A PhD Is a Low-Paid, Locked-in Research Job
BlancheMinerva · x · 2026-08-18
The mentor clarified that a PhD is objectively a bad deal unless one is obsessed: it's a low-paid, locked-in, five-year entry-level job in scientific research, not software development.
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