When I started my training, I imagined a very linear path: PhD to postdoc to maybe a teaching role. Instead, my career has been much more winding, with detours and uncertainty along the way. It’s not what I expected, but I’ve learned a lot. Did your career turn out differently than you planned, and are you glad it did?

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I’d say my life in general turned out different than I thought, but in a positive way. And it’s not a very exciting life by any means but I’m working in the industry I always wanted to work in and things are stable. I think I ended up where I was meant to, but I’m also relatively young and who knows where my path will lead me

Nice, yea I feel like it’s good to be open to new opportunities even if they’re outside what you originally envisioned.

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