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Seeking Non-STEM Job Opportunities for Philosophy Graduate

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Robert R.
March 07, 2021

If anyone has any job opportunity for a non-stem background, please let me know. I studied ontology via a philosophy department, and since graduation in 2011 i've been struggling for income and a career-path. Despite that, in this situation, i've been volunteering for various semantic and discipline-specific associations. I've also been applying year after year to Phd programs as well, and no joy. Falling through cracks, as one professor expressed. Thanks.

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      Jeffrey T.
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      Robert R. Assuming you also took symbolic logic courses as part of your degree, they along with your (assumed) ontology and epistemology coursework would seem to make you a good candidate for ontology development work. Have you had experience or training in OWL, SPARQL, and other semantic web technologies? Are you considering PhD programs other than philosophy? (Library and Information Science [my last degree] might also be worth considering....)

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      Robert R.
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      Yes, I took those. I am familiar with those from some studies, but my focus is ontology modeling, conceptual modeling, and logic on paper, rather than and coding-related aspects. That includes KRR. Yes, i'm open to other departments but need a program that allows the student flexibility to decide their courses because the projects/thesis i have in mind would call for courses in different departments. Fyi: I have done some coding in past studies (C++), but 24 hours in a computer science lab looking for a semicolon made me decide to change major. I would return to it if it's need to achieve my projects of interest, but my main current interest is modeling.