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Presumably you have your PhD now? Why not sue today?

• discardorama 12y ago
  I thought about it after I graduated. The problem is: in the initial years, people ask for recommendations from your advisor; and as a PhD, you are basically tied to your advisor for life (people will always ask: who was your advisor?). After some thought, I decided to give it a rest and move on. I had learnt a valuable (and very pricey) lesson: always take things in writing.
  • gohrt 12y ago
    That's deeply not true. Your advisor's impression of you does not affect later jobs.
  • kelnos 12y ago
    I think I'd take 20% of $30MM, even including a potentially difficult court battle, over a good rec from a PhD advisor (which, as others have pointed out, is less important than you seem to suggest).