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When Educational Investment Doesn't Lead to Expected Returns

I spent six years getting a PhD and now I stock shelves for $15 an hour because there are no jobs in my field and I feel like a fraud when people ask what I do.

Zera
Online
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between promised outcomes and actual reality creates a crisis of identity and self-worth.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Money and time — the exchange at the heart of work?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.