If you have a PhD and can’t get a job, don’t feel like you’re alone. Most who want to work outside of academia have trouble finding good jobs for PhDs. The majority of PhD career advice students get is geared toward staying associated with a university. There’s little information available about the various non-academic career…

Nowadays more people than ever are leaving academia, some because they want a different life and some because they can’t get or maintain the job they want in academia. Since I left academia to become a freelancer, I’ve advised grad students, PhDs, and even tenured professors about making the switch. A lot of people lament…