You Got Your University Degree. Now What?

Thomas Baumgartner
7 min readMay 22, 2022

Should you pursue an academic career or get a job in the scary world outside of the ivory tower?

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Since you’re reading this, I’ll assume that you just received a university degree (or will get one soon), and that you feel a bit lost. Should you continue towards a PhD, or if you just got one, look for a post-doc position? Is an academic career the right choice for you or would you be happier in…

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Thomas Baumgartner

Physicist (PhD), engineer, software developer, data manager / analysist, photographer, musician, and (as of late) writer. Lives in Vienna, Austria.