Re:What You Need to Know Before Considering a PhD
by bobmarley1 on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:59AM
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Sounds like an Adjunct position which I hate to break it to you is no where near Professor. You will likely make less than minimum wage, I have seen salaries of $3,000 per class taught, and have essentially no room for advancement.This is a common end point for PhDs that didn't get a Tenure track position and have no other choice.
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Re:What You Need to Know Before Considering a PhD
by icelancer on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @12:44PM
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They weren't. But nice assumptions.
Re:What You Need to Know Before Considering a PhD
by bobmarley1 on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @01:55PM
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If you aren't a professor and you are teaching classes you are an Adjunct/Lecturer which is a dead end career-wise. Maybe nice as a side gig or when you retire but a horrible position to be in otherwise.
Edit: I actually don't know what you are arguing, I think the point is that you won't get a job as a Professor without a PhD, getting teaching offers is completely different and happen to people in industry without PhDs all the time.