User blog comment:Pvg3/Am I the only spouse who is about to have a breakdown if her husband doesn't get a job?/@comment-184.41.21.228-20130210223456

Agree the system is broken. The problem is that there is a huge difference between the graduate school experience, which is interesting and intellectual (even if one is poor), and the reality of working as a professor, which often is so different unless you're in a R1. Big gap, too big!

You could of course consider leaving accademia, and, from what I am hearing, it is often more rewarding.