It's interesting that younger researchers are expected to take serious risks with the career, their projects, and indeed their family in some cases, to get ahead in the academic research world yet at the same time many are strongly discouraged from taking risks that are seen as "non-standard" - that would set them out from the usual set of "ordinary" risks that are allowed (like nervous breakdowns, health problems etc., short term contracts).

If I could get one message across it would be that these "radical" approaches are just a different set of risks with different paybacks. In many ways I feel the risks are lower, but then I've done well out of it, but we never talk about the risks of not being radical either. In any case, thanks for the opportunity to speak to the group - it was really rewarding for me.