Princeton PhD applied to 2,300 jobs and still has none
Original title: A Princeton PhD Applied to 2,300 Jobs. He Still Can't Get One
Jack Weis, a 2024 chemical engineering graduate, was later ghosted for food-preparation jobs after a short AI-training gig.
The Wall Street Journal profiles Jack Weis, who has applied to more than 2,300 jobs since finishing a Princeton Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 2024 and remains unemployed. He tried corporate science roles, national-laboratory fellowships and software engineering, then food-preparation jobs. For a time he trained AI using his engineering and fluid-mechanics expertise.
- He has looked for work for two years while living in his parents' basement.
- Applications later included a company that sells frozen crab cakes.
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- Princeton
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5 min read at wsj.comA Princeton Ph. D. Applied to 2,300 Jobs.
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