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Princeton PhD Jack Weis Applied to 2,300 Jobs Without Success

Jack Weis has submitted applications to 2,300 positions over two years but remains unemployed despite holding a doctorate.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 18 Oct 2026 · updated 2d ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 18 Oct 2026. Hacker News published first, on 18 October at 06:36 UTC; Entrepreneur followed 31h 53m later. The most recent article, from Entrepreneur, appeared on 19 October at 14:30 UTC.

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  1. This Princeton Ph.D. Has Applied to 2,300 Jobs in 2 Years. He Still Can’t Find a Job: ‘It’s Quite Surprising’ Entrepreneur
  2. A Princeton PhD Applied to 2,300 Jobs. He Still Can't Get One Hacker News

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