I would like to ask a question about seeking for a job. This job is outside academia, but require many academia skills (such as math, able to deep research, etc). Is this kind of question on topic here? If not, is there a site should I ask instead?
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Could you perhaps say a bit more about this job? It's hard to answer when it's so vague, since you could be talking about anything from industrial labs (clearly on topic) to marketing (clearly off topic).– jakebealApr 21, 2015 at 9:41
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It can be labs, or R&D that require to have satistic background.– OokerApr 21, 2015 at 12:00
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If you're looking toward an R&D career, it generally counts as academia for this site.– jakebealApr 21, 2015 at 12:07
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jakebeal is correct. However, if in doubt, you can post a sample version of the question in the chat room—or edit your question above to include the draft text of what you want to know. We can tell you what's likely to happen on the main site. . . .– aeismailMay 23, 2015 at 19:54
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@aeismail It seems that no answer gets a significant number of votes, so I don't really know which one the community choose so that I can accept it.– OokerMay 23, 2015 at 23:24
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As a rule of thumb, I think that if a job entails publishing in academic journals or work that supports or eventually will lead to that goal, then it's on-topic. Anything that isn't at least tangentially related to that it probably isn't on-topic.
If you are looking help regarding to an R&D job in which people engage in many of the same actions as academia (e.g., scientific research, peer-reviewed publishing, research funding applications), then that job is likely to be considered part of "greater academia" for the purposes of this site.
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@Ooker It depends what you're analyzing. If you're analyzing a marketing campaign or planning trading for a hedge-fund, then no. If you're analyzing scientific data, then yes. In between, maybe you can give a little more information rather than being so vague?– jakebealApr 22, 2015 at 13:16
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If I know which one are good for me, then maybe I don't need to ask anymore. But I think that I should research deeper before asking. Thanks for your help.– OokerApr 22, 2015 at 13:56
Broadly speaking, questions about job-seeking outside of academia are not on topic. You may want to try checking out Workplace.SE.
I'm sure there are some counter-examples where questions like this were on topic; if you find any that you want to have clarified, feel free to post in the comments and we can discuss.
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1@eykanal: We have established that research careers outside of academia are the main exception to this general prescription.– aeismailMay 23, 2015 at 19:53