Changing career after PhD

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Did anyone change careers after a PhD? I'm a final year MechE PhD student. I have lost interest in my research & none of the job responsibilities in my field excite me. My research required a lot of coding. I now want to work as a software engineer.

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STEM PhD in industry

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With respect to civil engineering, is it difficult to get into the industry after getting a PhD, due to the perception of being overqualified for most jobs?

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It is actually two different scenarios you are talking about: many PhD degree holder are over-qualified for entry-level positions (jobs that …

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GalvanizeU data science program

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What do data scientists think of the galvanizeU data scientist program?

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I have not attended the galvanizeU data scientist program myself, but I have interviewed candidates from the 12-week galvanize data science immersive program and I felt the curriculum is reasonably solid.

Looking at the full-year curriculum of …

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Starting solar cell manufacturing in USA

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How can I start up a profitable solar energy company that manufactors photovoltaic panels in the USA?

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Many companies have tried that between the solar startup boom of 2002-2010, not only in US, but also in Europe. There is a long list of failed solar companies (a significant …

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Development of a perovskite solar cells industry

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Are solar energy companies considering using perovskite solar cells?

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My PhD research is on solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells, a precursor to the perovskite solar cells, and I have worked in solar energy research for 6+ years. Here is my understanding.

Perovskites solar cells has seen tremendous efficiency improvements …

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Should I transition to data science?

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Career Advice: Should I stay in nanomaterials, or move into data science?

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I made a similar career transition a year ago, from optoelectronic semiconductors to data science at a bank.

There were several reasons behind my rationale for the transition, which could be selling points for transitioning to …

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Do I look inexperienced?

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I've been working at the DC office of Capital One for a little bit over a month now. There's two short conversations that makes me wonder what sorts of "vibes" I gave to people.

First week at the office, another product manager in his late 20's thought that I was …

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From materials scientist to data scientist

Introduction

This document is meant to share my experiences transitioning from a materials scientist by training (PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, worked in silicon valley in the optoelectronic industries as a process and characterization engineer for close to 4 years), before pivoting my career to data scientist. I made …

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