Re:16 Year Old CEOs, What Has The World Come To?
by unalone on Monday November 02, 2009 @11:26PM
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Every friend of mine training to be a doctor resents the implication that becoming a doctor isn't an achievement. They're sacrificing more for their title than most entrepreneurs sacrifice for theirs.
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Re:16 Year Old CEOs, What Has The World Come To?
by tel on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @01:52AM
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The impression I've gotten from the PhDs in my dept. is that the title is something they expect and appreciate as a nod to their years of work, but, by the same token, anyone you might compare with them based on merit probably is also a Dr making it useless to brag.
Anyone can technically become a CEO for $89. It only has meaning when attached the success of companies.
Re:16 Year Old CEOs, What Has The World Come To?
by amichail on Monday November 02, 2009 @11:33PM
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It's different for academics because getting a PhD is just the beginning. A top academic would probably not consider it the most important achievement of his/her career.
A top academic is well known and everyone will automatically assume that he/she has a PhD and a respectable position at his/her university, so mentioning the title is redundant.
Re:16 Year Old CEOs, What Has The World Come To?
by yummyfajitas on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @08:35AM
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In general, when you find an academic type without a PhD, it's even more impressive. Read about Google Eliezer Yudkowsky, and tell me you aren't even more impressed when you find out his educational background.
Re:16 Year Old CEOs, What Has The World Come To?
by zackattack on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @09:26AM
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Read about Google Eliezer Yudkowsky
Thanks for making me hunt, asshole. Anyway, he didn't go to high school and is an "autodidact."
Re:16 Year Old CEOs, What Has The World Come To?
by barry-cotter on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @12:08AM
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Truly, my heart bleeds for the M.D. aspirants of the world. Point taken for real doctorates though.