37: Work/life balance in academia
In this episode, we talk work/life balance for early career researchers. Do you need to work a 70-hour week to be a successful scientist or can you actually have a life outside the lab?
\n\nSome of the topics covered:
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- An update on "the postdoc that didn't say no" story \n
- Brian Wansink's response \n
- De-identifying data in research \n
- The perils of public criticism \n
- Criticising the research vs. criticising the person \n
- Some sage advice from a senior academic on "Making science the centre of your life" \n
- Look for a boss that won't make insane demands of your time \n
- How much good work is really coming out of a 70-hour week? \n
- An old hack Dan used to do to pretend he was working on data when he was really just on twitter \n
Links
\n\nGRIM test calculator
\n\nhttp://www.prepubmed.org/grim_test/
\n\nJordan's follow-up post
\n\nhttps://medium.com/@OmnesRes/the-donald-trump-of-food-research-49e2bc7daa41#.me8e97z51
\n\nBrian Wansink's response
\n\nhttp://www.brianwansink.com/phd-advice/statistical-heartburn-and-long-term-lessons
\n\nThe "Making science the centre of your life" slide
\n\nhttps://twitter.com/hertzpodcast/status/832501121893724160
\n\nFacebook page
\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/
\n\nTwitter account
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