81. Ashley Ruba, academic expat and career coach, on being nimble and making pivots

Episode 81. Ashley Ruba is the founder of After Academia and a Human Factors Engineer at Arthrex. Ashley did her PhD in developmental psychology at the University of Washington and her undergrad degree at Duke University. Show Notes: Infant language and emotional development lab [02:00] NIH NRSA Institutional Postdoc Training Grant (T32) [03:48] Ashey’s academic story [01:45] Leaving academia [07:12] Human Factors Engineer [9:35] Arthrax [10:37] Working in augmented reality [10:43] Attachment styles [13:10] How do you get your first job out of academia [16:05] Pivoting into UX research and Human Factors Engineering and the process of making the change [24:21] Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive [28:44] Pivoting from big tech for stability and more growth opportunities [29:40] Career coaching [32:22] Getting over self doubt, internal roadblock, and imposter syndrome [34:39] How do I get recruiter to look at my resume [38:32] Tactical tips on how to structure a resume [40:08] Motivating factors beyond salary and benefits [44:22] Being honest with yourself [47:11] Core values - growth [48:21] Most unexpected change and realization [49:37] Listen to yourself [52:57] What advice would you give to your younger self? [54:09] The myth of being stuck in academia [57:06]

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81. Ashley Ruba, academic expat and career coach, on being nimble and making pivots is an episode from Once a Scientist by Nick Edwards.

This episode is 60:01 long.

This episode was published on Jan 17, 2024.

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