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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And honestly I'm grateful to the 3+ professors I had at every stage of my BA and MA who were brutally honest with me about my odds of achieving an academic career. It didn't stop me, but it's definitely made me feel a certain kind of confident about what I want.
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I hope this is changing to be more like that. I think a lot of professors were in a degree of denial post-2008 because they thought the jobs would come back, like after the late-70s/early-80s slump. I think my advisor was truly fluxxomed when the job market didn't recover.
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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.
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