Re:How to build a better PhD
by analog31 on Monday December 14, 2015 @08:10AM
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I got my PhD in physics in the early 90s. Already by that time, it was widely known among students that we weren't all going to get tenure track jobs. We understood the numbers. It was called the "birth control problem."
I told my dad about it. He's a PhD scientist, and spent his career in industry. He told me that the "birth control problem" was already known in the 1950s, and that it was never a slam dunk that a PhD would get into a decent academic research career.
I told my dad about it. He's a PhD scientist, and spent his career in industry. He told me that the "birth control problem" was already known in the 1950s, and that it was never a slam dunk that a PhD would get into a decent academic research career.