PhD-ing in industry

I had actually developed a post about peer pressure for my new digs at Academic Infiltration here on blogspot, but mainly in relation to som...

The name of this blog is PhD-ing in Industry. I've decided that rather than change the name, PiI will serve as a relic of my industrial ...

I only thought it was correct to list the positives I have to look forward to I'm academia after listing the positives I had in industry...

Do you want to be vastly overpaid after your PhD?! Do you wish you could just work on projects without begging national agencies for money?!...

The last few months have been a little stressful.  During the week I was putting in 12-16 hour days and on the weekends I was flying to my n...

I made a post a little while ago about having a bad week because of a device of mine that killed some patients during a humanitarian-use sit...

Why do I always start breaking into a smile when someone yells at me at work?  I don't know if it's a coping mechanism, but I'm ...

Like most humans, I live through disappointment on occasion in my life.  When I was looking for a faculty job, every email or phone call rej...

While I have yet to start at my new school I've been flying out every once in a while to get involved with my soon-to-be school.  My mos...

Like most corporations, we highly value innovation.  When I originally proposed my group idea to upper-management they weren’t interested u...

Turns out this is the season for interviewing so another post on the application/interview process: So one of my friends mentioned an inter...

It's crazy to think that a year ago I was interviewing for faculty positions. Time really does fly when you're terrified of what the...

I used to love the Discovery Channel.  I watched it as a kid and started watching it even more when Mike Rowe came in with Dirty Jobs and th...

Happy New Year! As soon as I accepted an offer from the new school I started looking at houses and talking with people.  I wanted to fi...

When I was a kid (including being a teenager) I have very fond memories of leaving school on the last day of the Fall semester and going ho...

I hate ignoring the blogosphere, but every time I see a light at the end of the work-life tunnel a contractor adds some extra segments to t...

I love computers (I'm including smartphones). People will complain about them because they're difficult to use, slow, etc., but I lo...

I realized that I haven't been really taking part in the blogging community. To answer those who've emailed: everything is good. Sor...

I created this blog as an outlet for myself and as a way for anyone interested to see how things are in industry, the progress of an academi...

I hate dealing with manufacturing and sacrificing innovation for quick development.  This is one of the biggest trade-offs I've had to d...

Sometimes I don't feel like doing anything all day when I show up to work. It's not that I'm not challenged or engaged, I just f...

Like most overly dedicated grad students I worked all holidays except for Christmas and Thanksgiving. I switched off when I left work for th...

Double post day, wuttup!!! Every field has specific jargon. The only ones that bug me are MIL/DoD acronyms and business talk. I'm talkin...

I had a weird relationship with my advisor in grad school. Not THAT kind of weird, you prevert.  I came in when he was only two years into h...

I was visiting a hospital a little while ago chatting with random people and someone who used to work for the FDA was there and talking with...

While traveling a while back I stopped off and talked to a friend. He's been in a post-doc for 2 years in a foreign country and he told ...

I don't go to the movies very frequently.  Maybe once a month...tops. I saw a movie today that people have raved about. It was okay, but...

Those following this blog will know that I'm starting a job at an R1 (or very high whatever...) a year from now.  I was at a conference ...