Comment on Mental hell

• BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What field is that in ?

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  • TheBloodFarts@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Synthetic chemistry

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• weariedfae@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Geology. A PhD is unnecessary unless you want to work in academia (bleh) or for the USGS, which is prestigious but hard to get into even with a PhD. So I’ve heard. There likely would be no appreciable salary increase and in fact would fall into the “overqualified” trap. Master’s is the standard level employers desire.

  I’m unemployed and bummed about it and looking at the PhD because having a project like that sounds awesome.

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  • TheBloodFarts@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Fair enough, in that case it definitely wouldn’t be worth it. And yeah the independence and cool project aspects of the PhD are appealing, but it really does suck ass and ruin you mentally for a long period of time until you finally achieve your goal (failing is also a possibility)

    Best of luck, I hope you’re able to find a position

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