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Advice from a friend: Never do your PhD in a subject you love, because afterwards you'll hate it.
by FabHK 3y ago
Advice from a friend: Never do your PhD in a subject you love, because afterwards you'll hate it.
- huijzer 3y agoHow about "Never do a PhD, because afterwards you'll hate it"?
- pseudonym0us 3y agoHow about "Never do, because afterwards you'll hate it"?
- logicprog 3y agoNever do, there is no try
- BizarreByte 3y agoThis is unfortunately true more often than not at least in my experience.
- noelwelsh 3y agoDid PhD in a topic. Still like the topic. My advice: people over generalize from their n=1 experience of doing a PhD. There are so many differences between fields, universities, supervisors...
- inglor_cz 3y agoI actually enjoyed my PhD studies (in Algebra). "Love" would be a strong word, but discovering new interesting mathematical facts was a cool activity.
- CrazyStat 3y agoI still love the subject I did my PhD in. I did get thoroughly disenchanted with academia though.
- DFHippie 3y agoThis was my experience. My advisor said, "You can do that, but no one will hire you." I decided I'd finish my dissertation on a topic that interested me then become a programmer. And here we are.
- robocat 3y agoI only did a Bachelors in Engineering - super passionate about electronics when I started! Had zero interest when I finished - something to do with academia (and I come from a very academic family background)