We asked the same five questions to eleven astronomers who now work in different fields in order to understand their career paths, their motivations to leave astronomy and the skills that helped them in their transition.
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02 February 2018
In the version of this Q&A originally published, the surnames of Jana Polednikova and Luis Chavarría were spelled incorrectly as Polidnekova and Chavvaria. These errors have now been corrected.
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Karouzos, M. Careers beyond academia. Nat Astron 2, 20–23 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0356-1
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