Finding my job to be pointless and boring. I also no longer feel enthusiastic about working at my current lab or staying in academia. Anyone ever felt like this? I low key feel depressed or just burned out by academia and the lack of growth….advice?

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It is not uncommon to feel how you are feeling. However to switch to something different talk to people to see what you will like and then what is the path to get there. If you are looking for a radical shift, you may want to consider a MBA if you are interested in business jobs that is. At the end of the day, it is not easy to switch but people have done it. You need to reach out to people who have done it and be ready for what comes with it.

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What do you do? Are your feelings related to what you do? Who you do it with/for? Where you do it? How you do it? 100% I have felt like this.

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I’ll dm you

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felt like that, i just started a new job that is a career change. frankly, not sure if i will feel differently but i just started

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Been there. Make a plan- figure out what your goals are, what you’re good at, what you want to be good at, and figure out your next steps.
Reach out to people on LinkedIn (or here if you can DM) that have roles you’d be interested in, schedule a call, and ask them how they got there.

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If you want to feel useless come over to consulting haha

Congrats my friend! Keep your head up.

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