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ASCB Award Essays Its a Wonderful Life: A Career as an Academic Scientist Ronald D. Vale Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158 Submitted October 9, 2009; Accepted October 13, 2009  ?? ABSTRACT ?Many years of training are required to obtain a job as an academic scientist. Is this investment of time and effort worthwhile? My answer is a resounding yes. Academic scientists enjoy tremendous freedom in choosing their research and career path, experience unusual camaraderie in