u/Illustrious-Row2906

I'm a PhD candidate in the final stages. Up to know, I've been ussing Github Copilot for some help and suggestions when coding; to discuss some ideas or to gather information, summarize papers, etc.

Since Github capped the AI models one can use with the student/academia free subscription, I moved to Gemini cheapest subscription. However, I use VS Code for everything and i'm not willing to change. Gemini subscriptions do not work anymore for non-google IDEs.

What AI providers are you using that still allow integration withing VS Code? Would you recomomend Claude?

Thanks for the advice

I’m a theoretical physicist a few months away from graduating, seriously thinking about leaving academia.

I really like research, but the prospect of having to expend X years outside my home country jumping from postdoc to postdoc puts me off. Specially since I have my whole life in my current town, including a long time partner with a non-academic career and health conditions that make moving abroad unrealistic.

I’ve seen several postings for jobs as an Editor in front line journals based in my hometown, or allowing for remote work. I’m strongly considering applying.

For those of you who transitioned to the editorial world, how was it?

Do you miss research? Was it a hard or smooth transition? Is postdoc experience valued or necessary in that world?

Mind I have published quite a lot during my PhD, but never been asked to be a referee.

Any other advice?

Thank you everyone.