Why it took me eight years and three postdoc jobs to describe myself as a scientist

Why it took me eight years and three postdoc jobs to describe myself as a scientist

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“For a long time, I thought a good scientist was someone who knows everything about their own subject, but during my journey from a project assistant to a scientist, I realized that I was wrong: scientists have to rely on each other.”

Atmospheric scientist Shipra Jain shares how she got over her hesitation, even years into her research career, to call herself a ‘scientist’. (Nature)