Help young academics

I RECENTLY achieved the highest level of academic achievement, a PhD.

Yet, I’m left wondering what over a decade of academic study was for.

There was a time when a doctorate would guarantee a well-paid position. Now, in Ireland at least, it guarantees nothing but the right to call yourself doctor.

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