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Science 3 September 1999:
Vol. 285. no. 5433, p. 1522
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5433.1522
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FOREIGN EXCHANGES:
Going Abroad Needn't Mean Going Into Exile

Jeffrey Mervis

Among ambitious young U.S. scientists, conventional wisdom says that doing a postdoc abroad is a bad career move because it takes one out of the scientific mainstream and makes it tougher to enter an already tight job market. But many who have done one say that a postdoc abroad can sharpen one's skills, broaden one's perspective on how other countries do science, and augment one's network of contacts--without draining one's bank account.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)