Hi Efrain,
Great question ! Probably just my 2 cents but an opinion that may be relevant nonetheless.
I would say it's quite valuable, not in the sense that it's a must, but if it's your way of interacting with the community (research or greater public), or expressing/developping a skill set that isn't necessarily about "technical research skills" or "knowledge", then it's definitely worth exploring. In the past, I got quite engaged with student and local chapter activities that not only were fun and quite diversifying within the scope of my degrees, but also great ways to build new skills and experiences that definitely played a role as I discovered more about myself and moved ahead with my career. To this day, many of those skills have made insertion or my daily worklife easier. This may not be the direction you wish to take, but understanding such ressources and being able to create them can also lead to other opportunities such as devising courses or understanding how to make impactful content in your future career, which is also quite valuable (compare this to the "classes-with -terrible-slides" stories students always have).
Another point is that recruitment, for any job, is always a large portion of "who you are as a person", and alongside personalities and skills, activities or hobbies such as these tend to show initiative and drive which can be good things, specifically when they come from a source of natural interest. On the other hand, I wouldn't do it if it was only to have a line on your resume - you may as well find another activity around your interests that may (eventually) be leveraged, if you wish for it to serve your career in such a way.
Given your interest, I would suggest to roll with the idea, just be wary of the time it may require. In other words, don't set expectations too high if this only begins as a sort of hobby - as you mentioned, filming and editing can take quite a lot of time, so there may be a rhythm to find depending on how much time you have available alongside your studies. In my experience it was with a local Materials society chapter, so we shared a lot of the efforts which helped : that's something you could look into if others around you want to build the project together. Otherwise, feel free to start small and enjoy wherever the ride takes you !
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Université de Limoges
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-29-2024 21:43
From: Efrain De La Rosa Garcia
Subject: ASM Online Community message
Hi, I'm a bachelor's degree student, and I was thinking about, How relevant academic divulgation is for creating a career in science?
I want to continue studying and, in the future, be a researcher in the advanced ceramics field, and recently I've participated in a video contest of one of the ACerS' divisions, I enjoyed doing that video so much, every step of it.
The "problem" is that it takes me, not just hard work but a good amount of time to do this kind of content, so I want to know the opinion of actual academics about, how worthy could it be for me, my resume and my future to do an activity like the divulgation of material science knowledge on YouTube content.
Thanks for your answers
Regards!