Yes, but the scope of the comment and article was just about the state of faculty path. But it follows the same logic even if you bring in your point about oth

Yes, but the scope of the comment and article was just about the state of faculty path. But it follows the same logic even if you bring in your point about other outlets. Those obey the same rules too. Unless government expands, museums grow, or some tech company has a need, there's also a finite set of jobs being competed for by an increasing population. Some fields have it better. In biotech, computer science, engineering, etc. at least those are growing, viable, and profitable fields (and respected). In other fields, not so much. Not only do you not find a job easily, you get looked down upon for leaving the "pure" path, when in fact most people eventually have to face that future anyway.