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At 54 with a PhD, is there a reason he wasn't looking for management or leadership positions instead? I know very little about pharma, but my guess would be th
by honkdaddy 5y ago
At 54 with a PhD, is there a reason he wasn't looking for management or leadership positions instead?
I know very little about pharma, but my guess would be that domain knowledge and industry connections would be super valuable.
- WriterGuy2021 5y agoHe had a PhD in econometrics. He was a supreme nerd. He did not strike me as the management type. Some people just aren't able to climb that ladder and they fall off.
- WastingMyTime89 5y ago> Some people just aren't able to climb that ladder and they fall off. That's learned helplessness. You are looking at it from a fatalist point of view. You said yourself that this person actually decided to learn python and try to find a job in software engineering so he was actually more resourceful that you give him credit for.