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r/postdoc

20k members
r/postdoc is a subreddit with 20k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is large in size.

Popular Themes in r/postdoc

#1
Pain & Anger
: "Trump canceled my grant"
27 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "How do I make sure my postdoc isn't simply a PhD 2.0?"
26 posts
#3
Opportunities
: "Postdoc opportunities are vanishing"
2 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Since every second post is about leaving the US.... Let's build a data base together to help each other"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/postdoc

#1

Postdoc

: "Postdoc opportunities are vanishing"
147 posts
#2

Research

: "How did you design your own line of Research?"
47 posts
#3

Pi

: "Why does every Pi email like theyre summoning you to academic court?"
32 posts
#4

Job

: "When someone says, It must be nice to have such a flexible Job. 😐"
28 posts
#5

Funding

: "Seems like a bunch of postdoc Funding sources got axed today... who else got hit?"
26 posts
#6

Us

: "And jUst like that it’s over"
25 posts
#7

Academic

: "Is Academic work more draining than a regular job?"
25 posts
#8

Life

: "And just like that it’s over"
19 posts
#9

Advice

: "Seeking Advice - a two-month gap before postdoc position"
18 posts
#10

Phd

: "The Opportunity Cost of a Phd: There is no financial benefit associated with Phd completion for men. In fact, it appears that the sooner they can drop out, the better. There’s a roughly 8-10% earnings premium for women, depending on the reference category they use"
14 posts

Member Growth in r/postdoc

Yearly
+8k members(62.2%)

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