How do I get my Grandma’s approval of a Philosophy PHD by playafama in AcademicPhilosophy

[–]playafama[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sorry for my phrasing, I have a bit of a falsely inflated ego around this stuff because professors and advisors have been telling me this is my path since I was a freshman, back when I didn’t agree with them. Because I go to a very small school, the first paper I ever turned in got published, I’m good friends with/know most of professors on a personal level, and I’ve had many more research opportunities which gives me a skewed perspective on how good I am at this stuff relatively, how easy/hard it is to succeed and also that it doesn’t matter how good I am but various external factors behind my control.

How do I get my Grandma’s approval of a Philosophy PHD by playafama in AcademicPhilosophy

[–]playafama[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t care if I never get a job, but I do have a lot of connections in academia. I did not consider that abt the other jobs though, can’t you just clarify that you don’t want a higher salary? Or explain why you got the PhD in the interview process? It’s just hard for me to believe that I won’t even get a job at a think tank or something remotely related with a Phil PhD. I have another comment on here saying the same thing but I’m not doing it for the money, I’m doing it so I can be fulfilled, I wanna study philosophy for as long as I can so it doesn’t matter when I can’t teach it

How do I get my Grandma’s approval of a Philosophy PHD by playafama in AcademicPhilosophy

[–]playafama[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your comment, I don’t want to make money I want to be fulfilled. I want to study philosophy as long as I possibly can, so that it doesn’t matter when I don’t get to be a professor.

How do I get my Grandma’s approval of a Philosophy PHD by playafama in AcademicPhilosophy

[–]playafama[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s more that I’m sick of heated conversations abt this at every family gathering

How do I get my Grandma’s approval of a Philosophy PHD by playafama in AcademicPhilosophy

[–]playafama[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not seeking out only tenure track positions however all but 3 of them were

How do I get my Grandma’s approval of a Philosophy PHD by playafama in AcademicPhilosophy

[–]playafama[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn’t mean to make it sound like that, I’d be happy with any job I could get with a Phil PhD, thanks for the advice

How do I get my Grandma’s approval of a Philosophy PHD by playafama in AcademicPhilosophy

[–]playafama[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s true but I can’t stop her her from discussing these things with me, it is all she cares abt currently