tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333162355327458803.post7411876634823612626..comments2024-02-14T08:24:47.509-06:00Comments on On the Fence: Feeling the Job-Hunter's FunkE.W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17106082488141824066noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333162355327458803.post-67397685216311308572010-10-21T16:54:56.308-05:002010-10-21T16:54:56.308-05:00Oh no! I feel your pain, anonymous. Thanks for you...Oh no! I feel your pain, anonymous. Thanks for your comment. It must have been a hard decision for you to go back to school when you already had a good job at a univ. press. What are your plans now (besides paying back loans)? Are you considering academic publishing again or teaching?<br /><br />If it makes you feel any better, one of my very good friends was so close to becoming a certified high school teacher before she decided to get a PhD. Now, years later, she has regretfully decided to leave the PhD program and finish up her HS teaching certification process. In the meanwhile, she's accumulated tons of debt.<br />[sigh.]<br />We all followed our dreams, we just didn't know where they were leading us.E.W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17106082488141824066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333162355327458803.post-35051491206281029332010-10-21T16:18:59.116-05:002010-10-21T16:18:59.116-05:00The Trader Joe's thing made me want to cry. H...The Trader Joe's thing made me want to cry. Here's another heartbreaker: I was working at a university press for 50K a year plus benefits when I QUIT to do my fancy Ph.D. Now I'm pushing 40, in student loan debt, and adjuncting for $20-$30 K a year if I'm lucky. Time for Bad Santa indeed.<br />Thank you for your site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333162355327458803.post-67721287615639448982010-10-18T15:09:16.620-05:002010-10-18T15:09:16.620-05:00Good point. Humor is a good remedy when you're...Good point. Humor is a good remedy when you're sick of it all. Laughing at life is really the only way not to be miserably depressed while looking for work, considering a career change, and looking at credit card/student loan bills. <br /><br />But I don't know if you're TJ job application, and the shocking state of salaries for humanities profs, makes me want to laugh or cry! Maybe a little bit of both.E.W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17106082488141824066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7333162355327458803.post-56370398026182045662010-10-18T11:32:47.013-05:002010-10-18T11:32:47.013-05:00I think 'The Funk' is why I became so obse...I think 'The Funk' is why I became so obsessed with humor as it was the only thing that helped. A reminder that, in the words of Bill Hicks, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q95kX_EP2Nk" rel="nofollow">"it's all a ride."</a> Better than Dickens for my funks.<br /><br />There's also <i>Bad Santa</i> if you want your comedy as black as the night of your soul, <i>Legally Blonde</i> and <i>Easy A</i> on the other end. Eddie Izzard and Russell Brand somewhere in the middle. <br /><br />Anyway, laughter really does help, so don't let anyone tell you it's a waste of time to go out and do something non-job-related. Which, in my experience, they always do.<br /><br />Here's something funny: I'm about to send off an application to Trader Joe's, an entry-level position that pays sightly less than 1.5 MORE what I was making as a prof. HAHAHAHAHA.WorstProfEverhttp://www.worstprofessorever.comnoreply@blogger.com