Job Search Typology for Physicists
Every job search is different, but there are a few identifiable categories with degrees of difficulty ranging from easy to extremely difficult. Understanding which one […]
Career
Living in the Organizational Matrix
The organizational technique of “matrix management” will almost certainly factor into any career spent in either private companies or national laboratories. From the scientist’s perspective, […]
Good Lead Scientist / Bad Lead Scientist
After decades working R&D and technology development in national laboratories and companies of several sizes, it still amazes me how much confusion there is around […]
Your Advisor Is Not Your Mentor – Neither Is Your Boss
The time of COVID may have turned our conference experiences into an ‘80s adventure game through the magic of Gather, but the same human dynamics […]
On the Real Reasons Physicists Get Paid
The topic of what physicists, and other scientists, get paid for in practice is shrouded in more mystery than it needs to be. I think […]