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Dummy no more: When to accept you’re no longer a beginner

Posted on 26 Jan 2018 by Rebecca Wild

You won’t always be a student, trainee, or beginner. Expertise comes from knowing your skills and constantly trying to improve, says Atma Ivancevic.

Vector illustration is showing female scientist (a person/s with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences) in the middle of working process. Scientists silhouettes are placed into lower part of illustration. All around there are placed different elements which are showing different processes and approaches while solving a problem/looking for solution. We can see magnifying glass a metaphor/symbol for identification/closer look on a problem; puzzles for looking the right parts; ladders for improvement; gears and wheels for thinking; speech bubbles for different thoughts/ideas; arrows for direction of thinking; question mark for questioning and self verification. We can also see a lot of icons related with science like: DNA, microscope, laboratory equipment, molecular structure, cells, atom... Illustration is nicely layered.

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Posted in Blog, Career paths, Postdoc, Research | Tagged #PhD, atma ivancevic, career, experience, imposter syndrome, improving, interview, postdoc, scientist, skills, student, trainee
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