I have a lot of colleagues in academia who ask me if they should do a postdoc in industry. Vaguely familiar friends of friends who I haven't spoke with in a while will also e-mail and ask me if they should do postdocs in industry. I guess that they view me as a source of reliable information, despite the fact that I didn't do my postdoc in industry. (I did mine at a large, research-oriented state...
I've spent a lot of time debating whether I want to join the ranks of management in the biotech company where I work. When people say "management" or "supervisor" I tend to think of vest-wearing Dilbertesque types (with weird hair). Then I shudder. But recently, I've wanted to make changes in the group where I've had my "home" for the last few years. I was frustrated by the in-house reagent inven...
