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Re:A Guide for Adults Going to College by whatshisface on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @02:36PM (#18858807)
>Good luck entering [...] academia without a degree.

Given that a PhD is basically a training course on how to be a professor, I think that one might actually be fair. The harshest criticism of PhDs is that they are only vocational training for professors, even.

Re:A Guide for Adults Going to College by _emacsomancer_ on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @10:05PM (#18861948)
At least ideally, a PhD is a training course on how to do research professionally.