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Is a Postdoc Worth it?

Posted by samzenpus on from the take-it-easy dept.

Jim_Austin writes "In a very funny column, Adam Ruben reviews the disadvantages and, well, the disadvantages of doing a postdoc, noting that 'The term "postdoc" refers both to the position and to the person who occupies it. (In this sense, it's much like the term "bar mitzvah.") So you can be a postdoc, but you can also do a postdoc.'"

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  1. I'd do a postdoc by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    if you know what I mean.

    1. Re:I'd do a postdoc by weilawei · · Score: 3, Funny

      No you wouldn't. They'd never have any time for it.

  2. Re:Depends.... by nomadic · · Score: 3, Funny

    I need another hint.

  3. Re:Uncertainty is the killer by c0lo · · Score: 1, Funny

    Fuck you. You don't know anything about science or macadamia.

    FTFY... (or at least I tried to the best of my knowledge)

    (grin)(ducks)

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