🚀 go-pugleaf

It may also be possible (under some circumstances) to get a part-time appointme
nt at a university that allows you to maintain academic membership while having
 time to consult - say a 60 or 75% slot that will holds some benefits.

Ken

On Tue, 27 Jan 1998 08:16:10 -0600 G. Marc Turner said:
>Well, as long as all the other researchers are coming out of the woodwork
>I'll throw in my 2 cents...
>
>I've been working in the private sector (doing human factors/usability
>work) for the past several months.  For me this is great since it has
>combined all of my interests: research methodology, computers, and even
>psychometrics to some extent.  Also, the pay is a lot better than I was
>getting in academia.  However, I still want to stay in academia when I
>finish.  My current plan is to be a professor and use my expertise with
>research & psychometrics for consulting positions in the private sector.
>There seems to be this myth that you have to choose one or the other.  I
>say, go for both!  Most universities that I'm familiar with allow their
>professors to do outside consulting, though some look more favorably on
>this than others.  The difficult part is balancing a teaching load,
>research, and consulting.  But it can be done.
>
>- Marc
>
>Grad student, lecturer, consultant...