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I dunno, generally you can find different jobs. I was at a FAANG for five years, and it was incredibly good for years 1-3. Over years 4-5 it became more and mor

I dunno, generally you can find different jobs. I was at a FAANG for five years, and it was incredibly good for years 1-3. Over years 4-5 it became more and more political, to the point where this kind of crap started happening. I left, bounced around two other companies and am now back in a place that reminds me of the early days of FAANG. If you hate what you need to do in a job, start looking for another one, and make sure that you like talking to all the people who interview you. Every time I've broken this rule, I've regretted it.

selimthegrim 6y ago
Your name says disgruntledphd. I had two PhD advisors quit on me and go to worse schools after stringing me along about working for them (ie giving me low quality projects they themselves didn’t believe in so they could make it look like they were advising me while they polished their grants and looked for jobs elsewhere).
- disgruntledphd2 6y ago
  Really? So, in order I started with two supervisors: 1) Supervisor 1 left for maternity leave 2) Supervisor 2 sued the university and ended up leaving 3) Supervisor 1 returned, got me to re-write 4) Supervisor 1 went on maternity leave again 5) Supervisor 3 (head of dept) forced me to rewrite and completely change the focus 6) Supervisor 1 returns, says nothing about change of focus 7) Supervisor 3 leaves 8) Supervisor 1 asks me to rewrite to original way 9) Supervisor 4 comes in (super helpful, especially with the stats) 10) Supervisor 4 gets heart disease, takes early retirement 11) I finally say fuck it and put in the PhD 12) Supervisor 1 says I didn't read it all, see what the examiners say 13) Examiners very sceptical I wrote the whole thing, until the actual exam 14) I get major corrections, all of which were down to my refusal to follow APA style in my tables (because it's stupid). 15) I finally graduate, three years after getting my first private sector job. So, yeah, PhD's can be bad for everyone ;)
  - selimthegrim 6y ago
    Ok you win. My hat off to you. Even if I include supervisor that quit on my previous PhD attempt (I worked in industry in between) and my current grantless supervisor who would have happily graduated me with a copy of his last student’s project with some numbers changes if I hadn’t put my foot down and insisted on my own project. And the fact that my school strongly discourages examiners unless the supervisor wants them.

selimthegrim 6y ago

Your name says disgruntledphd. I had two PhD advisors quit on me and go to worse schools after stringing me along about working for them (ie giving me low quality projects they themselves didn’t believe in so they could make it look like they were advising me while they polished their grants and looked for jobs elsewhere).

disgruntledphd2 6y ago
Really? So, in order I started with two supervisors: 1) Supervisor 1 left for maternity leave 2) Supervisor 2 sued the university and ended up leaving 3) Supervisor 1 returned, got me to re-write 4) Supervisor 1 went on maternity leave again 5) Supervisor 3 (head of dept) forced me to rewrite and completely change the focus 6) Supervisor 1 returns, says nothing about change of focus 7) Supervisor 3 leaves 8) Supervisor 1 asks me to rewrite to original way 9) Supervisor 4 comes in (super helpful, especially with the stats) 10) Supervisor 4 gets heart disease, takes early retirement 11) I finally say fuck it and put in the PhD 12) Supervisor 1 says I didn't read it all, see what the examiners say 13) Examiners very sceptical I wrote the whole thing, until the actual exam 14) I get major corrections, all of which were down to my refusal to follow APA style in my tables (because it's stupid). 15) I finally graduate, three years after getting my first private sector job. So, yeah, PhD's can be bad for everyone ;)
- selimthegrim 6y ago
  Ok you win. My hat off to you. Even if I include supervisor that quit on my previous PhD attempt (I worked in industry in between) and my current grantless supervisor who would have happily graduated me with a copy of his last student’s project with some numbers changes if I hadn’t put my foot down and insisted on my own project. And the fact that my school strongly discourages examiners unless the supervisor wants them.