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Who we talked to: Joe Burns, 35, head of biology at Decibel Therapeutics, Cambridge, Mass.
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Great article. There are a lot of great ways to use a PhD and a lot of interesting problems to solve in academia, in government, and in the private sector.
My advisor was a bit disappointed when I didn’t choose academia, but I’ve never regretted it and always had interesting problems to work on (and never had to spend a day chasing a grant).