This month is my job anniversary - 6 years since I've left academia and started to work as an account manager, selling analytical equipment to professors at universities. Leaving academia was very scary, but I couldn't be happier where I am now!
2 years ago, everything was going great in my mid-career lab.
Making a choice to reduce stress and prioritize my health turned out to have ripple effects - my colleagues, family, and friends are reaping the benefits, as am I.
I tell my story in @eLife
https://t.co/UmSmRCBtht
But seriously, as a foreigner, the West Wing taught me so much about the structure of politics! Primaries, Iowa caucuses, Supreme Court, debt ceiling… and so much more that is totally different from back home in Brazil.