Academic. 50+ applications to universities across the EU and UK. Finally got an interview but did not get the job. Inching closer! Its an insanely bad job market for academics, and an insanely bad job market generally. I’m going to keep at it but looking at alternatives. I am lucky to have my job through December.
I’ve started working with a career coach to help me deal with defeatism. I’m also tired of the rat race - publish or die. Grant competition. Favoritism. AI everywhere and metric tracking everything. I’ve done everything right and am looking at finding new meaning that doesn’t involve so much free labor and struggle.
Academic. 50+ applications to universities across the EU and UK. Finally got an interview but did not get the job. Inching closer! Its an insanely bad job market for academics, and an insanely bad job market generally. I’m going to keep at it but looking at alternatives. I am lucky to have my job through December.
I’ve started working with a career coach to help me deal with defeatism. I’m also tired of the rat race - publish or die. Grant competition. Favoritism. AI everywhere and metric tracking everything. I’ve done everything right and am looking at finding new meaning that doesn’t involve so much free labor and struggle.