Re:Ask HN: Senior FAANG engineer, going back to school for P...
by netizen-936824 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @06:21AM
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This is the correct answer. Doing a PhD is about learning how to do solid research, and become a person who can do good research independently.
If you're doing it for any other reason then you're likely going to have a bad time or be disappointed
Your aim should not be to want to do a Ph.D. Your aim should be to want to get involved in a particular research area that you are already interested in, and you see that opportunities at academic institution are better suited to accomplish this goal.
To me it sounds like you just want to do a Ph.d for the title.
When I was contemplating a Ph.d I started out like you, just wanting to do it for a title. But after spending time as a research assistant in my pre-Ph.d phase I realized that just "doing a Ph.d" is not at all what I wanted. I wanted to work on something I was passionate about. Else it was better not to attempt anything at all.