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A PhD is effectively an apprenticeship towards becoming a tenure-track professor. It's not unreasonable to wonder why we are investing so much in training so ma
by gaius 9y ago
A PhD is effectively an apprenticeship towards becoming a tenure-track professor. It's not unreasonable to wonder why we are investing so much in training so many people when there is so little demand for that training. The vast majority of PhDs end up in industry doing something barely related, and are no more productive at it than those with only a first degree or even no degree at all.
- JustFinishedBSG 9y ago> A PhD is effectively an apprenticeship towards becoming a tenure-track professor. No it's not, plenty of people get PhD with the goal of ending as a researcher in the industry.
- davidgay 9y agoOr, even, shockingly, because they enjoyed doing research, even if they then don't spend the rest of their life doing research in academia or industry.