What is a PhD? All you need to know for 2024 When I started my PhD, I went in without a lot of thought. I had finished a master’s. It seemed like the logical next step, Read More »
Academia vs Industry: The Best Option for PhDs (2023) When I finished my PhD in 2018ish, I didn’t know the word “industry.” This is partially because I was a humanities student, and we really Read More »
8 Reasons to Leave Academia in 2023 (+ how to do it) I’ve told my story about how I left academia a lot over the years. Some might even say I’ve told it too many times. But Read More »
This Former English Prof Built and Sold a Company: Here’s What She Learned I first met Lindy Ledohowski, PhD for lunch at an Ottawa Bier Markt in Fall of 2019. I’d recently started blogging about leaving academia, and Read More »
10 LinkedIn Hacks to ROCK 2023 Updated January 25, 2023 I would estimate that like 5% of people are using LinkedIn to its full potential. Honestly, with millions of jobs, employers, Read More »
Why I Left Academia, and What Happened Next I have a couple of master’s degrees and a PhD. I spent a long time in academia with the expectation that I was going to Read More »