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"Nowadays," she continued, "people have much more freedom in their personal lives and professional choices than they did when they were sold to an apprenticeship in the old days, and yet, at the same time, they're buying into this almost feudal system in which once you dedicate a certain number of years, you are bound by the amount of time you've spent." --Allegra Goodman

"His lab mantra was, 'It's better to ask forgiveness than permission,' 'If I don't know about it, it doesn't happen,' [and] 'Get it done at all costs, and don't tell me how.' " --Maura Lee Upright

"We need to tell society and our community that [postdocs] exist and play a major role in our research labs and our research organization." --Gary Slater, dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, University of Ottawa.

“You bet your career. We bet ten million dollars.” --Gerald Rubin

"There’s a second way of evaluating this, in terms of the intangibles, things that you get out of it that don’t fill your stomach but that fill your soul: respect, which I think is number one; the ability to go to work and not have to put up with being treated like a second-class citizen." --John Wagner

"The number one thing that every postdoc needs to think about is what they want to do when they grow up." - Ida Chow, executive officer of the Society of Developmental Biology

"Even extremely negative, stressful postdocs remain tremendous learning experiences and are accompanied with positive experiences if one chooses to seek them ... as I did." --Frank Lee-Bitter

"All the people who put the reports together have one or another of their personal needs fulfilled … but it doesn’t help the nation." - Vivek Wadhwa

According to NSF statistics, doctoral scientists' median income rises with each year of experience until late middle age, peaking 25 to 29 years after the Ph.D. at just under $100,000.

Early-career issues for postdocs and other researchers who deserve better

"The NIH funding crisis is chronic, systemic, and much worse than reported." --Peter Cariani

"The University of Connecticut postdoc union is obviously a model and an inspiration for us." --Matthew O'Connor

Former postdoc-activist Laure Haak has learned firsthand why, despite an
abundance of impeccably trained postdocs, good help in industry is hard to
find.

New group leaders need to learn how to manage people, projects, finances, and more.

Why do industry leaders and policymakers continue to argue that there is a domestic shortage of STEM talent despite numerous reports to the contrary?
 

Proficiently publishing scientific articles is among the attributes that determine academic success.

Two scientists and a baby join the faculty class of 2005 (21 October 2005).

Early-career issues for postdocs and other researchers who deserve better.