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Teaching scientists how to work in/with industry | Transforming how scientists see their careers | Author | Speaker | Entrepreneur and startup mentor
I suspect that every scientist hopes their work will have a positive impact on the world. ⚛️ ⚗️ 🔬🌍 🌎 🌏 I’ve interviewed dozens of scientists to collect their stories for my books and career workshops, and most can talk at length about their desire to make the world a better place. Many can even describe strategic career pivots they’ve made to increase the impact of their work. Many of us discovered that making an impact through creating solutions to problems gave us real satisfaction, and that led us into careers in the private sector. That is my story as well. I’ve loved my industry career, and it’s been very exciting to contribute to the development of many different technologies. I’ve helped make advances in optical communications, both terrestrial and space, scientific instrumentation, and the cleanliness and efficiency of industrial combustion. It feels really good to see where I’ve made a positive impact. But it’s also great to look back on everything I’ve learned from my career in industry. So many of the life skills that I use in my personal life were developed from my career. After all, so much of what we do in an industry career is working with other people to solve challenging problems. And many of those problems are not technical, even in a high-tech company. My second book, 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙖 𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚, 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙖 is a compilation of what I’ve learned about being successful as a scientist in industry. It took me 2 years to write and 3 months to narrate the audiobook version... …but it took me 25 years to learn everything that is in it. I encourage you to check it out, because I know you will find it helpful as well - in both your work life and your personal life. #scientist #industrycareer #lifeskills #academiatoindustry