Choosing a PhD field at 22 is a 5-6 year gamble you can't evaluate in advance
RexDouglass · x · 2026-11-10
RexDouglass argues academia asks 22-year-olds to judge whether a guild, department, subfield, and specific advisors are good at their job before they've learned the math needed to know. Gamble wrong—pseudoscientific field, bad advisor—and you burn 5-6 years finding out, hoping you bet correctly.
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