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It's been confirmed: I am a failure.

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Economist
9133

I've now wasted too many years in grad school for debt, lost earnings, anxiety, depression, and an ass-wipe piece of paper. That's all I'll have to show for doing a PhD at a sh*tty school in a sh*tty subject that nobody is interested in. I failed. I am a failure.

I had a healthy number of interviews at places I was excited about, but only one sh*tty fly out to a sh*tty sh*thole department where it's been now made pretty clear to all parties involved that I'm a poor fit for them and they're a poor fit for me. Based on the performance of my peers, who got either multiple fly outs and/or employment already (performing very nicely for the sh*tty grads from this sh*thole), it's pretty clear I f*cked up at interviews -- I was too nervous and I'm sure I came across as a total babbling sh*t-for-brains idiot. The are also probably quality differences not related to interview skills/soft skills that I'm unable to observe and/or unaware of because I'm too much of a f*cking idiot.

My (pauper's) gravestone will read: I FAILED! I AM A FAILURE! I F*CKED UP! I AM AN IDIOT!

Be this a lesson to you kids -- don't f*ck up the job market and do quality work at a quality place. If you're an f*cking sh*t-for-brains idiot like me, don't waste your time or anyone else's! Drop out while you still can or you will end up a f*cking waste of a human being like me. Run, run, run or you'll be well done! Seriously: I'm a f*cking failure and it's my f*cking fault.

I...
Hate.. hate... hate HATE
HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE
HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE
HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE
MYSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Economist
5bde

Give love a chance bro

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Economist
9133

That's a bunch of nonsense.

Give love a chance bro

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Economist
5c9c

And the Oscar nomination goes to... 9133! Bravo!

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Economist
150b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ldAQ6Rh5ZI#t=05s

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Economist
9133

Thanks, but I'm not play acting here. I'm seriously a failure.

And the Oscar nomination goes to... 9133! Bravo!

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Economist
81a7

its never too late to quit.

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Economist
9133

Though this is a satire, self-help therapy is a crock of sh*t to convince sh*tty people like me that they're not sh*tty. I guess I'm at least quality enough to realize that. Yet, still... I'm a failure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ldAQ6Rh5ZI#t=05s

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Economist
9133

I guess I'm a pussy in addition to being a failure.

its never too late to quit.

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Economist
0eb9

come on. do not exaggerate.

i suppose they taught you IV analysis during the PhD. do you know what important questions have been answered by using IV analysis?

another thing you learned is the difference between fixed effects and random effects estimator. the answer to this problem will change the lives of people in the future.

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150b

Ok, then not bullshitting you. You are only a failure if you choose to be one. So, you didn't get the job you wanted. Big fucking deal. Man up. Find a way to turn it into opportunity.

I guarantee you I've crashed a lot harder than that in all dimensions. So depressed that I literally spent 3 fucking years unemployed mostly lying in bed. That was the real failure. Then I decided to hell with it; I will win. And I did. So man up and move along. Nothing to see here.

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Economist
9133

You're the one exaggerating. Has anything helpful really come out of sh*tty empirical work based on a litany of sh*tty assumptions from a sh*thead like me? Nope. No nontrivial academic or policy debate has EVER been settled with empirical methods.

come on. do not exaggerate.
i suppose they taught you IV analysis during the PhD. do you know what important questions have been answered by using IV analysis?
another thing you learned is the difference between fixed effects and random effects estimator. the answer to this problem will change the lives of people in the future.

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Economist
9133

I am manning up an admitting that I'm a f*cking failure. There are few opportunities for dimwits and morons, especially ones who have the misfortune of being self-aware, as do I.

Congrats on your victory in Bellum omnium contra omnes. I'm glad fortune has smiled upon you and you have a natural endowment of quality, gumption, courage, talent, and stick-to-it-invness. From my proverbial bunker in Berlin, I do not see victory possible here.

Ok, then not bullshitting you. You are only a failure if you choose to be one. So, you didn't get the job you wanted. Big fucking deal. Man up. Find a way to turn it into opportunity.
I guarantee you I've crashed a lot harder than that in all dimensions. So depressed that I literally spent 3 fucking years unemployed mostly lying in bed. That was the real failure. Then I decided to hell with it; I will win. And I did. So man up and move along. Nothing to see here.

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Economist
2031

no, you are not.

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Economist
0eb9

what is the rank of the school you come from? US or Europe?

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Economist
9133

Incorrect.

no, you are not.

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Economist
9133

Rank? What's that? Bottom of the barrel US. Below 125.

what is the rank of the school you come from? US or Europe?

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cfee

You think your career sucks - I'm adjuncting at a community college and I got no interviews this year. Last year I got an obscenely pitiful offer at a crappy school with a 4-4 teaching load and they wanted me to teach subjects I knew nothing about. There are some of us in the same boat. It's a buyers market unfortunately.

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Economist
9280

"No nontrivial academic or policy debate has EVER been settled with empirical methods."

plenty have... just not in economics

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Economist
9133

Can't blame it on market forces. Must blame it on self.

You think your career sucks - I'm adjuncting at a community college and I got no interviews this year. Last year I got an obscenely pitiful offer at a crappy school with a 4-4 teaching load and they wanted me to teach subjects I knew nothing about. There are some of us in the same boat. It's a buyers market unfortunately.

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