In his monthly column, Peter Fiske redefines the concept of "entrepreneurship" to encompass all the ways you can make a difference in your work and your life.
Opportunities logo, credit: Kelly Krause Peter Fiske redefines the concept of "entrepreneurship" to encompass all the ways you can make a difference in your work and your life. Peter Fiske is a Ph.D. scientist and co-founder of RAPT Industries, a technology company in Fremont, California. He is the author of Put Your Science to Work. Fiske lives with his wife and two daughters in Oakland, Califor...
Like many successful science experiments, good career outcomes are as likely to result from accidents as planning, but chance favors the prepared mind.
Opportunities logo, credit: Kelly Krause Kelly Krause Peter Fiske redefines the concept of "entrepreneurship" to encompass all the ways you can make a difference in your work and your life. Peter Fiske is a Ph.D. scientist and co-founder of RAPT Industries, a technology company in Fremont, California. He is the author of Put Your Science to Work. Fiske lives with his wife and two daughters in Oak...
PETER IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, "TO BOLDLY GO: A PRACTICAL CAREER GUIDE FOR SCIENTISTS" PREVIOUS COLUMNS This month we have a special column for undergraduate science and engineering majors who are preparing to graduate in the spring. Senior year can be a stressful time, with coursework, senior theses, and a host of other tasks to worry about in addition to applying for grad school or finding a ...
PETER IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, "TO BOLDLY GO: A PRACTICAL CAREER GUIDE FOR SCIENTISTS" PREVIOUS COLUMNS For many young scientists and engineers, the dot-com phenomenon is an intoxicating vision. Imagine having a bold idea and starting a company with your best friends. You work like demons, bring a product into reality and, 6 months later, stand together on the floor of the New York Stock Exchan...
PETER IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, "TO BOLDLY GO: A PRACTICAL CAREER GUIDE FOR SCIENTISTS" PREVIOUS COLUMNS It's Friday night. You're alone. Again! Instead of spending the night out on a date, you are home, surfing the Web, and wondering how on Earth you will ever be able to find that perfect someone to share your life with. It's not that you're hideous to look at; you are just having difficulty me...
PETER IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, "TO BOLDLY GO: A PRACTICAL CAREER GUIDE FOR SCIENTISTS" PREVIOUS COLUMNS Most people, young scientists included, believe that job interviews are a one-way process. You, the interviewee, present yourself as well as possible, while the interviewer carefully evaluates you in relation to all the other finalists. That is only half the story. Although job interviews are...
Tooling Up, Peter Fiske PETER IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, "TO BOLDLY GO: A PRACTICAL CAREER GUIDE FOR SCIENTISTS" PREVIOUS COLUMNS Well, it's about time! Last year, we had a special Tooling Up column on shopping for men's interview clothes. We transformed a scruffy grad student into a handsome professional and, in the process, discussed clothing options for job interviews in a business setting. Th...
PETER IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, "TO BOLDLY GO: A PRACTICAL CAREER GUIDE FOR SCIENTISTS" PREVIOUS COLUMNS Since we've just passed into the year 2000, this is a perfect time to discuss one of the toughest parts of developing your career and your life: coping with CHANGE. Change is the single biggest source of stress, anxiety, frustration, and fear for people developing their careers. One's ability...
PETER IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, "TO BOLDLY GO: A PRACTICAL CAREER GUIDE FOR SCIENTISTS" PREVIOUS COLUMNS Do you remember the first time your interest in science was piqued? Maybe it happened when you were watching a science program on TV. Maybe it was the result of a lecture you attended. Or perhaps it came as you gazed at some amazing specimen in a museum. However it happened, the chances are t...
PETER IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, "TO BOLDLY GO: A PRACTICAL CAREER GUIDE FOR SCIENTISTS" PREVIOUS COLUMNS Summer is here at last, and for many young scientists it couldn't come soon enough. After a hectic winter and spring filled with classes, teaching, conferences, and papers, many young scientists look forward to summer as a time to focus on longer term projects, catch up with ongoing activitie...
PETER IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, "TO BOLDLY GO: A PRACTICAL CAREER GUIDE FOR SCIENTISTS" PREVIOUS COLUMNS Your resume is a precious thing, and regular readers of Tooling Up are probably well aware of my admonitions against posting it on online resume boards, mailing it in bulk to prospective employers, and spamming strangers with it. Instead, Dave Jensen and I have in our previous columns stresse...
PETER IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, "TO BOLDLY GO: A PRACTICAL CAREER GUIDE FOR SCIENTISTS" PREVIOUS COLUMNS The business world is waking up to something that I have known for years: Women and men with a science Ph.D. have a powerful set of workplace skills, values, and experience that make them highly effective in the world beyond academia. Don't believe me? Check out the front page of The New York...
In his new monthly column, Peter Fiske redefines the concept of "entrepreneurship" to encompass all the ways you can make a difference in your work and your life.
PETER IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, "TO BOLDLY GO: A PRACTICAL CAREER GUIDE FOR SCIENTISTS" PREVIOUS COLUMNS Effective communication. As a young scientist, you have been told many times how important effective communication is to your career. After all, a scientific career is based largely on written and oral communication. On average, scientists write more professional documents and speak in public...
PETER IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, "TO BOLDLY GO: A PRACTICAL CAREER GUIDE FOR SCIENTISTS" PREVIOUS COLUMNS Imagine this nightmare scenario: you have worked hard for years on a difficult project with a difficult advisor. The end, at last, is in sight. You're ready to defend your thesis (if you're still a student) and apply for jobs. But after several months and dozens of applications, you are still...
