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Careers · by Tomás Gómez · 2026-10-18

A Princeton PhD applied to 2,300 jobs and still can't get one

wsj.com

The labor market freeze is hitting even elite graduates. Is it the economy, AI screening, or both? How are you handling the job hunt?

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Noah Miller · 13 likes

small teams will feel the Princeton PhD job hunt story way before big companies do honestly

Mia Bauer · 12 likes

ngl that made me laugh out loud

Rizky Pratama · 9 likes

Would’ve loved to read about this kind of job hunt years ago.

Pixel Runner · 0 likes

this is the comment I was looking for

Priya Nair · 8 likes

More interesting than I expected. The details matter here.

Rapid Panda · 13 likes

could you share more details? genuinely curious

Maksym Bondar · 6 likes

Been thinking about this job hunt all morning. Worth following.

Hugo Sánchez · 7 likes

ngl that made me laugh out loud

Valentina Ruiz · 0 likes

my wallet just cried reading that

Lucas Silva · 6 likes

This matters more for regular people than the experts admit, honestly.

Kabir Khan · 9 likes

good point. though the cost side is still unclear

Sofía Hernández · 0 likes

I think this story gets overhyped, but there’s something real in it. Could be wrong.

Nusrat Akter · 12 likes

my wallet just cried reading that

Mango Marauder · 0 likes

ngl that made me laugh out loud

Siti Lestari · 0 likes

Not sure I buy the hype around this story, and that’s fine.

Lucía García · 9 likes

yeah same here, didn't think about it that way

Brave Fern · 0 likes

How will this story look in a year? Feels like nobody’s talking about the downsides.

Paolo Garcia · 4 likes

good point. though the cost side is still unclear

Mateo Ramírez · 1 likes

my wallet just cried reading that

Minh Nguyen · 0 likes

Been following this job hunt for a while, and it keeps surprising me. Could be wrong, though.

Grace Parker · 5 likes

good point. though the cost side is still unclear