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Or even better is just not do a PhD. Doing a PhD is one of the worst things that most people do to themselves. It mainly exists to provide cheap labour to explo
by wanderingmind 5y ago
Or even better is just not do a PhD. Doing a PhD is one of the worst things that most people do to themselves. It mainly exists to provide cheap labour to exploitive universities while creating a huge opportunity cost for students. And worse does not provide any employable skills to more than 9 out of 10 PhDs who need to find a job outside academia. If you are thinking of doing a PhD you are better off just doing a master's.
[1] https://medium.economist.com/why-doing-a-phd-is-often-a-waste-of-time-349206f9addb https://medium.economist.com/why-doing-a-phd-is-often-a-wast...
- ThePhysicist 5y agoSome things are hard to do outside a PhD or research context. I knew my PhD probably wouldn't "pay off" financially but that wasn't the goal to begin with. It gave me the opportunity to do some great research and work with amazing people, so I'm really happy to have done it. I also did research as part of my Diploma (M.Sc.) thesis, but it's just not comparable to a PhD.
- avnigo 5y agoI agree, but like you said, PhDs are valued more in terms of career progression and prospects for those working in research and academia, and if you don't get on that PhD train, you just kinda stall.