I can't help but think if he was half way through his Ph.D., he perhaps should have finished it before embarking on this endevour. "Would I finish and get a fe

I can't help but think if he was half way through his Ph.D., he perhaps should have finished it before embarking on this endevour. "Would I finish and get a few letters after my name, or seize the day and do something that needed to be done?" I'm not sure the two are in any way mutually incompatible, and the advantage of working with experienced researchers for a couple of years or so more (Ph.Ds are 3-4 years in the UK), especially if he's committed to a more solitary lifestyle, I'd have thought would have been rather useful.