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the-everqueen · 2 years

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once again grappling with the peculiar grief of the almost post-grad student: i like doing this work, and there is no guarantee i will get to continue it after spring. i went into grad school knowing that the odds were not good for academic employment, but i also spent six years studying this thing and building a highly specific body of knowledge, and i might have to let all that go soon.

#welcome to academia #also if i don't get an academic career or some adjacent career i will be dead to my peers #i don't think i'm ''owed'' a job but.#why can't someone just offer me a job.#i have written 20 variations on the same cover letter #i have applied to 20 different institutions for various positions #i am writing a book that will never see the light of day #i don't regret doing the degree...#i regret that the degree is going to make it harder for me to get a normal job #steeling myself to work in like. a large company warehouse. in four months.

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