I got a CS PhD at Caltech. It was fun. Experiences vary a lot with who your advisor is and what topic you're researching. The work could be frustrating and tedi

I got a CS PhD at Caltech. It was fun. Experiences vary a lot with who your advisor is and what topic you're researching. The work could be frustrating and tedious, but I never felt overly pressured and the people running the bureaucracy always just made problems disappear for me.