UCLA PhD couldn't find job; plays online poker instead

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  1. warguns

    warguns Member

    Universities are offering doctorates but few jobs - latimes.com

    "The job market is abysmal, especially within the academic system," said Stover, who spent six years getting her doctorate at UCLA.

    It has never been easy to find a tenure-track teaching job. But this year, dwindling endowments and shrinking state budgets — especially in California — have made that goal more elusive than ever. Now, many graduates with doctoral degrees are finding themselves looking for jobs outside universities — jobs they probably could have gotten without five to six years of intense schooling and tens of thousands of dollars of education debt. ​

    People who get doctorates from no-name universities should be aware of the severe shortage of jobs even for those with degrees from big-time schools.
     
  2. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Okay!!!!!!
     
  3. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    OK, let me be the first one to say it: that's hot!

    If she is really making money on online poker, then she must be really good at it, since those communities are based on the idea that the majority of people will lose money and most of the winners won't win much. I actually don't really understand online poker because a big part of the game is to be able to read your opponents and learn their patterns, but if you are playing online you don't get to see anyone's face and are often playing with people you have never even heard of before.

    It's too bad there aren't any connect four and spades* tournaments, I would be RICH!!!


    *of the non-gambling sort :)
     
  4. AV8R

    AV8R Active Member

    You gotta do what you gotta do.
     
  5. CalDog

    CalDog New Member

    The numbers in the US Dept of Education's "Digest of Education Statistics" are somewhat different, but they still show a huge rise in PhD/EdD recipients.

    The percent change in degrees issued from the 1980-81 academic year to the 2007-08 academic year:

    DDS degrees issued: -12.2 %
    MD degrees issued: +0.9 %
    JD degrees issued: +20.5 %
    PhD/EdD degrees issued: +94.0%

    There are actually fewer dental schools, and fewer dental degrees, being issued today than there were 25 years ago. Obviously this is not the case for PhDs.

    If you suspect that the increasing numbers of PhDs/EdDs may have devalued the doctoral degree, note that the Dept. of Education projects that the numbers will keep rising. The numbers of PhDs/EdDs issued annually is projected to be 40% higher in 2018-19.
     
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