Good Experience. Get out soon - Post Doctoral Associate MIT Employee Review

4.0
May 19, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Good stepping stone for academic or industrial careers.

Cons

Does not let you be PI on grants. Does not allow you to formally advice even BS students. Pay is too low. (Even if your PI wants to pay you more, he's not allowed to)

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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