Fiona的新聞英語：The price of doing a postdoc

看新聞學英文，透過時事精進英文閱讀能力，雅思托福考完留學之前自修英文。

透過了解國際時事學習英文。

www.sciencemag.org/careers/2017/01/price-doing-postdoc?utm_source=sciencemagazine&utm_medium=facebook-text&utm_campaign=postdocprice-10365​

這篇報導指出唸完博士之後如果繼續做博士後研究，以生醫領域來說，博士畢業之後的十五年內，會跟同樣博士唸完就進入業界的人，少賺近 240K美金！

最讓人心酸的應該是這一句：

“When you enter the job market at the end of a postdoc, you’ve essentially lost those years,” Kahn says. “You’re starting out at an entry level because a postdoc just doesn’t count in the way that job experience counts.”

Post-doc的經驗在業界幾乎是不算數的，所以做完post-doc出來找工作，薪水是從底層開始算起。

另外，這一句也蠻心酸的，但是實在中肯：

The new study highlights the error of this approach. “If you’re thinking that a postdoc is a way to get a good job in industry, this research would suggest that you’re making the wrong choice,” Salzman says.

很多博士生畢業之後會做post-doc是因為他們以為這個經驗對接下來改變主意進入業界也是很有幫助的。實際上完全不然。

tenured professors: professors who have a tenure have a secure position in a university

comes at a hefty price: 'comes at' means 付出什麼樣的代價; hefty price means high price

well into their careers: 'well into something' means 不只是只有剛開始幾年，而是一直延續下去，影響非常的深遠

to track the careers: 'track' is a verb, 追蹤

median salary: 薪水中位數

face a pay gap: to face the challenge/ gap in salary/pay

in the wake of: as a result of

perils: dangers

are not compensated later in their careers: compensate means 補償

dismal: depressing and sad

at odds with: to be incongruous with something, to be different from something, usually refers to a contrast

slim odds: low chances, here it means it is unlikely to get/land a tenure-track academic position

nonmonetary: not related to money

earning potential: the chances of getting a good salary

grant programs: 'grant' refers to 'research grants' 

cut-throat: 「割喉」戰

文章最後說，就算有博士畢業生想做post-doc，面試的時候也應該跟他們明講：

“The advisers should say, ‘Look it’s in our best interest to have you as a postdoc, but it may not be in your best interest.’ It’s getting cut-throat out there.”

意思就是post-doc便宜好用，當然對聘請他們的機構來說是很棒的選擇，但是對post-doc本身來說不見得是很好的選擇，應該要三思而後行。