Its been slightly over a year since I started posting on LinkedIn. From approximately 300 ish followers, my following has grown to 2590 as of writing. Of note, I am happy to know that my coffee PK app has been adopted in workshops and lectures around the world to help spread how PK can be useful. Both scientists and non-scientists friends alike have also commented that they find my posts on LinkedIn interesting. This is all rather unexpected. Thank you all for being my followers!
I started out posting on Linkedin with the intent of sharing more about pharmacometrics with local Singaporean scientists. A secondary aim was also for me to read up more on literature to further expand my own skill sets and to try coding new things. Writing helps me to process my thoughts better. Also, prior to Linkedin, I never made an RShiny app myself! When I first started, I had just graduated from my PhD. I was not well known in any way or thought that people would want to listen to my thoughts. Never did I expect to have such a wide reach around the world! In fact, only 16.5% of my followers are based in Singapore. Singaporeans are still my top demographic on LinkedIn though.
So yes, LinkedIn has been beneficial as an early career scientist in the following ways.
- Improve my science communication skills – some of my presentation ideas are workshopped on Linkedin first!
- Increase my visibility as an international scientist – prior to this, all my connections were people I knew in person either from school or work.
- Expand my network and helped me to forge high value connections in person – I have been able to get interns and collaborators via LinkedIn.
- Challenged me to intentionally read up and learn new things so I can post meaningful content.
Of course, none of these would have happened without your support and following. So thank you for following along too! Many of you have encouraged me, saying that you benefited from my posts. This gives me the motivation to continue with what I do.
It has been a rather hectic few weeks, but I do hope to be able to start posting again more regularly soon~
All my posts are also here singaporepharmacometrics.com
Happy holidays and a merry new year to all!
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