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Outline of talk to the grad students of the UW School of Pharmacy PORPP, May 6, 2011. (Note: two additional pages of good information sources have been added, and if you were there and have further questions, please do feel free to call.)
Hi Kate,
Many thanks for the much needed blog for academics (postdoc for a long time) looking for career change. Hi all,
I am 35 yrs old, working as a postdoc in physics in the UK for the last 4.5 years. I also did my masters and PhD both from UK. I am planning a career shift from academia, by going for a full time MBA degree next year. Over the course of the last 2 years I have been realizing that as I am progressing in my academic career at this level I am doing less science and more and more management work (people, work, logistics), collaborating internationally as well as spending a significant amount of my time writing proposals to secure funding from industry as well as govt resources by selling my research. I now want to move on entirely by going for an MBA and then working on a managerial position in the energy sector. However I do feel a bit skeptical as regards my age and academic background being deterrents in the path I am planning to choose. I Being away from this sector for a long time leaves me a bit clueless. However I am trying to do some proper groundwork before I get started. Any suggestions would be very much welcome.
Cheers,
Anuj