Episode 5

EPISODE 5: WORK LIFE IMBALANCE

EPISODE 5: WORK LIFE IMBALANCE

In this episode, we jump to May 2012—about three to four months into the postdoc. At this point things still weren't going well in the lab, but I seem to be doing OK with building a life outside of work.

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Key issues discussed:

  • Introversion - is it a good thing or not?
  • Should there be a better culture around sharing failure at work?
  • Insecurity - is it bad or functional?
  • The relationship between work, life, and happiness

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EPISODE 6: IT'S NOT ENOUGH

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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/