Episode 1

EPISODE 1: FEELING OUT OF MY DEPTH

EPISODE 1: FEELING OUT OF MY DEPTH

In this episode, we jump a cold, grey December day in 2011. This is the day after my postdoc job interview. Despite being offered the job on the spot, my confidence is not running high.,

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Key issues discussed:

  • Negative internal narrative
  • Impostor syndrome
  • My identity as a scientist
  • Contending with failure

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EPISODE 2: FEELING SELF-CONSCIOUS

About the Podcast

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A Postdoc's Journal
The podcast for disillusioned academics. An honest, personal memoir of my time as a postdoc; detailing the emotional roller coaster I went through.

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Simit Patel

Simit Patel, PhD, cares deeply about mental health, self improvement, and positive masculinity.

He is a biologist and former postdoc. He left academia in 2015. He's originally from the UK and is now living in Berlin, Germany.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/simit-patel-063388ab/