# "Beyond academia" Career development session at CNS2024 List of questions for panellists (as a rough guide of what will be discussed) - Could you please summarise your career trajectory? What do you do now and how did you get there? - What is your main daily role: is it still research related (or is it non-research like development/engineering/design/outreach)? - Was this your planned path (roughly)? - If it was, what steps did you take at various times in your career to ensure you reached your targets? (see questions on skills below too) - If it wasn't: - how does it differ from what you had in mind? - what made you change your plan? - Moving to industry: - What were the similarities/differences in the hiring processes you've experienced in academia vs industry? - What skills from your academic research work were important for your move to industry? What skills were not? - Would you have any tips on translating academic work to an industry audience (folks in industry don't necessarily understand what day to day academic research work is and vice-versa)? - Would you have any tips on building our industry networks before applying/working in industry (internships/partnerships/conferences/outreach/volunteering)? - Your work: - What skills from your academic research work do you actively use in your industry work? What skills do you not? - What skills were not stressed enough on in the academic work that you think you'd have benefitted from in industry, both during hiring and in daily work? - What are your observations on differences between working in research/academia and industry? - What issues did you face in academia that you do not face in industry? (what do you not miss about academia/prefer in industry) - What issues do you face in industry that you didn't face in academia? (what do you miss about academia/preferred in academia) - What issues did you face in academic that you still face in industry? (what common issues remain in both) - What would your advice to current students/ECRs be?