Re:Is Doing a PhD Beneficial?
by jerjerjer on Thursday October 28, 2021 @11:17AM
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> useful to the career
Only if it's a career in academia. Or maybe some very-heavy-into-R&D-academia-adjacent jobs.
The best thing for me were actually classes. We really got deep into what science is, and maybe even more importantly what science is not. There were several courses on origins, development and philosophy of science which I think were among the most interesting and informative courses I have ever taken. The methods and approaches to problems I learned there helped me greatly elsewhere - in my job in particular.
That said paper/grant grind is awful and internal politics in my uni were much much worse than in any job. I abhorred both.
But I got into PhD studies for free (with a small stipend to be exact), so my take does not account for monetary side of the issue.
Only if it's a career in academia. Or maybe some very-heavy-into-R&D-academia-adjacent jobs.
The best thing for me were actually classes. We really got deep into what science is, and maybe even more importantly what science is not. There were several courses on origins, development and philosophy of science which I think were among the most interesting and informative courses I have ever taken. The methods and approaches to problems I learned there helped me greatly elsewhere - in my job in particular.
That said paper/grant grind is awful and internal politics in my uni were much much worse than in any job. I abhorred both.
But I got into PhD studies for free (with a small stipend to be exact), so my take does not account for monetary side of the issue.