u/LtSmash5

Hey!

Wie nehmt ihr die aktuellen Entwicklungen auf dem (nicht-akademischen) Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland wahr?

Wer vom Studium kommt und außerhalb der Wissenschaft arbeiten will ist ja häufig Quereinsteiger. Mein Eindruck ist es, dass KI gerade solche Quereinstiege schwer macht. Habt ihr da Einsichten als Bewerber oder als Vertreter potezieller Arbeitgeber?

Ich habe vor 2 Wochen meine Dissertation eingereicht (Bereich MC Simulation in der Dosimetrie und radiobiologische Modellierung). Da ich mich viel mit Statistik/Modellierung beschäftigt habe, versuche ich mich schon seit ein paar Monaten (während des Schreibens...) im Finanzbereich zu bewerben, allerdings mit mäßigem Erfolg. Dass ich das letzte Jahr Dissertation-Schreiben im ALG verbracht habe, macht die Situation nicht angenehmer. Bin schon ziemlich frustriert, muss ich zugeben.

Eventuell schwächeln aber meine Bewerbungen auch daran, dass ich eben bisher nicht mal sagen konnte, dass ich eingereicht habe (geschweige denn Verteidigt) und auch erst jetzt begonnen habe, relevante Projekte voranzubringen und auf Github zur Schau zustellen. Vielleicht hilft mir das.

Bin sehr interessiert an Eurem Input!

I've been writing my dissertation for more time that I care to admit. I have given my boss the first 5 chapters and almost finished the last 2 chapters at this point. Recently my boss has given me feedback on the first 5 which was surprisingly good. He said something along the lines of "generally well done" which is quite positive, for him. I can present him with my final, complete version by the end of the week and given the encouragement, I have started moving the submission process.

I will not be submitting my thesis to him, though. I work at a research institute and am formally supervised by a prof at the uni nearby. This prof is a theoretical physicist doing statistical physics and my work is in dosimetric computation, variance reduction and radiobiological modelling. Now I know that my work is solid but also none of the people at the uni are knowledgeable on the field. Of course, I have chosen an external ref who is - but now I am worried that my dissertation will not meet the standards of the faculty. Be it for their lack of appreciation or for their demands on physical rigor. The supervisor told me he did not want to see the dissertation before I submit, which is typical (maybe only in Germany, essentially he does not want to grade a work that contains his feedback).

Either way, I know that the worry has little strategic value to me at this point, as I have done the work that I did and I will NOT spend more time doing different things. I have been overworked for a long time.

But can anyone relate?

I am at a point where I should see light at the end of the tunnel. All works that need publishing have been published, I have written like 120 pages of my dissertation (but it feels like so much hasn't been said). My biggest problem is loneliness. This is social and in terms of academic supervision.

My work group (located in Germany) was really just our PI, my colleague (now not here anymore) and me. My PI and I used to meet up like weekly for a long time and now we had like 3 meetings this year. Main reason for that is that he was sick for like 6 weeks, when he came back work had piled up and now he took two weeks off because his wife is sick (badly). So yeah, I cannot even blow up his emails with a clear conscience.

I have friends but they don't relate to the kind of pressure I'm under and the one who would get it just started a new job where he is totally swamped atm. Also all my friends are busy with life it seems, and I'm just at home, dragging myself to my desk whenever I've got it in me.

For all my life I felt completely fine when I was alone. I'd do my stuff and be happy. But now I feel isolated and like nobody wants me. Just needed to get this out. Thank you for your attention to this matter.