Comments on: Ph.D.s and Paths Not Taken http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=95 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: waltc http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=95&cpage=1#comment-283 waltc Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:51:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=95#comment-283 I've thought about that. If I had been a better student, and if the faculty I cared about hadn't left Berkeley's rhetoric program, it's conceivable that I would have gotten the "consolation prize" (which is how the MA was regarded) and gone for the Ph.D. A Ph.D. in rhetoric may not be quite as salable in the job market as one in modern Judaism, but it's in the same league.<br /><br />Fortunately, an opportunity came along in the library, I stepped out, they dropped me a few years later, and now, a mere 38 years later, I still ponder the possibility of becoming a real librarian. I’ve thought about that. If I had been a better student, and if the faculty I cared about hadn’t left Berkeley’s rhetoric program, it’s conceivable that I would have gotten the “consolation prize” (which is how the MA was regarded) and gone for the Ph.D. A Ph.D. in rhetoric may not be quite as salable in the job market as one in modern Judaism, but it’s in the same league.

Fortunately, an opportunity came along in the library, I stepped out, they dropped me a few years later, and now, a mere 38 years later, I still ponder the possibility of becoming a real librarian.

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