'When I was starting my group, I was reading advice on Twitter. A lot wasn't very useful, but somebody asked, ‘What is the single most important advice to a new PI?’ Somebody answered that it was to ‘grow slowly’, and I couldn't agree more. I tried to take the same approach: I will only hire someone in my lab if I'm absolutely sure they'll be a good fit. I think that has worked well so far.'
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