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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My neighbor is one and has a PhD from a top university.  She has a crazy time finding jobs, even in DC--the competition is stiff.  Salaries are all under $100K, often quite a bit under unless they are head curator jobs which of course are super hard to get.

My impression is that to advance to more senior roles you really need to have the flexibility to move to whether a job opportunity is in American or the world.  When her kids were young she sometimes interviewed in other cities and contemplated moving.  However now they're teens so she's sticking here and has never really made the jump to a head position. [/quote]

I will also say that most of the coveted jobs are political or connected type positions.  I.e. perhaps they want a woman of color or perhaps they go with someone who has an in in the arts world through family money.  There are lots of lower level jobs (large museums will have many curators or curator adjacent positions) that are gained solely on merit. [/quote]

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