Pod Labs and Large Corporate Path Labs

[barasch]

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btw, on the job prospect front, i've gotten two interview offers from widely disparate geographic locations and i've still got fellowship to do and these were somewhat unsolicited-plus i come from a program that a lot of people on this forum would shun. so i'm encouraged re: job prospects.

It's nice to hear some good news on the job front. I'm an MS3 and am considering pathology, but scared witless by the job prospects. I'm an AMG with a battleship full of student loans and the prospect of finishing residency and not working is too terrifying to consider.

 

[yaah]

AMGs who attend quality programs and perform adequately should not have huge trouble finding a good job. Unless of course you are really limiting yourself to a very narrow geographic area, in which case timing will play a role. You can also generally afford to be somewhat selective and not settle for a bad job. I halted my job search in mid september after only visiting three places, being in contact with 5 others (who were all not yet prepared to formalize an interview, but were planning to), and receiving another few unsolicitated offers from places I didn't want to consider, but would probably still have been good jobs.**

**"Good job" = either academic spot with relative autonomy in a quality institution or a private job with partnership track in under 5 years with partner pay >$300k/year. Another "good job" would be a semi-academic large hospital where you are an employee but are compensated fairly well, and yet have the opportunity to teach and publish. I do not consider a lot of reference lab jobs to be that great for new graduates, but then again I didn't visit any so maybe there are some good ones. Reference labs often pay experienced people quite well and give them more autonomy.

 

[Caraway]

That's good to know. Thanks yaah.

The "large hospital" academic seems interesting. How easy/difficult is it to be a pathologist physician-scientist at a solid university? If NIH grants are tough to come by (the R01s) can one have a good career getting private (e.g. Gates) or corporate grants?

Thanks--

AMGs who attend quality programs and perform adequately should not have huge trouble finding a good job. Unless of course you are really limiting yourself to a very narrow geographic area, in which case timing will play a role. You can also generally afford to be somewhat selective and not settle for a bad job. I halted my job search in mid september after only visiting three places, being in contact with 5 others (who were all not yet prepared to formalize an interview, but were planning to), and receiving another few unsolicitated offers from places I didn't want to consider, but would probably still have been good jobs.**

**"Good job" = either academic spot with relative autonomy in a quality institution or a private job with partnership track in under 5 years with partner pay >$300k/year. Another "good job" would be a semi-academic large hospital where you are an employee but are compensated fairly well, and yet have the opportunity to teach and publish. I do not consider a lot of reference lab jobs to be that great for new graduates, but then again I didn't visit any so maybe there are some good ones. Reference labs often pay experienced people quite well and give them more autonomy.

 

[yaah]

I don't know the answer to that. I know some people have gotten grants from Pharm companies but those are probably decreasing too.

 

[earmuff]

how often are slide tests incorporated into interviews/vetting of newbies?

 

[yaah]

how often are slide tests incorporated into interviews/vetting of newbies?

I don't think they are that common, but it does happen. I know some reference labs have done that, people have reported back that it has happened.