"...But with academia, you don’t need to put yourself through five to 10 years of the hardest work you will ever do, followed by four years (and counting) of rejection and dejection, simply to conclude that the experience was ill-advised. When it comes to graduate school, you should just chuck the ladder before you try to climb it. You’ve only got to run the other way."
"Hardest work you'll ever do." LOL! This guy hasn't a clue. If reading books is the hardest work you'll ever do, you have no right expecting a job anywhere. Are Lit PhD's losers or are losers drawn to Lit careers?