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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bottom line: We suck.[/quote]

The bottom line is that 99% of universities suck at placing PhDs into academic jobs. [b]If you aren't studying at somewhere like Harvard [/b]or unless you have very interesting research that has resonated enough to get you funding, you aren't getting a tenure track job. [/quote]

I have at two friends with PhD's from Harvard who are quite underemployed in their respective fields, Art History and Psychology.[/quote]

I have a friend with an Art History PhD from a similarly regarded university who teaches at a high school. [/quote]

Does she enjoy it? Is she happy? Did she enjoy her education?  Was that degree a dream come true? If so, why does it matter where she’s teaching?

So many shallow finance bros and their mothers on this board who don’t value education for the sake of education and can’t imagine enjoying a life that doesn’t include a platinum card and a Mercedes.

WhY iS tHeRe a MeNTaL HeaLth CriSeS???[/quote]

NP. I have a Ph.D. from a top program and work at at non-profit, which I enjoy. For me the problem isn't prestige, it's money. I lost 8 years of adult earning while I was getting my degree and now I make an okay salary, but certainly not the salary and benefits of a tenured professor at an R1. I finally had my loans discharged through PSLF this year, so I could move to a for-profit job but now I'm a middle aged person with no corporate experience and not enough money saved for retirement. [/quote]

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