[lbo-talk] A Glimpse into the Fate of Ph,D's currently

[Gar Lipow]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Jordan Carroll
<jordanscarroll at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> More importantly, though, it's the one profession I can see myself in. I
> really enjoy doing research and, as far as I can tell, there are no private
> sector think tanks for Marxist literary studies. Of course, I have no
> illusions about the job market I'll face in 2-3 years.
>
> Shag: btw, why do YOU do it? when i went to grad school, my $8000 per
> semester scholarship was more than I'd ever made, per hour, than any of the
> $6/hr jobs I'd had. Even factoring in 30 hr work weeks for one slavemaster
> prof. Similarly, even the small change gigs where I assigned only written
> essay assignments still worked out to be better than $6/hr even factoring
> in grading. When I moved to florida and found out that the local comm
> colleges were willing to pay a big old $1600/ semester, I got a "real" job
> and said: fuck that noise. I had options, though. I suppose in rural
> settings, it's hard to come by much else so the adjunct job is better than
> nothing? >
>
Shag does not do adjunct work any more as far as I know. She has a
real job in private industry.


>
> --
> Best,
>
> Jordan
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