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Scenario

How to leave academic projects before completion

My PhD advisor is pressuring me to stay for a fourth year on this project but I have a job offer at a biotech that starts next month and I am afraid of burning bridges.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional advancement and loyalty to mentors create competing obligations that feel impossible to resolve satisfactorily.

Your guide for this
Aurelius
Aurelius works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Science — Biotech & Pharmaceutical R&D?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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