I won't weigh in much either way because I mostly don't understand the Ph.D. process or phenomenon. Why that fact might be weird or notable; my full time job is

I won't weigh in much either way because I mostly don't understand the Ph.D. process or phenomenon. Why that fact might be weird or notable; my full time job is in a non-research teaching role, in higher-ed, for 15+ years. Even weirder, my law degree is what technically qualifies me to teach graduate students in an IT program (maybe not THAT weird, I do teach legal research and Info Policy...but also web design/admin/programming)