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OK, it gets worse. Scientists were bucketed into 5 categories based on # of years in academia:
1) transients (1 pub & done)
2) junior dropouts (<10)
3) early-career dropouts (<15)
4) midcareer dropouts (<20)
5) full-career scientists (>20)
#phdlife #phdchat #phdadvice
The problematic use of "transient" & "dropout" aside (that's what the post is for), if you leave the tower before 20 years, you didn't survive. You're a "temporary scientist."
That's messed up. No wonder #impostersyndrome is such an issue in #science.
If you left #academia, you are not a failure. You're not "temporary" or "transient." You didn't "abandon" science. I left academia & research & I'm still a scientist. Instead of treating non-academics as "other", let's treat each other as peers. We're all on the same team.
Oof. I left academia right after completing my PhD and most definitely still work in science. Hard research with regulatory implications.
There's a lot of problems w/ the language in this thing. Just read, "The minimum level of contribution to scientific knowledge is the production of a single paper." Uh...
Wow. So much wow. Thanks for taking this on. I guess we haven’t turned the corner on this one yet. Where is your piece going to go? And I’m sure if you want co-authors, there are plenty out there to “co-sign.” @500womensci @DrWendyRocks @volcanogirl17 @j_zelikova
Thanks, Beth! Honestly, I really just want to raise awareness so that this type of thing doesn't keep happening. And I'm writing something up for a blog post in my personal capacity as a private citizen. I'll share when it's ready/out!
I’d co-sign the heck out of this! Let me know if I can help in any way
There’s a lot of different overlapping ideas here all glommed on to “scientist”.
They measure authorship of peer-reviewed publications, which excludes many practicing scientists, but simply saying they’re measuring “academic” careers isn’t quite right either.
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