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How is this any different from 20, 30, 40 years ago?? Hint: it's not.
by FunnyBadger 4y ago
How is this any different from 20, 30, 40 years ago??
Hint: it's not.
- fny 4y agoHint: it's a lot worse.
- kingkawn 4y agoDoes that make it viable or worth continuing? Hint: No.
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- sudden_dystopia 4y agoI believe that FunnyBadger is pointing out that people have been pointing this out for a long time and is frustrated that nobody has paid attention to it until it became a crisis. You know, kind of like how we treat every other problem we have.
- MisterBastahrd 4y agoIt's not a crisis. People are simply louder about it now. When people stop signing up for PhD programs, THEN it's a crisis. Until then, the system has no reason to care, thus the general public will remain completely oblivious.
- coldcode 4y agoI was accepted into a Chem PhD program in the early 80's, but knew it would pay crap for years, so I figured I could work as a programmer for a couple years and save some money. 40 years later - I never went back to the PhD.
- muh_gradle 4y agoWages are sticky. Inflation keeps on going up. It's worse.
- bachmeier 4y agoI finished grad school twenty years ago. My stipend was $1100/month for nine months and no tuition waiver. They did let me pay in-state tuition, since I was an employee within the state. For a while, I spent 60% of my after-tax stipend check on housing.