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Re:Postdocs under pressure: ‘Can I even do this any more?’ by phist_mcgee on Saturday December 19, 2020 @05:49AM (#25476586)
I have a PhD. The acquisition of that certification was perhaps the most meaningless thing of my life. Behind my Bachelor's by far. No one was really proud of me, and I only finished it because I have a problem with not finishing things. Finish it if you have it in you, cut it loose if you do not. Dr. means nothing, and no one in the real world will care either way.
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Re:Postdocs under pressure: ‘Can I even do this any more?’ by refactor_master on Saturday December 19, 2020 @10:17AM (#25477881)
Quite the opposite for me. It gave me the needed time and open-ended-ness to play around with methods and tackle problems in a way that best suited and interested me.

The things I learned during my PhD makes my bachelor’s and master’s subjects seem almost worthless.

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Re:Postdocs under pressure: ‘Can I even do this any more?’ by blackrock on Saturday December 19, 2020 @09:18AM (#25477521)
What field is your PhD in?
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Re:Postdocs under pressure: ‘Can I even do this any more?’ by phist_mcgee on Saturday December 19, 2020 @06:46PM (#25482425)
Computer Science. But it was quite qualitative and involved a fair bit of human research as well.
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