Don't underestimate your chances with your current skills. Years spent "working with the latest and best instrumentation", especially related to medicine, is a portable skill. Many Pharma companies are expanding heavily in Asia, and there is a good growth of domestic companies in the same space. There is a strong need for people familiar with the latest instrumentation, processes, and good laboratory practice in this region. If this sounds interesting, I'd suggest networking heavily, looking for colleagues who have a connection with people in Asia that are starting or growing businesses. You might find good fits for yourself in positions ranging from short term contracts to permanent management slots (director of technology, CTO, COO, etc.).
The wine making areas of the world are pretty nice to live in. You analytical skills will get you work in say Chile or Australia and much of Europe. The work is kinda boring but living in a nice area compensates for alot of things. I used my organic chem back ground to run a lab and to learn the wine business from the inside.
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Sounds great that you are looking at your options and know what you would like to achieve. That's the first step, now you just need to take the steps you need to realise it! Some of those steps might seem sideways ie taking a job based where you are now, but actually it's all part of the longer term plan ie earning some cash to get you to the next stage.
For what it's worth, I worked in house in the public sector as an I/O psychologist for a while. In that role I could not see how my qualifications and experience would allow me to travel at all. Then I worked freelance for a while. Then I spotted a gap in the market I knew well from my previous permanent job and spent a couple of years setting up an online business. This brings in enough a month to pay the mortgage and I supplement it with consultancy projects. I can do much of these from abroad because I just need a desk, a laptop and some peace and quiet. When I need to deliver these projects or generate new business I return to the UK for a few months (it's all planned in advance). It's not a tidy 'one job' but a few different things which fit together to work for me. Don't expect it to happen overnight but if this is what you want there will be options for you, it will just take research, hard work and persistence!
best of luck
Hannah
Make up your mind whether you want as full life experience, or an impressive cv.
(resumé.)
Ph d is great for writing books or hiding in academia. So include exotic experiences in it.
Hit the road and really live.
Make amens b4 leaving. That stuff drives us crazy on the road. We can't fix it from there.
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