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the-everqueen · 2 years

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statistically, it's very likely that i will be one of those post-grads who does not get an academic job. i hate that this is framed as a failure on my part, like i'm just lazy and stupid, instead of an institutional problem.

#welcome to academia #i am wrestling with the grief of doing a thing for six years #and then having to let it go #and less in the sense that an academic position is my ''dream job''#but more in the sense that i'm being shamed for not ''succeeding''#it's like. i don't feel like i'm owed a job.#but y'all trained me in a very specific thing for half a decade #and yeah everyone will SAY with their mouths that the job market sucks #but so many profs keep telling me to work hard and try harder and be optimistic #no i'm tired of this being MY problem #i want fucking job security and health insurance #i want you to not equate my career with the value of my research #or even my personal value #either pay me more or shut the fuck up #job market woes #SORRY i know this is all i complain about anymore #but i'm staring down unemployment in may and it makes me want to scream that no one fucking cares!!!#anyways hi this is partially brought to you by the rolling wave of rejections i'm getting from universities

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