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The worst? I stopped to do research after my PhD and now, I forgot everything. Dumb as a rock AND without any useful knowledge of my very peculiar subject.
But I still have the paper, yay!
But surely everyone greets you by saying “Dr. Fossilesque, I presume?”.
That alone has got to be worth the overqualification issues.
Finishing up my thesis but, god I hope not. Those people are insufferable.
I called an associate professor by a common nickname derived from his actual name, thing is that it draws the thought to some drug addict from the 70’s. When I got my phd, he took to calling me by my title as a revenge.
Better than people who insist on being called “Dr.”
That’s what I was referring to. 😅
The more PhDs I know and the closer I am to grad school, the more it feels like getting a PhD is about being stubborn than it is about being smarter than everyone in the room.
Yes.
In my experience it’s being stubborn or possessing a robust resiliency to mental health damage. Being smart, or better yet from a family that is wealthy enough to support you just makes everything a fair bit easier.
Also, making friends with your advisors doesn’t hurt either.
I do not regret not going to grad school
And a lot of debt, usually. Don’t forget that one.
If you have to pay to get a PhD then you were fleeced and probably deserve to lose that money
Yeah, I got paid to do gradschool. Not much cuz I didn’t shop around and just stayed where I did undergrad, but yeah, once you’re doing research, they should be paying you.
pls no bully yanks
yanks are fren not food
According to the NCES, in 2015-16 the average PhD graduate had about $100k student debt
Maybe you should look outside of the US.
Ya got me there.
