Time Stamps00:00 Podcast Intro00:51 This is a nice time of year for the academic calendar with new trainees starting residency, and new faculty starting their jobs, and people still in their first couple of years of being an academic pathologist. Why is it important for these individuals to be deliberate about how they begin their career?04:18 When somebody is in training, there is a lot that is decided for them and things are predetermined. In residency that opens up quite a bit. Can you give us some insight into these goals you are talking about? On a smaller scale, how do you set yourself up so you can be consistent in making progress?07:55 Are you pretty deliberate about revisiting where you are with your goals? How do you check yourself?10:30 Your success as a resident and as an attending, what advice works in both roles and what advice is good for a resident versus the attending?13:53 When evaluating trainees there is a component regarding delegating work. The skill is critical to have when coming on staff either in an academic or nonacademic setting. Is there a way that you prepare trainees to develop their skills in delegating?17:05 Sometimes things take you by surprise, which is a great learning opportunity. You have really navigated the system quiet well. I’m curious, what has been easy about this process and what has really been a challenge?19:55 If you could do it all over again, what would you do differently this time?25:22 Getting feedback and developing relationship the way you can be, is that a lost opportunity?