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A bit orthogonal but I very much consider academic study beyond undergraduate to be an anti-signal. Not so much at an institution like Stanford, where doing a P
by roncesvalles 4y ago
A bit orthogonal but I very much consider academic study beyond undergraduate to be an anti-signal. Not so much at an institution like Stanford, where doing a PhD still means something; but very quickly past the sparse handful of top tier universities, a PhD is little more than a UBI program for people unable to integrate into the workforce.
- ModernMech 4y ago> PhD is little more than a UBI program for people unable to integrate into the workforce. People with Ph.D.s have the highest employment rate of any degree, so I'm not sure how you can hold this opinion. Maybe you're just a little biased against Ph.D.s? https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2022/data-on-display/education-pays.htm https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2022/data-on-display/educa...
- roncesvalles 4y agoIt would be more accurate to compare doctoral degree attainers with other degree attainers holding IQ constant, and perhaps age as well. Everyone gets a job eventually.
- ModernMech 4y agoOkay, but what kind of evidence/analysis did you collect before arriving at the conclusion that a "PhD is little more than a UBI program for people unable to integrate into the workforce"? Because data show they are able to integrate into the workforce just fine.