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"You have to fill in details that a lot of even experts don't think about on a daily basis, and you're pulling together expertise from a number of labs and publications to try and create one unique comprehensive figure." -Graham Johnson

"The only way to find that out is to actually go out and do it, to be on the ground, increasing the range of information that we have, so that I can make it available to anybody at NSF or in the community, so that they can do great science in Africa." --Libby Lyons

By turning introspection into a structured exercise, myIDP allows science trainees to translate a vague source of anxiety into a working plan.

"The choices I made pretty much mirrored my growth as a scientist."

Science Careers is presenting four career workshops at the AAAS annual meeting this week.

Two words: Dana Scully.

Computer science veteran Ed Lazowska argues that his field is poised to dominate careers in the sciences.

"Everything is made out of something, and it always will be."

"Apart from me--a former physicist and, at the time, an aspiring writer--our ranks included a Ph.D.-level zoologist who spent her summers growing organic cilantro for market."

"New technologies for the capture and storage of carbon in fossil fuels must be implemented on a fantastic scale."

"We take many things for granted when we work in a domestic situation," Haglund notes, "like access to the crime scene."

While opportunities in computer science are likely to be strong in the coming years, there's another area with lots of science-related jobs: health care.

A collection of the best Science Careers articles on this popular career path for scientists.

There's another good reason why advanced scientific training is advantageous: It can make you a better journalist.

"Early-stage companies received $956 million dollars in new investment during Q2, up 43% from $668 million the previous quarter. That's the first significant increase in early-stage investment since the fourth quarter of 1999."

The latest survey of AAAS life scientists finds that pay increases outpaced inflation, especially for postdocs.