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**wamozart**
wamozart12:
What do you do? I'm an unemployed biochem PhD.
What is the best part about it? I sleep in every day and work on emptying out the DVR. Actually it's awful.
What is the worst part about it? I'm so stressed that I don't have a job, and the idea that I spent 7 years getting an advanced degree and published two really good papers isn't good enough to get me a job is depressing. But my last job was awful, too- my boss was a schizophrenic (not really, but I do wonder) micromanager who didn't seem to understand the role of post-doctoral fellows, I was treated the same as someone fresh out of college. And she was totally against biochemistry so I was pretty useless- too bad I didn't learn all that on my interview.
How is your boss?Karma is my boss, and karma is screwing me over.
Is there something you'd rather do? I'd rather have a job! I'm applying for both research and half teaching/half research positions. I want to work in a lab that actually wants to do some biochemistry and lets me have my own project, like a real post doc.
This made me sad. I know how demoralizing it is to be unemployed and at a crossroads, but try to stay positive. From everything you've said, your last boss sounds insane and incompetent, and I really think her poor managing skills, coupled with her just not knowing how to use you, have really flucked with your esteem, and you can't let it. You've published two papers, you have a PhD, and you've only been out for a couple of weeks--and you have already had a couple of interviews. That's HUGE. Don't dismiss any of it, and don't let yourself get demoralized.
No stinkin' thinkin'!
And didn't you say you have an interview today? Go kick some ass. Stay positive and you will find a place that knows what to do with you. Seriously, you will. You're just having a down week, don't let it derail you.
Re: **wamozart**