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If anything your financial outlook gets even worse. There is a huge glut of science Ph. D.'s looking for work and unable to find it so they post-doc. The post-doc system has become a way to exploit jobless scientists by having them do research for $35k without benefits while they try, often in vain, for years to get a real job. Now with the Ph. D. they are labeled as either over-qualified or clueless academic with no idea how the real world works.</p>
<p>In short they busted their rear for 5-7 years getting a degree that weighs them down like a ball and chains. </p>
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