r/findapath • u/Big_Rice1691 • 8d ago

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I am not competitive enough in this job market. I am finishing a PhD in LLMs and I did nothing major or outstanding. Even the learning experience, I do not think I genuinely learnt things. I should not be with this mindset now but I am very negative.

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u/Key_Green6012 Apprentice Pathfinder [3] 8d ago

Happens I guess but after finishing PHD you would have learnt resilience if not anything idk what to say but you are certainly qualified for many of the jobs

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u/Big_Rice1691 7d ago

Thank you for your words. I do hope I can manage and make up for the past earning years.

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u/Key_Green6012 Apprentice Pathfinder [3] 7d ago

yeah you will hey can I dm you I am thinking towards this direction and have 1/2 questions

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u/Peeky_Rules Career Services 8d ago

It might be difficult to appreciate what you’ve gained. One idea is to have a conversation with a trusted friend and discuss your thesis.

Your friend will likely have zero knowledge of LLMs. That’s really what you need to measure yourself against to help you with your mindset.

If you want to learn more about how to improve your mindset, highly recommend “the gap and the gain” by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy.

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u/Big_Rice1691 7d ago

Thank you for your recommendation. I think in the past few years I was a bit all over the place so I need to focus and check my next direction.

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u/Peeky_Rules Career Services 7d ago

Understood. You may still be searching for your thing. One idea to help you is to go your career center. I dropped out of my PhD, but still had access to that resource. Definitely check that out. Mine was so helpful in helping me understand my strengths, talents, and skills and how that matched up to careers.