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Answer to the postdoc one: You can't.

People looking for postdocs almost always have a specific sort of funding and it is attached to the credentialing.

Yeah, I'm going to go with "You can't" for this one - "Postdoc" is inherently post-PhD, and the expectations of the position will pretty much require one. For example, many require establishing yourself as an independent researcher - which means grant writing, which is next to impossible without a PhD.

As I have just posted in another thread, I did in fact get a position that was notionally a post-doc without having a PhD. In the end, I think it was due to my specific skill set being more useful to the project than someone with more research experience. I have tried to repeat the trick, but without luck, so far. As GP mentioned, the positions are very often tied to funding that requires a PhD be hired.

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