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In the US.
by CraftingLinks 5y ago
In the US.
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoSure, but personally I would argue that it almost always makes more financial sense to do a combined Masters-PhD (i.e. a research degree), especially in fields with plentiful funding. That was the case for me in Ireland when I did my doctorate.
- sgregnt 5y agoCan you share which fields are these?
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoDefinitely not psychology, which is what my doctorate's in. Generally, more hard-sciencey type fields tend to have better funding (physics, engineering that sort of thing). They also have less PhD students, because there are more opportunities in industry so less competition for places. It seems like CS is one of those disciplines also, tbh.
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- unishark 5y agoIn engineering a MS pays best, at least historically. Lately PhD's are becoming very common and much more product-oriented I'd say (as opposed to long-term high-risk research). So may be a better ticket to the upper ranks of technical tracks at large tech companies.
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoHistorically, with professional degrees you are totally correct. I think that's more because there's a professional organisation ensuring that people get rewarded for better qualifications. I mean, PhD's are great if you want to learn how to structure and finish a long-term project, and learn how to research. I definitely don't regret mine, but I remember looking the the cost structure of masters vs PhD's and concluding that masters were for suckers as you could always just finish a PhD in 18 months with a research masters.
- Waterluvian 5y agoWas gonna say. My Master’s program paid for itself by the time I graduated and absolutely helped land me my dream job which turned into a dream career.