All great advice even outside of academia. It is also important to look at other issues such as demographics in the field itself. Computer Science is now on a

All great advice even outside of academia. It is also important to look at other issues such as demographics in the field itself. Computer Science is now on a tear because so many kids wants to study CS and deep learning is the new hotness. Structural biochemistry is also probably about to explode due to deep learning and recent novel techniques for fast structure determinations. There's probably a few startups in this space looking for someone like the author.