And the kicker is that once you’re done you are sick of your field and end up doing something completely unrelated, where the fact that you even got that title goes unnoticed
Do a PhD, they said.
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omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 years ago
My partner did this. While studying you can see how political academia is, and the sort of people who do well in it.
Not that corporate work is any different lol
Ibaudia@lemmy.world 2 years ago
This was me with my MBA I got for human resources. Ended up in IT.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 years ago
…and no one evvver read it…
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
That’s not true! That’s not true at all!
I had a colleague proofread it and my PI also read it once… probably.
drail@fedia.io 2 years ago
My boss read the first chapter I turned in, decided I know what I am doing, gave me some basic feedback, and has completely checked out since then lol.
FinalRemix@lemmy.world 2 years ago
You had colleagues with the time to proofread yours?! Lucky…
weariedfae@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Thank god. I cannot verify the quality of that trash based on my mental state by the time it was over. I hope no one ever reads mine.
Or at least someday I hope to overcome the PTSD and be able to read it again. In an ideal world I’d like to release an updated version/errata.
Guys, I put GW and SW instead of GP and SP and it makes me die inside.
rustyfish@lemmy.world 2 years ago
A thesis is not there to be written. It is there to be stressed about.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
don’t worry guys, it’s ok, they just have to write the thesis, that’s it.
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 2 years ago
lol bruh. I couldn’t get my job without my PhD because of bullshit elitism, but fuck if I give a damn about 1-electron transfers n shit. I make money by handling money and writing code.
hinterlufer@lemmy.world 2 years ago
As someone in an important position once said to me, having a PhD shows that you have frustration tolerance.
Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
I don’t have an advanced degree but that’s higher education in general, isn’t it? Just a bunch of hoops to jump through for the sole purpose of proving that you’re willing and able to jump through hoops. And yet nobody has ever asked to see my diploma in 20+ years of working.
veganpizza69@lemmy.world 2 years ago
This angle would be akin to saying that a PhD degree is like having tattoos and other body modifications in your brain.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 years ago
I don’t understand why college students stress out so much over writing a single sentence. 🤷🏻♂️ ^/s^
rab@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
I had coworker slip on ice and break her laptop containing the only copy of her 90% complete thesis
She spent an additional 10 grand sending it in for data recovery and was not successful in retrieving it
Trve story
Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world 2 years ago
[deleted]Wasgaytsiedasan@feddit.de 2 years ago
One year for a master thesis? Don’t you do it in 5 months typically?
weariedfae@lemmy.world 2 years ago
(echoing) Master’s ooooouuuut- ooouuut- oouutt
Allero@lemmy.today 2 years ago
Unite, my dear, for soon we all, coming from all places on the globe, are gonna become…
MASTERS OF THE WORLD
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
[deleted]Allero@lemmy.today 2 years ago
Doctors without borders then?..oh, name is taken
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 years ago
Do what I did: never write it! I put as much on my resume but not once has an employer verified my education. I could put anything!
drail@fedia.io 2 years ago
I am half way done with mine, which means I only have 3/4 left to write, then I will be 90% done.
MrEff@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I never felt so more attacked, but also related to at the same time.