CV WRITING

SEASON 2, EPISODE 10: CV WRITING.This episode is about trying to write a CV. This is the LAST EPISODE of Season 2!!I revisit a journal entry I wrote in September 2014. I had gotten some feedback on my CV from a colleague and I started to think more deeply about what I wanted. The biggest blocker was me not knowing what I wanted. Plus, I was completely ignorant about life outside of academia.I reflect on what I got wrong about CV writing back then, my naivety regarding how job hunting works, why I was still considering staying in academia, my misconceptions about how leaving academia would be a waste of my talents and about life outside of academia in general, academic snobbery, and what it means to let a skill set go.Timestamps:[00:00] Intro[03:48] Journal entry[09:42] I was writing a CV to find a job, instead of the other way around [10:36] AI and CV writing today[10:56] The problem was I didn’t know what I wanted[11:45] Naivety about how job hunting works[13:39] I should leave academia, but I kept thinking about staying [15:00] Leaving academia would be a waste of my talents…wrong![15:53] Academic snobbery & arrogance[17:49] Hard and soft technical skills inside academia vs outside academia[19:03] Academic snobbery is totally misguided[20:17] Doing science outside of academia made me a better scientist[21:24] Letting go of skill sets [22:48] I was selfish when I was younger[23:06] I used to believe that leaving academic research meant leaving science[24:17] OutroFor more information about the podcast, please visit https://a-postdocs-journal.captivate.fm/ Please leave a review wherever you get your podcasts!Follow me/connect with me on:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simit-patel-063388ab/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simit_apj/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/apostdocsjournal.bsky.socialReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/APostdocsJournal/ Need help with your scientific English? Visit https://simitpatel.com/ and fill out a contact form.