tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post6524741138113506419..comments2024-01-19T08:08:23.595-08:00Comments on All of My Faults Are Stress-Related: Unpacking and the urge to classifyKimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-82937323292461118442008-07-12T20:26:00.000-07:002008-07-12T20:26:00.000-07:00I hope that's the case - that people are doing non...I hope that's the case - that people are doing non-academic things, rather than doing ten years of post-docs. And the experience could make you a stronger job candidate (depending on how you sell it).Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-12618965294984983752008-07-09T16:14:00.000-07:002008-07-09T16:14:00.000-07:00I think there might be more than simply a lack of ...I think there might be more than simply a lack of faculty jobs. I left academia for four years after my MS, because I wasn't sure if I wanted to switch to something else, or if I wanted to get a job, etc. <BR/>Now I am back for a PhD at 29, which I thought would date me as ancient in the academic world. It turns out that most of the PhD students in my school have done something else for a bit before coming back to it, and so we are all about the same age, with a few exceptions.<BR/>But those stats make me hopeful that I will be taken seriously as a candidate in a couple of years, even though I took some time off to do other things.Margothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01354931288147701203noreply@blogger.com