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399&quot;value&quot;: 4.0
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420&quot;iconEnabled&quot;: false,
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422&quot;flagShape&quot;: &quot;shiny&quot;,
423&quot;languageFlags&quot;: [ ]
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514
515    <div class="header-announcement-bar-wrapper">
516      
517      <a
518        href="#page"
519        class="header-skip-link sqs-button-element--primary"
520      >
521        Skip to Content
522      </a>
523      
524
525
526<style>
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528        .header-blur-background {
529            
530            
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546      <div
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552      ></div>
553      
554      
555
556      <div class='header-inner container--fluid
557        
558        
559        
560         header-mobile-layout-logo-left-nav-right
561        
562        
563        
564        
565        
566        
567         header-layout-nav-right
568        
569        
570        
571        
572        
573        
574        
575        
576        '
577        data-test="header-inner"
578        >
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580        <div class="header-background theme-bg--primary"></div>
581
582        <div class="header-display-desktop" data-content-field="site-title">
583          
584
585          
586
587          
588
589          
590
591          
592
593          
594          
595            
596            <!-- Social -->
597            
598          
599            
600            <!-- Title and nav wrapper -->
601            <div class="header-title-nav-wrapper">
602              
603
604              
605
606              
607                
608                <!-- Title -->
609                
610                  <div
611                    class="
612                      header-title
613                      
614                    "
615                    data-animation-role="header-element"
616                  >
617                    
618                      <div class="header-title-text">
619                        <a id="site-title" href="/" data-animation-role="header-element">JEFF MALINS, PhD</a>
620                      </div>
621                    
622                    
623                  </div>
624                
625              
626                
627                <!-- Nav -->
628                <div class="header-nav">
629                  <div class="header-nav-wrapper">
630                    <nav class="header-nav-list">
631                      
632
633
634    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--external">
635      <a href="/"  data-animation-role="header-element">Home</a>
636    </div>
637  
638
639
640
641  
642    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--collection">
643      <a
644        href="/about"
645        data-animation-role="header-element"
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647      >
648        About
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650    </div>
651  
652  
653  
654
655
656  
657    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--collection header-nav-item--active">
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664      >
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668  
669  
670  
671
672
673  
674    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--collection">
675      <a
676        href="/workshops"
677        data-animation-role="header-element"
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679      >
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683  
684  
685  
686
687
688    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--external">
689      <a href="/#contact-form"  target="_blank"  data-animation-role="header-element">Contact</a>
690    </div>
691  
692
693
694
695
696                    </nav>
697                  </div>
698                </div>
699              
700              
701            </div>
702          
703            
704            <!-- Actions -->
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706              
707                
708              
709              
710
711              
712
713            
714            
715
716              
717              <div class="showOnMobile">
718                
719              </div>
720
721              
722              <div class="showOnDesktop">
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724              </div>
725
726              
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728          
729            
730
731
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764
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766        <div class="header-display-mobile" data-content-field="site-title">
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770            
771          
772            
773            <!-- Title and nav wrapper -->
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775              
776
777              
778
779              
780                
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782                
783                  <div
784                    class="
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786                      
787                    "
788                    data-animation-role="header-element"
789                  >
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791                      <div class="header-title-text">
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793                      </div>
794                    
795                    
796                  </div>
797                
798              
799                
800                <!-- Nav -->
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802                  <div class="header-nav-wrapper">
803                    <nav class="header-nav-list">
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805
806
807    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--external">
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810  
811
812
813
814  
815    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--collection">
816      <a
817        href="/about"
818        data-animation-role="header-element"
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820      >
821        About
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825  
826  
827
828
829  
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837      >
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841  
842  
843  
844
845
846  
847    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--collection">
848      <a
849        href="/workshops"
850        data-animation-role="header-element"
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852      >
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856  
857  
858  
859
860
861    <div class="header-nav-item header-nav-item--external">
862      <a href="/#contact-form"  target="_blank"  data-animation-role="header-element">Contact</a>
863    </div>
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865
866
867
868
869                    </nav>
870                  </div>
871                </div>
872              
873              
874            </div>
875          
876            
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879              
880                
881              
882              
883
884              
885
886            
887            
888
889              
890              <div class="showOnMobile">
891                
892              </div>
893
894              
895              <div class="showOnDesktop">
896                
897              </div>
898
899              
900            </div>
901          
902            
903
904
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935
936          
937          
938          
939          
940          
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942      </div>
943    </div>
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947      
948      
949      
950      
951      "
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959},
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1404    Should I Even Do a Postdoc?
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1411  
1412  <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">I spoke with someone recently who asked this question. They are at a decision point in their career, and are open to industry and hybrid roles, but don't want to close the door on academia, which is still their first choice.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">When I defended my PhD in 2013, I briefly considered taking some time to recharge and to think through whether doing a postdoc was even the right next step. However, my supervisor was worried about losing momentum, plus I hadn't heard of anyone in my field actually getting a faculty job without one. So I didn't take the break. I did two postdocs back to back, in six years total.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">I learned an enormous amount. But I also didn't think clearly about what I was actually training for. Looking back, I think that's the most important question to ask.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><strong>What are you actually training for?</strong></h3><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">My two postdocs were very different from each other. The first was at a large research institute funded entirely by grants, with multiple research groups running in parallel and many staff scientists who focu
1412sed solely on research. It looked nothing like my PhD, which was a small university lab. At the institute, I learned how NIH funding works, how to apply for and execute grants, and how to lead high-profile multi-site projects. I built my network, and those connections ultimately led to my faculty job.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The second postdoc was much closer to a traditional university environment. I learned how to nurture a small research group, got more directly involved in data collection and administration, and watched my mentor navigate the balance of teaching, research, service, and clinical responsibilities — things I'd been largely shielded from at the institute.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Here's what's interesting: the faculty role I eventually got looked a lot more like my second postdoc in terms of environment and structure. But my current role as a data scientist maps more closely onto my first postdoc: the large research organization, the grant-driven culture, the juggling of competing priorities across parallel projects. I didn't anticipate that at the time, and it's made me realize how much the environment you train in shapes the work you end up doing.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><strong>Would I do it again?</strong></h3><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Honestly, I'm not sure. Right after my PhD there's no way I was ready for the faculty role I got six years later. I needed that time. But those six years also directly contributed to the research drift I've written about — the gradual pull away from what originally drew me to the field. Had I started my own lab straight out of graduate school, it might have been more closely aligned with my actual interests.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">It was also a genuinely challenging period. The pay is low throughout your late twenties and early thirties. The mental health toll is real. I relocated to the US for my first postdoc and I'm still here thirteen years later, so it's safe to say that doing a postdoc completely altered the trajectory of my life. And yet, because it was such an intense shared experience, I made some of my closest lifelong friends during that time. The transient nature of a postdoc means those friends are now scattered across the globe — but, as one of them reminded me, that also means that anywhere I go, I have a friend to visit.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><strong>Some questions worth asking before you decide:</strong></h3><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">What are you actually training for? Running a university lab, working in a research institute, or something in a hybrid or industry setting?</p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Are you curious about the applied aspects of your discipline and how it connects to real-world impact, products, or clinical translation? Hybrid postdocs are increasingly common in fields like digital health and offer exposure to both the research side and the commercial or translational side of the work you might be doing.</p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">If you took a research position within an organization, would you be okay with it evolving into a more permanent staff scientist role? In my experience, once people get used to the stability and higher pay, they often don't end up applying for traditional faculty positions. That may be completely fine, but it's worth thinking about before you start.</p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">What specific skills do you want to develop? Grant writing, leadership, a new technique, or something else?</p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">And perhaps most importantly: are you choosing a postdoc because it genuinely serves your goals, or because it's simply what people in your field do?</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p></li></ul><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">That last question is the one I never asked myself. I'm not sure my answer would have changed, but I think I would have made more intentional choices along the way if I had.</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p></div>
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1534  <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Why on earth am I here? This is the thought that kept running through my brain as I watched the cardiac procedure taking place. A few weeks before, I had been teaching psychology, and now here I was wearing scrubs for the first time in my life, surrounded by a ton of medical equipment and a flurry of activity. I tried my best to just stay out of the way. </p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">This was part of my orientation as a new data scientist so that I could learn the clinical context in which I was working. As I came to understand, the day-to-day activities of the role are actually quite similar to what I did before (coding, analyzing data, writing reports), and as time went on, the new role didn't feel so jarring. However, the sudden change in environment that I experienced in the first few weeks really took some getting used to, and even now four years later I find myself questioning my sense of belonging at times. </p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">This becomes especially apparent on the occasions when I am asked to present to the department. When most people giving similar presentations describe their background, they'll talk about the other medical areas they worked in, and how that led to their interest in their current work. I instead mention how I studied reading development in children and did research in schools, and I can just see the question marks popping into their heads. How did <em>that</em> lead to <em>this</em>?</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">I think this impact on belonging is one of the consequences of drift. And what I'm wondering is whether addressing it requires some updating in the stories we tell about ourselves. Perhaps a throughline isn't just about what we do and our underlying why, but also about how we want to show up in our work. For me, this looks like being someone who can bridge different worlds, who understands what it's like to approach a field from the outside. It's about finding the unique perspective I bring. And it's about discovering new things to be curious about, even when the path that brought me here wasn't the one I planned.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">I suspect I'm not alone in this. Many researchers find themselves in rooms where their background doesn't fit the expected narrative: not academic enough, not clinical enough, not technical enough.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Maybe a sense of belonging isn't about fitting the expected narrative. Maybe it's something we construct by claiming the story that connects where we've been to where we are, even when that story looks 
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1657<p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">"You've taken on too much and you need to stop". </p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">I had just submitted my very first NIH grant application, which ended up being down to the wire and submitted hours before it was due. I had lost a lot of sleep, and yet rather than rest and take a few days to enjoy the summer weather, I felt compelled to catch up on all the projects I wasn't working on when writing the grant. I immediately started sending updates to collaborators, apologizing for falling behind while the grant was consuming my time. To one of these emails, a senior colleague replied telling me I needed to take a break. </p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">I am grateful to this colleague for even noticing how much I was working and for her deciding to tell me this. Many postdocs don't have anyone watching out for them in this way. But I do want to name the academic culture that made this feel necessary. I felt such pressure to produce, and felt like any time off would have a domino effect on everything that came after. That same year, even the five work days I took off to get MARRIED took a lot of willpower to quiet these voices in my head long enough to allow myself to disconnect from postdoc and be present in the moment. </p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">I wonder whether a throughline would have helped me. At the time, I had no framework for evaluating opportunities. I was just trying to accumulate more papers, more collaborations, and more grants. What I didn't see was that the thread of my work was slowly disappearing under the pile. This grant, the one I had lost so much sleep over, wasn't even s
1657omething I was excited about, but rather something I felt that I should write because it would allow a connection between two institutions to form, and I thought that was a good political move for me to make. It wasn't funded, but if it were, it would have taken my work in yet another direction unrelated to my scientific curiosity, and compounded the drift I was experiencing even more. </p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">If I were to come up with it now, my throughline might have been something like understanding how the organization of the brain supports language learning. Considered in this light, this grant would have been a clear mismatch. What I might have worked on instead is a project that would have allowed me to further my interests, such as working with bilingual speakers. Instead, I tried to fit in cross-linguistic work in an unfunded capacity during both my postdocs, and because of that, it ultimately made up a small fraction of my CV.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">What I Would Ask Now</h3><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Looking back, here are the questions I wish I'd been asking, questions that a clear throughline would have helped me answer:</p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">If this grant were funded, would I be excited? If it weren't, would I be relieved?</p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Am I genuinely interested in where this work leads, or am I just trying to get a publication out of it?</p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">If I were to get a position doing this type of work, would that interest me? Would I want to build a research program around this?</p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Am I saying yes to this because I want to, or because I'm afraid of what happens if I say no?</p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">If saying yes to this means dropping something I'm already doing, what would I drop? If I can't answer that (or if nothing seems worth dropping), that's a clear sign.</p></li></ul>
1658<p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">There are real structural forces at play in academic careers, and a throughline won't solve everything. But having one gives you a filter, and a filter gives you permission to say no. If you say yes to everything, you risk burning out before you can do the work that actually matters to you. Or you end up drifting so far from your curiosity that you end up building a research program that doesn't feel like yours.</p></div>
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1780  <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Postdocs are told to "develop your independent research identity." But you're working on your PI's grants. Their funded projects. Their research questions. How are you supposed to build a program that fits YOU when your work is structured around someone else's vision?</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">This isn't a personal failing. It's a structural contradiction built into how postdoc positions work. And it's why drift happens: not through one wrong turn, but through a series of reasonable decisions that gradually pull you away from what originally drew you to research.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The Expectation versus the Reality</h3><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The expectation is clear: use your postdoc years to establish your research direction, build your CV, and prepare for the faculty job market or your next career move.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">But the day-to-day reality? You're working on projects that were funded before you arrived, using methods your PI chose. You're contributing to their research vision, not building your own.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">I've written before about how my own postdoc work drifted from my PhD interests. What I didn't see at the time was the pattern beneath it. I took positions based on relationships, geography, and practicality. I said yes to projects because they were funded or because my PI asked. I kept my actual interests alive through unfunded collaborations on the side. Each decision made sense in the moment, but cumulatively they pulled me in directions I hadn't intended to go.</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The Pattern</h3><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">This isn't unique. Postdocs get chosen for reasons that have little to do with research f
1780it: grant funding, legacy work, mentorship opportunities, strategic positioning, or learning new skills.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Each decision is reasonable on its own. But over time, these WHYs accumulate. Genuine curiosity can shrink to 20% or less of what drives your work. Years pass, and you find yourself in a research program that looks good on paper but doesn't align with what you care about.</p><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Mapping It Out</h3><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Recently, I mapped out what I was working on during each stage of my career, and more importantly, WHY I was doing it.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">What percentage of my time was driven by genuine curiosity versus funding, strategy, or obligation? When did my own interests become secondary? What did I try to keep alive on the side?</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Seeing this visually gave me perspective I didn't have before. </p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><strong>Want to see where your drift happened?</strong> I created a free template to help you map your research journey and identify the WHYs that shaped your path. <a href="https://jeffmalins.kit.com/research-strategy-starter"><strong>Download the free template here</strong></a><strong>.</strong> It takes about 20 minutes and might give you clarity you didn't have before.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Finding Some Agency</h3><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Understanding the pattern isn't about judgment. It's about seeing what’s been driving your decisions so you can make different choices going forward.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">This also isn't about only choosing projects motivated by pure interest. It's about finding ways to work within real constraints while keeping your throughline alive.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Is there a twist you can put on a project that uses your own unique lens? Is there a method you're curious about? Is there an underlying community you're serving that taps into a value that matters to you?</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Reflecting on these questions might shift how you see your work. Instead of feeling like all your time is spent on things you don't care about, you might find pieces that DO connect to your deeper motivations, even within projects assigned by your PI. It's about finding the thread that makes it feel connected and intentional.</p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></p></div>
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1906  <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">If your postdoc or research role feels scattered, like you’re constantly juggling projects and reacting to whatever funding comes through, it makes sense. It’s genuinely hard to build something coherent in that environment.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Over the past few weeks, I’ve been talking with a number of researchers about this feeling of fragmentation. What I’ve noticed is that this isn’t about individual focus or discipline. It’s structural. Soft money, short-term funding, and constant pivots make it hard to shape your work with intention.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">On top of that, people simply work differently: some thrive going deep on one narrow question, while others do better with a small portfolio of projects.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The challenge isn’t forcing yourself into one model. It’s learning how to design your work deliberately and find the throughline that makes it all feel connected.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I started with a clear “why”</h3><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">My PhD began with a love of languages. I fell into psycholinguistics because it let me combine biology with questions about the structure of language. It felt aligned and curiosity-driven, and I had a strong sense of purpose.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">
1906Then I started my first postdoc. I moved to a new city (and a new country) where I didn’t know anyone. While struggling with the change in environment, I was also adapting to a new research culture.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The institute where I landed was run entirely on soft money, so my work followed whatever projects had just been funded. Like many postdocs, the projects were adjacent to my interests rather than fully aligned, and they didn’t always connect to each other. My second postdoc was similar, even though the environment and topics were different.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The drift I didn’t notice</h3><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Over time, my CV filled up with projects that were adjacent to my original interests rather than truly aligned with them. When I went on the job market, that patchwork of projects naturally shaped the research program I could propose.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Somewhere along the way, my research had drifted, and my sense of <em>why</em> drifted with it.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I didn’t fully see it at the time, but I think that loss of clarity contributed to the burnout I later felt as a faculty member. It’s hard to stay energized when you’re no longer sure what thread connects your work, or when the program you’re running doesn’t fully align with your deeper motivations.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">When I moved to industry, the same sense of being scattered showed up again. I had changed fields from educational neuroscience into healthcare data science and AI, and for a long stretch I couldn’t see how my past work connected to my current work. That uncertainty brought a lot of doubt with it.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">What finally helped</h3><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">What helped wasn’t finding the perfect title or perfectly aligned job. The shift came when I started paying attention to the questions that kept following me from one setting to another.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Instead of asking whether a position matched my background, I began asking what problems I kept caring about no matter where I was working.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I noticed that I was always drawn back to the same themes: how data can guide more personalized decisions, and how we communicate science in ways that genuinely help people. Even as the fields and job titles changed, those questions stayed consistent. They became the throughline that connected everything.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Holding onto the thread</h3><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Having gone through this myself, I now help researchers step back and see the thread that’s already there: the questions, skills, and motivations that connect their work across projects and roles.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Careers don’t have to look linear to be meaningful. But it helps enormously to understand what ties the pieces together, especially when everything around you keeps shifting.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">That sense of coherence can be the difference between feeling scattered and feeling like you’re moving forward with intention.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A small reflection, if you’re in this phase</h3><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">If any of this feels familiar, it might help to pause and ask yourself:</p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">What kinds of problems do I keep returning to, even when the projects change?</p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">What skills or ways of thinking show up again and again?</p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">When have I felt most engaged?</p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">If titles and funding constraints disappeared, what questions would I still want to pursue?</p></li></ul><p class="sqsrte-large" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Often there’s a thread already there. It just takes a bit of distance to see how the pieces connect.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p></div>
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2045  <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Now that the new year has started, many researchers are no doubt thinking about their research plans for the months ahead. With everything going on, it can feel harder than usual to focus, plan, or hold big-picture questions.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I was in a tenure-track faculty role for three years. When I started, I already had some existing projects and collaborations (part of the reason I felt the university was a good fit for my work), but I also wanted to launch new initiatives to gain momentum for the lab. </p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">However, the challenge was that I lacked strategic direction. Most of the activities I said 'yes' to were things I felt I should be doing as a new faculty member, rather than actions that fit into an overarching, coherent vision for my lab. As a result, it felt like I had a jumble of competing priorities and scattered ideas vying for my attention. </p><p class="sqsrte-large" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Three Projects That Helped Me Understand the Cost of Misalignment</h3><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">To be clear, I really enjoyed working with all my collaborators. The people were fantastic. The issue wasn’t who I worked with, but rather that the projects themselves weren’t always aligned with my long-term vision for my research, coupled with the fact that I didn't have a very strong vision to begin with!</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">My lab focused on the brain organization for reading and language in children and adults, with an emphasis on learning challenges and bilingualism. The
2045se three projects fell well outside that focus, but I said yes to them anyway. </p><ol data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Basic visual processing study.</strong> I agreed to direct a component of a project on basic visual processing because it seemed like a quick way to get my EEG lab running and to help students gain hands-on experience in data collection.</p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>EEG in clinical populations.</strong> I joined a grant team for a project in a clinical setting, hoping to network with other researchers and build connections for future collaborations.</p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Student-driven social impact project.</strong> A student wanted to extend a class assignment into a publication. The project was meaningful and aligned with broader social issues I care deeply about, but it wasn’t connected to my lab’s core focus.</p></li></ol><p class="sqsrte-large" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In each case, the project itself was valuable and interesting. But by saying yes without a clear framework for alignment, my attention and energy were pulled in directions that didn’t serve my main goals.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><h3 style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A Clearer Roadmap</h3><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">It could be argued that these weren't poor choices. There were good motivations behind them. But all three did contribute to me feeling like my research was scattered and that the bulk of my time was spent doing a bunch of random projects that diluted the 'brand' of my lab. As a consequence, I lacked momentum, and I felt like I was stretched too thin. Of course, these weren't the only factors -- there was also a global pandemic going on -- but I can trace some of the origins of my exhaustion and burnout to this feeling. </p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">At the same time, I said yes to a number of projects that did fit into a larger plan, and I'm glad I did. However, looking back now, I can see that a clearer roadmap would have gone a long way toward refining my confidence when making decisions about where to focus my energy. </p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">With this roadmap in hand, I could have asked myself a few simple questions before committing to new projects:</p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Does this align with my long-term vision?</p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Does it move my core research forward?</p></li><li><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">What am I saying no to by saying yes?</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p></li></ul><p class="sqsrte-large" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Asking these questions can create a sense of calm and clarity, helping you make choices about projects, collaborations, and requests with purpose. Even small steps toward alignment can dramatically boost how confident and energized you feel about your research.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p></div>
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2253  <div
2254    class="section-border"
2255    
2256  >
2257    <div class="section-background">
2258    
2259      
2260    
2261    </div>
2262  </div>
2263  <div
2264    class='content-wrapper'
2265    style='
2266      
2267        
2268          
2269          padding-top: calc(10vmax / 10); padding-bottom: calc(10vmax / 10);
2270        
2271      
2272    '
2273  >
2274    <div
2275      class="content"
2276      
2277    >
2278      
2279      
2280      
2281      
2282      
2283      
2284      
2285      
2286      
2287      
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2289
2290.fe-67f306f98fedf366d1b01527 {
2291  --grid-gutter: calc(var(--sqs-mobile-site-gutter, 6vw) - 11.0px);
2292  --cell-max-width: calc( ( var(--sqs-site-max-width, 1500px) - (11.0px * (8 - 1)) ) / 8 );
2293
2294  display: grid;
2295  position: relative;
2296  grid-area: 1/1/-1/-1;
2297  grid-template-rows: repeat(11,minmax(24px, auto));
2298  grid-template-columns:
2299    minmax(var(--grid-gutter), 1fr)
2300    repeat(8, minmax(0, var(--cell-max-width)))
2301    minmax(var(--grid-gutter), 1fr);
2302  row-gap: 11.0px;
2303  column-gap: 11.0px;
2304  overflow-x: hidden;
2305  overflow-x: clip;
2306}
2307
2308@media (min-width: 768px) {
2309  .background-width--inset .fe-67f306f98fedf366d1b01527 {
2310    --inset-padding: calc(var(--sqs-site-gutter) * 2);
2311  }
2312
2313  .fe-67f306f98fedf366d1b01527 {
2314    --grid-gutter: calc(var(--sqs-site-gutter, 4vw) - 11.0px);
2315    --cell-max-width: calc( ( var(--sqs-site-max-width, 1500px) - (11.0px * (24 - 1)) ) / 24 );
2316    --inset-padding: 0vw;
2317
2318    --row-height-scaling-factor: 0.0215;
2319    --container-width: min(var(--sqs-site-max-width, 1500px), calc(100vw - var(--sqs-site-gutter, 4vw) * 2 - var(--inset-padding) ));
2320
2321    grid-template-rows: repeat(7,minmax(calc(var(--container-width) * var(--row-height-scaling-factor)), auto));
2322    grid-template-columns:
2323      minmax(var(--grid-gutter), 1fr)
2324      repeat(24, minmax(0, var(--cell-max-width)))
2325      minmax(var(--grid-gutter), 1fr);
2326  }
2327}
2328
2329
2330  .fe-block-83752d23da25987249a1 {
2331    grid-area: 2/2/3/10;
2332    z-index: 0;
2333
2334    @media (max-width: 767px) {
2335      
2336      
2337    }
2338  }
2339
2340  .fe-block-83752d23da25987249a1 .sqs-block {
2341    justify-content: flex-start;
2342  }
2343
2344  .fe-block-83752d23da25987249a1 .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper {
2345    align-items: flex-start;
2346  }
2347
2348  @media (min-width: 768px) {
2349    .fe-block-83752d23da25987249a1 {
2350      grid-area: 2/5/5/11;
2351      z-index: 0;
2352
2353      
2354
2355      
2356    }
2357
2358    .fe-block-83752d23da25987249a1 .sqs-block {
2359      justify-content: center;
2360    }
2361
2362    .fe-block-83752d23da25987249a1 .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper {
2363      align-items: center;
2364    }
2365  }
2366
2367  .fe-block-f12633c544bdb748da04 {
2368    grid-area: 3/2/5/10;
2369    z-index: 3;
2370
2371    @media (max-width: 767px) {
2372      
2373      
2374    }
2375  }
2376
2377  .fe-block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-block {
2378    justify-content: center;
2379  }
2380
2381  .fe-block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper {
2382    align-items: center;
2383  }
2384
2385  @media (min-width: 768px) {
2386    .fe-block-f12633c544bdb748da04 {
2387      grid-area: 2/12/5/16;
2388      z-index: 3;
2389
2390      
2391
2392      
2393    }
2394
2395    .fe-block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-block {
2396      justify-content: center;
2397    }
2398
2399    .fe-block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper {
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2401    }
2402  }
2403
2404  .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1743980351495_1330 {
2405    grid-area: 5/2/11/10;
2406    z-index: 4;
2407
2408    @media (max-width: 767px) {
2409      
2410        
2411      
2412      
2413    }
2414  }
2415
2416  .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1743980351495_1330 .sqs-block {
2417    justify-content: center;
2418  }
2419
2420  .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1743980351495_1330 .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper {
2421    align-items: center;
2422  }
2423
2424  @media (min-width: 768px) {
2425    .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1743980351495_1330 {
2426      grid-area: 1/18/6/23;
2427      z-index: 4;
2428
2429      
2430        
2431      
2432
2433      
2434    }
2435
2436    .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1743980351495_1330 .sqs-block {
2437      justify-content: center;
2438    }
2439
2440    .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1743980351495_1330 .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper {
2441      align-items: center;
2442    }
2443  }
2444
2445</style><div class="fluid-engine fe-67f306f98fedf366d1b01527"><div class="fe-block fe-block-83752d23da25987249a1"><div class="sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block" data-block-css="[&quot;https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/dd67834c-aac8-460c-97f6-e9e034e58ef8_967/website.components.html.styles.css&quot;]" data-block-scripts="[&quot;https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/dd67834c-aac8-460c-97f6-e9e034e58ef8_967/website.components.html.visitor.js&quot;]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name="website.components.html" data-sqsp-block="text" data-website-component-id="83752d23da25987249a1" id="block-83752d23da25987249a1"><div class="sqs-block-content"><div class="sqs-text-block-container">
2446  
2447  <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content><h3 style="text-align: center; ; white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Jeff Malins, PhD</h3></div>
2448
2449
2450  
2451<style id="container-styles">#block-83752d23da25987249a1 {
2452    
2453    --stroke-style: none;--stroke-thickness: 6px;
2454    
2455      
2456      
2457      
2458    
2459
2460
2461
2462  }
2463
2464  #block-83752d23da25987249a1 .sqs-html-content {
2465    
2466    --tweak-text-block-padding: 6% 6% 6% 6%;
2467  --tweak-text-block-padding: initial;
2468}
2469
2470  .fe-block-83752d23da25987249a1 {
2471      mix-blend-mode: var(--tweak-text-block-blend
2472  );
2473      border-radius: var(--tweak-text-block-radius);
2474  }
2475
2476  
2477  
2478.fe-block-83752d23da25987249a1 {
2479      --tweak-text-block-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
2480    }
2481
2482
2483  
2484  .fe-block-83752d23da25987249a1 {
2485      --tweak-text-block-blend
2486  : normal;
2487    }
2488  
2489
2490  .fe-block-83752d23da25987249a1 {
2491    --blur-value: blur(15px);}
2492
2493</style>
2494
2495<style id="override-container-styles">
2496    @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
2497          
2498            
2499
2500#block-83752d23da25987249a1 {
2501            
2502            }
2503        }
2504    
2505  
2506    @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
2507          #block-83752d23da25987249a1 .sqs-html-content {
2508            
2509            }
2510        }
2511    
2512  @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
2513          
2514          
2515
2516          
2517          
2518          
2519        }</style>
2520<style class="transform-overrides-vars">
2521  
2522</style>
2523
2524
2525
2526
2527</div>
2528</div></div></div><div class="fe-block fe-block-f12633c544bdb748da04"><div class="sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-socialaccountlinks social-account-links-block social-account-links-v2-block" data-block-css="[&quot;https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.socialLinks/5814eb66-baa7-4ba6-b819-e3a0276bac39_745/website.components.socialLinks.styles.css&quot;]" data-block-scripts="[&quot;https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.socialLinks/5814eb66-baa7-4ba6-b819-e3a0276bac39_745/website.components.socialLinks.visitor.js&quot;]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name="website.components.socialLinks" data-sqsp-block="social-links" data-website-component-id="f12633c544bdb748da04" id="block-f12633c544bdb748da04"><div class="sqs-block-content">
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2551
2552
2553<div class="sqs-block-socialaccountlinks-content">
2554  <div class="sqs-svg-icon--outer social-icon-alignment-center social-icons-color-black social-icons-size-extra-large social-icons-style-regular ">
2555    <style>
2556      
2557      #block-f12633c544bdb748da04 {
2558        --social-icons-justify-content: center;
2559        --social-icons-dimension: 32px;--social-icons-gap: 18px;
2560        --social-icons-border-thickness: 2px;
2561      }
2562
2563      
2564      #block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-svg-icon--wrapper {
2565        --si-border-radius: 0;--si-scale: 2;
2565--si-box-shadow: none;--si-fill-icon: var(--si-primary);--si-fill-icon-fade: var(--si-primary-faded);--si-fill-icon-hover: var(--si-primary);--si-fill-mask: transparent;--si-fill-mask-fade: transparent;--si-fill-mask-hover: transparent;--si-bg: transparent;--si-bg-fade: transparent;--si-bg-hover: transparent;
2566      }
2567
2568      
2569      #block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-svg-icon--list {
2570        justify-content: var(--social-icons-justify-content, center);
2571        column-gap: var(--social-icons-gap, 12px);
2572        row-gap: var(--social-icons-gap, 12px);
2573      }
2574      #block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-svg-icon--wrapper {
2575        width: var(--social-icons-dimension, 20px);
2576        height: var(--social-icons-dimension, 20px);
2577        margin: 0;
2578        border: none; 
2579        background-color: var(--si-bg, transparent);
2580        box-shadow: var(--si-box-shadow, none);
2581        border-radius: var(--si-border-radius, 0);
2582      }
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2584        transform: scale(var(--si-scale, 1));
2585      }
2586      #block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-use--icon {
2587        fill: var(--si-fill-icon, transparent);
2588      }
2589      #block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-use--mask {
2590        fill: var(--si-fill-mask, transparent);
2591      }
2592      #block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-svg-icon--list:hover .sqs-svg-icon--wrapper {
2593        background-color: var(--si-bg-fade, var(--si-bg, transparent));
2594      }
2595      #block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-svg-icon--list:hover .sqs-svg-icon--wrapper .sqs-use--icon {
2596        fill: var(--si-fill-icon-fade, var(--si-fill-icon, transparent));
2597      }
2598      #block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-svg-icon--list:hover .sqs-svg-icon--wrapper .sqs-use--mask {
2599        fill: var(--si-fill-mask-fade, var(--si-fill-mask, transparent));
2600      }
2601      #block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-svg-icon--list:hover .sqs-svg-icon--wrapper:hover {
2602        background-color: var(--si-bg-hover, var(--si-bg, transparent));
2603      }
2604      #block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-svg-icon--list:hover .sqs-svg-icon--wrapper:hover .sqs-use--icon {
2605        fill: var(--si-fill-icon-hover, var(--si-fill-icon, transparent));
2606      }
2607      #block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-svg-icon--list:hover .sqs-svg-icon--wrapper:hover .sqs-use--mask {
2608        fill: var(--si-fill-mask-hover, var(--si-fill-mask, transparent));
2609      }
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2611    <nav class="sqs-svg-icon--list">
2612      
2613        
2614      
2615        
2616          <a
2617            href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-malins/"
2618            target="_blank"
2619            class="sqs-svg-icon--wrapper linkedin-unauth"
2620            aria-label="LinkedIn"
2621          >
2622            <div>
2623              <svg class="sqs-svg-icon--social" viewBox="0 0 64 64">
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2625                <use class="sqs-use--mask" xlink:href="/universal/svg/social-accounts.svg#linkedin-unauth-mask"></use>
2626              </svg>
2627            </div>
2628          </a>
2629        
2630      
2631        
2632      
2633    </nav>
2634  </div>
2635  
2636    
2637<style id="container-styles">#block-f12633c544bdb748da04 {
2638    
2639    --stroke-style: none;--stroke-thickness: 6px;
2640    
2641      
2642      
2643      
2644    
2645
2646
2647
2648  }
2649
2650  #block-f12633c544bdb748da04 .sqs-block-socialaccountlinks-content {
2651    
2652    --tweak-social-links-block-padding: 6% 6% 6% 6%;
2653  --tweak-social-links-block-padding: initial;
2654}
2655
2656  .fe-block-f12633c544bdb748da04 {
2657      mix-blend-mode: var(--tweak-social-links-block-blend);
2658      border-radius: var(--tweak-social-links-block-radius);
2659  }
2660
2661  
2662  
2663.fe-block-f12633c544bdb748da04 {
2664      --tweak-social-links-block-radius: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
2665    }
2666
2667
2668  
2669  .fe-block-f12633c544bdb748da04 {
2670      --tweak-social-links-block-blend: normal;
2671    }
2672  
2673
2674  .fe-block-f12633c544bdb748da04 {
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2676
2677</style>
2678
2679<style id="override-container-styles">
2680    @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
2681          
2682            
2683
2684#block-f12633c544bdb748da04 {
2685            
2686            }
2687        }
2688    
2689  
2690    @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
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2692            
2693            }
2694        }
2695    
2696  @media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
2697          
2698          
2699
2700          
2701          
2702          
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2708      --translate-x: 0px;
2709      --translate-y: 0px;
2710      --rotation: 0deg;
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2712      --scale-y: 100%;
2713      --skew-x: 0deg;
2714      --skew-y: 0deg;
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2716      --origin-y: 50%;
2717      --block-transform: none;
2718
2719      opacity: var(--opacity, 1);
2720      transform: var(--block-transform);
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2724  
2725</style>
2726
2727    
2728
2729
2730
2731  
2732</div>
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2765
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2781    
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2789        
2790        data-sqsp-image-block-image-container
2791      >
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2793          
2794  
2795      
2796        
2797        
2798        
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2801    
2802      
2803        <div class="js-content-mode-element content-fit">
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