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getting_something_other_than_a_postdoc_lore [2017/01/03 19:46] – [Consulting] ishivversgetting_something_other_than_a_postdoc_lore [2017/01/03 20:23] (current) ishivvers
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-Wait, you want to //leave astronomy//?  Oh no!! 
  
 This page lists some resources for job ideas, as well as descriptions of specific career paths that some recent Berkeley grads have investigated.  Please fill it in with additional information.  The final section, at the bottom of the page, gives specific advice on how to get started on your own career search, to make a network outside of academia, and hopefully to land a position. This page lists some resources for job ideas, as well as descriptions of specific career paths that some recent Berkeley grads have investigated.  Please fill it in with additional information.  The final section, at the bottom of the page, gives specific advice on how to get started on your own career search, to make a network outside of academia, and hopefully to land a position.
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 Even though nobody really knows what "Data Science" means, if you're reading this you've heard of it! Especially around the Bay Area, this nebulously-defined career path Even though nobody really knows what "Data Science" means, if you're reading this you've heard of it! Especially around the Bay Area, this nebulously-defined career path
-is a very popular choice for PhDs who want out of academia.+is a very popular choice for PhDs who want out of academia (as of 2015/2016).
 Go check out the Berkeley Institute for Data Science [[https://bids.berkeley.edu/|(BIDS)]] to talk to more people about this sort of work (that's also a good place Go check out the Berkeley Institute for Data Science [[https://bids.berkeley.edu/|(BIDS)]] to talk to more people about this sort of work (that's also a good place
 to go and start building connections to the broader world of data science).  to go and start building connections to the broader world of data science).