I've just secured my first postdoc: only six months on a zero-hours contract, but in my ideal field and a fantastic department nevertheless. I know there'll be likely few onward career prospects, so I just want to really enjoy the job for what it is, for now.
Every job I have ever done in the past (in a variety of fields, this is my first in academia) I have totally and utterly messed up, due either my strange behaviour, complete absence of interpersonal skills or through inadvertently making myself a magnet for bullying. Throughout each episode I received lots of "help", which always ended with me being told that I should simply accept myself as too disabled to work: given the benefits system nowadays, and given that I like working, I don't want to do that - especially as I now do have the perfect job.
So, I mean, how? How do I do this?
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How to succeed at a postdoc whilst surviving with MH challenges, Aspergers &etc?
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CrumbledPostItNote · 08/04/2019 07:14
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