I dropped out of my PhD program when I realized that 1. I didn't want to be an academic, and 2. Having a PhD wasn't going to help me get a non-academic job, an

I dropped out of my PhD program when I realized that 1. I didn't want to be an academic, and 2. Having a PhD wasn't going to help me get a non-academic job, and 3. Grad school kind of sucks. But, as a result, I have a lot of friends who finished their PhDs, and the idea that they are metaphorically "Porsches" compared to the many talented non-PhD developers and data scientists I've worked with is laughable.