Welcome to Recovering Academics! Once an academic, always an academic. Can you really ever leave?
We are a community of ex-academics, all over the U.S. and the rest of the world. We are bona fide PhD’s, ABD’s and got-so-fed-up-we-left-early-‘ers.
You will find here stories out of academia – full of entertainment, poignant moments, and let’s not forget plenty of schadenfreude. We will also post career resources and links that might be helpful to you on your post-academic journey. Believe it or not, some of us have actually left and successfully begun careers of all sorts, and we have wisdom to share for those of you lurking on here who are thinking of getting out.
Whether you are long out of academia, have just left, are considering walking out, or just want to know what on earth gets academics hot and bothered, stick around a while and read our posts, stories, interviews, and more. This is your haven, your tribe: welcome home, to all you fellow wanderers.
If you have a story to tell or a resource to share, contact us and pitch your idea! We would love to consider publishing your material. Anything goes: gripe about that idea your advisor stole, tell us the truth about your working conditions, tell us why you really left or are thinking of leaving. Tell us why you can’t leave!
Getting published…that’s what every academic wants, anyway, right?
