George Washington Carver

"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom..."

 

- Letter to Booker T. Washington, April 12, 1896

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to."

How did I get here?

Graduate School

  • Teaching
  • Class
  • Grant writing
  • Manuscript writing
  • Experimental Modalities
  • Statistical Programming
    • Bash
    • R
    • Python

Academia or Industry?

Where do PhDs land?

Postdoc

  • More time to build CV (i.e. write more papers and grants)
  • More training with experts at other institutions
  • Poor pay (average was $40k/year)
  • No benefits including healthcare

Industry

  • End to formal training
  • 2-3x pay and comes with benefits
  • Greater flexibility in future work and work-life balance
  • Academic avenues are closed depending on the career
  • Unknown path

What do I do?

  • Accreditation
  • Resident Training and Assistance
  • Minor direct income stream

Establish Level 1 Trauma Center

  • Evidence Strategy

  • Evidence Generation

  • Optumization

  • Communication

Services

  • Scientists
    • Writing
    • Project Management
    • Epidemiology
    • Methodology
    • Data Scientists & Analysts
    • Subject Matter Experts
    • Leadership

And many others!

Finding Industry Jobs

DEMONSTRATE

HARD SKILLS

Portfolio

  1. Resume
  2. Samples of work
    1. Papers
    2. Coding Projects
    3. Presentations
      1. Posters
      2. Video
      3. Audio
  3. References & Endorsements
  4. Certifications

TARGETED

NETWORKING

  1. List - make a list of target employers
  2. Alumni - find/make connections with current personnel
  3. Motivation - grade your motivation to work there
  4. Posting - find current job postings

LAMP

Where are my peers and colleagues?

David Hedges

  • Education
    • Neuroscience, BS
    • Biochemistry, PhD
    • Bioinformatics, MS
  • Skillset
    • Python Programming
    • Machine learning
    • AI
  • Career
    • Data Scientist, Billings Clinic
    • Data Engineering Manager, Select Health

Michelle Van Tiegham

  • Psychology, PhD
  • Skillset
    • R (Statistical Programming)
    • Python
  • Career
    • Data Scientist - Multiple Organizations
    • Senior Scientist - Genesis Research

Dan Bjorn

  • Education
    • Psychology, PhD (Cognitive and Behavioral)
  • Skillset
    • Python
    • Modelling user behavior
  • Career
    • Data Scientist - Multiple Organizations

Ty Bodily

  • Education
    • Neuroscience, MS
  • Skillset
    • Python
    • Machine Learning
  • Career
    • Data Scientist - Multiple Organizations

Education is like a key - it gives you authority to open the door to specific opportunities.

 

Hard skills and networking enable you to actually use the door and pass through it.

Benjamin T. Carter | Benjamin.Carter@genesisrg.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bentcarter/​

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_it8PVQAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-6598-2744

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