Nine real career options for life-sciences PhDs and postdocs — industry science, computational biology, MSL, consulting, regulatory, policy, science writing, VC, and teaching. With salary ranges and first moves.
PhD Career Paths beyond academia
Only about one in ten life-sciences PhDs lands a tenure-track role. The other nine deserve a map.
What's inside
- Nine alternative career paths with realistic compensation ranges
- Which of your academic skills translate (and how to name them)
- The first three moves you can take in the next 30 days
- Direct links into the tools that help: CV → industry rewrite, skill-gap analysis, and the goal tracker
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