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I just went from five days to three days a week in my job in industry in order to work as a researcher the other two days. I had to take a pay cut to do so, and
by daoudc 14y ago
I just went from five days to three days a week in my job in industry in order to work as a researcher the other two days. I had to take a pay cut to do so, and I was lucky that my company was happy for me to do this.
So far, it's working out great - I do the research work from home, occasionally commuting to uni, and it's great to have the balance of academia and real life work.
- oulipo 14y agoWere you a researcher before, or are you trying to get into research now?
- daoudc 14y agoI did a PhD and a Knowledge Transfer Partnership with my current company, but this is my first proper research job.
- eli_gottlieb 14y agoWho do you work for in industry? It sounds like an awesome arrangement.
- daoudc 14y agoI work for a media monitoring and analysis company. It's a special arrangement, and the research is potentially beneficial to them, so it's probably a one-off.