>>16717506
>be me
>graduate into covid
>have nothing better to do so do grad school
>do MSc at a research institute, they offer a job, stay there
>do PhD because it helps out in project grants
>publish some low impact slop because project deadlines demand publications
>about to finish PhD
>realize have become completely unemployable and name is ruined forever
realistically, how do I recover from this? I've got an engineering degree and lots of programming experience in C++ and Python. is it possible to get a job if you've spent a couple years at a lab? do I have to change my legal name? I just want to be able to find a median wage job somewhere and not stay a slave to this institute forever