Jennifer Polk
@fromphdtolife.com
I live in Toronto and, since 2013, have helped professors, postdocs, & other PhDs who are ready to leave academia get meaningful, fulfilling jobs elsewhere. Ask me about my PhD Career Clarity Program!
Find me elsewhere online at https://fromphdtolife.com.
Find me elsewhere online at https://fromphdtolife.com.
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Jennifer Polk
@fromphdtolife.com
· Nov 13
Free Training for PhDs - From PhD to Life
FREE TRAINING How to Get a Great Job Outside Academia (even if you have no idea what you want to do next or why anyone would hire you) A free training for professors, postdocs, and other overworked, u...
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"How do I get started finding a job outside academia?"
Learn my answer, including how to avoid common missteps, in this free video resource, available to watch anytime.
fromphdtolife.com/phd-job-sear...
Learn my answer, including how to avoid common missteps, in this free video resource, available to watch anytime.
fromphdtolife.com/phd-job-sear...
Coaching isn’t just about solving problems (though we do that!). It's also about feeling supported, seen, encouraged, which is nice but also crucial to making progress. That’s what happens in the PhD Career Clarity Program’s small group coaching sessions, 3x per month.
PhD Career Clarity Program from Dr. Jennifer Polk
Join the PhD Career Clarity Program course and community for your post-academic job search. Ready to leave academia? Dr. Jen Polk's program is for professors, postdocs, and other PhDs like you.
fromphdtolife.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Coaching isn’t just about solving problems (though we do that!). It's also about feeling supported, seen, encouraged, which is nice but also crucial to making progress. That’s what happens in the PhD Career Clarity Program’s small group coaching sessions, 3x per month.
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When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
Reposted by Jennifer Polk
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
Can a chatbot replace a PhD career coach?
Dear Reader, I’ve been working on something new (fun!) and I’m not sure how I feel about it (hmm!). The new thing is a chatbot based on my approach to career transition coaching for PhDs. It’s a guided reflection tool designed to help users better…
Dear Reader, I’ve been working on something new (fun!) and I’m not sure how I feel about it (hmm!). The new thing is a chatbot based on my approach to career transition coaching for PhDs. It’s a guided reflection tool designed to help users better…
Can a chatbot replace a PhD career coach?
Dear Reader, I’ve been working on something new (fun!) and I’m not sure how I feel about it (hmm!). The new thing is a chatbot based on my approach to career transition coaching for PhDs. It’s a guided reflection tool designed to help users better understand the problem they're facing right now in their job search, and what to do about it. Let me explain how this started. A couple months ago, I created a custom GPT to help me with a weekly business task. It's pretty basic, but has proven to...
fromphdtolife.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Can a chatbot replace a PhD career coach?
Dear Reader, I’ve been working on something new (fun!) and I’m not sure how I feel about it (hmm!). The new thing is a chatbot based on my approach to career transition coaching for PhDs. It’s a guided reflection tool designed to help users better…
Dear Reader, I’ve been working on something new (fun!) and I’m not sure how I feel about it (hmm!). The new thing is a chatbot based on my approach to career transition coaching for PhDs. It’s a guided reflection tool designed to help users better…
Seems like there's a lot of good US politics news tonight (for a change). Congratulations!
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Seems like there's a lot of good US politics news tonight (for a change). Congratulations!
Congratulations NYC folks!! 👏🏻🙌🏻
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Congratulations NYC folks!! 👏🏻🙌🏻
Reposted by Jennifer Polk
as far as i can tell this is what new york is facing right now and im wishing you all the best
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
as far as i can tell this is what new york is facing right now and im wishing you all the best
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“I’ve been working in the lab and am paying close attention to every single thing. . . . I’m savoring every moment, in case these are my last ones.” @juliekovacs.bsky.social 🧪⚗️
cen.acs.org/policy/resea...
cen.acs.org/policy/resea...
For chemists in academia, federal shutdown compounds stress
The nearly monthlong stoppage of government activity is disrupting an already-chaotic funding year
cen.acs.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“I’ve been working in the lab and am paying close attention to every single thing. . . . I’m savoring every moment, in case these are my last ones.” @juliekovacs.bsky.social 🧪⚗️
cen.acs.org/policy/resea...
cen.acs.org/policy/resea...
Reposted by Jennifer Polk
🆄🅽🆂🅰🅵🅴 🅸🅽 🆃🅷🅴 🆆🅾🆁🅺🅿🅻🅰🅲🅴
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
[links to referenced articles in ALT text]
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🆄🅽🆂🅰🅵🅴 🅸🅽 🆃🅷🅴 🆆🅾🆁🅺🅿🅻🅰🅲🅴
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
[links to referenced articles in ALT text]
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
[links to referenced articles in ALT text]
Reposted by Jennifer Polk
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
I was at Nathan Phillips again tonight for game 7 - great crowd, disappointing end.
November 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I was at Nathan Phillips again tonight for game 7 - great crowd, disappointing end.
Not sure I've ever been in such a crowded subway, coming back home from watching the Jays game at Nathan Phillips. Sucks they lost but it was fun!
November 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Not sure I've ever been in such a crowded subway, coming back home from watching the Jays game at Nathan Phillips. Sucks they lost but it was fun!
Reposted by Jennifer Polk
Timeline cleanse- NYC Halloween Parade and Thriller.
November 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Timeline cleanse- NYC Halloween Parade and Thriller.
Sports fans singing to Nickelback lol (at City Hall for game 6)
November 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Sports fans singing to Nickelback lol (at City Hall for game 6)
Digital displays on buses are in the spirit with LET'S GO BLUE JAYS! alternating with regular text
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Digital displays on buses are in the spirit with LET'S GO BLUE JAYS! alternating with regular text
Reposted by Jennifer Polk
Food for very worried thought: This Physicist Says We Don't Take COVID Seriously Enough via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee
We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
thetyee.ca
October 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Food for very worried thought: This Physicist Says We Don't Take COVID Seriously Enough via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Want to cut your internet bill before the holidays hit?
Try Oxio, Canada folks. It’s fast, affordable, and doesn’t require a tech degree to set up.
Cheapest plan is perfect for me.
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Try Oxio, Canada folks. It’s fast, affordable, and doesn’t require a tech degree to set up.
Cheapest plan is perfect for me.
Referral code = RY3RKJF
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October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Want to cut your internet bill before the holidays hit?
Try Oxio, Canada folks. It’s fast, affordable, and doesn’t require a tech degree to set up.
Cheapest plan is perfect for me.
Referral code = RY3RKJF
oxio.ca
Try Oxio, Canada folks. It’s fast, affordable, and doesn’t require a tech degree to set up.
Cheapest plan is perfect for me.
Referral code = RY3RKJF
oxio.ca
Reposted by Jennifer Polk
will kim is still in ICE detention
will taeheung kim, a korean american scientist and doctoral candidate with a green card, is still being detained by ICE. he's been in detention since July 21, first at SFO for over a week and then in various ICE facilities all over the country.
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
will kim is still in ICE detention
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Here's a recording of my 10-minute presentation about addressing shared indoor air as an accessibility barrier in our learning environments.
Feel free to share!
youtu.be/HD0wVoN7Pr8
Feel free to share!
youtu.be/HD0wVoN7Pr8
October 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Here's a recording of my 10-minute presentation about addressing shared indoor air as an accessibility barrier in our learning environments.
Feel free to share!
youtu.be/HD0wVoN7Pr8
Feel free to share!
youtu.be/HD0wVoN7Pr8
Booked a flight going the wrong way! 😩 Noticed almost immediately and could cancel no problem but yikes, me. Who else has done this?
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Booked a flight going the wrong way! 😩 Noticed almost immediately and could cancel no problem but yikes, me. Who else has done this?
Reposted by Jennifer Polk
This is important, #HigherEd
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If you are a Canadian scientist 🧪 alarmed by the unfair targeting of academics working on research related to EDI in the US ➡️
Turn your attention to our own House of Commons' Standing Committee on Science and Research and consider signing this open letter:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Turn your attention to our own House of Commons' Standing Committee on Science and Research and consider signing this open letter:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data?
The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...
docs.google.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is important, #HigherEd
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You didn’t get a PhD to spend your days applying for jobs that drain you. Learn how to find work that aligns with your values Especially relevant for professors, postdocs, and other PhDs exploring new paths. Watch the free webinar now.
Free Training for PhDs - From PhD to Life
Leaving academia? You want a new career as a PhD without wasting time applying for the wrong jobs, but don’t know where to start. Get clarity with Dr. Jen Polk in this free training.
fromphdtolife.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
You didn’t get a PhD to spend your days applying for jobs that drain you. Learn how to find work that aligns with your values Especially relevant for professors, postdocs, and other PhDs exploring new paths. Watch the free webinar now.