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Notes on the Industry Job Search

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Notes on the Industry Job Search

← Blog Notes on the Industry Job Search June 20, 2026 For most of my PhD, the job search in my mind was like a sorting hat : senior PhD students would disappear (for several months), then emerge with their fates decided. Even as my close friends began graduating and getting jobs, I knew little about what they were going through apart from the occasional proof of life. When it was finally my turn, I found the process to be far more demanding than I had imagined, and felt like I was learning the rules of the game while playing it. In retrospect, a lot of my experiences were universal and many of

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