I left as an ABD in French lit and now work as a software engineer. I recently found out that my former department put me on a list of "recent placements" as an

I left as an ABD in French lit and now work as a software engineer. I recently found out that my former department put me on a list of "recent placements" as an example of an alternative career open to French lit scholars because OF COURSE it's reasonable to expect humanities PhDs to be able to pass a whiteboard interview when they can't land a professorship.