Postdoc - Postdoctoral Research Associate MIT Employee Review

3.0
Jul 31, 2015
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Pros

You will learn many things and may get involve with a project that you need to collaborate with many scholars with different backgrounds. Money was enough to survive in Cambridge or Boston without problems. The atmosphere is amazing with lots of talks and visitors from my field and related fields all the time.

Cons

You feel lots of pressure sometimes while working on different projects. Finding good restaurants around MIT is almost impossible

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Pros

High quality core facilities and well resourced labs. Countless brilliant colleagues who can serve as mentors and collaborators

Cons

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