Honestly, my PhD and ensuing postdoc probably cost me money, and they were worth every penny, and a whole lot more. Spending that number of years doing pure re

Honestly, my PhD and ensuing postdoc probably cost me money, and they were worth every penny, and a whole lot more. Spending that number of years doing pure research, thinking 24 hours a day, with access to huge libraries of research materials, was fucking awesome. I know the startup buzz is also 24 hours a day and fucking awesome too, but it's much more about the kaching than the enlightenment.