Things I learnt during, and about, my PhD

Re:Things I learnt during, and about, my PhD by RK on Wednesday July 16, 2008 @01:38AM (#247362)

The stipends available to a PhD student are actually very good, especially if you’ve come directly from the pasta & baked bean-eating life of an undergraduate.

Things must be better in Ireland than in the US with regard to grad student funding. Some of my friends get paid $1000/month as physics and engineering PhD students.

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Re:Things I learnt during, and about, my PhD by jhayes on Wednesday July 16, 2008 @04:46PM (#247947)

Sister's doing a PhD here (or there rather, from your POV). Back of the envelope calculation, she'd be earning roughly 10% more than the minimum wage if you view a PhD as a 36 hours/week job (I wouldn't).

Pretty sure that that's close to the norm for PhD pay though.

(Sorry, no hard figures to compare, due to a feeling that I shouldn't discuss someone else's financial situation candidly online, even if details probably just a google away).

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Re:Things I learnt during, and about, my PhD by ibsulon on Wednesday July 16, 2008 @02:58AM (#247401)

That's good compared to part time jobs and loans just to maintain subsistance level.

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