7 Career Killing Mistakes PhDs Make That Keep Them Poor And Unhappy

7 Career Killing Mistakes PhDs Make That Keep Them Poor And Unhappy

There’s a myth in the academic world. If you’re working on your

PhD, or even your master’s degree, you probably know about

it.

7 Career Killing Mistakes PhDs Make That Keep Them Poor And Unhappy

The idea is that no pursuit is pure except the pursuit of academia.

If you want to get an industry job

outside of academia, you’re somehow unclean, inferior, less

than those who go the academic route.

7 Career Killing Mistakes PhDs Make That Keep Them Poor And Unhappy

But reality doesn’t lie! When fewer than 1% of PhDs will ever enjoy a tenured professorship, it seems

like true insanity to hedge all your bets on just one career path.

7 Career Killing Mistakes PhDs Make That Keep Them Poor And Unhappy

Read this article to find out about the seven most common mistakes PhDs

make if you don’t want to find yourself becoming just another unemployed

PhD (◄ read the full article here)

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7 Career Killing Mistakes PhDs Make That Keep Them Poor And Unhappy

And if you’re having a hard time imagining the transition from academia to industry, here’s a list of some of the hottest graduate science jobs for PhDs.

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