Answer by jakebeal for How (un)usual is changing fields?
I think that a lot of this depends on what you define by "change fields".In my observation, there is generally a lot of commonality even in a change, when the change is successful.For example, somebody...
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Most successful career researchers choose their field fairly early on in their career. This is often due to their approach to research; they have a fundamental question they're attempting to answer,...
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For a long time I thought that when I start my PhD, my field of research is fixed for the rest of my academic career. However, I've encountered multiple people who have a PhD in space science or...
View ArticleAnswer by FLonLon for How (un)usual is changing fields?
As someone who has changed fields completely, I wanted to chip in. In my experience, changing between fields (rather than within) is extremely uncommon. I have only met one other person in the last 10...
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