Ten Simple Rules for landing on the right job after your PhD or postdoc

About the Authors: Kuan-lin Huang * E-mail: kuan-lin.huang@mssm.edu Affiliation: Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Center for Transformative Disease Modeling, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5537-5817 Introduction Freshly minted PhD and postdocs can often benefit from thorough guidance on career development and choosing the right job afterward. While these articles mostly include invaluable advice from senior leaders reflecting from decades of experience, I (having just gone through the process) wish to offer a complementary set of fresh-baked lessons. Take every opportunity you have in networking events to talk with the majority of the PhDs who choose a nonacademic career path and learn about it. [...]many internet technology companies derive values by optimizing advertisement views and clicks, which drives the economy (with the potential trade-off on consumer privacy and mental health).