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"People outside academia assume the PhD leads neatly into a permanent job in your department." Emily Spencer @ejmspencer.bsky.social on the gap between how the PhD is perceived and how it actually ends.
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Emily Spencer - Blog – Life After the PhD: My Fellowship Application
Emily Spencer on the strange clarity that arrived when her PhD funding clock started ticking, and why a fellowship application suddenly made sense to her.