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This is a video in which I reconsider some of the topics that I had approached and addressed 10 years ago in a video, requested by some of my viewers, called "Some Advice About Becoming a Philosophy Professor," which you can watch here - https://youtu.be/ailOeTE-bt8

I will be producing further videos on some of the other matters discussed in that earlier video. In this one, I zero in on what is generally required in order to qualify for being a philosophy professor, the job market that ha been difficult for several generations, the arbitrariness of the hiring process, and the likelihood of teaching as an adjunct or fixed term instructor rather than getting a tenure-track position. I think it is important to be brutally realistic, neither pessimistic nor optimistic, about the prospects in the present and likely future.

Some of the information sources mentioned in the video:
"Get Lucky" | A Conversation on Twitter about Academics, Hiring, Luck, and Privilege - https://youtu.be/AIVfge1E1K8
Charles Lassiter - 2022-23 Philosophy Job Market Report Daily Nous) https://dailynous.com/2023/01/19/2022-23-philosophy-job-market-report-guest-post/
Jeremy Davis - My Five Years on the Philosophy Job Market - https://jeremydavis.substack.com/p/my-five-years-on-the-philosophy-job
American Philosophical Association Guidance for Philosophy Job Seekers - https://www.apaonline.org/page/guidance_job_seekers
Alexandra Bradner - The Cruelty of the Adjunct System (APA Blog) - https://blog.apaonline.org/2022/04/13/the-cruelty-of-the-adjunct-system/
Paul Schofield - Twitter Thread - https://twitter.com/pschofie79/status/1608851022415552512

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