A recent Twitter thread got me thinking back to the frustrations I felt working towards gaining non-research employment during the last year of my physics PhD program at Columbia University from 2014-2015. While I tried to participate in the thread, I had way too many thoughts for Twitter. A blog post felt more appropriate, so here it is. In summary, the thread was about the failure of physics PhD programs to provide adequate support for students who go on to non-research careers (i.
