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Here are a list of resources that might be helpful as you think about your own career.
Other Profiles of Philosophers Working Outside Academia
Helen de Cruz's
3-part series on philosophers who work outside academia
Part 1: How and why do they end up there?
Part 2: What's it like to have a nonacademic job?
Part 3: Transferrable skills and concrete advice
Daniel Finke - Camels with Hammers
Gina Helfrich - Interview on GradSquare (audio)
Steve Neumann - Free the Philosophical Beast
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow - The Repurposed Ph.D.
Eleni Manis - A Political Philosopher in a Taxpayer Watchdog Agency
Derek Bowman - Free Range Philosophers
Doing Things With Philosophy
Resources for Non-Academic Careers
"So What Are You Going to Do with That?": Finding Careers Outside Academia
Versatile PhD, an established forum for PhDs outside academia
American Philosophical Association, Beyond Academia: Professional Opportunities for Philosophers
Susan Basalla May on figuring out what to do outside of academia
Zachary Ernst, Goodbye Academia (blog)
The Chronicle of Higher Education's Leaving Academe Forum
PhDs at Work, Humanities section
Alexandra Lord, Our Secret Nonacademic Histories
Danielle Deveau, Articulating Academic Experience for the Non-Academic Workplace
Joshua Gross, How People with Non-Technical PhDs Can Find Careers in IT
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