PhD stipends have never allowed for house buying in my time period at least. All the same people compete for it.
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HubertManne@kbin.social 11 months ago
somethingp@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah but there used to be hope for affording a house after you finished and got into a tenure track position. But now there are barely any tenure track positions and even those don’t always pay enough for a house
HubertManne@kbin.social 10 months ago
oh I know it. I was in a phd program in 95/96 and back then was grand times compared to now but one reason I gave up in my first year was a position opened up and the average resume had 7 years post doc experience and one guy had 12. That combined with no one graduating before 5 years anymore (used to be 4) and 6 not being uncommon and there was a guy in our program defending on year 7. So 6+7 is 13 added to 22 and you get 35 when you are starting your career because now you have to establish your lab and publish or perish. ugh.
FinalRemix@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“If you need student loans while in a PhD program, you’re doing something wrong.” ~My grad advisor.
We all needed to take out additional loans, OR some people group-homed it… in a shack their parents pitched in for.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 months ago
Haha, I will never own a house.
FinalRemix@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m a professor, soon to have tenure (fingers crossed), and can’t afford to keep my family home if it’s given to me outright. Meanwhile, our admin refuse to acknowledge a COLA assessment. Wheeee