Constructive Irreverence Podcast

Three Shifts: From Academia to Industry

Constructive Irreverence Podcast

Show Notes

Your PhD trained you to chase the weird result. Industry will ask you to move past it. Adam and Kamini break down three shifts for scientists moving from academia to industry, and they disagree along the way. Free companion guidebook: https://constructiveirreverence.substack.com/p/three-shifts Chapters 00:00:00 Why Adam wrote the guidebook, and why students struggle in industry 00:08:48 Workshop versus course, inheriting goals, and identity versus role 00:20:12 Shift one: possible to probable 00:36:23 Shift two: from your science to their problem 00:46:00 Shift three: certainty versus defensibility, peer review, and respecting people’s time 01:09:31 Wrap up: one change for academia, industry, and yourself 01:14:06 Final takeaway Produced by Amit Tandon, bespokepodcasts.ca

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