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Re:A glut of PhDs who can’t find academic jobs by beambot on Sunday October 01, 2017 @08:39PM (#15380827)
> First and foremost, a PhD program trains one to become a professor.

You are grossly misinformed. PhDs programs are training for a career in research. Professorships are only one possible path... and just like you intuited, it's not even the dominant career path.

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Re:A glut of PhDs who can’t find academic jobs by freyir on Monday October 02, 2017 @01:11AM (#15381832)
It’s not the dominant career path because there are too many applicants for too few jobs.

In many fields, academia is the option for a career in research, and a viable career in academic research means a professorship.

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