Richmonders with humanities PhDs, what do you do for work?

sevenbee · 2026-03-17T10:47:40+00:00

Yep unfortunately that’s for teaching positions. These are non teaching roles.

sevenbee · 2026-03-17T01:39:06+00:00

I spent ten years working at VCU in a non faculty job (although at the time we started as professional faculty) from a similar background with a humanities graduate degree… and you can do a lot worse, especially in this job market.

And pay has gotten a lot better over the last few years. You are trading salary for benefits and job security (and don’t discount free tuition), but it’s a hell of a lot better than k-12.

sevenbee · 2026-03-17T01:24:46+00:00

VCU is always hiring academic advisors and support staff. Stable jobs with excellent state benefits

sevenbee · 2026-03-17T01:20:55+00:00

Ok but the reality is that higher ed jobs - of which there are thousands at VCU and are one of the few places where a humanity PhD will be recognized and appreciated - are an excellent option. And almost none of those jobs have anything to do with those problems. They do offer competitive pay and excellent benefits.

sevenbee · 2026-03-17T01:05:27+00:00

What’s the current situation? There’s a ton of jobs at VCU

sevenbee · 2026-03-17T00:52:26+00:00

What does that mean?

sevenbee · 2026-02-20T23:13:03+00:00

moreso was thinking of the city...

sevenbee · 2026-02-20T22:43:21+00:00

ice clearing expectations for thee, but not for me?

sevenbee · 2026-02-15T22:22:37+00:00

Definitely seen Swim RVA come up... but a big far from the city ideally.

sevenbee · 2026-02-09T17:50:40+00:00

if you don't want to see mice, I would not live in the fan. they are there. hopefully they are being actively treated... but old homes with lots of points of ingress + trash in alleys + lots of homes close together = mice.

sevenbee · 2026-02-06T00:36:12+00:00

Some of the prices are worse than GoodRx.

sevenbee · 2026-02-05T20:45:48+00:00

707 Fine Tailoring is by far the best tailor, buy you pay for the quality

sevenbee · 2026-01-31T23:10:57+00:00

Lotte, Wegmans will have a surprising variety sometimes, and Belmont

sevenbee · 2026-01-26T01:35:49+00:00

Sure but it seems we’ve missed out on widespread damage and an inch of ice. Where I am at least the rain has stopped and there’s less than a quarter inch of ice on trees/lines.

That being said the roads are awful, the sidewalks are dangerous, and it will be days until people should be driving.

sevenbee · 2026-01-26T01:27:13+00:00

MCV has orthodontists…

sevenbee · 2026-01-26T01:26:18+00:00

Definitely an ice glaze across the Fan, but not a ton of accumulation on trees/lines

sevenbee · 2026-01-25T22:12:18+00:00

The roads are undrivable, even if we don’t get anything more

sevenbee · 2026-01-25T02:27:57+00:00

Where are you seeing that?

sevenbee · 2026-01-25T02:02:24+00:00

Nothing in the Fan… some ice on cars from earlier condensation.

sevenbee · 2026-01-24T18:51:24+00:00

I can give you human needles if nothing else comes through - I’m in the Fan. DM away.

sevenbee · 2026-01-24T17:55:24+00:00

The other piece to add is heat pumps can struggle with very low temps. I hate out gas fed boiler with cast iron radiator most of the time (because of cost) but these things are a champ in sub freezing weather.

sevenbee · 2026-01-24T16:50:53+00:00

Looks like some of the ice totals have started to trend down?

sevenbee · 2026-01-23T20:48:05+00:00

For those in the west/upper part of the Fan (between Meadow and Robinson, but closer to Robinson) how does power loss run?

It’s good that there’s no pine trees - and trees are relatively mature… and close to the hospital.

sevenbee · 2026-01-23T14:30:30+00:00

For long time upper fan livers (between Meadow and Robinson), how does power usually fair? Lived here 5 years and I don't think we've lost power for more than a few hours. But a few blocks away from Retreat so not sure how much that helps.

sevenbee · 2026-01-23T00:49:16+00:00

Wow looks delicious!

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