For those about to rock the JFP, we salute you...

Adjunct Lecturer Vincent Price can draw Plato's Cave on the board faster than you can say, "The Matrix?"

Actually, no one salutes you, nobody.  

Not your parents ("Law school's still an option right?")...

Not your friends ("I made SO much money by not going to grad school!")...

Not your classmates ("I'm not, but you should really wait another year before going on the market...")

Not your advisors ("Why would you want to become as miserable as me?")...

Not your dream jobs ("Dear [insert applicant name here], you are uniquely amazing but...")...

And not even yourself ("Maybe I can change the world once my CV's in order?")...

But once you get that through your thick, phd head, you'll be able to become the cold, hard job applicant the philosophy world wants, nay needs you to be.  

Now go get 'em chalkslinger...