Is it worth getting a PhD in 2026?
Nigga it’s over
>>25611088Low quality post. Go into a corner and end your miserable existence, pessimist scum.Over you say? The doors of progress have just opened. Everything is within one's means if he gives it go with everything's he has got.
>>25611081is it worth using this image in 2026
>>25611097low quality post
>>25611081why did you hue shift this great painting into quasi hell zone?
>>25611116maybe he wanted to differentiate himself from the five other anons attaching this img to their post at any given time
Why is everyone so hostile to each other here?
>>25611097>progress
>>25611129atmosphere of collective depression due to reading of low grade lit
>>25611129i have nothing better to do than be hostile on the internet at least until foreveranyl releases
>>25611081If you have to ask, it is not. If you were truly dedicated to your discipline it would not even be a question, it would be an automatic commitment.
>>25611081it's worth stackin' cash first and then do PhD in the post-early retirement time
>>25611129If I don't post aggressively enough one of the closeted dweebs will escape from here out of my phone like the ghost girl from The Ring and try to suck my cock.
>>25611081education is fantastic. what field? what aim? whatever it is, youll need a good social network and a good overview of the opportunities in your field. also, be good at what you do.
>>25611199Good quality post.
>>25611194cool free blow jobanon 25611194 i summon you!
I've been told that I may be doing original research into my chosen subject matter, and this has encouraged me to pursue a PhD in my field. I originally started on the road of my ideas when I was still getting my MA and they formed the bulk of my master's thesis. I presented them at a conference this summer and got some pushback that basically amounted to the fact that my ideas are interesting and need more work.I could do this all on my own, in theory, but why not try for a PhD so I'd get paid to study?So that's my own personal story. I know it's not typical, I know a lot of people seem to get a PhD just to get one. But I, at least, have an external motivation.
>>25611206>external motivationgetting elf pussy?
>>25611199>what field?English Literature>>25611199>what aim?Assistant professor or secondary school teacher
>>25611206What's the doctoral stipend in your country?
>>25611081Yes.Because education is what you make of it.I wrote my thesis conforming to the rigorous requirements of the 20th century. My classmates simply did what was necessary to pass. No doubt they got the same certificate, but I know that not only is my thesis at a glance visibly better than theirs, I can also undergo a viva voce of my thesis anytime and defend it successfully, and my classmates cannot.Because I learned the proper skills, the real knowledge, and they didn't. It doesn't matter to me that both my lecturers and examiners were idiots, I taught myself from the resources they gave me. If the knowledge is what you seek, then you can never go wrong. If the certification is what you seek, either way, you need it.
>>25611206>I presented them at a conference this summer and got some pushback that basically amounted to the fact that my ideas are interesting and need more work.probably conference-speak for "you need further research to see if they are actually novel or relevant" or "you need to improve your research methodology and presentation"the monetary benefit is intuitively easy to calculate, especially now with fucking AI giving you all the quick and easy answers
>>25611136This doesn't even make sense. There's some obvious flaw they aren't mentioning.
>>25611235Too white, male, and straightShitposting aside, he probably rejected a lot of offers which he felt didn't pay enough
>>25611278>Too white, male, and straightits fucking chemical engineering dumb ass
>>25611302nta but pretty sure that was a joke.
>>25611129It's a hobby
>>25611303in these incel trump days, doubt it
>>25611309Unsurprisingly a tranny turdie got triggeredYWNBAW
>>25611314unsurprisingly, a magat retard found another excuse to fantasize about sucking tranny cock.FUCK OFF LINDSEY.your male escorts have no power here.
Depends
>>25611136>one instances of anything supposedly happening totally means that it also applies to everyone else and it's more than enough to formulate some sort of conclusion!why is this retarded mentality so widespread?
>>25611212>secondary school teacherYou do not need a PhD for thisIf you are driven, absolutely compelled to do research into your field, then a PhD may be worthwhile spiritually. As a career move it is awful.
>>25611081Depends on the field and the university.
>>25611081>>25611088>>25611097>>25611104Whatta mena PhD? PhatDick? I already got one. I use it on my sister in uzbekistan.
>>256111294chan
>>25611081PhD is for doing and publishing research in a formal academic setting. Do you want to do and publish research? Are you in a formal academic setting?
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>>25611081
>>25613528live liberty university footageand that's a good thing by the way
>>25611081Sure, just beware its probably going to be kinda stressful and not as romantic as some imagine it to be. But if the grant you're on pays decently it sure beats working for whatever soulless desk job you wouldve had otherwise. See it as a job that requires steady work, not as some ordeal or trial that only pays off at the end.
>>25611224that doesnt really answer the question.if he seeks it but is in lifelong debt that cripples him in a field that is slowly dying due to AI, it is the opposite of what he should be doing.this is empty psychopomp babble.
>>25611302You think DEI doesn't exist in engineering?
>>25611081What, in literature? That was never worth it.
phd in literature is just your masters but longer> t. europoor phd in literature
>>25611419>>25611212i am also going to secondary education after my phdits the difference between working at a comfy private school and urban nigger hell where the kids speak arab
>>25614320my nigga in christ, the dei shit is meaningless on the phd levelhere it is us the chuds doing the corruption
>>25611081Depends on your measure of "worth." Given that you gave no details about your personal situation, it's obvious that this is a low-effort engagement bait thread.
>>25611081Are you doing it for yourself or for other people?
>>25611104Change it to be someone watching Paris burn and you'll probably get some likes on grok.
>>25611129go back to r/books faggot
>>25611224You will be replaced by AI, hope the ego boost and good boy points on your thesis were worth it, effortfag.
>>25611081Degrees aren't worth the paper they're printed on, what matters is being able to impress people with your personality and appearance in 30 minute interviews and they won't help you do that.
The value of a degree has been dropping constantly over the last 10 years and AI is going to turbo accelerate thatNot saying you shouldn't go but you should really do the bare minimum it takes to get an office job, the lost income of those ~8 years alone (forget about the price of the degree) will set you up for permanent poverty
>>25617345Also wanted to add onto this that pretty much everyone I have met that has a PhD clearly did it a way to a) avoid actually having to get a job and b) lord it over other people
>>25617332Introducing yourself as Dr. Anon will impress
Indeed, sire.
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>>25611129go back to plebbit you fucking faggotyou ask this in multiple threadsyou whine about it constantlyyou even whine about it on red dit and even there they mock you for itkys and faggot and mocking low grade idiots like yourself is the lingua franca herekys
>>25613528OP is doing online degrees so this doesn't apply =\
>>25617758oh no meltu meltu
>>25611097>Everything is within one's meansIf by "everything" you mean an evil and Machiavellian pursuit of money, maybe
>>25617842Puritanism is long dead and buried, get on with the times, roundhead.
>>25617900a swing and a miss
>>25617784we're waiting anon (^=
>>25611088fpbp
absolutely not, universities od’d on free speech and ai both. truly hopeless i am writing this in english class now. lower case for whisper mode.
>>25611088checked
>>25611081are you a minority or woman? if not then no
Only worth it if you love kissing asses and hate money and free time.
>>25618348With a few quick changes sure
>>25617345>College girlfriend got a degree in translationOopsie daisy>Cousin got a degree in basically graphic designOopsie daisy>I got a math degreeOopsie daisy>Snot nosed friend of mine has a "programming" degree, not even computer scienceOopsie daisy>Chinese company releases a six legged robot with a nail gun and a two-by-four lifter attached to it in five years, younger brother is currently a framerOopsie daisy
>>25611081It depends what in. I'm doing a degree on Ancient History and Classical archaeology. Frankly I wish I wasn't. To get a good job in a field like that or literature just isn't going to happen unless you're in the top 5%. The market is just too saturated.
>>25618392>To get a good job in a field like that or literature just isn't going to happen unless you're in the top 5%And that's for the best. The world does not need more history professors. It needs more electricians. The point is not to get a prestigious job the point should be to make hard physical productive work prestigious. That's why communism is always right.
>>25618415>It needs more electriciansTrades are getting heavily influxed by zoomers falling for the meme. In ten years trades will be like a CS degree is now. Also just a shitty industry to be in, your peers are all retarded alcoholic college dropouts addicted to drugs and you destroy your body with no 401k. >That's why communism is always right.Over one hundred million dead from starvation btw.
