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As someone with a PhD... yes. It was good for me and my career plans... but I actively tell people NOT to pursue one in this job/funding climate. I know quite a
by pbnjay 12y ago
As someone with a PhD... yes. It was good for me and my career plans... but I actively tell people NOT to pursue one in this job/funding climate. I know quite a few people who basically have no aspirations past the PhD, and hence no real drive or quality of work.
It's sad really, because I know so many PhDs who are doing great stuff, but at this level it's also just so hard to separate the wheat from the chaff in terms of quality.
- sebastianavina 12y agoI'm starting my PhD on 2016, I've already filled most of the paper work. Side note is that I graduated on 2007 with a master on industrial automation. I was planning to study a PhD immediately but instead I decided to take a sabatic year... after several months I started working and funded two companies. Today I must say I'm a successful business man, working on my thesis on probability and about tying things down for taking a year off of my own company in order to attend a year of classes of a top research center for a PhD on automatic control. I'm so happy.