Close to, to the point where it’s actually just yes. Would you ever consider paying good money for a philosopher, if you were presented with a practical problem? Or, would you hire an engineer, doctor, plumber…

If you’re hiring a philosopher for a non-specific or non-practical thing, you’re actually writing a research grant more than anything, and that would be counted as academia.

Antidisestablishmentarian.

Why stop there when you can add one more modifier?

They said they quit academia, and called it a hobby. Unless you’re trying to do an ill-considered gotcha yourself.

You seem like management material.