Switching labs after graduating, Good or bad?

[freshprinceMD]

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How would switching to another lab be looked at if I switched after graduating?

I have the opportunity to join a lab which will get me published (PI promised) vs. the one I'm currently in which I don't think I'll get any publication from.
Would it be bad to switch? I've been in my lab for a year and a half.


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[cactusman]

No one on an adcom will care if you switch labs. If you actually do get a publication, or something else to show that your research is productive, then they will care about that.

 

[Shirafune]

How would switching to another lab be looked at if I switched after graduating?

I have the opportunity to join a lab which will get me published (PI promised) vs. the one I'm currently in which I don't think I'll get any publication from.
Would it be bad to switch? I've been in my lab for a year and a half.


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Nothing is published until it's published. Your PI can't promise you anything. I would personally stick in your current lab, unless there is absolutely no chance undergrads/techs get put on papers (i.e. PI doesn't believe undergrads or techs deserve authorship).