Comments on: Interdisciplinary academic jobs or not? http://neurodudes.com/2009/02/04/interdisciplinary-academic-jobs-or-not/ at the intersection of neuroscience and AI. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:17:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Arlenna http://neurodudes.com/2009/02/04/interdisciplinary-academic-jobs-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-810898 Arlenna Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:28:08 +0000 http://neurodudes.com/?p=541#comment-810898 Thanks :) Yup, with the right combination of optimism, hard work and a bit of fortune, things can still work out for the best even these days. Hang in there and keep working for what you want to do! Thanks :) Yup, with the right combination of optimism, hard work and a bit of fortune, things can still work out for the best even these days. Hang in there and keep working for what you want to do!

]]> By: Neville http://neurodudes.com/2009/02/04/interdisciplinary-academic-jobs-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-810504 Neville Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:02:48 +0000 http://neurodudes.com/?p=541#comment-810504 Arlenna, I took a look at your blog and I am extremely impressed -- both by your candor about the challenges of the postdoc to prof transition and your excellent guides about applying for funding, etc. (Folks if you're curious about K99 transitional grants, definitely click on Arlenna's name above to get to her blog and look on the sidebar for the K99 info.) As a PhD student (don't ask what year!) finishing up in the next few months and considering various postdoc options, it's so nice to hear that, despite the perils of the academic job search, it is possible for people to find a good fit and get to do what they love. Interdisciplinary work is becoming the norm... adapt or get out of the way! It's great to hear that some universities get that. Arlenna, I took a look at your blog and I am extremely impressed — both by your candor about the challenges of the postdoc to prof transition and your excellent guides about applying for funding, etc. (Folks if you’re curious about K99 transitional grants, definitely click on Arlenna’s name above to get to her blog and look on the sidebar for the K99 info.)

As a PhD student (don’t ask what year!) finishing up in the next few months and considering various postdoc options, it’s so nice to hear that, despite the perils of the academic job search, it is possible for people to find a good fit and get to do what they love. Interdisciplinary work is becoming the norm… adapt or get out of the way! It’s great to hear that some universities get that.

]]> By: Arlenna http://neurodudes.com/2009/02/04/interdisciplinary-academic-jobs-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-809810 Arlenna Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:31:43 +0000 http://neurodudes.com/?p=541#comment-809810 As an interdisciplinarian, I have to tell you finding a faculty job was hard. The engineering departments all said I wasn't really an engineer, the chemistry departments felt like I wasn't necessarily a chemist, the biomedical/biological science departments were like "WTF is it that you DO do?" HOWEVER I did find a job in the end, in a self-professed multidisciplinary department that "got" me and my research, and I am now living happily ever after with cool colleagues until tenure comes up. As an interdisciplinarian, I have to tell you finding a faculty job was hard. The engineering departments all said I wasn’t really an engineer, the chemistry departments felt like I wasn’t necessarily a chemist, the biomedical/biological science departments were like “WTF is it that you DO do?”

HOWEVER I did find a job in the end, in a self-professed multidisciplinary department that “got” me and my research, and I am now living happily ever after with cool colleagues until tenure comes up.

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