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or family obligations

• M5x7wI3CmbEem10 6y ago
  would it be better to do a PhD as soon as possible to prevent family weighing you down, or to become financially independent first?
  • hatmatrix 6y ago
    Ideally, both - but in STEM you would get a stipend that you could live off of if you had no children so if you could only do one or the other I would say the first.
  • mattbk1 6y ago
    As soon as possible.
    • M5x7wI3CmbEem10 6y ago
      well...why?