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Has anybody on here went the PHD route with their career?
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Mr Uncle Leroy
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In addition to education (associates/bachelors/advanced degrees/etc) and climbing on the upper echelons of your career/profession is where it is and don't let them other fukkkers tell you different.
yea I make 25k off my stipend every year of med school and grad school + health benefits. It's not much but its enough to get me by and if I had started when the housing market was just a little bit worse/better for buyers I could have ended up saving up a bit of cash after buying property.
Its aiight.
My view on this is that salary really isn't wasted as much as the need for it is delayed due to other goals.
Let's say for my own example that I become a hematologist/oncologist with an average annual base salary of 450,000 at the last 5 years of my career (not accounting for future inflation; just taking a bit above median to account for experience). Maybe I am losing out in 2.25 million + investment opportunities, but there are just way too many other variables and the life trajectory of someone who wants to get a PhD isn't supposed to be the same as someone who doesn't want to.
If the sole goal is to increase your earning potential, I really think it is a loss but I could be wrong. My intentions are in academia
Let's say for my own example that I become a hematologist/oncologist with an average annual base salary of 450,000 at the last 5 years of my career (not accounting for future inflation; just taking a bit above median to account for experience). Maybe I am losing out in 2.25 million + investment opportunities, but there are just way too many other variables and the life trajectory of someone who wants to get a PhD isn't supposed to be the same as someone who doesn't want to.
If the sole goal is to increase your earning potential, I really think it is a loss but I could be wrong. My intentions are in academia
My view on this is that salary really isn't wasted as much as the need for it is delayed due to other goals.
Let's say for my own example that I become a hematologist/oncologist with an average annual base salary of 450,000 at the last 5 years of my career (not accounting for future inflation; just taking a bit above median to account for experience). Maybe I am losing out in 2.25 million + investment opportunities, but there are just way too many other variables and the life trajectory of someone who wants to get a PhD isn't supposed to be the same as someone who doesn't want to.
If the sole goal is to increase your earning potential, I really think it is a loss but I could be wrong. My intentions are in academia
yea good point if you're not interesting in research then forget a phd cause chances are if you're not dending on the school when things get tough only the love of the subject would get you through.