I earned my PhD in physical oceanography in 1998 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program. How did you go about searching for a job outside of the university setting? I would get curious about something and try to find someone in that field to write to. I talked to anyone and everyone, asking what they did, if they liked it, how to get involved. If they recommended other people to call, I called. If they recommended a book, I read it, then tried to get an appointment with the author.
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