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Re:Advice from a 104-year-old PhD student [video] by wiz21c on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:28AM (#25712782)
Late forties too... Got burn out and now I'm studying again to get a engineering degree in data sciences (yeah, the full hype thing). It feels so good to study (with 20 y.o. kids :-)), and it sure dwarfs the lack of money coming in (I'm not working because studying is a full time job).

So it's a totally risk career move but that's either that either being sad at my workplace. Hopefully I'll feel empowered by the degree and be able to move on professionnaly.

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Re:Advice from a 104-year-old PhD student [video] by RealSpaceMonkey on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:12AM (#25713483)
This should just be normal. The idea that you study until a certain age then that's it is outdated. We are not mechanical cogs coming out of an educational factory.

Societal norms are not always right. Do what makes sense.

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