PhD Program Success and Survival Tips

Are you thinking about applying to a PhD program? Are you already a doctoral student? PhD is a huge investment of time and money. So make sure you spend 15 minutes of your time reading this blog devoted to PhD program success and survival tips. I'm confident that these tips can save up to 10 years of your life, up to $1,000,000 of your money, and, most importantly, your physical and emotional health.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Being a doctoral student is not the worst thing in the world...

If you think that being a doctoral student is a frustrating, depressing, and exhausting experience, wait until you start your job search. This is when all the real "fun" begins...
Posted by V at 2:11 PM

3 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 23, 2009 at 3:12 PM

    One of my friends finished his PhD two years ago and still can't find a job. He's become so bitter about the whole thing. All it takes is mention of one trigger word related to academia and he's railing for half an hour about the injustices of the system. We have some great chats, wish I'd been recording them from the beginning.

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  2. VApril 23, 2009 at 7:12 PM

    Well, I understand him. Being unemployed is somewhat normal in a free-market economy. But being unemployed when you have above-average intelligence and years of training is just too much.

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  3. HannahSeptember 25, 2018 at 1:45 AM

    Thanks for describing such things on your blog.

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