>You can still quit. This is bad advice. The sheepskin effect is real and a company that "cares about the PhD as a marker" is not being petty or superficial in

>You can still quit. This is bad advice. The sheepskin effect is real and a company that "cares about the PhD as a marker" is not being petty or superficial in using this as a screening mechanism. Unless you're truly looking to enter a field where having a PhD would be of no value on your resume, just finish your PhD if you're 6 years in and can do so without too much additional distraction.