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  Piled Higher & Deeper
                                
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           A “standard” career path in science
     GENERAL                            CZ                         USA
        bachelor                     bachelor                  bachelor
        masters                       masters                           masters
          PhD                          PhD                     PhD
                             CAS             universities
       postdoc 1         postdoktorand                             postdoc
                           vedecky           odborny asistent
                           asistent                               assistant 
                                                                  professor
       postdoc 2            vedecky             docent
                           pracovnik                              associate 
   junior group leader                                            professor
                            vedouci 
                            vedecky             profesor
  senior group leader      pracovnik                              professor
                                         
             Your options without PhD
                                  lab jobs in industry
                 private sector   non-lab jobs in 
                                  the field
    M.Sc.                         leave the field    
                                  (management positions)
                 government       lab jobs                        
                                  (university, CAS, forensic, MZP)
                                  teaching           
                                  (elementary, highschool)
                                  other
   … M.Sc. is a requirement for many well-paid jobs.
   + will earn money earlier than with PhD
   - in specific cases limited career development options
   - may have an uneasy life if you work together with PhD holders
                           
             Your options with PhD
                                  lab jobs in industry
                 private sector   non-lab jobs in 
                                  the field
     PhD.                         leave the field    
                                  (management positions)
                 government       lab jobs                        
                                  (university, CAS, forensic, MZP)
                                  teaching           (highschool, 
                                  university)
                                  other
   + career not restricted by education requirements
   + higher salary
   - less well-paid positions/expensive labor force
   - three-to-seven extra years of suffering
                           
   - overeducation may limit the number of available positions