Yeah, the defense is awesome, has saved a few people I know from an unpleasant academic fate. My plan right now, once I get past the exams and the 400 page dissertation is to work as a civilian research historian for one of the branches of the federal government. The pay is really good as are the government benefits and there are offices all over the country so if I want to move I can apply for a transfer to a different field office. Most of my cohort is going into teaching, but I am really not cut out for it. My best friend who is in the program with me loves to teach and isn't all that fond of research while I am the opposite, we like to joke that between the two of we make a complete historian.
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ninetydegrees
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on 2010-01-14 09:15 pm (UTC)