Category: Non-academic careers

How I make more money while I sleep than most adjuncts do teaching at prestigious universities

Nothing is more satisfying than waking up in the morning to see I’ve made a hundred bucks while I was sleeping. It’s not a dream! I make thousands a year from affiliate income and the best part is that once I’ve set it up it is mostly passive. Reading this is probably a kick in […]

How to make $100,000 a year with your PhD and still have a life [Interview with Stephanie Snyder]

Interview with Stephanie Snyder, Ph.D. Founder of The Overjoyed Mom (Intuitive Life and Business Coach) Tell us about yourself? I am a Navy wife, mom of 4, and a 6-figure business owner. My son is 13, and my daughters are 10, 5, and 2. When I’m not spending time with my family or working on […]

How to follow your calling after you realize it’s not academia

Guest Post by Melissa E Anders In 2003 I quit my PhD. I had finished my Masters of Science the year before and what I loved the most about my Masters was writing in my tiny, attic apartment surrounded by all of my papers and compiling my introduction for my thesis around how to detect […]

How to use your PhD to become a coach [Interview with Morgana McCabe Allan]

Interview with Morgana McCabe Allan Founder/CEO of Morgana McCabe Allan Ltd. (Business mindset and manifesting coaching) What does an average day in the life look like for you? Most days, I coach my lovely clients for a few hours (morning and/or evening), and spend a couple more on building my own business. Right now, that […]

How to be a forensic scientist [Interview with Martina Ribar Hestericová]

Senior communications manager and trade media lead Tell us about yourself Hello everyone, my name is Martina and I am originally from Slovakia, now working and living in Switzerland. I am a chemist by training, but I also work as a science communicator and a science journalist. I studied biochemistry and bioorganic chemistry at the […]

How to become a manuscript editor at a research journal [Interview with Jean Mary Zarate]

Senior Editor, Nature Neuroscience (published by Springer Nature) Tell us about yourself My name is Jean, and I’m a senior manuscript editor for the research journal Nature Neuroscience, based in the Springer Nature office in New York. Although I’m a native New Yorker – born and raised in New York City – I consider Montreal, […]

How to find a research position outside of academia [Interview with Sreyoshi Dey]

Program Manager, Surveys & Polling Why did you decide to no longer pursue an academic career? I haven’t shelved the idea of an academic career. But I wanted to explore what else I can do with a PhD. As a doctoral student we are trained to be academics but I learned early on that academia is […]

How to use your PhD to become a Data Scientist [Interview with Michael Li]

Why did you decide to no longer pursue an academic career? Like many people, a career in academia looked like a great career choice when we started, but we slowly realized that it wasn’t for us over the course of the multiyear experience. There isn’t a lot of career flexibility, the publication cycles are very […]

A journey in becoming: How to find your side hustle [Interview with Shannon Thomison]

What does an average day in the life look like for you? My day starts at 5:30 am. I try to meditate and pray before I start my day. Once that’s done, I get my two boys ready for school/daycare and drop them off.  I head back to my home office to review my schedule […]

How to make art (and get paid for it) [Interview with Alexej Savreux]

What is your side hustle? My side hustle is visual art and writing. I do a lot of retail (gallery stuff) and also service-oriented production. I do a lot of photography, videography, photo manipulation, printmaking, bookmaking, arts blogging, literary translations in French, Czech, English & Joual. I’ve even done community activism banners/signs before and design […]