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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Taking a bachelor's level job after a PhD can be bad for your career (even if the salary difference is smaller--like a bachelor's level job vs. a postdoc) because it signals to an employer that you don't value the autonomy and potential for growth that comes with a PhD and that you are desperate.  If you take the job in Redwood City, yes the COL is high, but you would be more able to move to another PhD-level job later on in another location than if you took a bachelor's level job.  Also 150K, even in California, is good money and you will be fine, provided you have appropriate expectations for housing in a high COL area.[/quote]

But what if it's temporary? For maybe 1-2 years to get job experience. We really like the city in Florida. It's a good place to raise a family. [/quote]

Right after your PhD is the time when you make your first steps into the professional world, and how you choose to navigate that choice has a lot of impact on your prospects in the long run.  If you take a bachelor's level job, then you are basically gambling to never get PhD level job again (with more growth potential, more autonomy, and probably better financial prospects in the long run)  I suppose, if you consider your PhD a sunk cost and want to live in that city in Florida, go for it, but you are gambling really cutting off opportunities your PhD has opened for you.

The bay area isn't such a bad place to raise kids.[/quote]

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