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I don't think your problem is your PhD. If you sent out 1000 resumes, it's unlikely you've been writing decent cover letters or doing any sort of targeting, you're just spamming.

You expect the fact that you got an 800 on the GRE math to impress someone? Congratulations, you are good at junior high level math.

I have a PhD in CS and have never had trouble getting jobs before, during, or after grad school. 90% of my labmates went into industry rather than academia and they all had job offers before they even defended.

You seem to expect people you spam your resume to to hire you based on your name dropping. If you're as talented as you seem to think you are, you should be able to learn python and/or ruby in a fraction of the time it takes you to send out 1000 resumes.

Your problem isn't your PhD it's your attitude.



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