After much soul searching and a very unpleasant experience with my department, I'm 100% sure that I do not want to enter academia. I'm not completely opposed to carrying out my research topic and writing a dissertation, but I know for sure that the academic environment is not where I want to be. Right now, I'm trying to decide whether I should leave with my Masters or get the PhD and then leave academia. I don't want to be out of the workforce for too long, which would be the case if I got my PhD (six years), but I'm also wondering if getting a PhD could allow me to argue that I have some special expertise when it comes to finding a job. I'm not going to go into the details of my research interests for privacy reasons, but it could fall into the category of economic anthropology. At the same time, I don't feel that going on to get my PhD will give me any of the skills that will make me any more qualified than I am for a job now. Or would I better off trying to carry out a research project that can be marketed on the job market? I would also imagine that the time I would spend in my PhD program is time I could be spending gaining work experience and figuring out what I want to do. Any advice?