> I don't think that I would have believed this until I got into graduate school but it's really true. A PhD doesn't mean anything. If I told you that someone h

> I don't think that I would have believed this until I got into graduate school but it's really true. A PhD doesn't mean anything. If I told you that someone had a PhD, that wouldn't have told you anything else else about that person. I believe the opposite. Before entering grad school i was under this impression, but now at the tail end of my PhD, saying someone has a PhD tells me that they're motivated above everything else. You don't just 'get one' for going to classes and writing a few papers. It really pushes you to establish solid techniques and approaches to conduct meaningful research. More importantly, as many ideas fail before finding something that works, it's pushes the student to stay motivated.