The personal statement that got me into the PhD that accepted me said that I was fully aware that there were no jobs, and that getting a PhD was no guarantee of anything, but I was applying anyway. I guess this sort of realism counts for something, at least.https://twitter.com/BretDevereaux/status/1368694196916338690 …
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I don't blame him at all - he gave me the best advice he could. But I think now, a few years on and with COVID it's clear the jobs aren't going to come back. It's clear each recovery will be too weak to make up the losses. So future advisors need to take that into account.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Ywah, I did my degree in the late 2010s and by then I was being DIRELY WARNED that a Classics degree would get me precisely nowhere and that pursuing it even in undergrad should only be a consideration of the heart, not of logic.
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*Yeah. Sigh.
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