Episode 4

EPISODE 4: MAYBE I'M NOT THE PROBLEM

EPISODE 4: MAYBE I'M NOT THE PROBLEM

Firstly, a MASSIVE thank you to my listeners for your support so far. I reflect a little bit about what I've learned so far from all of you.

In this episode, we jump to the end of March 2012—about two months into my postdoc. At this point, things still aren't going well in the lab, but I learn the value of opening up to my boss about my problems. It's a very short entry this week, but we touch on some really important points.

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Key issues discussed:

  •  The importance of the employee-boss relationship
  • The value of opening up about your feelings

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EPISODE 5: WORK-LIFE IMBALANCE

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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/