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by mtekman
885 days ago
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> I started interviewing for positions in (tech) industry, got a monetary offer 5 times what I was making as a senior postdoc, started a new career, and never looked back. Hello, I'm in a similar sort of transition position. May I ask where you applied (US/UK/EU-based?) and what your main experience was in adapting your academic CV to industry? (Feel free to reach me by email or matrix too) |
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I came from a quantitative background and it was quite easy to repurpose my statistical and mathematical modeling into AI/ML. The best thing to do is to be agentic and assertive, which in this case means contacting people at the companies where you would like to work (you may or may not know them personally, the former is obviously preferred) and where your skills can be put to good use, and asking for a warm introduction to recruiters and managers.
I was fortunate enough to know a few techies (we used to train in the same gym) who put my CV on the recruiter's desk. Fifty percent of the interviews came from those warm introductions and the rest from sending the CV to job ads.