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...he??s worried a faculty spot might be out of reach—particularly because the one-year postdoctoral jobs that are often prerequisites come with little job security or pay—a dangerous road to choose with a child to support...
Still, climbing the academic ladder with a kindergartner in tow is extremely difficult, so he??s begun looking at administrative positions. Every day he gets an e-mail with non-academic job openings in his field. Sometimes they pay decently, sometimes less so. Rarely are they good options. Today’s offering is with the National Park Service at $37,000 a year. “See, there are jobs,” Sebastián remarks. “But then, this is the problem. It’s in Oregon.” And only...
...more immediate concerns. His stipend won’t cover summer expenses, when Mariana will need daycare again. So he??s been applying to summer administrative positions in the Houses or in the Harvard Summer School. If he lucks out and is hired, of course, that will mean less time for research. Nobody has gotten back...
...April finally leaves the Medical School to pick up Miles. He??s the only child left, still with two stickers on his knees from the doctor’s office, though they’re mostly peeled...
...person who administers her subsidy cautions that it too may soon arrive on the chopping block. A month later, Sebastián’s department will agree to give him two months of summer support, but of course, he still doesn’t know what he??ll do after he gets his degree. Uncertainty, it seems, is the perennial affliction of parent Ph.D.s...