> I'm no longer a Dr. after leaving academia post PhD "Does a PhD thesis have to be novel?" - I don't care how you slice that answer, even if you were confirmi

> I'm no longer a Dr. after leaving academia post PhD "Does a PhD thesis have to be novel?" - I don't care how you slice that answer, even if you were confirming/revisiting existing studies. If you have a PhD, you contributed to human knowledge in either the master or PhD theses, imo.