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"Even if being back at a postdoc position was quite difficult," says Valentina Emiliani, "this was a necessary step."

"They can be very good computer scientists, but they will not be hired if they don’t fit in the company culture" of Google, says new employee Oliver Heckmann.

Although "the researcher is free to do whatever he wants," says Marché, "I will be working in a team, so I will necessarily get interested in their field of research."

Early-Stage Training fellowships offer Ph.D. researchers the opportunity to pursue specialised training for a period of 3 months to 3 years as part of their doctoral training.

In Spain, "Most people integrate into an existing and functioning lab," which gives them less freedom," says de Nalda Minguez.

Go abroad for some time. That is how I got into a field that I could make a significant contribution to.

The couple started looking "around in the world [to see] where we could both have nice positions," and they found what they were looking for in Spain.

"You have to be lucky, because there is a lot of good people and they [too] deserve the position," says Collard.

"We are training chemists to think imaginatively about minimising environmental impacts and social and economic costs," says the Royal Society of Chemistry's Jeff Hardy.