Princeton PhD applies to 2,300 jobs, still unemployed as junior-hiring debate rages
felpix_ · x · 2026-10-18
WSJ reports Jack Weis, who graduated from Princeton in 2024 with a PhD in chemical engineering, has applied to more than 2,300 jobs and still hasn't landed one, living in his parents' basement for two years. The piece describes a "deep freeze" in the labor market hitting college-educated workers hard.
felpix shared it to mock the "junior hiring isn't cooked" camp, framing the case as evidence of AI-driven entry-level job erosion.
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