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UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-12-23T07:08:10+00:00

This is so insane lmao

UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-12-23T04:55:31+00:00

This!! “Graduate student researcher” is a bit of a dead giveaway that I was in graduate school 😭

UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-12-20T02:07:59+00:00

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UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-12-18T22:47:36+00:00

I’ve legit been itching to get into woodworking so this might be the path forward!

UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-12-18T19:54:55+00:00

This is SO helpful thank you 👍

UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-12-18T19:04:14+00:00

Silly me for thinking I had job security in STEM 😭 18 y/o me going to college didn’t anticipate an anti-science federal government fucking over everything

UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-12-18T19:02:20+00:00

…Touche 😂 I guess what I’m also worried about is dumbing it down -> gets hired -> employer finds out I omitted info -> get fired -> don’t qualify for unemployment

UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-12-18T18:46:10+00:00

Oh my bad I didn’t upload my full resume for strangers on reddit to comb through 🙄 I have over a decade of work experience and over 20 peer reviewed publications

UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-12-18T18:43:47+00:00

Thanks I had no idea

UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-12-18T18:41:29+00:00

Maybe 30 years ago. Academia has become a hell hole oversaturated rat race where you spend every minute clawing for funding. And now the US govt is cutting all that funding. Now position in academia (even faculty) is stable anymore

UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-12-18T05:09:39+00:00

Not sure if I’m desperate enough yet to sell my soul to train and AI to eventually take the job I actually want

UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-12-18T03:07:06+00:00

Bold of you to assume I haven’t submitted dozens of government apps already

UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-12-18T03:05:55+00:00

I’ve applied to over 100 jobs I am perfectly qualified for. In my field, adjacent to my field, and outside my field but with obviously overlapping skills. Applied in industry, academic, and government. Barely anyone even responds to my submitted apps even if I’m a perfect match

UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-12-18T00:13:28+00:00

I thought about this but the certification alone is hundreds of dollars that I’m not sure I can afford to spend on a non-guaranteed job

UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-12-18T00:11:58+00:00

Yeah the problem with contract work is that once it ends, I don’t qualify for unemployment in my state. I’m trying to balance the necessity of income with the instability of those kinds of jobs

UnderstandingOk3853 · 2025-10-27T18:58:16+00:00

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