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The questions every cohort asks — about the career, the craft, and the first job — answered properly, in writing, by someone who does the work.
Connor Griggs · 9 min read
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Asked in Office Hours.
Answered in Writing.
Short, practical essays on careers and craft in regulatory affairs — the questions every cohort asks, answered properly once.
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Jul 232026
How to get into regulatory affairs — the honest map
No degree points straight at this profession, and almost every posting asks for experience you don’t have yet. The routes that actually produce first jobs — and the ones that quietly don’t.
Connor Griggs · 9 min read
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Jul 232026
How to read an FDA guidance document
Guidance is not law — but reviewers read it as a map of their own expectations. How practitioners take a forty-page PDF apart in an hour, and what they write down.
Connor Griggs · 7 min read
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Jul 232026
Your first regulatory interview — what they are listening for
The questions are predictable; the listening is not. What interviewers are actually testing when they ask about a submission you have never run — and how to answer without bluffing.
Connor Griggs · 8 min read
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