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I'm enjoying my master's degree quite a bit. My peers are brilliant and my class work is interesting. Also, I am quite impressed by the kinds of companies that
by jacoblyles 18y ago
I'm enjoying my master's degree quite a bit. My peers are brilliant and my class work is interesting. Also, I am quite impressed by the kinds of companies that came to our career fair and that are giving me a call back. It would be even sweeter if I weren't paying for it.
However, I am not interested in pursuing a PHD. Working on one problem for three years sounds... tedious. Also, I've noticed that my dating market value and social life have declined quite a bit since I left my job. Two years of that ain't bad, but five would be tough.
- gaius 18y agoA PhD is an apprenticeship to become an academic. If you aren't planning to take your career in that direction it's hard to see a reason to do one. It's a negative in the non-academic job market.
- blackguardx 18y agoNot true in hardware. Look at any job board. All the cool jobs require PhDs or many years of experience. It is very hard to get that experience because not many companies want to take a risk on someone with just a bachelors. I knew I wanted to go back to grad school during my senior year, but got a job first to rack up some money and experience. There is so much depth to electrical engineering that sometimes even senior level classes feel like they are barely scratching the surface.