Re:How to build a better PhD
by fluxquanta on Monday December 14, 2015 @03:11PM
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>“And a master's is not considered a failure for those who can't make it to a PhD.”
I was in a physics PhD program straight out of undergraduate school. In that program, at least, the culture very much was that the master's degree was the "failure option".
I ended up leaving after one year for personal reasons, and I felt like even more of a failure because I couldn't even get to the "failure option" point. Five years later and even though I'm relatively successful working as a programmer it still bothers me.
I was in a physics PhD program straight out of undergraduate school. In that program, at least, the culture very much was that the master's degree was the "failure option".
I ended up leaving after one year for personal reasons, and I felt like even more of a failure because I couldn't even get to the "failure option" point. Five years later and even though I'm relatively successful working as a programmer it still bothers me.