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Deepus@lemm.ee 5 days agoAs 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?
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 5 days ago
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 5 days 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 5 days ago
Not only that, but all the political game involved in the academia is mental.
helloworld55@lemm.ee 4 days 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 5 days ago
But having the PHD makes up for it after right?
nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 5 days 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.
GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 5 days ago
😢😔
Liz@midwest.social 5 days ago
It really depends on the field. In some areas PhDs make less than bachelors.
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
That’s what they say but I haven’t finished mine yet so I can only hope