Science Careers from the journal Science

Career Advice

Issue for June 4, 2004

Issues and Perspectives

Career Advice

Turning Dumb Luck Into Smart Luck

By:

Beryl Lieff Benderly

" Narod has spent 2 decades simultaneously "at the vanguard of a brand-new science" and at the helm of a corporation lucrative enough to support overseas mountaineering trips and a handsome home in an upscale neighborhood."

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From Three Years in the Dark to the Dazzling World of International Affairs

By:

Naomi Webber

"As I'd only been in my job for a year, I thought I'd go along and have a chat about the role to let them know I was interested, in case any more jobs came up in the future."

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A Measured Dose of Corporate Support

By:

Andrew Fazekas

Corporate sponsorship can provide not only funding but also access to information that's difficult to pull together, insight into techniques the corporation is experienced with, and access to resources that would otherwise be unavailable.

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PhD in Industry, Part I: The Third Year

By:

Erik Kieft

I find it very inspiring to be working so close to the place where, hopefully, the results of my work will one day be applied to create new and better computer components.

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