“You have to remember that someone is paying your company for you to complete a job for them (and they pay by the hour), this means there just isn’t much time of mischief. “There are opportunities to be creative in MedComm (medical communications), and discuss science, but it isn’t quite the same.” Another thing that she misses is the flexibility with managing her own time but does see that this can sometimes be exploited in academia. “ The fact that you have a permanent job should help soften that blow.” She also misses discussion about lab-based science, working out new ideas and the best way to answer a scientific question. She also warns that if you’re leaving academia after a postdoc you may expect a pay cut for a while. However, she accepts it as part of the job and there are other company perks to balance it out. These include a good pension scheme and a generous holiday allowance (if you do your postdoc at a UK university). But again completing a piece of work to a great standard and getting praise from the client is really motivating.”īut after 3 years of being a postdoc, there are some things she misses. “Working with clients and having lots of deadlines to stick to may be whole new experience for most people coming out of academia.
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“I’m part of a team, and we are often in meetings or having informal chats about how we can move a project forward or what we can do to create something truly innovative for the client.” Another pro that’s really important for her is job satisfaction. It is a challenge learning about a new subject area on-the-go, but it’s very rewarding to put together a piece of work for a client and get positive feedback from them.” Another pro that Amanda has noticed is the teamwork element.
No more frustrating afternoons where you realise your PCR controls haven’t worked and you have to repeat everything again!” She says she also enjoys the variety of projects she gets to work on, for example, “I might start my day working on infectious disease and end it with oncology or neuroscience.
Some differences are good, “ I love the efficiency of my job I like having a big list of things to do that I can tick off throughout the day. Not surprisingly she finds the corporate environment to be very different from academia. “ It wasn’t an easy decision as there are aspects of academia that I really loved, but ultimately I decided that I wanted a permanent job with a more well-defined career progression.”Īmanda stayed in Manchester but since November 2014 she has bee working as a Medical Writer at Nucleus Global. She made the decision to not apply for another postdoc position.
Amanda graduated from her PhD in Immunology from the University of ManchesterĪmanda Gallagher, Medical Writer at Nucleus Global, Manchester, UKĪfter her PhD in Immunology Amanda stayed at the University of Manchester and undertook a postdoc position involving immunology and biochemistry for 3 years.
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