Opportunities abound for those who wish to make scientific research their career, if a nomadic lifestyle and short-term positions are acceptable. Advice abounds, particularly on the Internet. Nature's global review begins with the biggest postdoc jungle of them all.
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Norton, B. The world of the postdoc. Nature 383, 195–197 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/383195a0
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