I am pressing the buzz nob on the door. I can almost hear my colleague panting behind on the staircase. If we were late just by 5 minutes, our sales plan is ruined ( Read more... )

⚗ In natural sciences it is easy to focus on learning hard facts and methods. E=mc^2. Adenine binds to thymine. And so on it goes ( Read more... )

As a person from a small town in Siberia, I know first-hand how education can improve your life standards. Moreover, I believe education (and learning in general sense) is the ONLY way to sustainably improve peoples' lives ( Read more... )

When I tell my scientists friends that I work in sales, I often hear either jealousy or suspicion.🔎

It is a paradox: some think sales are too easy so scientists are above it, the others complain it is hard to get into sales and don't even try. Or they are afraid they are not good enough.🤷‍♂️

If it is so easy then why is it so hard? Can anybody

I like this guy this year. Last year he used to leave me home alone, and now he spends so much more time with me ( Read more... )

Full disclosure: I hate it when people are asked to describe their usual working day and they reply with a vague cliche: "Oh, it is hard to say, all my days are so different". They are not fire fighters and not working in emergency room. Every day in the office is so different from another? I highly doubt it ( Read more... )

Why many people love the research, it is a thrill of uncovering the unknown, especially when it comes unexpected ( Read more... )

With the end of this bizarre year coming, scientists everywhere are busy writing grant reports, finalizing results and vigorously looking for more funding to ensure prosperity in 2021. As this time of the year is busy indeed, I would like to share my tips on how to deal with piles of tasks ( Read more... )

It is tempting to make a CV or resume to look like a smooth, coherent story. And this is understandable - people who look at the resume expect to get some clear idea about the applicant, not the fuzzy art in style of David Lynch ( Read more... )

Sometimes in your career it is good to stop for a moment and analyse your choices and decisions, to improve them in the future. Since my career changed several times, it would be hard to give specific recommendations: do this in academia, or do that in marketing. Every career change could have swept me in different direction. So instead I would ( Read more... )