Networking

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When we were younger and in school, we\u2019d"},{"id":1111,"link":"https:\/\/futuresite0009.jobelephant.com\/beyond-the-academic-herd-how-to-pursue-opportunity\/","name":"beyond-the-academic-herd-how-to-pursue-opportunity","thumbnail":{"url":false,"alt":false},"title":"Beyond the academic herd: how to pursue opportunity","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"Dave Galgoczy","link":"https:\/\/futuresite0009.jobelephant.com\/author\/davegalgoczy\/"},"date":"Apr 17, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-04-17 22:41:47","modifiedDate":"2025-04-17 22:46:28","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-04-17 22:46:28","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/futuresite0009.jobelephant.com\/category\/networking\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Networking<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/futuresite0009.jobelephant.com\/category\/networking\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Networking<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":4,"sec":1},"status":"publish","content":"Years ago, during my grad school interviews, the late Seymour Benzer told me that I would be forced to decide in grad school whether I would \u201crun"}]