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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a social science PhD (research psychology) and work as a researcher outside of academia. I make the exact same income as my husband, who is an engineer. A social science PhD doesn't always have to be a dead end. Most of my classmates from when I got my PhD a decade ago have interesting, well-paying jobs that use their degrees (although nearly all outside of academia). Psychology has more direct non-academic options than gender studies but there are non-academic research jobs that won't care as much about the specifics of what your social science PhD was in. I hope you find a way to do something useful with yours, OP.[/quote]

Key phrase here is OUTSIDE OF ACADEMIA, which you know isn’t what phd program job support is meant for. Getting a job outside academia is hugely stigmatized in all humanities and most social science PhD programs (outside psychology and maybe economics). When I gave even a hint I wanted a non-academic job in my political science PhD program, my advisor dropped me like a rock. Luckily I got out of there and have a great job now, but he gave me zero support.[/quote]

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