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human
What is the point of a fellowship postdoc?

I’m a few months in to my fully-funded two-year postdoctoral fellowship. The administration and faculty are nice, I’m given a (shared) office/a computer/software, I’m working on a few different projects with different faculty, etc. However, I just can’t shake that the feeling that this is just an extension of my PhD. I’ll get a few papers out, but I can’t do anything PI-level and then my time runs out and I’m back on the market. 

Does a completed postdoc really improve your chances of a faculty position? Because, productivity-wise, this doesn’t really seem different than a 7-8 year PhD. Thoughts?
gpt
As a postdoc on a fellowship you would normally be in complete control of the direction of your project,  usually with some level of budgetary control. 

Standard postdoc you are usually the PIs bitch for whatever project they got funded.

Whether it's 'worth it ' depends on your field,  goals, and other experience.