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Dear Reader,
A PhD who already works outside academia asked me an interesting question last week: How many of the folks in my program are still grappling with whether to leave?
The answer? Almost none.
In my experience, people who are genuinely undecided about whether they want to leave academia don’t usually invest money in a career coaching program.
...Dear Reader,
Somehow it’s already the middle of June. Rude, I know.
(Classic summer behaviour.)
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about a question I think is worth asking at this time of year:
What do you want figured out by September?
It can be easy to think (in April or May) that you’ll have so much more free time soon, more light in the day (un...
Dear Reader,
There’s nothing like the start of a new season—it now feels like summer where I live—to inspire action.
One thing that’s meant for me is making sure all the resources available to my program members are easy to find and use.
Not because I think more resources are automatically better.
Goodness, no.
If anything, too many resource...
Dear Reader,
When folks first learn about the PhD Career Clarity Program, I think some imagine it’s a course they’ll log into, work through alone, and it will be boring and maybe useful.
That’s hardly a ringing endorsement, eh!
Well, good thing that’s not...
Dear Reader,
Earlier this week, I wrote about people who don’t hate academia but still want something else.
That distinction matters.
Because if you’re not in crisis, it can be easy to tell yourself you should wait.
Wait until you feel more certain. Wait until the semester is fully wrapped up. Wait until you have a clearer idea of what’s possible. Wa...