Figured I'd just make one post with all of these rather than separate threads. I'm about to start my second year in an IO PhD program, and even though I won't graduate until 2026, I'm still thinking about potential careers once I'm done. I've had a couple of professors try to push me to go into academia, but honestly, as appealing as the idea of "academic freedom" and long vacations is, I'm not sure academia is the place for me - I like researching and writing, but I'm more interested in writing for the more general public rather than for academic journals, and I don't think my personality really fits within academia, or at least from the people I've met

• For those of you that went straight into an applied role, how have you found it? What do you like/dislike?

• Has anyone gone from academia to industry? What made you want to switch? What are the tradeoffs?

• This one might be tougher to answer, but has anyone from the US successfully found work abroad in IO? I speak more than one language and would like to see what the rest of the world has to offer

• For anyone in academia, what drew you to it? What's kept you there as opposed to finding an applied role?