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I'm now in my third year of my PhD and enjoying it more than ever, so there's that at least! In all seriousness, I totally acknowledge that the variance in sat
by akshayka 6y ago
I'm now in my third year of my PhD and enjoying it more than ever, so there's that at least!
In all seriousness, I totally acknowledge that the variance in satisfaction with a PhD is very large. I'm lucky to have a great advisor and incredible labmates; my happiness with the program is largely due to them.
- MobileVet 6y ago> I'm lucky to have a great advisor and incredible labmates; my happiness with the program is largely due to them. This. So much this. As in just about every profession, people make or break places. Your advisor and lab mates are everything... choose wisely, and choose them vs a school for its name.
- kkylin 6y agoAs others have noted, it can be harder to move around academia than in industry. Your immediate community matters a lot more, whether you're a PhD student, a postdoc, or faculty. When things work it's great; when they don't, it's correspondingly worse.