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IneficientPgons
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IneficientPgons
5y ago
> I don't know about the USA specifically My post was specific to to the USA. > Many maths PhDs don't go into academia, and those that do earn decent money (definitely more than our equivalent of middle school teachers).
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IneficientPgons
5y ago
Mathematics is closer to the least in-demand humanities than CS in terms of investment quality... actually, it's probably one of the worse fields in which to do a phd. History or Philosophy might be better... at least there you're
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IneficientPgons
5y ago
STEM PhDs in the US pay no tuition and receive a stipend of typically $30K+ as well as health insurance and sometimes housing benefits. Honestly, "fuck it, do another Ph.D. in an adjacent field like math" is definitely in my "