Author: Life After My Ph.D.
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A Day in My Life as a Remote Medical Writer (2024)
I wrote my last blog post talking about what I do as a medical writer in 2022, and I hadn’t updated my blog for over a year, so I thought this was well overdue. Here’s what a typical day in my life as a medical writer working remotely is like. 7:30AM I wake up and…
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Ultimate Guide to Non-Ac Career Informational Interviews
Introduction In this blog post, I answer the following questions (from my personal perspective) about informational interviews in the context of exploring non-academic career options: What’s an informational interview? You’ve probably heard the term “informational interview” floating around if you’ve spent any time in the non-academic career space. Don’t let the word “interview” intimidate you!…
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5 Major Misconceptions I Had About Non-Ac Jobs During Grad School
When I was in the thick of grad school, I was overwhelmed thinking about deadlines, experiments failing, keeping my advisor happy, and the scary thought of not knowing what to do with my life. I could barely list 3 jobs types off the top of my head that I could be qualified for. I also…
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How I Got a 23% Raise With 1 Conversation
So the past few months have been a whirlwind. In August, my company announced layoffs and pay cuts. My company’s small, so we laid of 5 people – a couple designers, some other folks, and 1 writer, someone we hired in May. She had a Bachelor’s and was the newest writer. I learned the concept…
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My Vaccinated COVID Experience (2022)
Here’s what happened every day of my COVID infection in October 2022! For reference, I’m 4x vaccinated (2-dose initial vaccination plus 2 boosters), don’t have any risk factors, and am in my late 20’s. Friday, October 14 Of course, I can never be sure, but I’m almost positive that the infection happened at the concert…
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My Honest Takes on Alt-Ac Twitter
I took 2 months off from blogging to reflect on the whirlwind of content I had expelled in the past 10 months and my experience with it. If you’ve been following me for any amount of time, you know I used to go HAM with the content. 1-2 in-depth blog posts a week, Twitter threads,…
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10 Things I Didn’t Put in My Medical Writer Resume
Preparing an effective resume is very important when you apply for jobs. Each one has to really get at what the recruiters or your future coworkers and managers are looking for. But that doesn’t mean you throw everything at the wall to see what sticks. There are definitely some things that you’d most likely want…
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6 Things I Did Right in My Industry Job Search
A few weeks ago, I published a blog post, 6 Things I Did Wrong in My Industry Job Search, and it was super popular. In that post, I promised I’d be back with a “Things I Did Right” version, and here it is. Context: I’m a remote medical writer in the U.S., and I have…
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The Top 3 Things That Helped Me Get My Remote Medical Writer Job
If I could go back, I’d tell myself that getting a job as a medical writer isn’t just “applying for a bunch of “medical writer” positions until something sticks”. I don’t know about you, but I like going into things with a plan. Whether that’s a day out, a vacation, or the laboratory experiments I…
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A Week in My Life as a Remote Medical Writer
Have you ever wondered what a medical writer does every day? Or what a typical week looks like for a medical writer? I’ve been at my company for about 5 months now, so I thought it’d be a pretty good time to write a post like this. Before I start describing what I did every…