One way academic culture does not help you for #postac careers is that outside academia, if the directive from on high is that we need an answer to a particular question, it is rarely to your benefit to point out the problematic assumptions embedded in the questions

Join us for Open Post Academic coffee chat this Friday noon PST/3pm EST.

We'll chat with other folks with a phd, get to know each other and do some no stress networking

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/239382127387

#postac #academic #academia

Over the past few months, Open Post Academics has collaborated on a survey inviting folks to share their experiences with leaving academia. We are extremely grateful for the 210 folks who filled out the survey! Thank you! Tomorrow (January 11 at 3 pm eastern/Noon pacific), we will collaborate on analyzing the survey data in our final workshop for this ongoing research project. @bduckles #altac #postac https://www.eventbrite.com/e/33-leaving-the-academy-a-participatory-open-research-approach-tickets-440446887497

Join us for Open Post Academics’ first coffee chat of 2023 (noon PST/3pm eastern)! Would love to see folks with a PhD or in PhD programs there. #altac #postac @bduckles https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opa-coffee-chat-tickets-239382127387

Open Post Academics’ last coffee chat of 2022 is this afternoon at noon PST! Would love to see folks with a PhD or in PhD programs there. #altac #postac @bduckles

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opa-coffee-chat-tickets-239382127387

An academic experience that will not land you a #postac job but will help you a lot when you find one is that teaching makes you really good (compared to most people) at confidently blowing through a slide deck you haven’t had enough time with

Suppose I should do an #introduction post:
I am a #geographer and #demographer who is #postac working at a consultancy/think tank. I am currently focused on a #data and #analytics technology transformation project at a US federal government agency. I work in #RStats and #python primarily. My academic work was focused on disasters and on social equity. I’m also a music fan and occasionally try to be funny.

I live in New Orleans, a city that hosts a *lot* of academic conferences. If you're ever in town, please reach out!

#academia #highered #highereducation #leavingacademia #altac #postac #fakedocrealjob