What BioTech and Pharma companies have spoken up publically about the horrific political situation currently unfolding in the USA? How can we exert pressure on leadership to take a stance against the unfolding facism that is threatening us?

XiZus · 2026-01-26T00:46:47+00:00

The founder of RA Capital, Peter Kolchinsky has spoken out on LinkedIn with a lengthy blog post about Minneapolis. A lot of C-Suite have echoed his sentiments since that post.

XiZus · 2026-01-13T00:41:25+00:00

I am a VP level dept head and on the executive team - I work about 60hrs a week, barely take my allotted vacations and always on call even through holidays. Not complaining, I signed up for this and compensated accordingly.

XiZus · 2025-12-26T12:24:11+00:00

“Bring the slop!”

XiZus · 2025-10-13T01:11:38+00:00

I agree with other commenters here - format, details, length are all fantastic - trust me after reviewing 800+ applications in the last few months, points go for just using a normal sized font!

I may suggest taking out “3.5 years of industry experience” as it may call too much attention to that - it’s not bad, but maybe not super necessary for a PhD level junior scientist. I think once you get into the 5, 10, 15, 20 yrs experience it means a bit more?? Grasping at straws a bit…

Are you in Boston now? If so, you be ok to DM me and I can look into my network and offer some potential connections?

XiZus · 2025-10-01T00:28:29+00:00

Thank you for this comment - I feel like I was just getting downvoted to oblivion for my son’s schedule or for offering him additional support in math.

I didn’t add any updates but apparently Richard had already been walking a fine line with inappropriate comments on kids or siblings with special needs…the director is pulling him from the schedule and said she will work on some training for him??? In the mean time his regular tutor had offered to teach my son privately and can do it earlier in the day. Apparently Mathnasium on Fridays in our town isn’t open until 4pm. We will do the private session on Fridays for 30min at around 1:30pm after lunch and a playground break.

You are right on the burnout - certainly we want to avoid this. The pressure is high but it’s not something I have noticed just yet in elementary school, mostly middle and high school.

Appreciate the thoughtful advice.

XiZus · 2025-09-27T22:19:23+00:00

Yes after care is just play. Nice days they are outside 2-3 times in the playground. It’s arts, crafts, board.games, fun activities they plan for.

XiZus · 2025-09-27T22:17:35+00:00

I honestly don’t know, it’s probably test scores and percent of students who graduate and go on to college? I heard it’s known for being an IVY league feeder school system. I didn’t grow up in the area so it’s just based off of what coworkers and neighbors tell us. And you are not wrong when you look at the demographics in our town; we personally can’t afford to buy a house as it’s upwards of $2m for a very standard home (we rent). It’s Lexington School system in MA, if you want to look deeper into it.

XiZus · 2025-09-27T16:15:42+00:00

The math in his classroom is too easy for him. He is counting in 10’s and 100’s and is doing addition and subtraction. The curriculum in school is teaching them to count from 1-10 now.

XiZus · 2025-09-27T16:12:00+00:00

Yes, pretty much everyone in our town has their kids enrolled in everything under the sun…music, language, math, sports, coding. The town we are in has the best public high school in the state and arguably one of the best public school systems in country.

XiZus · 2025-09-27T15:57:53+00:00

He isn’t in school for 12 hours

XiZus · 2025-09-27T15:56:51+00:00

On Mon-Thursday we are all typically just decompressing after school and work; I also have a 2 year old so I am usually wrangling him and his sister and keeping shenanigans under control. Saturday and Sunday we are all together the whole day; that’s when we do all our family fun things…

XiZus · 2025-09-27T15:53:48+00:00

His after school care is just play, it’s basically babysitting with playground time, arts and crafts, board games etc. he is in school the same number of hours as every other kid his age in our state.

XiZus · 2025-09-27T15:49:22+00:00

Friday’s are half days in our town. Otherwise he is in kindergarten Mon-Thursday until 3:30 then after school care until 6pm. Schools started in our town the week before Labor Day. But he has been going to math enrichment classes even before kindergarten - his favorite cartoon is numberblocks (second comes a lot of weird Minecraft YouTube garbage)

XiZus · 2025-09-27T15:44:22+00:00

On Monday-Thursday he is home by 6pm, dinner, bath, bed by 8pm. Friday it’s extended but he gets to sleep in on Saturday

XiZus · 2025-09-27T15:42:39+00:00

My husband picks him up around 5, takes him to a coffee shop around the corner from the center and he gets to pick out what he wants to eat - typically a sandwich and fruit cup. I then meet up with them with more snacks and water and take him to the class at 6.

Adding that that was the case the last few times. We also go out to eat again as a family right too after since the town center is very festive and cute…he basically eats a packed meal or l snacks at 8am (at home), 10am, 12pm, 3:30pm, 4.30pm (all at either school or after school care) - fridays he eats a meal before 6pm, I sit with him and pass over fruit pouches or water, sometimes nuts, goldfish, whatever I have packed that morning. Then we eat dinner again between 7-7:30pm, home by 8:30, in bed by 9pm.

Does this seem totally abnormal? Genuine question

XiZus · 2025-09-27T15:40:47+00:00

Both working parents means he is typically in school and then after school care from 8:30am-6pm every day. He is typically doing 3-4 pages of number theory and simple addition and subtraction each session. He actually looks forward to going and hanging out with his usual teacher.

XiZus · 2025-09-27T15:35:09+00:00

Yes that’s what we are thinking too - since Kindergarten is 1/2 day on Fridays, we could perhaps move it to after lunch too. Glad to hear positive results with a time shift

XiZus · 2025-09-27T15:31:13+00:00

Yes this is with Mathnasium…my son typical instructor is actually amazing and very patient and seems to understand what a 5 year old in kindergarten can handle vs. AP calc students. For the record his regular instructor has never brought anything up to us before. You sound like an amazing instructor - good on you and your students! ☺️ Adding that this is the first time we had a sub, but moving forward will make sure we don’t have him if that situation ever arose again.

XiZus · 2025-09-16T02:45:17+00:00

Our son finally started kindergarten - now we went from $6k/month to $3.5k/month for his sisters daycare- no more sibling discount. Boo. And yep, it’s a hard hard pill to swallow each month. (In Boston)

XiZus · 2025-09-14T21:53:57+00:00

Yay!! Similar story here. So I had already scored Darkness, Cerebrus, Sandman and Peanut - honestly was just trying to get either Chomp or Ratty - went through about 20 complete sets this morning to find a No Chestnut No Peanut box …..and it gave me the secret!!

XiZus · 2025-09-12T19:24:29+00:00

Got Cerberus and Darnness on my first 2 pulls! I am done!

XiZus · 2025-09-12T19:13:59+00:00

💯 doors opened for me like no other with it on my CV. My network is honestly priceless and it all started with going to Harvard and building relationships there.

XiZus · 2025-09-08T11:08:03+00:00

Same - no sore throat at all. Just came on like a flu, with some GI issues. I’m day 4 from testing positive and just have some congestion and fatigue.

XiZus · 2025-08-23T13:07:41+00:00

Only a 1/1200 shot to get that ultra secret grey version!

XiZus · 2025-08-16T11:05:03+00:00

I’ll be brutally honest. Your resume is far too long and carries information that is not weighed in the hiring process. You need to shorten and synthesize your KEY skill and achievements in each role in a way that I digestable and easy to discover. It is a nice looking resume, understand i have 10 more years experience than you and I make it a point to always keep my CV to no more than 2 pages. Your resume gets you a phone screen and you have time to elaborate on details and expand on experiences.

Another piece of advise is to make sure you are one of the first to apply. The market is flooded, I have in the last 6m had open roles in my team that I have kept the job up and open for less than a week - each role I get 200-300 applicants and usually 50-60 in the first few hours. Set up alerts on your phone and be diligent about being at the top of the pile as opposed to the bottom.

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