Pharmacology PhD (6years), post-doc(6 years), despite excellent publication record, not flashy enough to get grants or a tenure-track position after post-doc, c

Pharmacology PhD (6years), post-doc(6 years), despite excellent publication record, not flashy enough to get grants or a tenure-track position after post-doc, continue as super post-doc(RS at our institution) for 7 more years until funding finally ran out. Gravitated to big data analytics, learned coding, learned ML and more math, looked for job. Total unemployment time == 1.25 years. Found current position (almost a year now) after about 200 applications. Happy as a clam and not the old bitter scientist of old.