Navigating the Industry Job Search After a PhD: Lessons Learned

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.

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 the things I learned along the way now feel like common sense.