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Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.18,0:00:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who of you was born between\Nthe 1980s and the early 2000s?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.98,0:00:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right, most of us ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.80,0:00:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So most of us here, including me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.56,0:00:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are part of the generation of millennials,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.64,0:00:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or “generation Y.”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.38,0:00:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suspect this “Y” stands for\N“'Why' are we so misunderstood?”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.31,0:00:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.94,0:00:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A stereotype about the millennials\Nis that we were told at an early age
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.31,0:00:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we could be whatever we wanted to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.80,0:00:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Contrary to our parents'\Nand grandparents' generations,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.86,0:00:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we millennials were privileged enough
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.08,0:01:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to have to struggle\Nwith war, or recession,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.40,0:01:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to have to emigrate\Nin order to find a job.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.78,0:01:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, life was finally relatively stable,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.90,0:01:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we were raised to be high achievers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.30,0:01:14.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The sky is the limit.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.03,0:01:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world is your playground."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.55,0:01:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.21,0:01:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the time I was 17 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.16,0:01:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was finishing high school in Brazil,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.50,0:01:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my country of origin,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.47,0:01:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struggling with the question\Nmany millennial teenagers struggled with:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.39,0:01:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“What do I want to do when I grow up?”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.47,0:01:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing I would probably not be able\Nto answer that at such an early age,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.63,0:01:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I figured I’d settle for answering\Na smaller question instead at that point:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.37,0:01:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“What do I want to study\Nat university next year?”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.90,0:01:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, once I’m at university,\NI'll ask myself what I want to do next,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.49,0:01:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then do that again, step by step.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.71,0:02:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounded like a good plan.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.70,0:02:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And have you always known,\Nsince you were little,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.02,0:02:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you wanted to study at university?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.50,0:02:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If so, I envy you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.48,0:02:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my thought process was more like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.65,0:02:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"OK, I like biology in school,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.08,0:02:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.28,0:02:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve got no interest\Nin studying plants or insects,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.87,0:02:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don’t really want\Nto become a medical doctor."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.64,0:02:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thought I’d start\Na bachelor's in Biomedical Sciences,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.14,0:02:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to study human biology.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.16,0:02:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That seemed to fit well.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.01,0:02:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And soon after I started,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.79,0:02:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw that my suspicion\Nfrom high school was true:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.49,0:02:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Science was awesome!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.54,0:02:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The human body works in ways\Nthat seem out of this world!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.95,0:02:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s unbelievable how much goes on\Ninside one tiny cell in our body.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.88,0:02:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was really enjoying\Nthe subjects in my bachelor’s,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.74,0:02:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was getting pretty good grades.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.54,0:03:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thought: "I must be doing\Nsomething right."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.34,0:03:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was still\Nsomething bothering me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.16,0:03:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the time had come\Nto ask myself what I would do next.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.05,0:03:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But everyone who I asked what my options\Nwere for after getting the degree
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.07,0:03:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would tell me the same thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.45,0:03:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“There are no 'options.'
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.21,0:03:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is 'one' option:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.70,0:03:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After your bachelor’s, you do a master’s;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.89,0:03:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after your master’s, you do a PhD;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.18,0:03:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the ultimate goal is to become\Na university professor and researcher.”
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.62,0:03:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone would tell me that\Nbecause that’s all they knew.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.30,0:03:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But wait, what do you mean,\N“there’s only one option”?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.44,0:03:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m a millennial; I was told\Nthe sky is the limit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.52,0:03:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doing a master’s and a PhD\Nwas OK with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.02,0:03:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved science and wanted\Nto get deeper into it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.57,0:03:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and keep doing\Nsome cool things in the lab.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.90,0:03:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the last part about becoming\Na professor really concerned me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.94,0:04:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because back then I already knew\NI didn’t want to do research forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.96,0:04:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I did my master’s and my PhD,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.47,0:04:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still in love with science,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.87,0:04:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but always feeling like the black sheep\Nin my graduate program,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.66,0:04:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the one that doesn’t share\Nthe dream of a professorship,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.92,0:04:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the odd one out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.61,0:04:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I went on, at first mostly alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.29,0:04:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost embarrassed, almost apologetic,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.65,0:04:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to find the answer\Nto my new question:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.96,0:04:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what kinds of jobs could I have\Nthat don’t involve me doing experiments,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.66,0:04:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but are still related to science?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.16,0:04:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I spent years doing my own research,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.81,0:04:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having my own little side project\Nin parallel to my thesis,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.76,0:04:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reading and talking to a lot of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.62,0:04:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started coming across\Nmore and more colleagues
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.29,0:04:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were looking for the answer\Nto the same question.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.15,0:04:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out I wasn’t alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.55,0:04:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were a few other\Nblack sheep like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.18,0:05:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I found that there are\Nso many kinds of jobs one could have
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.93,0:05:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a science or technology background.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.07,0:05:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can work with business consulting,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.03,0:05:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,project management, science journalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.37,0:05:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,digital health and science technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.68,0:05:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,editorial of a scientific journal,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.72,0:05:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,public policy,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.72,0:05:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patent protection\Nand intellectual property,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.14,0:05:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,public health;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.17,0:05:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entrepreneurship,\Nstarting yourown company ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.03,0:05:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just to name a few.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.78,0:05:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suddenly went from "worried\Nthat there won’t be any options"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.40,0:05:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to "overwhelmed with all the\Ndozens of possibilities."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.39,0:05:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I asked myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.22,0:05:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why is it that not all\Ngraduate students know that?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.21,0:05:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why did it take me so long\Nto find out the truth?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.22,0:05:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized that it's because\Nthe academic world is a bubble.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.19,0:05:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it feels like people\Nwho are in that bubble
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.76,0:05:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don’t have so much contact\Nwith the outside world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.75,0:06:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s little space for sunshine\Nor vacation in that bubble.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.15,0:06:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s why graduate students look so pale.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.56,0:06:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A diet based on instant noodles\Nand coffee doesn’t help either.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.91,0:06:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know, because I lived\Nin that bubble for 10 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.69,0:06:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I noticed that my lack of access
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.21,0:06:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to information coming\Nfrom outside the bubble
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.11,0:06:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was due to the academic culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.51,0:06:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the core aspects\Nof the academic culture
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.84,0:06:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that most people still believe
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.47,0:06:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the main purpose of doing a PhD\Nis to become a university professor
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.56,0:06:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and researcher.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.77,0:06:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, historically, this is true\Nthis used to be the case in the past
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.13,0:06:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was like that in my\Ngrandparents’ generation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.49,0:06:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it’s still true that if you want\Nto be a professor today,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.85,0:06:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to do a PhD.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.10,0:06:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a post-doc.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.39,0:06:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a second post-doc.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.68,0:06:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes a third one ...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.44,0:07:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you don’t necessarily have to become\Na lifelong academic researcher
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.10,0:07:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because you did a master’s and a PhD.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.53,0:07:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, most PhDs -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.02,0:07:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,90 to 99%, depending on the country -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.46,0:07:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,end up elsewhere, outside academia,\Nafter their studies.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.85,0:07:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, becoming a professor is not\Nthe "classical path" anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.91,0:07:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has become the "alternative path."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.61,0:07:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even though doing something else\Nis the most common path,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.19,0:07:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is still a culture of discouragement\Nif you want to leave academia,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.63,0:07:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which contributed to making me feel\Nlike a black sheep during my studies.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.03,0:07:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve heard academics call those\Nwho leave the academic bubble four things.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.78,0:07:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Time-waster."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.22,0:07:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say by leaving academia
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.79,0:07:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you’re throwing out of the window\Nall the time and effort
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.78,0:07:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you put into learning\Nscience all those years.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.83,0:07:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But pursuing a career\Nunrelated to academia
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.100,0:08:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not mean "unrelated to research."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.28,0:08:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’re also called a "traitor."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.33,0:08:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My personal favorite.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.91,0:08:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The University invested\Nso much money in training you,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.47,0:08:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now you’re turning your back\Non academic research."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.57,0:08:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we should be forever grateful\Nto our graduate programs,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.96,0:08:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don’t remember ever signing\Na lifelong contract to stay in research.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.62,0:08:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’re also called a "failed scientist."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.25,0:08:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ouch.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.56,0:08:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, if you’re leaving\Nthe academic bubble,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.34,0:08:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it must mean you were not\Ngood enough to make it in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.57,0:08:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ve even heard a professor say,\Nalmost mourning:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.52,0:08:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I once had such a brilliant student
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.56,0:08:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who later went to work\Nin the private sector ...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.68,0:08:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don’t know where I went wrong."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.20,0:09:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, maybe that student left\Nbecause he or she wanted to?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.28,0:09:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not because they had to?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.73,0:09:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally, you're called "greedy."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.73,0:09:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, because the industry\Npays better than academia.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.67,0:09:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, actually the industry\Npays reasonable salaries,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.68,0:09:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appropriate for highly\Neducated professionals.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.15,0:09:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s academia that underpays.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.42,0:09:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I personally don’t get it,\Nwhy academics get so defensive
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.67,0:09:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about graduate students\Nleaving for non-academic jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.64,0:09:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are not enough jobs\Nin academia anyway!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.44,0:09:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The number of fresh PhDs has gone up\Ntremendously over the years,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.62,0:09:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the number of new faculty positions\Nhas stayed roughly the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.66,0:09:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The universities right now\Njust cannot accommodate that many PhDs
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.63,0:09:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as permanent researchers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.73,0:09:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you see,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.25,0:09:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you want to leave academia,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.36,0:10:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you’re a greedy, failed,\Ntime-wasting Judas.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.38,0:10:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you actually want to stay,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.95,0:10:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there’s no job for you!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.01,0:10:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To solve this academic paradox,\Nthere are a few options.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.89,0:10:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is to limit the amount of students\Nbeing admitted into graduate programs,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.80,0:10:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to control the number\Nof new PhDs getting a degree,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.45,0:10:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I personally\Ndon't really like the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.66,0:10:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of restricting access to education.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.57,0:10:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A second, obvious way is to create\Nmore researcher positions,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.77,0:10:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hire more people as permanent scientists.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.69,0:10:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This would already help a lot,\Nbut it wouldn’t be enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.93,0:10:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we really have to face the facts
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.21,0:10:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and approach the issue\Nfrom a different angle.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.11,0:10:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Graduate programs have to start\Npreparing their students
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.31,0:10:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for tasks they will actually\Nbe doing in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.18,0:11:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Companies want to hire PhDs\Nfor their deep knowledge of science
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.64,0:11:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their ability to solve\Nproblems and learn fast.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.42,0:11:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And students right now are being trained\Nto become excellent investigators,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.09,0:11:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is great,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.63,0:11:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if most of them will end up\Nworking in the private sector,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.78,0:11:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they should also be trained\Nto become excellent administrators,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.05,0:11:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,negotiators,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.83,0:11:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communicators,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.71,0:11:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaders.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.09,0:11:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Graduate programs have to start teaching,\Nat least as an option,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.05,0:11:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,courses on business concepts,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.39,0:11:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entrepreneurship,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.92,0:11:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,project management, marketing, finance ...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.39,0:11:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s time we bring\Na bit of the MBA into the PhD.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.52,0:11:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On top of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.63,0:11:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,graduate students also need to receive\Nmore career support and guidance.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.27,0:11:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of them are not even aware\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.05,0:11:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their chances of getting\Na professorship are minimal.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.82,0:11:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right from the start of their programs,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.12,0:12:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they must be constantly\Nexposed to, not hidden from,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.12,0:12:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all their possibilities\Nbeyond the academic bubble,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.10,0:12:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can make an informed\Ncareer decision and prepare for it,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.83,0:12:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not just take anything\Nthat comes their way.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.29,0:12:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they really only go on\Nto do a post-doc
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.25,0:12:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they actively decided for it,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.02,0:12:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because they didn’t know\Nwhat else to do
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.10,0:12:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turned on the autopilot mode.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.01,0:12:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And students should also be more active\Nin getting career information.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.98,0:12:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it’s hard ...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.10,0:12:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don’t have time for anything\Nother than our theses,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.53,0:12:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of the time
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.55,0:12:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just prefer to avoid\Nthinking about the future altogether.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.09,0:12:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.76,0:12:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will come anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.19,0:12:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your university education\Nis not your whole career;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.33,0:12:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is your background.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.58,0:12:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No bachelor’s, master’s\Nor PhD lasts forever,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.98,0:12:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though it might feel like it\Nmost of the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.82,0:13:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are all temporary positions,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.32,0:13:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we’ll soon have to figure\Nout our next move.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.62,0:13:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you don’t have to do it alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.27,0:13:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can team up with colleagues\Nwho are in the same boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.56,0:13:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s how we’ve established\Nthe Career Development Initiative,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.49,0:13:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the CDI, here in Berlin,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.85,0:13:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is entirely organized\Nby students, alumni
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.21,0:13:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one professor who acknowledges\Nthe need for a culture change.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.11,0:13:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are still rare, but they exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.98,0:13:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together, we use the time\Nnone of us have -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.63,0:13:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evenings, weekends -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.34,0:13:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put together events,\Ntraining programs and internships
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.63,0:13:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help students find jobs\Nwhere they feel fulfilled and recognized,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.91,0:13:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside or outside the bubble.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.38,0:13:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m happy to share with current students
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.33,0:13:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I’ve learned\Nabout career options after a PhD,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.56,0:13:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they don’t feel\Nlike black sheep themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.36,0:13:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For all of this to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.78,0:14:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for graduate students\Nto get more information and training
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.37,0:14:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become prepared\Nfor a transition into the job market,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.45,0:14:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the professors who supervise them\Nneed to support them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.88,0:14:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a professor\Nand can’t be a career mentor yourself -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.10,0:14:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, after all,\Nyou’re also in the bubble -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.16,0:14:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least do not discourage\Nyour students from doing this.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.55,0:14:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let them take part in courses\Nand extracurricular activities
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.47,0:14:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if they're not\Ndirectly related to research.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.23,0:14:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It most likely won’t interfere\Nwith the quality of their theses,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.45,0:14:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it might make a huge\Ndifference for their future.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.41,0:14:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let’s keep in mind that most graduates\Nwill leave for non-academic jobs
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.66,0:14:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that it is not a sign of failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.35,0:14:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know that if you’re not\Nin the academic bubble yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.42,0:14:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might be thinking:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.91,0:14:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“OK, so life for graduate\Nstudents is hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.46,0:14:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cry me a river."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.17,0:15:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“It was their own choice\Nto go down that road.”
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.58,0:15:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I’m a lawyer, why should I care?”
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.17,0:15:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’ll tell you why you should care.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.26,0:15:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of innovation,\Nof ideas that improve society -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.33,0:15:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be they cures for diseases,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.70,0:15:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or solutions for world hunger,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.69,0:15:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the latest technologies -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.58,0:15:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are born in universities.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.65,0:15:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most of the people working on this\Nare graduate students.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.16,0:15:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sure, professors manage\Nand supervise everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.76,0:15:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the everyday,\Nhands-on, "dirty work"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.75,0:15:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is done by the students.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.54,0:15:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If research is like\Nconstructing a skyscraper,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.82,0:15:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are the thousands of bricklayers.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.22,0:15:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it’s a war, they are the army.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.78,0:15:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it’s Game of Thrones,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.02,0:15:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are the white walkers.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.78,0:15:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They even look just as pale.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.79,0:15:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.24,0:16:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The progress of science and innovation\Ndepends on graduate students.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.07,0:16:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let’s take care of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.45,0:16:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,value them and give them\Ncareer guidance and mental support.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.08,0:16:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let’s encourage them\Nto be the best version of themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.38,0:16:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Science is amazing,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.79,0:16:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it can do so much for our lives\Nif done out of passion and not pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.23,0:16:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need a change in the academic culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.18,0:16:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, let’s stop thinking:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.64,0:16:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hmm ... Things are not great,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.12,0:16:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that’s just how it is\Nand has always been."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.32,0:16:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, after we leave here today,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.99,0:16:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let’s not again reproduce\Nthe century-old speech
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.49,0:16:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a PhD is a one-way ticket\Nto "Professorland,"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.34,0:16:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let’s start opening our eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.38,0:16:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all the things a millennial\Nwith a degree can do -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.37,0:16:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he or she ever gets off that phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.64,0:17:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Academics should start reaching out more\Nto people outside the bubble
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.15,0:17:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be supportive of their colleagues.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.36,0:17:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Graduate programs have\Nto listen more to their students
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.44,0:17:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and adapt to their needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.57,0:17:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let’s burst that bubble and bring\Nacademia to the twenty-first century.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.11,0:17:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.16,0:17:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s essential that we become\Naware of these issues
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.27,0:17:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and talk about them,\Nlike we’re doing here.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.61,0:17:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let’s keep a critical eye\Non the system we live in,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.34,0:17:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yes, change it,\Nif it needs improvement.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.64,0:17:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all ...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.09,0:17:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that’s what university taught us to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.95,0:17:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)