If you haven't already, I really encourage you to go look at See Arr Oh's #ChemCoach carnival It's been a really interesting mix of people, both students and people who have long since graduated. Here's Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4. Don't forget a note from amazing chemist and chemical historian Jeff Seeman.
It has been interesting for me to note how many of these people are former, not current, Big Pharma-employed. Those personally affected by layoffs at some point in their career is non-zero (20%?); I'll bet the number that have seen layoffs in their organization is basically 100%. It's a sobering reality of the economic times that we live in.
[Of course, there's probably quite a bit of sampling bias going on here; it's heavy on folks who read blogs or who are on Twitter, which is probably not representative of the overall population of working chemists.]
Also, friend of the blog Janet Stemwedel has made a good suggestion. Like any of the #ChemCoach entries? For each one you like, consider giving a $1 to the DonorsChoose Chembloggers challenge to further chemical education in K-12.
Again, if you haven't already, head over there and give it a read.
It has been interesting for me to note how many of these people are former, not current, Big Pharma-employed. Those personally affected by layoffs at some point in their career is non-zero (20%?); I'll bet the number that have seen layoffs in their organization is basically 100%. It's a sobering reality of the economic times that we live in.
[Of course, there's probably quite a bit of sampling bias going on here; it's heavy on folks who read blogs or who are on Twitter, which is probably not representative of the overall population of working chemists.]
Also, friend of the blog Janet Stemwedel has made a good suggestion. Like any of the #ChemCoach entries? For each one you like, consider giving a $1 to the DonorsChoose Chembloggers challenge to further chemical education in K-12.
Again, if you haven't already, head over there and give it a read.
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