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Originally Posted by Borderline PD
Long term career goals in order of preference:
1. Professor position at just about any university. I'm not terribly picky, I just want a place where I can pursue my research interests and earn enough to live on.
2. Teach at a community college. No prestige, but its probably the lowest-stress job I can think of, and I would still be able to pursue research interests. Obviously this could be achieved with a MS only.
3. Strategic level business. I could easily make six figures by going to B school, which certainly has its appeal, but its not really my passion. Non profit would be slightly better but its still not where I want to be.
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Well, from the research I have done it is fairly easy to land a job at a university if you have a PhD. However, this will not necessarily be a well known university, the pay won't be great, and the teaching load may be kind of high. But if these things don't bother you then you will definitely get a chance to pursue your own research interests and earn enough to live on. Sounds like you want to work on research to some degree so a job at a community college is probably not the way to go.