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U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren’t there
- simonbarker87 14y agoThis is exactly why I viewed my PhD as a 3 year graduate scheme and a jon that just so happened to let me call myself a doctor at the end of it. I know PhDs take longer in the US than here in the UK so maybe this method wouldn't translate well, but I treated my PhD as a job on a three year fixed term contract, during which time I had a series of tasks to complete and some milestones to hit with a big report at the end of it. I knew I never wanted to be an academic when I started, if opportunities arose to change my mind then fine but given that the majority of PhDs do not get academic positions I think it is important to look at a PhD like a graduate job rather than the first step on the academic ladder. I did electronics though so I guess my view point is different from the case studies in the article.
- carsongross 14y agoAnd yet employers can't find enough advanced workers: http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/local_news/advanced-manufacturers-cant-find-qualified-workers http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/smallbusiness/1204/gallery.employees/index.html http://www.abc57.com/home/top-stories/SWM-Manufacturers-want-to-hire-cant-find-qualified-employees-139332703.html It's like there is some third party in play, disrupting the market, favoring basic research over practical application, in league with a nefarious fourth party that provides subsidized, non-dischargeable financing for the traps laid by the third party.