Now THIS is how you quit a job.
>> Instead the woman who had bounced from department to department, with no tenure prospects and never earning over $60,000 a year, said with total confidence: “In the future, this lab will be a museum. Don’t touch it.”
https://www.glamour.com/story/katalin-kariko-biontech-women-of-year-2021
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Great article. So many takeaways. This quote from her daughter:
Susan Francia is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in rowing. The sport has given her the perfect metaphor to relate to her mother’s determination: “In rowing, we’re also going backward. We don’t know where the finish line is, but we trust that it’s there and that we’re going to hit those goals.”