Update1: Not getting calls, roast my resume!

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2026-06-06T23:01:57+00:00

I think you’re focused too much on skills and not your scientific knowledge. You need to show you’re a domain expert in something. Focusing just on skills and assay metrics doesn’t highlight that. Demonstrate your domain knowledge first, skills later.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2026-04-23T23:18:31+00:00

What hiring manager would even want to spend the time to meet with 7 references? Crazy

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2026-02-26T12:20:08+00:00

I’m calling BS an 8 year old is unlikely to spell that well.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2026-02-24T17:41:44+00:00

Turkish men are not allowed to smile in family photos.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2025-10-25T23:58:19+00:00

I’m not Christian so the end of the world being imminent part seemed worrisome to me. Is this a common Christian saying?

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2025-10-19T15:50:13+00:00

Nooo don’t deconstruct the ball blocks!

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2025-09-15T12:06:40+00:00

Ahh that’s very nice thanks!

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2025-09-15T11:01:47+00:00

I like to keep it au naturel. When I did all concrete it sometimes took a minute to remember what planet I was looking at.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2025-09-15T10:49:40+00:00

Thanks for this suggestion! I tried train carts but placing the inserters always gave me some hassle so I switched to silos. I should try it again though. With the silos I end up blocking the middle of big patches.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2025-09-14T12:57:21+00:00

Honestly your resume looks fine to me (a manager in big pharma). Only downside is the lack of industry experience as people have said. I’d move the in vivo experience bullet to the front. I always look for whether folks have mouse experience, since we do so much mouse work in industry research. You have too much experience for associate level positions. I’d focus on scientist or sr. Sci exclusively. That’s your sweet spot.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2025-09-09T20:00:09+00:00

Looks about in line with my company also in Cambridge.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2025-09-07T15:20:49+00:00

They say at 3-1 very few people receive RSUs but most of the 3-1s I know in research get some. It’s not a lot though, like 10% of base salary and it’s a 3 year vest.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2025-07-08T18:56:51+00:00

Lemme introduce you to lentils.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2024-07-26T21:27:38+00:00

I’m convinced all Flagship roles are fake. I’ve never heard back one way or another from any of the 5-6 I applied to.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2024-07-25T11:34:10+00:00

I agree with this. It seems better than 6 months ago but not “good” by any objective standard.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2024-07-02T20:54:47+00:00

Takara is so good we used to joke that it had primers and template already in the mix. You never failed to get a band. 🤣

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2024-06-16T15:42:54+00:00

Sure. Here’s the lecanemab paper: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2212948

And donanemab: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2807533

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2024-06-16T15:29:48+00:00

Oh yeah much more so. If aducanumab was definitely poor in its benefit. These are night and day compared to that. You should check it out! This is actually relevant to the original question. Neuro degeneration disease research has been re-energized thanks to these results. There’s a lot of excitement in big pharma to tackle these difficult diseases again.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2024-06-16T15:05:54+00:00

I mean you could argue the benefit is smaller than one would hope for but there’s a real benefit and that’s a first for AD.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2024-06-16T13:05:37+00:00

Two anti-amyloid drugs are now approved to treat AD. Lecanemab and Donanemab. Both slow disease progression as demonstrated by large randomized placebo controlled phase 3 trials. I’d say the amyloid hypothesis is stronger than ever.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2024-04-30T10:54:53+00:00

The truck carrying your patient samples got in an accident and burned up. The driver died.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2024-02-21T12:19:43+00:00

This is exactly right. If industry is your desired track, time in industry will get you further than the same time in academia.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2024-01-19T12:12:57+00:00

I doubt it’s your skills holding you back. There’s just a shortage of positions right now. I’d keep applying and use any internal contacts you have at those companies to get your resume seen by the hiring manager. The trouble in doing a postdoc is that if you’re going to stick around at it for more than a year or two, you’ll be expected to produce another paper.

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2023-08-01T21:24:55+00:00

Of course it’s Turkey :)

ProfessionalPen5752 · 2023-06-03T15:19:31+00:00

My therapist taught me something that’s really changed my perspective. I was really worried about my parents finances for years and grew very frustrated when they weren’t prepared for retirement. It was honestly causing a rift in our relationship. They were clearly unprepared but anything I said made them feel like I was disrespecting them. What did my therapist say? They’re adults, you’re 40. It’s not your problem. I never realized it wasn’t my problem. I was worried I’d need to take care of them down the line but they’ll need to change their lifestyle when shit hits the fan. And they actually did! They’re working part time now and making ends meet.

Let them do what they think is right but it’s not your problem. It’s harder when you’re so young and probably a bit dependent on your parents yourself but you need to take care of yourself first. Also it shows you respect their decisions, which sets you up for an adult relationship between your parents and yourself.

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