I urge young colleagues who earn their doctorates and face such prospects to consider fields other than academia.
(Speaking of which, there are the Republican Party's 2016 prospects to consider: Marco Rubio made a very good debut on the national stage.
So, when I graduated I didn't have any contacts to leverage, any work experience to speak of, and -- oh yeah -- no job prospects to consider.
His doctor, who visits, gently urges him to seek full-time hospital care, a prospect he refuses to consider, although his hacienda is so remote that communications with the outside world are conducted by shortwave radio.
Although this is an attractive prospect, educators need to consider the significant time investment by faculty members to provide this level of individualised educational support.
"It is a very worrisome prospect," he says, "to consider that chemicals that children are exposed to every day that are widely detected in the blood of pregnant women, in breast milk, and in cord blood could well be neurotoxic chemicals whose neurotoxicity has just never been properly examined".
He told the BBC that he was "tempted" to stand as winning a single seat in Westminster would "completely transform" the party's prospects, but had to consider whether it was the right opportunity.
However, doing this at a time of commissioning budget restrictions is a difficult prospect and we need to consider alternative approaches.
