>phd in math>any job I want>300k starting
>>17025363>phd in mathyou made me laugh for such worthless degree
You don't see this posted too much these days
>>17025607everybody knows it is a terrible degree.
I feel for this meme.Pic rel is what I look like as a phd student making 20k in this economy.
>>17025614Was there even a time when it wasn't
>>17025672back when counting anything was considered a monumental task. nowadays they cant even do that very well.
>>17025672It was only true if you got your PHD from an Ivy league or near Ivy League school and then went into quantitative finance, which is where the meme came from iirc.
>phd in math>try to prove some stupid math conjecture that helps literally no one>never solve it>well at least I had fun
Is getting a PhD a negative ROI these days? Every PhD graduate I know can't find a job. Imagine wasting 4-5 years just to work somewhere you only need a BSc for, for a lesser salary than your BSc-graduating peers because you wasted 4-5 years in experience.
>>17025860PhD isn't the end goal. Literally everyone in my class was just getting it because they considered it the next step.Find a career you would like to do first, then ask, is a PhD necessary to do this work?
>>17025860A PhD really only teaches you how to be an academic and it was never intended to expedite one's job market search beyond that, so there's been an opportunity cost in getting one as they've become more common in recent decades.My friend only got his in MechEng because he didn't like the jobs offers he was getting with just a BSc.
My grandfather became a nuclear engineer with a Mathematics master’s degree, and he unironically worked for Lockheed Martin at the end of his career before he died. But he was also a Marine during the Korean Wad and was way tougher than any of the pansy ass Mathematics PhD havers on /sci/.
>>17025859Yeah well I solved a problem and I don't have a phd in math
>>17025867>unironically worked for Lockheed Martinthat's not saying much since prime contractors have hired scientists and engineers for a long time
You can do the grunt work for us quantum and theoretical physics guys,
>>17025859>LLMs solve it in two hours by just thinking really hard>"Ahhh 1 trillion dollars well spent." said the silicon valley CEO
>>17025363>>phd in mathSuper size my order egghead!
>>17026010That’s why I said unironically. “Ironically” means the opposite of what’s expected. Since him working for Lockheed Martin is what was expected, he worked for them unironically.I’m the only person on 4chan who uses “unironically” the correct way.
>>17025363So many brainlets, who won't even come close to a BSc in math, are seething here.
>>17026741Jokes on you I'm not p*lish
>>17025653Skill issue. If you are smart enough, and not a filthy normie, that is more than enough money to live a comfy life.
>>17025860Careers like physical therapy end up with you getting a PhD, but you don't have a choice. If you want to be PT, not a PTA, you earn the degree with a PhD. It's that simple. So that one's good.
>>17025363Very very good if you are specialized in practical applications, normies believe that only theoretical demonstrations are needed
