PhDs really are not high paying or high status jobs. They are most of the time passion projects, however, which makes it very easy for supervisors and the acade

PhDs really are not high paying or high status jobs. They are most of the time passion projects, however, which makes it very easy for supervisors and the academic system to abuse them and gaslight them into working longer. The best students I have seen rarely stop thinking about their PhD, but they definitely stop working when it’s time.