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Exploring Varied Entry Points to Our Profession
Welcome back.
This week’s community discussion topic looks at the various pathways to becoming a biopharma communicator.
The two most common that we see are people who study PR, communications, journalism, maybe even English in school, but who learn science on the job, talk to experts, have a passion for it, and become a successful biopharma communicator.
The other that we’re starting to see more of at Ticket to Biotech, which is really exciting, are scientists by training, people who are postdoctoral students or have their PhDs and want to communicate their work to the world.
Maybe they don’t want to be a bench scientist, and feel like they can have a better impact in a different way.
These folks can often learn PR, communications best practices on the job.
And there are many other ways to become successful.
These are only a couple, but we want hear from you, Ticket to Biotech community, about your experiences.
If you’re at the early stage of your career and considering becoming a communicator, or coming over from being a scientist, what do you need to know?
What’s going to tip the scales?
And if you’re a communicator — which most of us in the Ticket to Biotech community already are — what’s been your experience?
How did you get to where you are?
Do you have any tips, adviceĀ for people looking to make the leap?
What else would you share about your experience?
So, hop over to Slack and tell us what you think, and we’ll see you next week.