/lit/ - Literature

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>What am I getting myself into?
Abject poverty and depression for at least 10 years.
>Is it a competitive field?
Yes. Universities are absolutely packed with professors. It is incredibly difficult to get tenure. You probably won't get a stable uni job (if you ever do) until you're middle aged.
>How hard is it to get into graduate school and eventually become a professor?
Getting into grad school isn't that hard. See above about becoming a prof.
>Am I falling for a meme here?
Yes. Just become a high school teacher (maybe not if you're a burger) or an ESL teacher in Asia.
>advice
If you're okay with working a minimum wage job for the next decade or so then go wild. Depends on the person, but most people massively regret spending so much time and money getting advanced humanities degrees.
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