My graduate advisor, the late Dr. Walter O’Brien, rarely told me stories from his personal life. However, after I expressed concerns over my own future, he shared with me a little of his own past. Graduate school takes a lot of work and seems to […]
Month: August 2019
How to Make a Big Decision
“We want you to come, Tony.” I’d just been offered a job that would mean leaving my current position, packing up, and moving my family across the country. What started a few months earlier as “just looking around” had become a very real, and very […]
How I Landed My Dream Job (Twice)
25 applications and 26 interviews. That’s the story I’ve been telling for years. When I first entered the job market after my post-doc, I applied to 100 jobs. The problem was that I got zero phone calls for interviews. Zero. When no one contacted me, I […]
When is it Time to Apply for a New Job?
I recently made the decision to change jobs (and states). Interestingly enough, at age 34, this is the first time the decision was mine to make. This post reflects on that experience, and I hope it will help you see that sometimes the best thing […]