Research Scientist

2 posts

Career profiles: PhD Degree: Neuroscience Left academia after: PhD Sector: Computing & IT Sector: Research Development

Chia-Jung Chang

Research Scientist at Meta

When the job is highly related to my PhD field, I’m able to ramp up faster and apply my domain knowledge to the job. When the job is less related to my PhD, self-learning and soft skills are generally useful.

Career profiles: PhD Degree: Neuroscience Left academia after: 6+ years postdoc Sector: Pharmaceuticals

Michael Parsons

Research Scientist II at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

If you want to make the transition, do a lot of soul searching to figure out which skills you have that are marketable and if they are sufficient to reach your goal