A common question posed to PhD students from friends and family is What will you do after? But
many students are too focused on the PhD itself and have not yet had a chance to sufficiently
think about post-PhD life. This book is a collection of 22 interviews with those have completed
a PhD and then are now in an academic position or another career path. In either case they
have all been successful and have a multitude of insights to share with those who are
interested in considering a variety of careers. Academic careers share many commonalities with
many non-academic careers with skills learned within academia being valuable in other career
paths as well. Nearly all the individuals interviewed here have been on the job market recently
and understand today's job climate. No other book on the market includes the diversity of
perspectives presented here. In particular the focus on psychology and neuroscience draws from
a variety of individuals that have similar training but have nonetheless taken divergent paths.
