This trailer for the documentary “Death (& Rebirth) Of A PhD” claims that getting a PhD used to be great, but is now crap.
And here’s an almost finished blogpost I’m working on: “Should you do a PhD?” Where I try to sort out some misconceptions I’ve seen, and give some very general advise.
However, neither of these exactly address the question of the post.
However again, I think it is probably more useful to ask the question: If I want to solve outstanding maths problems, is a PhD my best choice.
I started my Ph.D. at age 27. I would have made a lot more money during my career if I had instead just joined a large company like Microsoft because I was a good programmer, but I really have enjoyed mathematics.
Some what related:
This trailer for the documentary “Death (& Rebirth) Of A PhD” claims that getting a PhD used to be great, but is now crap.
And here’s an almost finished blogpost I’m working on: “Should you do a PhD?” Where I try to sort out some misconceptions I’ve seen, and give some very general advise.
However, neither of these exactly address the question of the post.
However again, I think it is probably more useful to ask the question: If I want to solve outstanding maths problems, is a PhD my best choice.
I started my Ph.D. at age 27. I would have made a lot more money during my career if I had instead just joined a large company like Microsoft because I was a good programmer, but I really have enjoyed mathematics.