Thread by @ThePhD_Guide

Walking out these doors @UMassIALS @UMassChemEng @UMassAmherst is a weirdly feeling! I left home 13 years ago for the pursuit of happiness. Over the years, I have seen that some people move out of academia neutral 😐, some bitter 😕, and some happy 😀..... contd. @AcademicChatter

However, almost all the time you have to leave for bigger and better things in life.
One thing I’m absolutely sure about is that almost all people move out with a sense of ‘pride’. #phdlife

Pride of witnessing a phenomenon that noone ever had before!
Pride of seeing things develop that sounded utterly crazy as a child!
Pride of developing things that will be enabling for eternity!
Pride of being among that elite group of people on earth 🌎! #pridephd

@Google says that ‘less than 2% of the world's population has a doctorate. According to the US Census Bureau, only 1.2% of the US population has a #PhD. This makes having a PhD very rare.’

May be it is that pride that rationalizes all kinds of hardships one must endure in the pursuit of a PhD. There is a lot of negative sentiment around #academia and it is okay to fell that way during those moments. One thing I ‘cannot’ be more certain about is: ‘It is worth it’

This morning, I completed the final #experiment of my PhD, 5 months after the thesis defense. These months were a big roller coaster 🎢 of #COVID19 #Quarantine, thesis/paper writing ✍️, and #jobsearch. That ended with a #postdoc job @abbvie
Adios #academia for now. I’ll be back!

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In transit 😁 🚙 stop1: #niagrafalls

Always #mesmerizing 😍

#Coffee #espresso #niagarafalls 🥰