A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers

Re:A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers by mrits on Thursday April 18, 2019 @03:06PM (#19693853)

I've never considered being a PhD dropout a bad thing. There are so many legit reasons for not finishing a program.

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Re:A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers by rongenre on Thursday April 18, 2019 @03:11PM (#19693887)

I've been in recruiting discussions where we specifically wanted an ABD in CS (we wanted ability, but also eagerness to work in a new subject area).

Although, it's conceivable that being both ABD and not specifically in CS is seen as a bridge too far.

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Re:A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers by chrisseaton on Thursday April 18, 2019 @05:43PM (#19695065)

Why did you want an ABD but not a PhD holder though?

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Re:A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers by throwawayjava on Thursday April 18, 2019 @06:13PM (#19695266)

Interest in "something new, anything new" tends to substantially increase in the past 2ish months of a PhD.

Not sure if this is a reason for or against.

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Re:A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers by hueving on Thursday April 18, 2019 @07:03PM (#19695548)

Intimidation.

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Re:A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers by j7ake on Friday April 19, 2019 @12:54AM (#19697192)

That seems to be an unnecessarily narrow band of candidates you want. You would be missing out on possibly good candidates just because they got a PhD.

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Re:A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers by oneepic on Friday April 19, 2019 @06:14PM (#19703463)

Just to clarify, I don't think it's inherently a bad thing either. But these were the words given to me by physics grad students at the time.

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