I think it's perfectly fine to quit a PhD. It's not for everyone, and not every academic is a good supervisor, and not every phd project is a good one. Some peo

I think it's perfectly fine to quit a PhD. It's not for everyone, and not every academic is a good supervisor, and not every phd project is a good one. Some people who even are not great academically and don't have a lot of scientific drive can still do a PhD with a good advisor and project (similarly for someone who has a lot of scientific drive, even a crappy advisor is not a problem). What however I didn't like in the original post are the sweeping comments about the supervisor's knowledge and research. It is possible that the author is right, but I would be somewhat sceptical, given they come from somebody who just spent 1 year as a PhD candidate.