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A PhD isn't training to do a job other than research. If it is, it isn't a PhD. Some specific PhD topics have utility in industry, but that isn't guaranteed, an
by msla 8y ago
A PhD isn't training to do a job other than research. If it is, it isn't a PhD. Some specific PhD topics have utility in industry, but that isn't guaranteed, and even if a topic does, the people studying that topic won't automatically know how to apply their work to anything a commercial employer would be interested in.
TL;DR: Until commercial employers start to rely on grants, a PhD isn't job training.
- BeetleB 8y ago>A PhD isn't training to do a job other than research. That's simply wrong. >A doctorate (from Latin docere, "to teach") or doctor's degree (from Latin doctor, "teacher") or doctoral degree, is an academic degree awarded by universities, derived from the ancient formalism licentia docendi ("licence to teach") In most countries, it is a research degree that qualifies the holder to teach at university level in the degree's field, or to work in a specific profession. We've recently formalized it to "doing research", but for most of history it has not been limited to, or even primarily for, research.
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