# @projectaamir on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C1ukr5utZvf
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59854828-projectaamir-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/4f9b240c3c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-01-05T17:55:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Aamir Hussain, PhD (@projectaamir) — https://gondola.cc/projectaamir

## Caption

My Journey To Date 2011-2023: 

Wanted to do medicine - didn’t get the grades

Did biomedical science and enjoyed research 

Applied for fully funded PhD Scholarships didn’t get any 

Did a self funded PhD and somehow finished 

Finish with a PhD but scarred by traumatic experience + being financially behind by 5/6 years 

Tried to get fully funded post doc roles and struggled 

My dream of becoming a prof in immunology essentially died 

Left academia and pursue more creative and consulting options 

Was creating content here and over 3 years its grown incredibly 

Now it seems a balance between being a creator (doing fun research challenges) and helping companies to research (as a consultant) is where I am now 

Who knows what the rest of 2024 has in store…

Comment down below what is your journey?

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