As someone who didnt even pass their first year and dropped out, mind explaining whats involved in a PHD and why science ones are so grueling?
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cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 1 year agoA science PhD is fucking grueling.
Deepus@lemm.ee 1 year ago
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It’s basically just working for 6 years for not much pay while your friends who got jobs right out of undergrad are making at 3-5x as much.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Not only that, but all the political game involved in the academia is mental.
helloworld55@lemm.ee 1 year ago
And the work-life balance is attrocious.
When I started, my advisor told me to not think of myself as an employee, but as a “researcher”. IE I don’t get to clock out, my life revolved around learning/reseaching
Deepus@lemm.ee 1 year ago
But having the PHD makes up for it after right?
nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Generally no if we consider it from a financial perspective.
I work in engineering with a masters, and I make more than people with only a bachelors. However, even with the masters pay bump I am unlikely to ever make enough extra money to make up for the financial losses I incurred in getting the degree. It’s only “worth it” financially if you work full time and have your company pay for the degree.
PHDs make about the same amount of money and get about the same positions as someone with an only Masters. You get a PHD because you love studying and research enough to basically give up half of a decade of your life.
Liz@midwest.social 1 year ago
It really depends on the field. In some areas PhDs make less than bachelors.
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
That’s what they say but I haven’t finished mine yet so I can only hope
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Slovene@feddit.nl 1 year ago
And OnlyFans job is grueling fucking? 🤔
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Classical Electrodynamics by Jackson helped me feel like a jock in Calculus.
Hitler meme that sums it up
gramie@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
That is one of the funniest things I have seen in a very long time!
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“Do I look like Feynman” is my favorite bit
Cypher@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Now I’m reading about Bessel functions on my weekend… how dare you.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 11 months ago
the video is spherical Bessel functions
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Simple man me detrackers then clicks 🤗
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wdym?