Thank you! I start in March so I still have a month to chill (finally).

Landed a job finally, just waiting for the contract to come in. I managed to negotiate additional salary as well so I’m very proud of myself :)))

Welcome, new academia dropout! Trust me, it’s better this way. I’m sorry to hear you had to deal with hubris and narcissism. Not surprisingly also my least favourite part about it and indirectly the reason I ended up quitting my PhD.

My supervisors were a married couple and all my work was rated facing a team of 2 people who would always take each other’s side and were never open to hearing my perspective on my own work. The graduate school later informed me they never should have been my only supervisors. Yay for paying it forward I guess.

Anyway, it might still be a little fresh but when applying for positions outside of academia, start thinking about how to phrase your challenges or hangups there as avenues for personal growth. Corporate loves that shit.

Good luck out there!

I went from oneplus 6 to nothing phone 1, which is alright. Sadly some friends bought the nothing phone 2 after I recommended the brand and they both don’t like it. After this I’ll probably move to fairphone if I can afford it at that time

Aww great to hear. Exciting times coming up it seems :)

Thanks a lot for the offer! Actually we just had the second session this evening and it was better. Just wish there were more queer oriented courses out there but this one will be fine overall I think. I’ll let you know if we’re interested at a later time.

How’s your kiddo doing?

Still job hunting, still practicing sewing.

My wife and I started a birthing course last week and holy fuck if that isn’t a slap in the face from the patriarchy. Took all our energy not to eye roll at the heteronormativity and misogyny in literally every comment by a man in the room. Big ‘I hate my wife’ energy which really makes you think well why are you all here then? Which sucks because I’d really hope to learn from other couples experiences but alas the straights typically have little to offer.

Thank you :)

Don’t think Ive said this here yet but my wife and I are expecting a baby end of May this year (2026) :)))

I’ve been practicing sewing and gonna try to make some baby clothes this week 😊😊

I’m alright I think.

Trying to find a job still but applications are looking pretty good at the moment for once! I’m currently on my way to a final interview for a decent position. It’s an AI engineer role at a consultancy company, so doesn’t really meet my usual requirement of doing work that doesn’t actively make the world a worse place. But… after applying for 3 months at different morally justifiable places that have no interest in hiring me, well, a girl needs to eat.

I have some other job opportunities lined up that could also be fine so things might be looking up soon. I’m just looking forward to start the new year employed.

Grok

R and python are both great for a data science cv in my experience, I’d recommend having a look at some introductory ML courses in R/Py as well if you have the time. Lots of places out there expect you to have some ML experience.

I’m sure it’s devastating to experience this. Big hug and I hope you find peace. Saying goodbye is weird and strange, but doing it certainly feels better than not, in my own experience. Much love to you in the coming days

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Best of luck to you!

Still haven’t found a new job. Many more “sorry we loved your vibe but we found someone more experienced” to add to my resume tho.

You’re both doing great work!!

Lie your way to the white house --> make the TV say what you want --> now we have both

Sent you some money, hope you can use it to feel better 🫂

That’s all we can really do