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Category: Alt-Ac transition tips
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Greg Stoutenberg wrote in to draw my attention to this free career change resource he put together: https://gregstoutenburg.gumroad.com/l/careerchange It seems like a really great resource, and I expect a good number of readers may have interest in it given the always bad but recently-increased vicissitudes of the academic job market. Many thanks to Greg for…
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By Greg Stoutenburg (@LinkedIn, PhilPeople) A few years ago, I wrote a piece for this blog about my own transition out of academic philosophy and into a role in industry, in which I tried to provide a high-level overview of how to make the same transition. You can see it here: How to leave philosophy…
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In our March "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: I'd love to hear people's views on the feasibility of continuing to do philosophy research outside academia. I suppose one obvious barrier is access to a good research library/journal subscriptions — but, supposing that issue were solved, it seems to me in principle…
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: What is a good alt-ac 'elevator pitch' for philosophy? I think something like this would be very useful to have in non-academic cover letters and job interviews. That is, how should you describe philosophy to a hiring manager with little to no experience…