Mentoring
It gives direct advice grounded in my background and in the experience of people I have worked closely with. Most issues you bring have already been faced and solved in practice.
PhD demands and outcomes
Prestige, stability, freedom, pay
Academic skills into marketable skills
Academic and corporate career paths
Self-evaluation without external validation
International life across systems and cultures
Choosing field, supervisor, and research group
Academia from the inside: BSc, MSc, PhD, postdoc
Brainstorming and stress-testing ideas with realism
Hiring, selection, and evaluation beyond universities
Sustained work on applications and research statements
Independence, research pressure, publications, networking
Year-long programs prioritising persistence over quick wins
High tolerance for complexity, uncertainty and slow progress