Plan B?

In comments, we have a request for a thread on Plan Bs (plans B? what is the plural of 'plan B'?)

Could we maybe get an alternative plan/Plan B SUCCESS/ADVICE thread going? I'm not as interested in what current philosophers think people could do for work, but rather what people who left grad programs are ACTUALLY doing for work and how they found it, why they left, etc. I do realize that those people likely would not frequent the Smoker blog, but maybe people who still keep in touch with friends who left their program could chime in.

I feel like we run "Plan B" threads every so often, but none stood out to me as I was looking through the archives. It would be nice to be able to find them. Therefore, new tag: Plan B.

What say you, Smokers?

--Mr. Zero