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inflate all the things! on a related note: to some people a phd has become a sign that that person has something to compensate for. a lot of equally or better s
by taskforcegemini 4y ago
inflate all the things!
on a related note: to some people a phd has become a sign that that person has something to compensate for. a lot of equally or better skilled/knowledgable people do not have one
- pcthrowaway 4y agoI thought it was a sign that a candidate has poor cost-benefit analytical skills. Only half joking
- A4ET8a8uTh0 4y agoHah. The same joke persists in MBA circles, where, as the joke goes, during your time here you learn how to evaluate why MBA degree was not a good idea.
- notesinthefield 4y agoMy MBA was free , got me a better job and I still think it was a waste of time.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 4y agoI want to say that a good chunk of it was a waste for me as well. The network effect, as far as I can tell, was minimal. That said, two classes did make a difference ( fraud in accounting and analytics with R ). Even taking those into account though, I honestly can't say my degree was as valuable as it is sometimes portrayed ( definitely not the asking price ). I sometimes wonder whether it is possible I could have stumbled onto R on my own ( I was already playing with Python at the time ) and would I have the patience to go through sample exercises on my own. It is hard to tell. I can't honestly say it was a complete waste of time.
- BeFlatXIII 4y agoOne of my professors said that half the lack of women in STEM professorships could be explained by female students who are smart enough to earn a PhD instead also being smart enough to earn an MD or DVM instead.
- opportune 4y agoThis seems a bit of a broad brush. You can hardly fault someone for getting a PhD because of something like graduating into a recession, because they actually wanted to into academia but changed their mind, or so that they could immigrate.