This was super interesting and freshing. I'm a 3rd year History and English student and I don't regret my degree at all. It's a lot of hard work and there is defo some gatekeeping in industries happening so you have to work super hard to find your way into whichever field you want :D

Does anyone have her @ ?

No offense but professors dont know anything about the job market. The reality is they got lucky as their work was the flavor of the moment and got one of the very few positions. The cynical reality is that none pf the jobs with “transferable skills” require a phd and you would easily be better off not getting one in the first place as you will have lost 4-7 years that you could have spent building your career.

Not sure about the value of a history degree. Whenever I hear the words network, to me that sounds like code for know somebody that can help land the job which is what the job market has become.