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When you realize you hate your field after finishing your PhD

I spent six years getting my PhD and now that I have it I realize I hate research and never want to see another academic paper again but everyone expects me to be grateful.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The sunk cost of extensive training has created a prison of others' expectations that conflicts with authentic self-knowledge.

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