The Job Market

To learn my new trade, I took a 12-month course in journal editing.

Any journal editorial job involves reading and thinking about a very wide range of scientific topics, far broader than for most researchers.

As a lab technician, I watched senior scientists create the most unreadable gobbledygook I had ever seen. It drove me nuts!

Visiting labs and attending meetings worldwide offers a great opportunity to enjoy travel to new places, while exercising my brain and acquiring fresh ideas!

Although the editor should always strive to preserve the author's style, a lot can be achieved by editing out unnecessary verbiage.

Being in science is probably no more likely to take one into publishing than studying history or English is, but it's probably no less likely to be a background for succeeding in the industry.

I really believe in this venture for its importance in education and awareness, and for its innovative art and science treatment.

Even though I chose not to carry on with astronomy research, I'm still involved in some small way with a subject that has fascinated me since childhood.

It is easier to say NO to something you don't want to do if you have already said YES to something you do want to do.