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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who knew there were so many bitter, starving PhD's out there!  Maybe one of you should start an NGO for yourselves[/quote]

You are an idiot. It is not bitter, it is reality. Here is a bedside reading for you from the ivory tower itself  ---

[url]https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Great-Shame-of-Our/239148[/url]

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This article is only looking at one aspect of the PhD job market.  If you only consider the career path from a PhD is an academic position, then yes, 80% will be a waste.  But, if you dig past the tenure track position, and start focusing on humanities degrees who are looking beyond, you find that the degrees have value.  For example, business who are expanding into a new market benefit from understanding the culture.  And, if your dissertation is on anything relating to an adversary (e.g., china, mid-east countries, Russia, etc.), working as an Intelligence Analyst is a career choice that would utilize your expertise.   I have met multiple Seniors in the IC that have PhD's in fields like history or English.

Similarly, STEM PhD's from the US, there is a huge shortage in supporting DOD and the IC.

The problem is, often the advisors are completely unaware of those opportunities.  My advisor had no idea that there is an entire classified branch of our field of study.

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