if you think PhDs don't make any money I don't. PhD correlates with smartness, and smartness correlates with wages. Please take care not to assume causation.

if you think PhDs don't make any money I don't. PhD correlates with smartness, and smartness correlates with wages. Please take care not to assume causation. But should you get a PhD just to make money without a love for research? Each year of industry experience at a young age will be more valuable to you than a year of study. Yes, you can get stuck. You can also get unstuck and learn ten different languages under ten different employers, as I did.