Do you think a PhD is worth it?
>>109708771Career wise? No. For fun? It's not for everyone but it can be
>>109708771Yes if you are a turdie looking to emigrate.Otherwise no.
Do you want a teaching or research career? If not, don't bother.
unless you want more money or about to make a breakthrough then nah
>>109708771It depends on (you). But for a large majority of people who do them, no, it's absolutely not worth it.
Not ever since faggots started giving PhD to anyone with a pulse, I mean retards with downs syndrome and even cats.
>>109708771You will get better answers over in >>>/sci/scg and check the FAQ there.>>109709049>Do you want a teaching or research career?What?
>>109709672I need to read more about these cats with PhDs..
>>109708771How many PhD's does it take to screw in a light bulb?60. 1 to write a thesis discussing the environmental impact, 1 to write a counter thesis, 57 to debate both sides for a few years after tens of millions in federal funding and 1 to contract out the job to screw in the light bulb.
>>109709672Holy shit it's real
>>109709774>ai
I don’t know. I enjoyed getting mine, but it was not a great career decision.
>>109708771>Do you think a PhD is worth it?It is worth it for the maid dress.
>>109708771>career wiseno>funno>getting laidno>immigrating to a first world countryno (they only want phds from top firstie universities and to get one you need to already be there)t. phd
>>109709761meanwhile in reality engineers at bigcorp spend months kicking the can down the road and shoving responsibilities onto someone else, while here at my lab I sometimes do the CAD, weld the steel tubes, design the PCB, solder it, program the microcontroller, wire everything up, operate the thing, plan the whole experiment, acquire the funding, handle the procurement paperwork and hiring/firing for junior colleagues all by myself.
will a phd get me a cute blond white girl who massages my penis with her mouth everyday?
>>109709894>>career wise>noWorked out well for me, though only few employers ever appreciated the skills. >>fun>noIt gave me opportunities to work abroad, work was not always fun but usually interesting and intense, and living in faraway countries was fun.>>getting laid>noA large fraction of my bachelor postdoc colleagues got married in Japan. >>immigrating to a first world country>no (they only want phds from top firstie universities and to get one you need to already be there)I started in a first world country.>t. phdIn what field?t.PhD physicist
>>109710069You have to admit anon had a point. Especially now, because the old off-ramps if you didn’t want to stay in academia are drying up pretty rapidly.Hard agree with the Asian thing thought. also physicist
>>109709741>What?PhDs are for teaching in universities and for getting funding for your research. Hope that helps
