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The only examples given here are those of liberal arts degrees. Does this happen as much in engineering or the sciences?
by fgimenez 18y ago
The only examples given here are those of liberal arts degrees. Does this happen as much in engineering or the sciences?
- hugh 18y agoTo some extent. The big difference is this: if you leave the academic career path with a PhD in ancient history or medieval basket weaving, you're pretty darn-near unemployable and will probably wind up making $35K editing crummy manuscripts for a fourth-rate publishing house (or doing three months work in Moscow for $12,000 and calling it "lucrative"). But most of the folks I know who've left the academic career path with a PhD in physics have jumped straight into obscenely highly-paid jobs in finance, management consulting, etc.