annoyed

I'm ABD now. I do all my writing and reading at night now as it is, so I figured I might as well work full-time during the day. I'm applying for the same type of job I had before I started the PhD. I worked 3 years between my MS and PhD. I'm thinking about leaving the PhD off my resume and then bringing it up in the interview. I'm sure they'll ask "What have you been doing all this time?" I'll say I left it off since I'm not done yet. I've been putting it on my resume thinking it would make me a more attractive candidate. Apparently not.

Has anyone tried to get a job while still in a PhD program? I have an assistantship, but I'd like to live a little better and I think I can handle more work. So I've been looking for a full-time job the last couple months. I've gotten no responses even though I think I have a strong resume. The only problem I can think of is that companies don't want to hire someone currently working on a PhD. They think I won't have time or they think I'll quit as soon as I graduate. I'm guessing there might be confidentiality issues with some of them too. It's quiet angering being ignored for jobs I'm certain I'd at least get an interview for.

Ok "original" is subjective. My point is I was hoping to work on something revolutionary, but I keep finding it's been done already or something similar has been done. I'm thinking I should pick one of the similar (although not exact) topics because that seems to be what most other people are doing.

Thanks for posting this RedPill. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I know I have a problem with reading comprehension. I think it's mainly because I haven't read enough. I never liked reading for pleasure, the only books and articles I ever read are for school. The internet has also destroyed my attention span, I find it difficult to read anything of great length. The other part of the problem are the authors. I notice PhD's like to make simple concepts seem complicated.

I'm struggling to find a novel topic for my thesis. I think I may be trying too hard. Nearly everyone in I know is studying something, which in my opinion is not novel. I feel like people bury their heads in the sand or they think making one minor tweak makes it a completely new topic.