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So I didn't take the advice last year to look into consulting or meetups, rather I worked on various physics projects and applied to more physics positions. However, my search for an academic position was still not successful and I have been looking for Industry/Tech positions for a little over a month now with less success than I hoped, but enough (onsite interview) for me to realize that I could use some advice.
One thing that I think should be a bigger concern for me than it has been is what the title is and how the work fits into the company. As a postdoc and a professor, I have always lead projects. I think that I have a wrong impression that I can step into a Tech position, identify a good project, convince people it should be done and then lead it when maybe a better understanding is that depending on the position/title I wouldn't do any of that and would rather just do very specific applications that I am told to do. If I want a Tech position of the former type, what do I need to look for in the advertisement and what I questions do I need to ask understand the role?
There is also the whole dance about compensation and the point that there seems to be a lot more opportunity if you live near Silicon Valley or Seattle than if you live in other parts of the country (even Chicago).
I have attached my abridged CV. I am currently working on two Machine Learning papers which I expect to have complete drafts for later this month, with two more in the immediate pipeline (so all four should be submitted this year, even if my collaborators end up doing more of the work for the latter two).
JM
One thing that I think should be a bigger concern for me than it has been is what the title is and how the work fits into the company. As a postdoc and a professor, I have always lead projects. I think that I have a wrong impression that I can step into a Tech position, identify a good project, convince people it should be done and then lead it when maybe a better understanding is that depending on the position/title I wouldn't do any of that and would rather just do very specific applications that I am told to do. If I want a Tech position of the former type, what do I need to look for in the advertisement and what I questions do I need to ask understand the role?
There is also the whole dance about compensation and the point that there seems to be a lot more opportunity if you live near Silicon Valley or Seattle than if you live in other parts of the country (even Chicago).
I have attached my abridged CV. I am currently working on two Machine Learning papers which I expect to have complete drafts for later this month, with two more in the immediate pipeline (so all four should be submitted this year, even if my collaborators end up doing more of the work for the latter two).
JM
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