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> still postdoc 10 years after getting his Ph.D I think this is just a matter of what position you want. A classmate of mine wrote one paper on machine learnin
by contrarian1234 1y ago
> still postdoc 10 years after getting his Ph.D
I think this is just a matter of what position you want. A classmate of mine wrote one paper on machine learning (he basically barely know how to run the Python to train some ancient neural net), did a short 1 year postdoc with his advisor and got a job as a professor at some no-name university in Japan.
I'm sure your classmate could get a professorship somewhere if he wanted. If his goal is to be a professor at Caltech then it's a different story
- phillipharris 1y agoWas he Japanese, or fluent in Japanese?
- contrarian1234 1y agono, not at all. in asia many many international professors and postdocs work 100% in English. Its the norm. Extremely rare to meet the exception. Many dont even have a conversational grasp of the local language Even if you aquire the local language, getting to a proficiency level where you can discuss scientific topics is nearly impossible (bc in the meantime youre doing all your work in english)