Ph.D. in physics?
It ain't that simple.
It would be an injustice to myself, to society and to my colleagues to NOT work in the field that I've invested the last, oh, eight or so years training in. Not to mention all the time and money that's been invested in me by other agents.
I should at least be one of those dudes running around with a clip board and a pocket protector...
I'm not tryin' to pull the arrogance thing on ya; I'm just stating fact. And yeah, if 30's-style depression came upon us and there were literally no market whatsoever for my skills, sure I'd be racing you for the next available shovel.
"Miss Beverly Jones
had a Ph.D. in Physics
and she went to town
to look for some work.
Every place she applied
she was told that
she was she was qualified
to be a secretary or a clerk.
Well the word got out
on the day she was born,
but she was twenty getting the news,
and got the I don't know
where I'm going but I'm going,
nowhere in a hurry blues."
-- Steve Goodman