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Degrees are merely the receipts for the money you spent
- PaulHoule 1y agoI didn't spend a cent on my PhD.
- ckrapu 1y agoThe title is true if there is no meaningful selection or attrition process for your degree. Otherwise, I disagree strongly. I think that one’s opinion of this article’s premise is really an index into what your program was like.
- ThrowawayR2 1y agoThe full quote from the bottom of the essay is "Someone once told me: 'Degrees and licenses are just receipts for the money you spent on a course. The real value is in what you carry forward.'" which is a lot more reasonable.