The renowned stem-cell scientist is the executive chair of the Medical Research Council. The 62-year-old lives in London with her husband, also a scientist, and their 16-year-old twin son and daughter; their 24-year-old son lives nearbyQ. I’ve been really successful in my career, but now that I am in my fifties, I notice that the opportunities are dwindling. How do I keep myself visible? Years ago, a colleague said to me: “If you don’t change jobs by the time you’re 50, you’ll never get another job.” At the time I think he was broadly correct, and there is definitely still an unconscious bias against age. There are even some professions where if you haven’t made enough money to retire by the…

Source: The Times October 13, 2018 23:35 UTC