Career Contemplation

1. Background

Broadly speaking, I am early-career with a background in maths & stats, molecular biology, and programming.

I am one and a half years into my PhD. The project is not proceeding as I had planned/hoped, and I find myself needing to give serious thought to what I hope to do post-PhD, and thus in the remainder of my PhD.

2. My recent past and immediate future

2.1. Experiences to date

2.1.1. Fintech

2.1.2. AMSI summer research scholarship

2.1.3. Tutoring for UWA computer science

2.1.4. Ausvet intern

2.1.5. Research Assistant

2.1.6. Open source development

2.1.7. Committees

2.2. Most apparent career options

3. Introspection

3.1. Passions

3.2. Motivation

3.3. Skills

3.4. Deficits

4. Long term considerations

5. The state of academia

5.1. Australia

5.2. Europe in general

5.3. ETH Zurich

5.4. CeMM

6. Industry in Europe

6.1. Pharmaceutical

6.2. Biotech

6.3. Programming

7. Location, location, location

7.1. Criteria

7.1.1. Language

7.1.2. Political situation

7.1.3. Housing costs

7.1.4. Climate

7.1.5. Immigration programs

7.1.6. Travel to Family

7.2. Sweden

7.3. Denmark

7.4. Norway

7.5. Netherlands

7.6. United Kingdom

7.7. Germany

7.8. Austria

8. Broader concerns

8.1. Ecological breakdown

9. My future, revisited

1. Background#

2. My recent past and immediate future#

2.1. Experiences to date#

2.1.1. Fintech#

2.1.2. AMSI summer research scholarship#

2.1.3. Tutoring for UWA computer science#

2.1.4. Ausvet intern#

2.1.5. Research Assistant#

2.1.6. Open source development#

2.1.7. Committees#

2.2. Most apparent career options#

3. Introspection#

3.1. Passions#

3.2. Motivation#

3.3. Skills#

3.4. Deficits#

4. Long term considerations#

5. The state of academia#

5.1. Australia#

5.2. Europe in general#

5.3. ETH Zurich#

5.4. CeMM#

6. Industry in Europe#

6.1. Pharmaceutical#

6.2. Biotech#

6.3. Programming#

7. Location, location, location#

7.1. Criteria#

7.1.1. Language#

7.1.2. Political situation#

7.1.3. Housing costs#

7.1.4. Climate#

7.1.5. Immigration programs#

7.1.6. Travel to Family#

7.2. Sweden#

7.3. Denmark#

7.4. Norway#

7.5. Netherlands#

7.6. United Kingdom#

7.7. Germany#

7.8. Austria#

8. Broader concerns#

8.1. Ecological breakdown#

8.2. Social unrest#

9. My future, revisited#