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Why shouldn't it be easy(ier) to get the PhD when you've already worked and published for 10 years in the field?
by pergadad 7y ago
Why shouldn't it be easy(ier) to get the PhD when you've already worked and published for 10 years in the field?
- diffeomorphism 7y agoThat seems like a completely different question. Suppose somebody does a brilliant Master's thesis and afterwards quickly writes two more good papers. He/She could get a PhD immediately at that point as far as research is concerned, but would benefit from waiting a bit longer and also getting mentorship etc. . A person who worked and published for 10 years for all purposes already was doing PhD work for 10 years and thus can more or less staple some works together to get PhD whenever they want to.
- mygo 7y agoPeople can go their whole lifetime without making novel contributions to a field. If an arbitrary time limit is required to have a PhD, I feel like it probably discounts the implications of what kind of individual one needs to be to make novel contributions at a young age in less time.