#altac — Public Fediverse posts

Oh I'm pretty sure by the traditional scales of academia, #altac life dictates I'm this friend over here.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cf2jfhrsrtyjcjs5w2rkxr3h/post/3mp4ys3e7wc2h

Alternative Academic Careers: Sociologists in Civil Society and Government

https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/v3wmLWaaroMgrmsDWXziAF

Just had a wonderful, enriching conversation with another independent scholar in ecocriticism, and she mentioned that while she had looked for Canadian alt-ac or independent scholarly networks, she hadn't been able to find any.

@academicchatter @academics @CouragePhD @academicsunite anyone have any leads on something like this? There's a lot of American Alt-ac I know, but how about Canadians? I know you're out there...

#academia #IndependentScholar #ecocriticism #ALECC #ASLE #AltAc

Sona Takes The Reigns On Conan's Interview With A Condom Size Specialist | Conan O'Brien Needs A Fan

NSFW: Dildos are brandished.

Normally I would post this on my non-science acct, but I figured all the bioinformatics people might be interested in the field of penis size analytics for #AltAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-xysOGrE_0 #SafeSex

Searching for some inspiration for keeping up to date with research, while working as an ML /practitioner/. This blogpost from a social sciences researcher was a nice deviation from the usual advice of "listen to podcasts", "subscribe to newsletter", "do Kaggle challenges", "follow celebrity $YouTuber".

https://nickhop.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/how-to-keep-up-to-date-with-research-in-your-field-particularly-in-the-social-sciences/

#research #phdlife #academia #altac

Full-time #altac position as editor at Animal Behaviour (note: that's an Elsevier journal)
https://bsky.app/profile/andyradford.bsky.social/post/3lte7sgkn2c2q

I’m not moving to Alabama (state lawmakers are less than welcoming to my family + I like my corner of Appalachia) but the U of Alabama is hiring a tenure-track #dataScience Librarian starting at $100-120K for assistant professor (and posting salary range in job description). Probably a great job for someone who wants the combo of flexibility and impact of an #altAc job. https://careers.ua.edu/jobs/data-science-librarian-525463-alabama-united-states

New posting! There’s no shortage of people and places offering advice to those #leavingacademia and seeking #AltAc careers, but here’s some tips based on my own recent experience of the process.👇Hope it helps, and a big thanks too to all who helped me 😊
https://totalinternalreflectionblog.com/2024/09/22/pathfinding-some-tips-on-finding-science-jobs-outside-academia/

Is there any #metascience research on #altac research?

I have let this account languish for months, but I'm back! I have exactly one year left before my graduation with a master's degree, so I'll be posting about my thesis process.

I also just last week learned about the existence of the public humanities and am very interested in that, so if you are too, I want to follow you.

#literature #criticism #humanities #academia #AltAc

I wrote a piece talking about #academia and #altac jobs and transitioning between the two for Nature Human Behavior https://rdcu.be/dDcJ0

Scholarly #publishing is full of people previously trained as researchers, but making that #altac career transition isn't always easy.

The Society for Scholarly Publishing will hold a free webinar tailored to this topic, February 14.

https://customer.sspnet.org/ssp/EventDisplayNPGF.aspx?EventKey=WEB240214

In this #job, you will receive many emails from me, plus you get to participate in lots meetings — also with me!
This doesn’t scare you? Then please apply to join the MDC’s great strategy team in #Berlin.

From: @MDC_Berlin
https://social.bund.de/@MDC_Berlin/111561282637884227
#ScienceManagement #LifeScience #AltAc #BerlinJob #Strategy #careeropportunities #ResearchManagement #Research #ResearchStrategy

Falling behind: the postdoc conundrum…

From Nature: Postdoc positions are not for the faint of heart, he [Van Goethem] concludes. “When you see your contemporaries doing regular jobs that didn’t require much studying, and they’re earning more and seeming happier, you can imagine that the enthusiasm for this career path dwindles very fast.”

#STEMworkforce #CapacityBuilding #AltAc #Postdocs

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03296-9

When @Zeb_Larson quit academia to become a software programmer, his friends would ask him: Why Can’t You Just Keep Doing Your Research on the Side? He wrote this piece as a response. Short version? Academic research makes for a lousy hobby.

#altac #academia

https://contingentmagazine.org/2022/06/06/why-cant-you-just-keep-doing-your-research-on-the-side/

Next month, we will discuss #alternative #careers to #academia or #altac in #neuroscience. We have five brilliant panelists joining us so be sure to save the date & get a link to attend virtually here: https://lnkd.in/ema-mCx2

#WomenInNeuroscience #WiN #AlternativestoAcademia

I officially have migrated from having 10s of scientific articles to (probably never) read open on my computer to my phone... and my work computer filled with infinite emails 😬

Is this the next stage of my quantum career? 😶

#Quantum #AltAc #AllTheFeels

The Office of the Chief Statistician at #OMB has an opening for a #Statistician to help oversee government-wide statistical policy development and implementation.

It’s DC-based and GS-12/13 with a pay of at least $94,199. Apps due 7/26 at usajobs.gov/job/736451500.

#AltAc #FedJobs #ProgramEval @sociology #SocialSciences #Quant #QuantMethods #PublicPolicy #DataScience #Statistics #DataQuality #Demography #EdPolicy

New blog on standing out as an #academic making a career transition while dealing with the new frontier of interviews and #AI
Hint: this works for any interviews!

https://lunaleadership.com/navigating-ai-interviews-stand-out-as-an-academic/

#Academia #academicChatter #AltAc

#reintroduction / #introduction post for newbies.

I'm David, I'm a mathematician, and I share mathematics things that interest me, often merely adjacent (more or less) to my own expertise. Or sometimes just maths I think is cool.

I also sometimes ask questions on maths topics I'm interested in, from a point of view of a non-standard foundational/philosophical approach to what is otherwise common and well-understood material.

I'm happy to chat about maths, but I tend not to follow people back because I need to limit the amount of material in my timeline.

My own work is #altac teaching of university mathematics, unpaid research and a bit of industry consulting. I have a blog where I post about research stuff, mostly. Link in bio.

#Day10 concludes my summer research leave. I wrote the final blog post on my private website this time, summing up my experiences from the last ten days and the last ten years with a personal story and a statement of commitment to a project which has become a part of me: https://www.annikarockenberger.com/?p=1382 #EthicaComplementoria #DigitalScholarlyEdition #DigitalHumanities #AltAc #Academe #Ethics

Building Beyond Academia- membership for #RecoveringAcademics closes tomorrow. $30 pm for Founding Members. I'm helping #academics build a business or look for an #altAc career. You are guided to create a version of yourself that doesn’t put you in another box. Build a professional identity showcasing valuable skills. Design a working style that allows autonomy and creativity. Create new ways of working while releasing old. Observe what brings vitality; do more of it. All in a supportive group

This week, I'm back in the Pilot Plant to finish experiments we couldn't run 6 weeks ago because of force majeure on the logistics front. I'm very excited that in 2-3 weeks' time, we will have a full dataset on these trials, but it also means the end of the fun bit and the start of A) writing the report and B) the follow-up experiments, including a 2 year shelf life study. It feels like an accomplishment and just a small step in a long process at the same time. #AltAc #FoodSci #ProcessTechnology