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You Can’t Pay Rent with Passion: Why Ashley Ruba Left Academia
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“Clarity often follows action. You don’t really know what you like until you try it.” — Ashley Ruba
In this episode of Academics and Their Money, hosts Inga Timmerman and Neeka Miremadi talk with Ashley Ruba. After getting a PhD in developmental psychology, she left academia to pursue a career in user experience (UX) research and now works full time at Meta while running her own consulting business for those wanting to transition out of academia.
Ashley shares her candid journey from PhD student to postdoc to industry researcher, reflecting on the financial and personal…
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