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TL;DR -- of course Ph.D life is sketchy, from numbers-game perspective. But it's like acting, being a writer, a musician, a star pastry chef, or anything else
by toomuchcoffee 14y ago
TL;DR -- of course Ph.D life is sketchy, from numbers-game perspective. But it's like acting, being a writer, a musician, a star pastry chef, or anything else that's not merely a vocation, but rather, a calling. The only reason to go into research is if the drive is just in your bones, like a giant rock, and you just have to let it out.
- ek 14y agoYou and I appear to have posted similar sentiments at the exact same time. I think you hit the nail on the head - having not to pursue a PhD would be simply awful. When research is something that you daydream about in the shower, breaking away from it early seems foolhardy.