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[Toby Hemenway <toby@patternliteracy.com>]

I'd love to see the survey results. That's been my impression, too: about 1/3 
of the participants make major career changes or improvements. I've also 
noticed that although a modest number of people have concerns about the cost 
at the beginning of a PDC, our end-of-course evaluations show that number 
goes down to about 1 in 40 by the end, and most people say it has given their 
lives new direction (like my first PDC did).

That kinda squelches those silly tales of PDCs being a pyramid scheme trying 
to recruit more PDC teachers. The most common career outcome I've seen is 
that about 25% of the graduates start (or continue) doing design work. Maybe 
1 in 10 starts a farm or related plant business. About 1 in 20 does some 
teaching; about 1 in 100 does extensive teaching.

Toby
http://patternliteracy.com


On Sep 3, 2011, at 1:28 PM, jenny Nazak wrote:

> Kelda,
> 
> What great news (your survey finding that 1/3 of PDC grads ended up 
> creating their own jobs/businesses).
> 
> I've never taken such a survey of our grads, but I get the impression that 
> our percentage is close to what you found.
> 
> Right livelihood is such an important (and sometimes overlooked) component 
> of a truly sustainable civilization.
> 
> I look forward to reading the summary. Thanks for sharing!
> 
> cheers,
> 
> jenny
> 
> Jenny Nazak
> Publicity coordinator, 
> Austin Permaculture Guild
> www.austinperm.com
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