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"I like to move very fast and take a lot of risks compared to the traditional Swedish way."

--Mohammed Homman

It's a real problem when Ph.D.s can't function outside the university.

"Research is under way in many different university departments including chemistry, biomolecular sciences, anthropology, and of course, archaeology."

"At first, I didn’t tell anyone. I faked the funk. I didn’t want their pity. I didn’t want them saying, 'well I’m so sorry,' while thinking, 'glad it wasn’t me.'"

Finding your perfect job is like running an experiment. First, you read "the literature"--that is, you familiarize yourself with the research that has already been done.

We'd only been given a few weeks to respond with our amended ms. If we missed the window, we'd have to start the submission process all over again.

I won't be confined by other people's notions of who I am and what I should do. I'm starting to feel free.

People don't leave because they can't cut it; they leave because they find some other place that welcomes them, lets them express themselves, and rewards them according to their merits.

At any one time, about 96% of all graduate students are living in crisis mode.

"There are good options outside the research laboratory. The biotech, pharmaceutical, and related industries offer a range of non-laboratory-based jobs."

I've found motivation, desperation, and rage to comfort me in my later years.