Wait, where did everyone go?
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Wait, where did everyone go?
The frequently missing message in application rejections and why experienced researchers regard the rate of acceptance as a random probability instead of a merit-based probability.
It's been about one month in Norway (and there are 29 more to go).
This feeling of déjà vu reminds me of how I felt the summer before starting the PhD program. Now that same feeling of ambitious, daydream-esque optimism is creeping in again with the postdoc.
By March of 2016, everyone I know who graduated with me in December had found a full-time job.